Realty developer DLF included in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Realty developer DLF has been recognised as an index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) in emerging markets category.

DLF is the only real estate company from India to be included in the DJSI index and it joins the ranks of 11 companies from India to be recognised for the benchmark for Corporate Sustainability.

“With dynamically evolving environmental and social landscape, sustainability is the only way forward for us. Based on innovation and backed by sound governance, we are making dedicated efforts to promote resource efficiency, a low carbon economy and local socio-economic development,” said Rajiv Singh, Chairman, DLF.


The company achieved 93 percentile overall score in governance, environment and social dimension. It scored 100 percentiles in various criterions including social reporting, environmental reporting and social integration.

DLF now ranks 18th amongst 250 global real estate companies across the US, UK, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong etc. as per Corporate Sustainability standards in 2020.

In its 2020 edition, DJSI Emerging Markets Index recognised 100 companies across industries in emerging markets like China, Brazil, Hong Kong, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, Taiwan, Colombia, amongst others besides India, as emerging-market sustainability leaders.