BANGALORE, INDIA: Trend Micro, Inc., a provider of Internet content security, has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the fifth year in a row.

The World Index comprises more than 300 companies that represent the top 10 percent of the leading sustainability companies out of the biggest 2500 companies in the Dow Jones World Index.

According to Swiss-based SAM Group (Sustainable Asset Management), the partner of the Dow Jones Index, the annual review is based on a number of factors, including a thorough assessment of a company's economic performance and environmental and social responsibility.

Organisations are assessed based on corporate governance, environmental and social reporting, customer relationship management, strategic planning, risk and crisis management, and talent retention. These and other factors collectively suggest the quality of a company's overall financial health, stability, and long-term value for shareholders.

Mahendra Negi, chief financial officer of Trend Micro, said:. "Strategic vision, technological innovation, financial strength, and social and corporate responsibility will continue to be our focus, as well as the expectations of our customers and shareholders."

For the calendar year 2007, Trend Micro posted record consolidated net sales of US $848 million (or 99,805 million Yen, 117.58JPY=$1). In 2008, the company announced the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, a unique, next-generation cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats including data-stealing malware.   The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network powers Trend Micro's products and services as well as those of its strategic partners. 

The announcement marked a new phase in web threat protection – enabling Trend Micro to stop threats in the cloud, before they reach the network or endpoint.