Woori Financial Group Achieves ESG Triple Crown from DJSI, MSCI, and Bloomberg

Woori Financial Group has achieved the 'Triple Crown' by being listed on the world's three major Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) indices.

On the 16th (local time), Woori Financial announced that it was included in the highest tier, the DJSI World index, in the '2024 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)' evaluation announced by the globally renowned Standard & Poor's Global (S&P Global).

DJSI is an index that annually evaluates and publishes the sustainability of companies by comprehensively assessing not only financial performance but also environmental and social aspects, targeting over 2,500 global companies by market capitalization.

Only about 10% of the evaluated companies worldwide, approximately 250 companies, are included in the DJSI World index. In particular, Woori Financial Group demonstrated its ESG management performance by achieving first place in the domestic banking industry sector score.

Woori Financial practices various ESG management initiatives, including strengthening the ESG management system centered on the ESG Management Committee, expanding female directors, and disclosing biodiversity policies. As a result, it received excellent evaluations from S&P Global in areas such as governance, risk management, inclusion policies, and sustainable finance.

With this inclusion in the DJSI World index, Woori Financial has achieved the Triple Crown. Earlier, in the first year of Chairman Lim Jong-ryong's tenure, the group received the highest AAA rating from MSCI, a global ESG rating agency, and this year, it joined the leading group with the highest score in Bloomberg ESG evaluation, as well as being included in the DJSI World index, thus obtaining the highest evaluation ratings from the world's three major ESG rating agencies.

Chairman Lim Jong-ryong stated, "This inclusion in the DJSI World index is the result of the entire group continuously promoting ESG management based on the inherent ESG DNA of Woori Financial," and added, "We will continue to actively practice ESG management as a global leader in ESG management."