Wipro Selected as Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) Member for the 6th Consecutive Year
September 28 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information
technology, consulting and business process services company, today
announced that it has been selected as a member of the global Dow
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) - 2015 for the sixth year in
succession. Wipro is included in both the DJSI World and Emerging
Markets Indices.
A total of 1,845 companies were assessed from around the world
of which 317 have been chosen as the DJSI World constituents for
the year 2015-16. The IT Services sector saw 76 companies
participating globally of which 8 have been selected for the World
Index.
DJSI is a leading global indicator tracking the financial
performance of companies across all industries that outperform on
Sustainability. The selection was done on the basis of an
exhaustive, rigorous evaluation of Wipro's sustainability
performance on several dimensions spanning economic, environment
and social sustainability - a few examples are Climate Change
Performance, Corporate Governance, Innovation, Labor Practices and
Digital Inclusion.
Speaking about this achievement, Anurag Behar, Chief
Sustainability Officer, Wipro Limited said, "It is a proud
moment for us at Wipro, to be honored as a member in the DJSI
(World) for the sixth successive year. DJSI's rigorous and
comprehensive assessment helps us constantly calibrate and
strengthen our sustainability programs across economic, ecological
and social dimensions."
The DJSI follow a best-in-class approach, including companies
across all industries that outperform their peers in numerous
sustainability metrics. Launched in 1999, DJSI are the first global
indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading
sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
About Wipro Ltd.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology,
Consulting and Business Process Services company that delivers
solutions to enable its clients to do business better. Wipro
delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry
experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" -
helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A
company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of
services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and
an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a
workforce of over 150,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6
continents. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of
risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks
and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not
limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our
earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage
growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain
our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract
and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability
to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the
companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of
fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal
restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside
India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general
economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional
risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully
described in our filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings are available
at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional
written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements
contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to
update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to
time by us or on our behalf.
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