BPCL is once again the India’s most sustainable Oil and Gas company in the Dow Jones Sustainability
05 Jan 2022 | BPCL
Mumbai, January 01: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has achieved the No.1 rank in Indian oil and gas sector for its sustainability performance in the 2021 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings.
The DJSI World Index comprises top 10% of the largest 2,500 companies by market capitalisation in the S&P Global Broad Market Index based on long-term economic and ESG factors. launched in 1999, It is the longest-running global sustainability benchmarks and has become the key reference point in sustainability investing for investors and companies alike. United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), calls the DJSI assessment as the most rigorous assessment in terms of number of questions and depth of information demanded.
This is the 2nd consecutive year that BPCL is at the top of the DJSI Indices in India having achieved a score of 59 percentage points, against an industry average score of 39.
Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, BPCL said, “The continued recognition by DJSI validates BPCL’s efforts of moving towards a Net Zero company by 2040. Our good performance in DJSI index reinforces our commitment to invest in people, planet and prosperity.”
