Henkel Named to Latest Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Just 10 percent of the 2,500 largest corporations in the world are named to the DJSI World in an annual economic, ecological and corporate social responsibility review performed by SAM Indexes GmbH.

 Henkel has performed exceptionally well
again this year in numerous sustainability surveys and appraisals. In
March, for example, Henkel garnered the 2008 ESG Award in the DAX
category. This accolade serves to single out excellence among the
corporations listed in the DAX — the German stock index — in the
fields of environmental compatibility, social responsibility and
corporate governance.

"We are absolutely delighted at
having been included once again in the Dow Jones Sustainability World
Index. The exceptional ratings and rankings that we have earned in
assessments performed by international experts from business, the
financial world, the scientific community and various
non-governmental organizations serve both to endorse what we have
achieved to date, and to spur us on to make even further progress on
the sustainability front," said Henkel CEO Kasper Rorsted. "And
we shall continue to lead the way in sustainable development
irrespective of the challenges that we may face in the future."

Henkel maintains a close dialog with
rating institutions specializing in sustainability issues. This
serves to supplement the long-standing process of interchange and
consultation that has existed between Henkel and ecological research
institutes, special-interest groups and financial bodies, providing
the company with a constant stream of important inputs and ideas.