Colombian pride: Grupo Argos and Cementos Argos included in international stock market indices for their leadership in sustainability

• The reconfiguration of the Dow Jones Best in Class Indices (DJ BIC) for 2026, based on the results of the 2025 Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), highlights Grupo Argos and Cementos Argos.
• Grupo Argos was included in the Dow Jones Best in Class World, Emerging Markets, and MILA Pacific Alliance indices.
• Cementos Argos was included in the Dow Jones Best in Class MILA Pacific Alliance Index.
• For 14 consecutive years, companies of Grupo Empresarial Argos have been included in world-class stock market indices that recognize their outstanding performance and consistent sustainability practices.

S&P Global announced the updates to the composition of the Dow Jones Best in Class Indices (formerly the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices), in which Grupo Argos and Cementos Argos have secured their inclusion for the fourteenth consecutive year. This result is linked to their performance in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment, where Grupo Argos scored 84 out of 100 and Cementos Argos achieved a score of 86, both within the Construction Materials industry and recognized for their performance across social, environmental, and corporate governance dimensions.

“Being part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for 14 years is not only a recognition of environmental, social, and governance performance, it is a tangible enabler to participate in sustainable investment vehicles, access financing under more favorable conditions, and generate long-term economic value for our shareholders and for the territories where we operate.”

Felipe Aristizábal
Vice President of Finance and Strategy Grupo Argos

Details of the rating that enabled inclusion in the indices

Grupo Argos: Recognized in the Top 5% category of the Construction Materials industry, based on its 2025 CSA score of 84/100, as of February 11, 2026. This result validates its strategic focus on transparency, water management, human rights, and human capital management.

Cementos Argos: Recognized in the Top 1% category of the Construction Materials industry, in line with its 2025 CSA score of 86/100, as of February 11, 2026. This reflects its excellence in risk management, information security, water management, human rights, and community engagement.

About the Dow Jones Best in Class Indices

The Dow Jones Best-in-Class World is composed of global sustainability leaders identified by S&P Global through the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). It represents the top 10% of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global BMI, based on long-term economic, environmental, and social criteria.

The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Emerging Markets is composed of sustainability leaders from emerging markets, identified by S&P Global through the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). It aims to represent the top 10% of the 800 largest companies across 20 emerging markets, based on long-term economic, environmental, and social criteria.

The Dow Jones Best-in-Class MILA Pacific Alliance is designed to measure top-performing companies within the members of the S&P MILA Pacific Alliance Composite that meet sustainability criteria better than most of their industry peers.

Performance of the indices compared to the S&P 500: https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/es/indices/equity/sp-500/#overview

More than a decade of leadership in sustainability

For companies within Grupo Empresarial Argos, sustainability is a value lever that underpins and enables the corporate strategy: it mitigates risks associated with operations, strengthens stakeholder trust, and expands access to global capital markets and responsible investment.

Within this framework, the Corporate Sustainability Assessment by S&P Global has become a rigorous tool for reporting, measurement, and trend analysis, directly connecting companies with institutional investors who integrate ESG criteria into their capital allocation decisions.