Brea, California -- Sekisui Chemical Group, Sekisui TA Industries’ parent company, has been named one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for the second consecutive year. 
 
Launched in 2005 by Corporate Knights Inc. and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., the Global 100 is a list of AAA-rated 100 companies from a broad range of industries that outperform their respective industry peers in managing material, environmental, social, and governance factors. 
 
In 2009, for the fifth annual Global 100 list, companies from 15 countries have been named to the list.
 
ABOUT SEKISUI CHEMICAL GROUP
Sekisui Chemical Group, based in Japan, has over 200 companies operating in 20 different countries located throughout the world.  Its main segments include Housing, Urban Infrastructure, Environmental Products, and High Performance Plastics.  Sekisui Chemical Group aims to help solve environmental issues through its products and services.  Such projects include, but are not limited to, introduction of the safe Sewage Pipe Renewal method that does not require excavation of old, deteriorated pipe and marketing “Zero Utility Cost House” equipped with photovoltaic generators to greatly reduce household energy consumption. 
 
ABOUT SEKISUI TA INDUSTRIES
Sekisui TA Industries, LLC, certified to ISO-14001: 2004, is a subsidiary of Sekisui Chemical Company of Japan.  The company has been manufacturing and marketing a full line of packaging tape and overlamination products since 1976.