Signify Included in Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Sixth Consecutive Year

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the sixth consecutive year. Inclusion in the DJSI is based on the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, in which Signify achieved an overall score of 88 from a possible 100 (as of September 23, 2022), placing the company in the top 1% of its industry (as of December 9, 2022). 

“DJSI is an important benchmark of sustainability leadership, and I am proud that our efforts as a company are reflected in the rating,” says Eric Rondolat, CEO of Signify. “We are by no means at the end of this journey, and we shall continue our work to further integrate climate action and sustainability across our entire value chain.”

Signify obtained full scores (100/100) in 66 categories including Climate Change Strategy and Scope 3 GHG Emissions, Risk Culture, Product Design and Innovation, Social Reporting and Policy Influence (score date: December 9, 2022).

In 2022, the second year of Signify’s ambitious five-year Brighter Lives, Better World 2025 sustainability program, the company remains on target to double the pace of the Paris Agreement 1.5°C scenario. In the third quarter of this year, the company reported that it was still on track on its cumulative carbon reduction, its Circular revenues which stood at 30%, and its Brighter Lives revenues, which increased to 28%. These actions contribute to Signify’s ambition to double its positive impact on the environment and society by the end of 2025. Signify has been carbon neutral in all its operations since 2020, and has actively reduced its operational emissions by more than 70% since 2010.

About Signify 

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2021, we had sales of EUR 6.9 billion, approximately 37,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for six consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page. 

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