External Evaluation

As a business enterprise that adopts a proactive stance towards sustainability activities, the Nikon Group has received positive evaluations from a variety of external organizations.

ESG Evaluation (As of March 15, 2024)

CDP Climate Change A List and CDP Supplier Engagement Leader

CDP is an NPO whose main activities include requesting that business enterprises and local government authorities disclose information relating to the measures they have taken to address environmental issues, including climate change strategies, waste resource conservation, forest conservation, etc., in line with requests from global institutional investors etc. who are concerned about the environment, and also promoting increased adoption of measures of this type. Organizations that secure an A rating (the highest possible rank) in relation to climate change are included in the CDP Climate Change A List. Nikon has been selected for the "A List" for the fifth consecutive year from FY2019.
Furthermore, Nikon has been selected as a "Supplier Engagement Leader", the highest rating in the CDP's Supplier Engagement Assessment, which evaluates how effectively companies are collaborating with their suppliers on climate change issues, for fifth consecutive years from the fiscal year 2019.

CDP DISCLOSURE INSIGHT ACTION A LIST 2023 CLIMATE|CDP SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT LEADER 2023

AAA MSCI ESG Rating

The MSCI ESG Ratings adopt a seven-point scale from "AAA" to "CCC," ranking a company's ESG performance according to industry-specific ESG risks and its ability to manage those risks relative to its industry peers. In 2023, we obtained AAA, the highest possible rating. In both 2023 and 2024, Nikon achieved the highest rating of "AAA".

  • *THE USE BY NIKON CORPORATION OF ANY MSCI ESG RESEARCH LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES (“MSCI”) DATA, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT, RECOMMENDATION, OR PROMOTION OF NIKON CORPORATION BY MSCI. MSCI SERVICES AND DATA ARE THE PROPERTY OF MSCI OR ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, AND ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. MSCI NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI.
MSCI ESG RATINGS AAA

ISS ESG "Prime" Status

ISS ESG is the responsible investment arm of the world's proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and conducts sustainability rating assessments. On December 4, 2023, we are rated "Prime" in the ESG Corporate Rating that is given to companies that are received high evaluation from the perspectives of the environment, society, and governance in their industry sectors.

Corporate ESG Performance Prime RATED BY ISS ESG

Sustainability Yearbook 2024 「Top10% S&P Global CSA Score」

S&P Global conducts the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) on listed companies worldwide every year, evaluating their sustainability from economic, environmental, and social perspectives. The company publishes "The Sustainability Yearbook" online with the aim of distinguishing companies that have received high CSA scores and includes the top 15% of scoring companies in this Yearbook. Nikon is listed in "The Sustainability Yearbook 2024" as a company whose score is within 10% of the top company in its industry category. In the 2023 CSA, approximately 9,400 companies across 62 industries were surveyed, and 759 companies were listed in "The Sustainability Yearbook 2024".

Nikon Corporation Leisure Equipment & Products and Consumer Electronics Top 10% S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) Score 2023

Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings

Sustainalytics evaluates how exposed companies are to significant ESG issues and how effectively they manage them. The ESG risk ratings are designed to assist institutional investors in identifying and understanding financially material ESG risks at the individual security/portfolio level, and we have received a Low Risk rating.

Rated MORNINGSTAR SUSTAINALYTICS

Inclusion in ESG Investment Indexes (As of March 15, 2024)

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices DJSI World and DJSI Asia Pacific

Selected: Since 2018
Every year, the sustainability of major global companies is quantified from three perspectives: economy, environment, and society. Based on the results of evaluation by industry, approximately the top 10% are selected for DJSI World and approximately the top 20% in the Asia-Pacific region are selected for DJSI Asia Pacific.

Member of Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Powered by the S&P Global CSA

FTSE4Good Index Series

Selected: Since 2004
The ESG Investment Indexes by FTSE Russell, wholly owned by the London Stock Exchange.

FTSE4Good

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

Selected: Since 2017
FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to reflect the performance of Japanese companies with excellent track records in terms of ESG.

  • *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
FTSE Blossom Japan Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index*

Selected: 2022
It is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate relative environmental, social, and governance excellence in their respective sectors.

  • *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index*1 *2

Selected: Since 2024
An index constructed by selecting companies with excellent ESG ratings from the constituents of the MSCI Japan IMI Index. In order to prevent bias in industry sectors, it utilizes the industry classification of the S&P Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), selecting the top 50% of companies with high ESG ratings within each sector.

  • *1Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
  • *2The inclusion of Nikon Corporation in any MSCI index, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, does not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement or promotion of Nikon Corporation by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. MSCI and the MSCI index names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.
2024 CONSTITUENT MSCI NIHONKABU ESG SELECT LEADERS INDEX

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index*1 *2

Selected: Since 2019
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index selects companies in various industries that have demonstrated superior gender diversity performance, from among the 500 listed Japanese companies with the highest market capitalization.

  • *1Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
  • *2The inclusion of Nikon Corporation in any MSCI index, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, does not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement or promotion of Nikon Corporation by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. MSCI and the MSCI index names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.
2023 CONSTITUENT MSCI JAPAN EMPOWERING WOMEN INDEX (WIN)

S&P/JPX Carbon E cient Index*

Selected: Since 2018
The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index is an index that uses TOPIX, the representative stock index for the Japanese market, as its securities universe and selects composite stocks with a focus on disclosure of environmental information and level of carbon efficiency.

  • *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

SOMPO Sustainability Index

Selected: Since 2013
The SOMPO Sustainability Index is a socially responsible investment product that enables pension funds and other institutional investors to invest broadly in companies with high ESG evaluations.

2023 Sompo Sustainability Index

Other Evaluations(As of July 7, 2023)

Platinum Kurumin

Certification: June, 2018
Certification given to companies that have formulated action plans based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children and that have achieved the goals and met certain criteria established in said plans.

プラチナくるみん 子育てサポートしています

Health and Productivity Management Organization 2023

Certification: March, 2023
A system that recognizes corporations that practice particularly excellent health management based on initiatives in line with local health issues and health promotion initiatives promoted by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.

健康経営優良法人2023 Health and productivity

Kumagaya Plant Obtains Gold Status in RBA Audit

Obtained: July, 2023
RBA is an international industry organization aimed at proper management of labor, health and safety, environment, and ethics in the supply chain of mainly in the electronics industry, and sets the standards that companies should comply with as the RBA Code of Conduct. Obtaining of Gold Status in RBA Audit showcases that Kumagaya Plant is complying with the RBA Code of Conduct at a high level.

Responsible Business Alliance Advancing Sustainability Globally Recognition that Kumagaya Plant 201-9 Miizugahara, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama,, 3608559 Japan Completed the RBA Validated Assessment Program, achieving GOLD Status without any Priority or Major findings, earning a score of 192.9