Sector leaders recognised in annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index review

SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, together with
Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd., two leading global index providers, recently announced the
results of the 2009 annual review for the Dow Jones Sustainability and Dow Jones STOXX
Sustainability indexes.

Following SAM's latest global analysis of corporate sustainability leadership, 33 companies will
join the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), while 33 firms will be deleted -
leaving the number of components unchanged at 317. The largest additions to the DJSI World
include Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, and Samsung Electronics, while the biggest deletions
from this index are National Grid, Mitsubishi Estate, and SABMiller.

The review also results in 14 additions to and 20 deletions from the pan-European Dow Jones
STOXX Sustainability Index, 26 additions to and 8 deletions from the Dow Jones Sustainability
North America Index, as well as 21 additions to and 13 deletions from the Dow Jones
Sustainability Asia Pacific Index. All changes will be made effective with the opening of equity
markets on 21 September 2009.

The DJSI follow a best-in-class approach and include sustainability leaders from each industry
on a global and regional level respectively. The annual review of the DJSI family is based on a
thorough analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing
issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change mitigation,
supply chain standards and labor practices. It accounts for general as well as industry specific
sustainability criteria for each of 58 sectors defined according to the Industry Classification
Benchmark (ICB).

In addition, SAM also identified the top company for each of the 19 Supersectors that the 58
sectors roll up to. The new 2009/2010 Supersector leaders are adidas (Personal & Household
Goods), Aracruz Celulose (Basic Resources), ANZ Banking Group (Banks), BMW
(Automobiles), CEMIG (Utilities), DSM (Chemicals), GPT Group (Real Estate), Investimentos
Itau (Financial Services), Kingfisher (Retail), Nokia (Technology), Panasonic Electric Works
(Construction & Materials), Pearson (Media), Roche (Health Care), Sodexo (Travel & Leisure),
Swiss Re (Insurance), Telefonica (Telecommunications), TNT (Industrial Goods & Services),
Total (Oil & Gas), and Unilever (Food & Beverage).

For more information on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and the changes resulting from
this year's review please visit www.sustainability-index.com

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