News on 11 September 2000
Skanska is listed for the second time in the Dow Jones Sustainability
Index of companies committed to sustainable development. Dow Jones assesses
companies’ management and the way they succeed in integrating financial,
social and environmental aspects into the company strategy.
The index is based on a detailed analysis of 2,000 companies worldwide
and includes over 200 organisations that have achieved sustainable development
in five areas: technology, management, shareholders, industry and society.
Of the firms listed, French Groupe GTM and Skanska are the only construction
services companies.
Claes Björk, President and CEO of Skanska, says the listing reaffirms
that Skanska’s focus on values such as ethics, the environment, competence
and commitment is well-founded and successful. He also says that the company
has to be aware of the enormity of the responsibility that it is assuming
for future developments.
