KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years

KB Financial Group has been included in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven years in a row announced by Standard & Poor's Global.

The DJSI is one of the indexes that evaluate corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management performance.

Among financial services providers, BNP Paribas (France), Santander (Spain), BBVA (Spain), and National Australia Bank (Australia), as well as KB Financial Group, were included in the World Index.

KB Financial Group has been included in the World Index for seven successive years since 2016, and this year it was given top scores in the world in categories such as tax strategy, anti-money laundering, human rights, talent attraction, social contribution, and financial inclusion.

KB Financial is recognized for its ESG management capabilities at home and abroad, such as winning the grand prize by receiving the A+ grade in all categories for three consecutive years as the only financial services company in the "2022 KCGS ESG Evaluation" by the Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability in November.

Write to Bo-Hyung Kim at kph21c@hankyung.com