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Sumitomo Forestry top ranking in homebuilding

Sumitomo Forestry has received for the sixth consecutive year the highest-ranked top 1% assessment in the homebuilding industry in The Sustainability Yearbook 2024, a corporate sustainability assessment conducted by S&P Global, a US organization that is the world’s leading research and ratings company. Source: Timberbiz

S&P Global assesses the economic, environmental, and social aspects of more than 9,400 leading companies around the world. The top 759 companies, including 83 Japanese companies, are listed in the Sustainability Yearbook 2024 for excellence in sustainability performance.

Ever since the Sustainability Yearbook was first issued in 2008, Sumitomo Forestry has been selected for excellence in sustainability performance in the homebuilding industry for 17 consecutive years. This year, six Japanese companies, including Sumitomo Forestry, received the top 1% ranking in their respective industry sectors.

Sumitomo Forestry has also been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, both of which are global ESG investment indices based on S&P Global scores.