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ESG Index

Our selection for inclusion in major ESG investment indices in and outside Japan indicates that we are highly evaluated by society.

FTSE4Good Index Series / FTSE Blossom Japan Index / FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

FTSE4Good Index Series

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

We have been selected as a constituent stock of the FTSE4Good Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index.
The FTSE4Good Index Series is a series of stock indexes developed by FTSE Russell, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange. FTSE Russell evaluates major corporations around the world from the perspective of environmental, social, and governance criteria, including the labor standards applied throughout their supply chains, as well as on the basis of corporate sustainability. It selects companies that satisfy its standards as constituents of the index.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Index and Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index are designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. The index is adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan as a core ESG benchmark for its passive investments, and Mitsui has been selected in the index having fulfilled the index criteria.
FTSE Russell (a registered trademark of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) certifies that Mitsui & Co. has met the requirements for inclusion in the FTSE 4Good Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index as a result of independent research, and has become a constituent of these indices. The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is compiled by FTSE Russell, a global index provider, and is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Blossom Japan Index and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index are widely used to create and evaluate sustainable investment funds and other financial products.


Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

We have been selected as a constituent stock of the World Index and Asia Pacific Index in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are global stock indexes developed jointly by S&P Group member Dow Jones & Company, in the U.S. and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland. Major corporations around the world are evaluated in terms of their economic, environmental, and social performance.
Based on our response to the questionnaire carried out in 2021, we were selected for the World Index and the Asia Pacific Index.


Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Evaluations and Awards

We have been recognized by ESG ratings agencies, media, and government agencies in Japan and abroad.

S&P Global ESG Score

S&P Global ESG Score

Each year, S&P Global evaluates the sustainability of the world's leading companies from the three dimensions of economy, environment and society, and rates companies with excellent evaluation results in each industry as "Top 1%", "Top 5%", or "Top 10%" depending on their score. Mitsui was selected as one of the "Top 10% (Top 10% S&P Global ESG Score 2023)" in the "Trading Companies and Distributors Industry".


The Sustainability Yearbook | S&P Global (spglobal.com)

CDP

CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)

CDP is an ESG evaluation program that urges leading companies (in terms of market capitalization) in major countries to disclose their climate change strategies and greenhouse gas emissions. Replies from such companies, together with their scores, are provided to institutional investors. Mitsui has been responding to the questionnaire since 2011. Based on our response to the questionnaire carried out in 2023, we received the following scores: Climate Change: A-, Water Security: B, Forests (timber): B.

Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings

Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings

Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings is an ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Risk Rating provided by Sustainalytics to world's leading corporations, lenders, and banks to measure their exposure to industry-specific material ESG risks and how well a company is managing those risks.
In March 2022, Mitsui was assessed to be at Low Risk of experiencing material financial impacts from ESG factors.

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Nadeshiko Brand

Nadeshiko Brand

Since the fiscal year ended March 2013, METI and the TSE have been jointly selecting TSE-listed outstanding enterprises that encourage women's success in the workplace as "Nadeshiko Brands." Since the fiscal year ended March 2015, Mitsui has been selected as a Nadeshiko or Semi-Nadeshiko Brand company for 8 consecutive years.
Nadeshiko Brand selection: Fiscal years ended March 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021
Semi-Nadeshiko Brand selection: Fiscal years ended March 2017, 2019 and 2022

Eruboshi (L Star)

Eruboshi (L Star)

The Eruboshi system certifies companies that have submitted notifications under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace (Promotion of Women's Career Activities Act) promulgated on April 1, 2016, and that meet the specific standards and are regarded as implementing outstanding initiatives to promote the advancement of women in the workplace. Mitsui was certified as having achieved the second of three levels under the Eruboshi system.

Kurumin Certification

Kurumin Certification

Kurumin certification is awarded to companies that support child raising. The certification requires that the company (1) has formulated a general employers action plan under The Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children and (2) has achieved targets set in the plan while satisfying certain requirements, and is available on an application basis. In recognition of our efforts to promote the use of support systems for balancing work and home life, along with other initiatives, in 2022 Mitsui received Platinum Kurumin certification, as an excellent company that supports child-raising.

Health & Productivity Stock Selection

Health & Productivity Stock Selection

The Health & Productivity Stock Selection recognizes TSE-listed companies that strategically make efforts with respect to their employee health from a management perspective. We promote health management so that every individual employee can work healthily and safely, harnessing their full talent and potential. We have also implemented measures to spread diverse working styles, enhance engagement, and improve the office environment, among other purposes. Mitsui was listed in the Health & Productivity* Stock Selection for the first time in 2023.

Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program "White 500"

Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program "White 500"

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi jointly implement the health and productivity management organization program "White 500". Mitsui has been recognized as one of the Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations under the White 500 initiative for six consecutive years.

Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA) IR Grand Prix

Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA) IR Grand Prix

Mitsui was awarded its first IR Grand Prix Award at the 26th IR Awards 2021, hosted by JIRA. We were previously a recipient of the Best IR Award in 2008, 2018 and 2019, and the IR Special Award in 2014.

Securities Analysts Association Award for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure

Securities Analysts Association Award for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure

Mitsui was selected as the best company for '2023 Awards for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure' by The Securities Analysts Association of Japan in the category of general trading companies. This is the 8th time in total and the 7th consecutive year that Mitsui has received this award.

Daiwa Investor Relations "Internet IR Awards 2023" Excellence Award in the Sustainability Category

Daiwa Investor Relations "Internet IR Awards 2023" Excellence Award in the Sustainability Category

Mitsui received the Commendation Award in the Internet IR category and the Excellence Award in the Sustainability category in the "2023 Daiwa Internet IR Awards" by Daiwa Investor Relations Co.Ltd.

We also received the Excellence Award in the Internet IR category and the Grand Prize in the Sustainability Category, for 2021 and 2022.

DX Stocks

DX Stocks

Mitsui has been selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan ("METI") as a "DX Stocks 2023" under the Digital Transformation (DX) Stock selection program administered jointly by the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE") and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan ("IPA").
For the purpose of penetrating the target company model widely, promoting a change in management's awareness, and also further promoting DX by earning recognition from a wide range of stakeholders, METI, TSE and IPA jointly selected the companies, that have established internal systems for promoting DX that contribute to improving corporate value and have achieved outstanding digital utilization, as "DX Stocks" from among TSE-listed companies that responded to a survey titled "2023 Survey on Digital Transformation." This year, 32 companies including Mitsui have been selected for "DX Stocks 2023" and 19 companies have been selected as "Noteworthy DX Companies 2023".

FY Mar/2022

Ranked fourth overall in the 16th corporate CSR rankings for 2021 by Toyo Keizai Inc.

Selected as one of "Noteworthy DX Companies 2021" in the "DX Stocks" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

FY Mar/2020 Received the Award for Excellence at the 22nd Nikkei Annual Report Awards (2019) by Nikkei, Inc.
Received Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister's Prize in the Corporate Youth Experience Promotion Awards of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Mitsui SASUGAKU Academy)
FY Mar/2019 Received the Award for Excellence at the 21st Nikkei Annual Report Awards (2018) by Nikkei, Inc.
Received Award of Merit in the Environmental Report section of the Environmental Communication Awards 2018 by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment
Received the Judging Panel's Incentive Prize in the Corporate Youth Experience Promotion Awards of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Mitsui SASUGAKU Academy)
FY Mar/2018 Received the Award for Excellence at the 20th Nikkei Annual Report Awards (2017) by Nikkei, Inc.
Received the Judging Panel's Special Prize in the Corporate Youth Experience Promotion Awards of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Mitsui SASUGAKU Academy)