MetLife, Inc., has again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index ("DJSI") for North America.
The DJSI scores companies on nearly 600 data points based on their management of environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") issues.
"The very nature of MetLife's business – making long-term promises that are backed by long-term assets – is the bedrock of our commitment to sustainability," MetLife's president and chief executive officer, Michel Khalaf, said in a prepared statement. "We are always there for our customers and committed to running the company responsibly so that we can fulfill our purpose long into the future."
MetLife highlighted the following ESG achievements:
- Creating a sustainability function, and appointing a chief sustainability officer, to bring a strategic and coordinated approach to the company's efforts.
- MetLife Investment Management, MetLife's institutional asset management business, becoming a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment, a global framework that outlines key considerations in the investment decision-making process, with a specific focus on ESG factors.
- Fulfilling MetLife Foundation's five-year commitment to provide $200 million in grants to improve financial inclusion worldwide, while expanding the foundation's focus to financial health.
- Joining the CEO Champions For Change, a diversity and inclusion project launched by Catalyst, and becoming the 27th company globally, and the first insurer, to join the UN Women Global Innovation Coalition for Change.
- Being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for our commitment to energy efficiency.
Learn more: www.MetLifeGlobalImpact.com.
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].