Evaluation by External Parties

Seiko Epson was selected by FTSE Russell, a part of the London Stock Exchange Group, as a constituent of one of the Responsible Investment (RI) indexes in the FTSE4Good Index series for the 19th consecutive year. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the FTSE Blossom Japan index for the sixth consecutive year. This index is one of the ESG indexes selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in July 2017. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index. This index was adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in April 2022. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) for the sixth consecutive year. WIN is one of the ESG indexes selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in July 2017. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index. This index is one of the ESG indexes selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in July 2017. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson Corporation has been selected to be part of the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index every year since the index was first calculated (as of July 2022). The index of environmental performance was jointly developed by the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (US) and has been used by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) since 2018.

Seiko Epson was selected by Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Japan), as a constituent of one of the Sompo Sustainability Index for the 11th consecutive year.
The index is used in SRI (socially responsible investment) fund for pension funds or institutional investors to invest widely in companies with the high ESG (environment, society, governance) evaluation ratings. (June 2022)

Seiko Epson has been placed for the third consecutive year on the prestigious corporate sustainability A list by the globally influential environmental non-profit CDP for leadership in tackling climate change.
(December 2022)

Seiko Epson has been identified as a global leader for engaging with its suppliers on climate change, being awarded a position on the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard by the globally influential environmental non-profit CDP for the third consecutive year. (February 2022)

Seiko Epson has been awarded a Platinum rating for overall sustainability by independent platform EcoVadis (France). Epson placed in the top one percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis. (October 2022)

Seiko Epson's main production sites have voluntarily and systematically been undergoing audits under the Validated Assessment Program (VAP) of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which is dedicated to CSR in global supply chains. To date, Epson production sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Philippines have earned Platinum, the highest level of recognition.

Seiko Epson Corporation was recognized for the second consecutive year as an outstanding enterprise under the Health and Productivity Stock Selection Program by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The program was created to encourage enterprises to step up their efforts to manage employee health and productivity. Seiko Epson received high scores in all four areas of health and productivity management: management philosophy and policy, organization, program and action implementation, and evaluation and improvement. (March 2023)

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Epson's global greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. SBTi recognized Epson's targets as being science-based and in line with keeping a global temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius, a central aim of the Paris Agreement. (November 2018)

In 2016, the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare granted Seiko Epson the top "Eruboshi" mark in recognition of its efforts to promote the active participation and advancement of women in the workplace. (July 2016)

As a result of Epson's efforts to establish a friendly workplace environment, we were awarded use of the so-called Kurumin symbol from 2007 and the Platinum Kurumin symbol in 2016. Use of these symbols is awarded by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to companies that implement policies that support employees who are raising families, in accordance with the Act on Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation. (May 2016)

Epson won the Bronze Award in the Environmentally Sustainable Company category of the fourth ESG Finance Awards Japan organized by the Ministry of the Environment. The ESG Finance Awards recognize progressive, exemplary initiatives driven by investors, financial institutions, financial services providers, and companies that have made an impact by actively engaging in ESG financing or environmental and social enterprises with the goal of encouraging the spread and expansion of ESG financing. (February 2023)

Epson has received the New Energy Foundation Chairman's Award (Bronze Award) for Community Coexistence in New Energy Award 2022 organized by the New Energy Foundation. The organizers recognized Epson for its efforts to accelerate the development of renewable electiricity sources in partnership with the Nagano Prefectural Enterprise Bureau and Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Company, Incorporated. (February 2023)

Seiko Epson won the Environmental Value Award at the 3rd Annual Nikkei SDGs Management Grand Prix organized by Nikkei Inc. The reward was granted in recognition of the company's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and, increasingly important, those of its business partners, as well as for its support for the TCFD recommendations and disclosure of emissions information in securities reports, and its ambitious targets for introducing renewable electricity. (November 2021)

Epson Korea Ltd., Co., won the ESG Grand Prize for the third consecutive year at the Chosun Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. These prestigious awards are operated by Chosun Media and sponsored by multiple ministries within the Korean government. EKL was recognized primarily for "Details for Tomorrow," a campaign that promotes social value with power-saving inkjet printers and ultra-short throw projectors that help to narrow the education gap through distance learning, as well as for its sustainability and ESG reporting. Reviewers analyzed and evaluated approximately 713 companies in South Korea by looking at their ESG, SDG, CSR, and environmental reports for the past three years. Epson was one of the 7 winners in the ESG award category. (April 2021)

Seiko Epson won the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 29th Grand Prize for Global Environment Awards. The award recognizes Epson's inkjet innovation efforts to minimize environmental impact. (February 2020)

Akita Epson Corporation received the METI Minister's Prize at the eighth Monodzukuri Grand Awards for its role in helping to develop, in partnership with the Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University Hospital, and the Akita Industrial Technology Center, the world's first rapid cancer diagnosis support system using AC electric field mixing. (January 2020)

The Fantas Aquarium won the Global Corporate Sustainability Best Practice Award at the Global Corporate Sustainability Forum, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Sustainable Developments Goals, an organization made up of groups from Taiwan's industry, government, academia and NGOs. (November 2019)

Seiko Epson has been awarded the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Director-General's Award for Epson's LX-10000F series and LX-7000F series of high-speed linehead inkjet multifunction printers sold in Japan. This award, which was part of the FY2018 Grand Prize for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Conservation awards program, was sponsored by the Energy Conservation Center, Japan, with support from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. (January 2019)

Epson's PaperLab A-8000 dry-process office papermaking system has been awarded the first EcoPro Award (Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Prize) by Japan Environment Management Association for Industry. (September 2018)