{"id":14689,"date":"2023-12-11T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/?p=14689"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:43:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:43:47","slug":"dow-jones-sustainability-indices-annual-rebalance-adds-philip-morris-tencent-to-flagship-esg-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esgtoday.com\/dow-jones-sustainability-indices-annual-rebalance-adds-philip-morris-tencent-to-flagship-esg-benchmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Annual Rebalance Adds Philip Morris, Tencent to Flagship ESG Benchmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14689\" data-postid=\"14689\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14689 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p>S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices (S&amp;P DJI) announced the results of its annual rebalancing and reconstitution of its flagship Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), its series of global, regional and country benchmarks, measuring the performance of companies using ESG criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High profile changes to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), which comprise the top 10% of the largest 2,500 companies in the S&amp;P Global BMI based on long-term ESG criteria, include the addition of China-based technology platform company Tencent Holdings, tobacco company Philip Morris International, and U.S. software company ServiceNow, while each of the top 3 deletions, based on free-float market capitalization, were healthcare companies, including Novartis, AstraZeneca, and Amgen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DJSI are a series of indices designed to allow the creation of portfolios that integrate sustainability considerations by tracking the performance of the world\u2019s leading companies in terms of environmental, social and governance criteria. 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