Outside Evaluation and Awards

One of the indexes calculated by the London Stock Exchange—owned FTSE Group that selects component stocks based on their ESG performance, specifically, environmental management, climate change mitigation, human rights and workers' rights, supply chain labor standards, and bribery and corruption prevention.

FTSE Russell (the trading name of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) confirms that Denso Corporation has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The FTSE4Good indices are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.

DENSO CORPRATION announces it has been included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index. Created by the global index company FTSE Russell, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed as an industry neutral benchmark that reflects the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in Japan.

FTSE Russell evaluations are based on performance in areas such as Corporate Governance, Health & Safety, Anti-Corruption and Climate Change. Businesses included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index meet a variety of　environmental, social and governance criteria."

The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate relatively strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in their respective sectors. To promote the transition to a low-carbon economy, companies with particularly high greenhouse gas emissions are only included if their improvement efforts are recognized based on their TPI Management Quality Score.

FTSE Russell (the trading name of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) confirms that DENSO CORPORATION has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index as a result of an independent assessment.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is widely used to create and evaluate sustainable investment funds and other financial products.

The MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes are offered by the U.S.-based finance company MSCI Inc. These indexes recognize companies that are highly evaluated for their ESG-related initiatives.

The MSCI Japan ESG Leaders Indexes are also offered by MSCI Inc.
These indexes select companies by industry that are highly evaluated for their ESG-related initiatives from among the companies included in the MSCI Japan IMI Top 500 Index.

The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index is based on the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX), a representative stock price index that illustrates trends in the Japanese market, and determines the weighting of companies by focusing on their disclosure of environmental information and their level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of revenue). By applying such rules as raising the weighting of companies that sufficiently engage in the disclosure of environmental information and companies that have high carbon efficiency (low carbon emissions per unit of revenue), the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index encourages market-wide environmental initiatives and information disclosure with the aim of invigorating the stock market.

A leading ESG assessment firm in the global ESG research market
DENSO has developed a framework for green, social, and sustainability bonds and received a second party opinion (SPO) from the certification authority Moody’s ESG Solutions (formerly Vigeo Eiris).
In addition to promoting sustainability management, we will strengthen our fundraising activities to contribute to sustainability from a financial standpoint.

In 2016, DENSO received this award, which is given to companies that are improving corporate value via initiatives to maximize diverse human resources through diversity management.

This program, which is jointly promoted by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council), is not restricted to listed companies and recognizes large corporations that implement superior health and productivity management in collaboration with health insurers. DENSO has been recognized by this program for six consecutive years, beginning in 2017.