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Fiat SpA has received the
Sector Mover and Gold Class distinctions from
SAM, the sustainability-focused investment group
which continually analyses the 2,500 largest quoted
companies globally to determine their eligibility for
inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability indexes.
For
2009, Fiat was best relative improvement in sustainability
performance within the Automobile sector (SAM Sector
Mover) and the gap with the sector leader is less than 5
percent (SAM Gold Class).
In
September, Fiat had been recognised by SAM as a leader in
Sustainability with a score of 90/100 and entry to the
prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World and Dow
Jones Sustainability STOXX indexes, which only admit
companies evaluated as best-in-class in the management of
their businesses from an economic, as well as social and
environmental point of view. This important recognition is
demonstration of the fact that sustainability is an ever
more integral part of the Group and that, despite
deteriorating market conditions, the Group continued to
invest to achieve ever more ambitious targets that are based
on the belief that industrial development only creates value
when it is sustainable.
SAM
SAM is an
investment group focused exclusively on Sustainability
Investing. The firm’s offering comprises asset management,
indexes and private equity. Its asset management
capabilities include a range of single-theme, multi-theme
and core sustainability investment strategies catering to
institutional asset owners and financial intermediaries in
Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Through its index activities, SAM has partnered with Dow
Jones Indexes and STOXX Limited for the publication and
licensing of the globally recognized Dow Jones
Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) as well as customized
sustainability benchmarks. Furthermore, SAM is the center of
expertise for cleantech private equity within Robeco. Based
on its Corporate Sustainability Assessment, SAM has compiled
one of the world's largest sustainability databases and
analyzes over 1,000 listed companies annually.
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