Infineon Technologies : Strengthens Position Among the World’s Most Sustainable Companies
September 11, 2014 at 08:35 am EDT
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Neubiberg, Germany - September 11, 2014 - The Swiss investment company RobecoSAM announced today that Infineon Technologies AG has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth time in a row.
"Infineon has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2010 and has developed very positively during that time. In everything we do, we are aware of our entrepreneurial responsibility towards society and environment. Therefore, we make careful use of resources and develop products that help reduce environmental impact," says Dominik Asam, CFO of Infineon Technologies AG and responsible for sustainability.
Within the semiconductor sector, Infineon leads this year's ranking in the field of Product Quality and Recall Management and performed very well e.g. in the fields of Environmental Policy/ Management System, Product Stewardship as well as Environmental Reporting.
Every year, the RobecoSAM Group analyzes the economic, environmental and social performance of over 2,500 largest listed companies worldwide. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is considered the most credible of the world's 18 leading sustainability ratings systems (Source: The 2013 Ratings Survey, GlobeScan/ SustainAbility). Rankings are based on general sustainability criteria such as supply chain management and the handling of risk and crisis scenarios. Furthermore, industry-specific challenges and factors such as product quality or stakeholder satisfaction are included in the analysis.
Infineon Technologies AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors. The group's products include power semiconductors, sensors, microcontrollers, digital, mixed-signal and analog ICs, discrete semiconductor modules, switches, interface ICs, motor-controlling ICs, RF power transistors, voltage regulators, and electronic safety components. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
- automotive (50.5%): semiconductor products used in the automotive industry, and memory products for specific applications for automotive, industrial, information technologies, telecommunications and consumer electronics.
- power & sensor systems (23.3%): semiconductors for energy-efficient power supplies, mobile devices, mobile phone network infrastructures, human-machine interaction as well as applications with special demands on their robustness and reliability.
- industrial power control (13.5%): semiconductor products for the conversion of electrical energy for small, medium and high-power applications, used in the manufacturing, the low-loss transmission, the storage and the efficient use of electrical energy;
- connected secure systems (12.6%): semiconductors for networked devices, card-based applications, and government documents; microcontrollers for industrial, entertainment, and household applications, components for connectivity systems, various customer support systems;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (12.4%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (14.4%), China/Hong Kong/Taiwan (32.3%), Japan (10.5%), Asia/Pacific (15.9%), the United States (12.1%) and Americas (2.4%).
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