AB Volvo on Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Fifth Consecutive Year.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- AB Volvo(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VOLV) (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) (Brussels:VLV VLV Valve VLV Viva Las Vegas VLV Viva La Vida (Coldplay album and song) VLV Viva La Vinyl VLV Viikonloppuvapaa (Finnish, Free Weekend) VLV Veitokani ni Lewenivanua Vakarisito ) is again qualified to be included on the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance sustainability indexes of the companies that are in the forefront in the world in long-term sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . As one of few Swedish companies, Volvo is included on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI DJSI Dow Jones Sustainability Index World) as well as on the Pan-European Sustainability Benchmark (DJSI STOXX). For the fifth consecutive year, AB Volvo is on DJSI World due to the Group's sustainability efforts within financial, environmental and social issues. This means that AB Volvo is deemed to be among the top 10% of the world's best companies in terms of combining financial profitability with environmental care and concern for social aspects. AB Volvo received particularly high marks for the manner in which the company handles environmental issues and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. . For the third consecutive year, AB Volvo is on DJSI STOXX, an index comprising the leading European companies with regard to long-term sustainable development. September 7, 2006 Visit http://www.thenewsmarket.com/volvogroup to access broadcast-standard video from Volvo Group. You can preview and request video, and choose to receive as a MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 file or by Beta SP tape. Registration and video is free to the media The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 82,000 people, has production facilities in 25 countries and sells their products in more than 185 markets. Annual sales of the Volvo Group amount to more than 20 billion euro. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Goteborg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Stockholm and on NASDAQ in the US. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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