Konica Minolta Named to All ESG Indexes Adopted by the GPIF and Included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for 17 Consecutive Years

Konica Minolta’s Commitment to Sustainability

Konica Minolta remains committed to developing innovations that bring new values beneficial to the global environment and society, and that also support business growth. In doing so, the company aims to become a digital company with insight into implicit challenges, namely, a company capable of contributing to a sustainable society by continuing evolution together with customers through innovations.

In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, which is the most recent and major social challenge, Konica Minolta has begun providing support and solutions in a wide range of fields, including thermal camera packages for body surface temperature screening, remote work solutions, social distance sign printing services, participation in the Open Covid-19 Declaration for utilizing patents, and chatbots that automatically answer questions relating to local governmental benefits, in addition to supporting on-site healthcare needs in Healthcare Business.

As part of its long-term environmental vision, "Eco Vision 2050," Konica Minolta has set the goal of reducing CO₂emissions throughout the entire life cycle of its products by 80% by 2050, compared to fiscal 2005 levels. In addition, the company is committed to achieving the Carbon Minus Goal by 2030 through collaboration with stakeholders, including business partners, customers, and local communities, to achieve CO₂ emissions reductions that exceed CO₂ emissions throughout the lifecycle of its products. Utilizing its technologies and know-how in reducing carbon emissions together with stakeholders, if the emissions reduction from the stakeholders’ activities exceed the emissions from the Company’s products lifecycle, Konica Minolta's activities will result in negative CO₂ emissions for society as a whole.

Through these efforts, Konica Minolta is striving to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while facilitating the evolution of the business community and human society.

Outline of Each Index

The FTSE4Good Index Series, which was introduced by FTSE Russell, a UK-based global index provider, lists companies around the world demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, and provides a means for investors and RI funds to select companies with good sustainability prospects for investment. The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to include Japanese companies with excellent performance in ESG practices, and 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 ESG indexes introduced in 2017 by MSCI Inc., a US-based global ESG research and index provider. These indexes were also adopted by the GPIF.

The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index was launched jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s major index providers, and Japan Exchange Group, Inc. Using TOPIX as a benchmark, it is designed to reduce exposure to high-carbon companies while maintaining the risk/return profile similar to that of their benchmarks. This index, too, was selected by GPIF as an environmental index.