Marubeni Corp : Marubeni Recognized as Sustainability Leader by CSR Research and Rating Company RobecoSAM AG
January 24, 2014 at 02:45 am
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Marubeni Recognized as Sustainability Leader by CSR Research and Rating Company RobecoSAM AG
Jan. 24. 2014
Marubeni Corporation
Marubeni Corporation has been awarded "RobecoSAM Industry Leader 2014" for the fifth time and "RobecoSAM Gold Class 2014" for the fourth time by *RobecoSAM AG, a CSR research and rating company which analyzes candidate companies for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), an index of companies leading in the field of socially responsible investment (SRI).
This year, 59 companies (including 4 Japanese) and 70 companies (including 5 Japanese) were awarded the RobecoSAM Industry Leader 2014 and RobecoSAM Gold Class 2014 distinctions, respectively.
Marubeni will continue its CSR efforts towards its goal of realizing a sustainable society.
*RobecoSAM AG
A globally famous CSR research and rating company headquartered in Zurich. RobecoSAM assesses and rates each company's economic, environmental and social elements from the perspective of sustainability, based on the information obtained from a questionnaire conducted with companies, published documents, media, etc.
Marubeni Corporation is a diversified group organized primarily around 12 business segments:
- sale of agricultural products and related services (47% of net sales): sale of agricultural inputs (crop protection products, fertilizers, seeds, etc.), precision farming services, formulation of crop protection products, export of cereals and oilseeds, etc.;
- sale of food products (17.6%);
- production and distribution of oil, gas, alternative energy and electricity (10.4%);
- production of chemicals and petrochemicals (6.4%);
- production of metals and mineral resources (4.9%);
- sale and financing of industrial and construction machinery and equipment (4.6%). The group also develops car sales and tire distribution activities;
- sales of consumer electronics (4.3%). In addition, the group develops real estate development and management activities;
- sale of forest products (2.3%): wood chips and biomass fuel, pulp and waste paper, paper, paperboard, hygiene products, building & construction materials and wood products;
- sale of apparel, accessories, textile and lifestyle products (1.1%);
- management and operation of aircraft and ships (1%);
- development of energy production units and industrial installations (0.3%);
- finance and leasing (0.1%): auto finance, aircraft leasing, aircraft engine leasing, leasing and renting of refrigerated trailers, commercial vehicles and commercial freight railcars, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (37.2%), the United States (42.5%)