Rolls-Royce has retained its position in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and European Indices for the sixth successive year. The company is listed in the Aerospace and Defence group, which sits within the Industrial Goods and Services sector. BAE Systems and United Technologies Corp are also in this group.

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) is a global index that tracks the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The index is based on a thorough assessment of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, and measures areas such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change, supply chain standards and labour practices.

Rolls-Royce was admitted to the DJSI in 2002. Since then membership has grown substantially, with approximately 600 companies now included in the index. The company’s Corporate Responsibility activities and initiatives in areas such as community investment, the environment, human resources and occupational health, to name a few, have generated high scores and therefore had a positive impact on its performance in CR ‘league tables’ such as the global DJSI.

This year, Rolls-Royce scored highly compared to the industry average in:

• risk and crisis management;
• supply chain management;
• compliance with applicable export control regimes;
• environmental performance;
• environmental reporting;
• corporate citizenship/philanthropy;
• standards for suppliers; and
• occupational health & safety.