CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) has been named the biotechnology industry leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World). The company also was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the fifth consecutive year, one of only two biotech companies included. In September 2013, Biogen Idec became the first U.S.-based biotechnology company to be named to DJSI World.
DJSI World tracks the economic, environmental and social strategy and performance of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global Broad Market IndexSM. This year only 319 companies were named to DJSI World. Biogen Idec led the biotechnology industry on every environmental measure and scored in the 100th percentile on 19 of the 26 overall evaluation criteria.
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