Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been named to all of the four responsible investment (RI) indexes adopted by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)*1. These four indexes are the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index and the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index. This is the fifth consecutive year for Konica Minolta to be listed on all of these ESG indexes since the GPIF first adopted them.Konica Minolta has also been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which is one of the most well-known RI indexes in the world, for 18 consecutive years.
Konica Minolta’s commitment to sustainability
In its Medium-term Business Plan “DX2022,” Konica Minolta declares its determination to evolve into a company clearly committed to solving social issues as part of its basic policy, and has remained committed to developing innovations that can promote both the creation of new value for the global environment and human society, and the growth of its business. In the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the company considered how it could contribute to the fight against the pandemic, and has been providing various support and solutions, leveraging the strengths it has developed in the healthcare business and a wide range of other areas. To help with the recent vaccination effort, for example, the company assisted in setting up mass vaccination centres by applying its know-how in arranging event venues, while adding speech-to-text and remote sign-language interpreting services to its “multi-language interpreting for medical institutions” app, to help hearing-impaired persons at vaccination centres. In this way, Konica Minolta continues efforts to address social problems through its business activities.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Digital Platform launched by 16 Japanese companies, including Konica Minolta, has now grown to 44 member companies in just one year since its inception. Konica Minolta uses this platform to work with the companies to develop and share country-specific navigation maps that compile information related to the introduction of renewable energy and recycled materials, thus helping to accelerate the environmental management efforts of the member companies.
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.
In its Medium-term Business Plan “DX2022,” Konica Minolta declares its determination to evolve into a company clearly committed to solving social issues as part of its basic policy, and has remained committed to developing innovations that can promote both the creation of new value for the global environment and human society, and the growth of its business. In the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the company considered how it could contribute to the fight against the pandemic, and has been providing various support and solutions, leveraging the strengths it has developed in the healthcare business and a wide range of other areas. To help with the recent vaccination effort, for example, the company assisted in setting up mass vaccination centres by applying its know-how in arranging event venues, while adding speech-to-text and remote sign-language interpreting services to its “multi-language interpreting for medical institutions” app, to help hearing-impaired persons at vaccination centres. In this way, Konica Minolta continues efforts to address social problems through its business activities.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Digital Platform launched by 16 Japanese companies, including Konica Minolta, has now grown to 44 member companies in just one year since its inception. Konica Minolta uses this platform to work with the companies to develop and share country-specific navigation maps that compile information related to the introduction of renewable energy and recycled materials, thus helping to accelerate the environmental management efforts of the member companies.
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.
| Dow Jones Sustainability Index (USA) | World Index (DJSI World): Included in the index consecutively since 2012 Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific): Included in the index consecutively since 2009 |
| FTSE4Good Index Series (UK) | Included in the index consecutively since 2003 |
| FTSE Blossom Japan Index (UK) | Included in the index consecutively since its establishment in 2017 |
| MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index (USA) | Included in the index consecutively since its establishment in 2017 |
| MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (USA) | Included in the index consecutively since its establishment in 2017 |
| S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index (USA, Japan) | Included in the index consecutively since its establishment in 2018 |
| S&P Global (USA) | Included in SAM Sustainability Award consecutively since 2013 (Four times as Gold and five times as Silver) |
| Corporate Knights (Canada) | Ranked among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (2011, 2019, 2020 and 2021) |
| ISS-oekom (Germany) | Maintained the highest Prime Status since 2011 |
| Ethibel (Belgium) | Selected for the investment universe of Ethibel Pioneer and Ethibel Excellence for more than 10 years in a row |
| CDP (UK) | Included on the Climate A List (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020) |