Contact tops NZ companies in leading sustainability index

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Tuesday 12 December 2023

Contact tops NZ companies in leading
sustainability index
Contact Energy (Contact) has scored the highest of five New Zealand companies included in
the 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability™ Index Asia-Pacific (DJSI Asia-Pacific), reflecting
significant progress within the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives of the
business.
DJSI is the longest running and leading global benchmark for corporate sustainability and is
based on an analysis of ESG performance. It assesses issues such as risk management,
branding, corporate governance, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and
labour practices.
To gain entry to the 2023 DJSI Asia-Pacific, companies needed to achieve a Corporate
Sustainability Assessment (CSA) score of 68. As of 11 December 2023, Contact achieved a
score of 74.
Each year the CSA criteria seeks greater sustainability outcomes from corporates, meaning
it’s more challenging to achieve a high score.
“It’s now been almost three years since we set our Contact26 strategy to lead the
decarbonisation of our country. The place we call home,” says CEO Mike Fuge.

“Our vision to build a better Aotearoa New Zealand means being good stewards of the
environment, helping our communities thrive by being a good neighbour, and creating
collaborative respectful partnerships with tangata whenua.

“We are focused on our strategic pillars to grow demand for renewable electricity, to develop
flexible renewable electricity generation, to decarbonise our portfolio and to create
outstanding customer experiences.

“As a company we are an integral part of daily life in New Zealand and we’re acutely aware
that our every action, good and bad, has a marked impact on the wellbeing of our
communities - today and in the future.”
This is Contact’s second year on the index; and in 2022 Contact achieved the second
highest score of any New Zealand company.
The DJSI Asia-Pacific inclusion comes just days after Contact won the Sustainability
Leadership Award at Deloitte’s Top 200 Awards, which celebrates outstanding performance
among New Zealand’s largest companies.

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