NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Tokyo, Japan, 2013/09/27 - Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), which is a worldwide stock index for socially responsible investing (SRI) - Yokogawa.com. TOKYO: 6841

This is the fifth time that Yokogawa has been selected for this index, and the fourth year in a row.

The DJSI is a stock index developed jointly by Dow Jones, a US financial news firm that publishes The Wall Street Journal., and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a Swiss research and rating firm specializing in SRI. For the DJSI, the business results of 2,500 major companies worldwide are assessed based on financial, environmental, and social criteria, and companies deemed to be making a significant contribution to the achievement of a sustainable society are selected. Yokogawa was selected once again because of its steady commitment to CSR activities. Among the 600 major companies in the Asia Pacific region that were surveyed for the DJSI Asia Pacific in 2013, 152 were selected, Including Yokogawa, a total of 68 Japanese companies were chosen.

Yokogawa will continue working to create a sustainable society by strongly emphasizing CSR in its business activities, which is in keeping with our corporate philosophy that states: "As a company, our goal is to contribute to society through broad-ranging activities in the areas of measurement, control, and information. Individually, we aim to combine good citizenship with the courage to innovate."

About Yokogawa

Yokogawa's global network of 88 companies spans 55 countries. Founded in 1915, the US$4 billion company conducts cutting-edge research and innovation. Yokogawa (yokogawa.com) is engaged in the industrial automation and control (IA), test and measurement, and other businesses segments. The IA segment plays a vital role in a wide range of industries including oil, chemicals, natural gas, power, iron and steel, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, and food.

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