COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the
leading provider of voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in
the U.S., announced today that the company has once again captured
a place on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America
List for 2017. This is the 7th consecutive year that
Aflac has qualified for this prestigious honor.
According to RobecoSAM, which conducts the annual assessment,
the DJSI World represents the gold standard for corporate
sustainability and is the first global index to track the leading
sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM's analysis of
financially material Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
factors and S&P DJI's robust index methodology. Every year,
RobecoSAM assesses the world's largest companies via its Corporate
Sustainability Assessment (CSA), which uses a consistent,
rules-based methodology to convert an average of 600 data points
per company into one overall score. This score determines inclusion
in the DJSI.
In the 2017 assessment, Aflac scored better than the industry
average in the Economic dimension as well as various individual
categories, including Codes of Business Conduct, Corporate
Governance, Customer Relationship Management, Information Security
and Cybersecurity, Tax Strategy, Risk Detection, Occupational
Health and Safety, and Talent Attraction and Retention.
"We are extremely pleased to have landed on the DJSI North
America index for a 7th consecutive year," Aflac Senior Vice President of Business Services
and Chair of the company's Corporate Social Responsibility
Committee Eric Seldon said. "All
research shows that companies that are good corporate citizens more
often than not will be respected by consumers and investors.
Corporate ethics and responsibility mean more now than ever before,
and Aflac understands this and will continue to always put its best
foot forward in the communities we serve."
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices were launched in 1999 as
the first global sustainability benchmarks. The indices are offered
cooperatively by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices. The
family of indices tracks the stock performance of the world's
leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social
criteria. The indices serve as benchmarks for investors who
integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios and
provide an effective engagement platform for companies who want to
adopt sustainable best practices.
About Aflac
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt, Aflac pays cash benefits
fast. For more than six decades, Aflac insurance policies have
given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not
financial stress. In the United
States, Aflac is the leader in voluntary insurance sales at
the worksite. Through its trailblazing One Day PaySM
initiative, Aflac U.S. can receive, process, approve and disburse
payment for eligible claims in one business day. In Japan, Aflac is the leading provider of
medical and cancer insurance, and insures 1 in 4 households. Aflac
insurance products help provide protection to more than 50 million
people worldwide. For 11 consecutive years, Aflac has been
recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most Ethical
Companies. In 2017, Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as one of the
100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the 19th consecutive
year and included Aflac on its list of Most Admired Companies for
the 16th time. In 2015, Aflac's contact centers were recognized by
J.D. Power by providing "An Outstanding Customer Service
Experience" for the Live Phone Channel. Aflac Incorporated is a
Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac and One Day
PaySM, visit aflac.com or espanol.aflac.com.
Aflac herein means American Family Life Assurance Company of
Columbus and American Family Life
Assurance Company of New York.
Media contacts – Jon Sullivan,
706.763.4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Aflac analyst and investor contact – David A. Young, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667,
FAX 706.324.6330, or dyoung@aflac.com
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