Evaluation from Outside the Company

Daifuku is selected as one of the constituents of MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, managed by MSCI. Daifuku is certified as having an AA rating, as a company with an excellent ESG evaluation from MSCI Japan IMI Top 500 Index.

For more information on the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, please refer to this website.

FTSE4Good Index Series was designed to measure the performance of companies implementing ESG.

For more information on the FTSE4Good, please refer to this website.

FTSE Blossom Japan Index consists of shares of Japanese companies that have been judged as excellent in terms of ESG.

For more information on the FTSE Blossom Japan, please refer to this website.

Based on responses to the Climate Change Questionnaire implemented by CDP^*, the climate change efforts of the Daifuku Group received a rating of A-minus (Leadership Level).

* CDP: Carbon Disclosure Project, an international not-for-profit organization working on environmental issues such as climate change, water and forest resources.

For 7 years in a row, Daifuku has been selected as a constituent brand of the SNAM Sustainability Index operated by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management (SNAM). This highlights that our ESG (environment, society and governance) initiatives are highly rated.

For more information on the SNAM Sustainability Index, please refer to this website.

In February 2017, we obtained the highest rank as "a company with excellent initiatives for disaster risk reduction and business continuity management."

For more information on our DBJ BCM Rating acquisition, please refer to this website.

In July 2016, we obtained the highest rating as "a company with excellent health care initiatives for employees."

For more information on our DBJ Health Management Rating acquisition, please refer to this website.

In November 2017, we obtained the highest rating as "a company with excellent advanced environmental initiatives." (Obtained for the first time in October 2012)

For more information on our DBJ Environmental Rating acquisition, please refer to this website. (External Link)

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, along with the Nippon Kenko Kaigi, jointly run this recognition program to acknowledge corporations of all sizes that operate outstanding programs promoting employee health and productivity. Daifuku was recognized as one of 821 large enterprises (White 500) in the 2019 program, marking the Company’s third consecutive year to be selected.

For an overview of White 500, please refer to this website.

In 2017, the Shiga Works received an award for our outstanding greening performance from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This award is given to facilities that proactively promote greening and greatly contribute to improvement of living environments in the surrounding area. We were highly rated for our efforts to maintain biodiversity, conserve the environment, and enhance the environmental awareness of our employees.

We received a 2018 Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity run by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment inf the category of implementation and dissemination of countermeasures. The Minister of the Environment annually commends individuals and groups who have made outstanding achievement in preventing global warming since 1998 as part of measures to promote anti-global warming activities. We received this award for our ongoing efforts to prevent global warming and our activities contributing to the environment as part of our "Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020."