External Evaluation

Our corporate group got the score B, which is the third-highest rating of the eight scores, in the “CDP Climate Change 2023*.”
The score “B” is a management level, indicating that companies scoring B in CDP “have addressed the environmental impact and risks of their business and ensure good environmental management.”
(News release in February 2023)We will continuously endeavor to settle social issues and enhance our corporate value, while reducing greenhouse gases emitted through our corporate group’s business activities.

*CDP: CDP stands for Carbon Disclosure Project. It is a not-for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom and promoting disclosure of information on climate change. It requires mainly companies to disclose information on the three subjects, which are climate change, water security, and forests (forestry protection), through its questionnaires, rates companies based on the total points obtained on an eight-grade scale consisting of A, A-, B, B-, C, C-, D, and D- (and F if answers are not provided) with A being the highest rating and D- being the lowest, and globally publishes the results of its assessment showing that participating companies are at one of the following four levels: Disclosure, Awareness, Management, and Leadership.

Our corporate group received the “silver” medal in the sustainability ratings by EcoVadis* (November 2023).
(The silver medal indicates that companies achieved a total score ranked in the top 15% of the companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide.)
We will strive to earn the medals of higher grades.

*EcoVadis (headquartered in France) is a company that assesses the sustainability of supply chains for over 125,000 corporations (in more than 180 countries and over 200 types of business worldwide). It conducts assessment of corporations’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies and measures, and business performance in the 4 areas of “Environment,” “Labor and Human Rights,” “Ethics,” and “Sustainable Procurement.”