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Konica Minolta Named to All the Three Socially Responsible Investment Indexes Adopted by GPIF as ESG Indexes
Tokyo (August 9, 2017) - Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been named to all the three socially responsible investment indexes adopted by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).* These indexes are the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, and the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Index was newly established by the UK's global index provider, FTSE Russell, which includes Japanese companies with excellent performance in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The index was selected by GPIF, the world's largest public pension fund, as one of the ESG indexes for its passive investment strategy.
The MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index and the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index are new ESG indexes created by MSCI Inc., the U.S.' global ESG research and index provider, which were also adopted by GPIF. Konica Minolta was included in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index in recognition of its performance in "Human Capital Development" and "Supply Chain Labor Standards," while Konica Minolta's strong commitment to the deployment of women empowering programs and information disclosure is thought to be the reason for its inclusion in the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index.
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Commitment toward Social Innovation as Part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
Konica Minolta has been promoting CSR activities with special focus placed on the environment and social innovation, to contribute to solving social problems and enhance corporate competitiveness.
As part of its social innovation efforts, Konica Minolta has launched Care Support Solution in the Japanese market. This is a system for observing care recipients and was developed with Konica Minolta's proprietary sensor technology and image processing technology, combined with ICT, and it is designed to change the way care is given. In today's aging society, the increase in the number of care recipients coupled with a decline in the working-age population has caused a serious shortage of caregivers. Care Support Solution enables caregivers to remotely observe care recipients using a device that incorporates the sensor technology and enables them to receive notifications, write and read reports, and share information via smartphone, thus reducing their workload and enhancing their work efficiency. Care Support Solution is expected to contribute to solving problems relating to the care of elderly people that can arise anywhere in the world in the future.
In fiscal 2017, Konica Minolta started a new Medium Term Business Plan "SHINKA 2019," in which it aims to become a digital company with insight into implicit challenges; namely, a company capable of anticipating implicit challenges and that continues to create new values to meet such challenges with a view to contributing to the evolution of customers and society. At the same time, Konica Minolta is determined to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward a sustainable society
Commitment toward Social Innovation as Part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
Konica Minolta has been promoting CSR activities with special focus placed on the environment and social innovation, to contribute to solving social problems and enhance corporate competitiveness.
As part of its social innovation efforts, Konica Minolta has launched Care Support Solution in the Japanese market. This is a system for observing care recipients and was developed with Konica Minolta's proprietary sensor technology and image processing technology, combined with ICT, and it is designed to change the way care is given. In today's aging society, the increase in the number of care recipients coupled with a decline in the working-age population has caused a serious shortage of caregivers. Care Support Solution enables caregivers to remotely observe care recipients using a device that incorporates the sensor technology and enables them to receive notifications, write and read reports, and share information via smartphone, thus reducing their workload and enhancing their work efficiency. Care Support Solution is expected to contribute to solving problems relating to the care of elderly people that can arise anywhere in the world in the future.
In fiscal 2017, Konica Minolta started a new Medium Term Business Plan "SHINKA 2019," in which it aims to become a digital company with insight into implicit challenges; namely, a company capable of anticipating implicit challenges and that continues to create new values to meet such challenges with a view to contributing to the evolution of customers and society. At the same time, Konica Minolta is determined to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward a sustainable society.
Konica Minolta Included in the FTSE4Good Global Index for 14 Consecutive Years
Konica Minolta has also been included in the FTSE4Good Global Index for 14 consecutive years.
The FTSE4Good Global Index was developed by FTSE Russell, and its constituents are limited to companies that meet high standards in terms of ESG practices. This index is a major indicator used by investors and SRI funds in selecting companies in terms of sustainability.
Reference: Evaluation of CSR by External Parties
Including above, Konica Minolta is currently included in the SRI indexes and ranked high in the CSR ratings shown below.
| Dow Jones Sustainability Index (USA, Switzerland) | SRI index | Included in the World Index (DJSI World) each year since 2012 and in the Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) each year since 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| FTSE4Good Index (UK) | SRI index | Included in the FTSE4Good Index each year since 2003 |
| FTSE Blossom Japan Index (UK) | SRI index | Included in the index that was launched in 2017 |
| MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes (USA) | SRI index | Included in the index in consecutive years since 2010
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| MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index (USA) | SRI index | Included in the index that was launched in 2017 |
| MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (USA) | SRI index | Included in the index that was launched in 2017 |
| Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (Japan) | SRI index | Included in the Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index each year since 2003 |
| RobecoSAM (Switzerland) | CSR rating | Awarded Silver Class (January 2017) |
| oekom research AG (Germany) | CSR rating | Maintained the highest Prime Status since 2011 |
| Ethibel (Belgium) | CSR rating | Selected for the investment universe of Ethibel Pioneer and Ethibel Excellence (January 2017) |
| CDP (UK) | Environmental rating | Included on the Climate Change A List (October 2016) |
*Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF): GPIF is an independent administrative agency responsible for the management and administration of the employees' pension and national pension reserve funds under control of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.