Winners of Nikon Group Sustainability Photo Contest 2025 announced
Entries collected from group employees
January 14, 2026
The Nikon Group has held the "Nikon Group Sustainability Photo Contest" since 2023, with the aim of raising awareness for sustainability and encouraging employees to actively engage in activities related to sustainability inside and outside the company.
The photo contest in 2025 was held with the tagline "Harmony between our aspirations and the global environment," and submissions were accepted from Nikon Group employees between June and the end of September 2025. As a result, 89 participants from 13 countries and regions submitted a total of 174 entries.
Mr. Noriyasu Kunori, who has experience in visiting many countries and regions as an explorer and photographer, is currently a university professor specializing in sustainability and environmental management. This year, as there was no work deemed suitable for the Grand Prize, he selected two works for the Excellence Award instead.
Nikon Group will continue to promote voluntary employee activities and actions through photo contests etc., to help create a sustainable society.
Excellence Award
- Work title: Hope for the Future
- Winner: Margaret Jones
- Company: Nikon Precision Inc.（USA）
Reasons for the award
This work captures the primeval forest and a rainbow in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park near an urban area in New Zealand, symbolizing the importance of forest conservation and biodiversity as advocated by SDG Goal 15: "Life on Land." The rainbow evokes the water cycle and the blessings of nature, expressing a wish to pass on this precious natural environment to future generations.
Excellence Award
- Work title: Nubian Ibex
- Winner: Daniel Roei
- Company: Nikon Precision Europe GmbH (Germany)
Reasons for the award
This photograph captures two endangered Nubian ibexes living in the Ramon Crater of the Negev Desert in Israel. Their population has declined due to hunting, and conservation efforts are currently underway. The work highlights the importance of biodiversity and endangered species protection, as advocated by SDG Goal 15, and calls attention to our responsibility to future generations.
