MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) is an ESG index containing excellent Japanese companies empowering women in the workplace. The companies are selected by American finance company MSCI from the MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index. The Maruha Nichiro Corporation has been selected as a constituent of the index for seven straight years since 2019.
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FTSE Blossom Japan Index Rating
Maruha Nichiro Corporation has been selected as a constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, structured by FTSE Russell, is an index that reflects the performance of Japanese companies that excel in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and is designed to have no industry allocation bias.
It has become one of the most representative indices for ESG investment, being adopted as a benchmark for ESG passive investment by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
Maruha Nichiro Corporation has been selected as a constituent of the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index.The index is an ESG index jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indexes, Inc. and the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and is weighted by TOPIX component stocks, focusing on the level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per sales revenue) and environmental information disclosure.
Inclusion in SOMPO Sustainability Index
Maruha Nichiro Co., Ltd. has been selected as a constituent of the Sompo Sustainability Index, which is managed by Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. uses the index to serve pension funds and institutional investors seeking to invest in a wide range of companies with high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessments. This is an asset management product for long-term investors seeking to build their asset portfolios and evaluates companies for long-term corporate value by identifying hidden risks and management quality not evident in financial statements.
CDP Climate Change 2024
CDP surveys over 23,000 companies and organizations worldwide and rates their performance in addressing climate change and their strategies on an eight-point scale (A, A-, B, B-, C, C-, D, D-). Maruha Nichiro Corporation received an “A- score,” the second highest of the eight levels, for the second consecutive year following fiscal 2023.
Received the “Blue Bond Award” at the 8th Sustainable Finance Awards Sponsored by the Research Institute for Environment and Finance (RIEF)
Maruha Nichiro Corporation received the "Blue Bond Award" at the 8th Sustainable Finance Awards sponsored by the RIEF, a general incorporated association that promotes and educates people about "environmental finance," a financial approach to solving environmental problems.
Maruha Nichiro Selected as One of the “Health Management Issues 2025”
- Also Recognized as One of the “Excellent Health Management Corporations 2025 (White 500)” for the 8th Consecutive Year -
Maruha Nichiro Corporation (headquartered in Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Ken Ikemi) has been selected as one of the “Health Management Issues 2025” jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In addition, Maruha Nichiro has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year as one of the “White 500” corporations in the “Excellent Health Management 2025 (Large Corporations)” jointly promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council.
Eruboshi Certification Recognizing Promotion of Women in the Workplace
The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare recognized Maruha Nichiro's efforts to promote women in the workplace with a "Second-level Eruboshi" certification in November 2017. The Eruboshi program was created under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
Kurumin Certification Recognizing Corporate Support for Employees Raising Children
Maruha Nichiro Corporation supports the realization of a positive “work and childcare balance” for all employees involved in child-rearing, regardless of gender. We are working to introduce systems and foster a corporate culture that exceeds the statutory requirements, and have obtained “Kurumin” certification for 2025 as well. We will continue to strengthen support for balancing work and childcare in line with the growth of children, further participation of men in childcare, and support for supervisors and colleagues who serve as supporters.
Obtained Highest DBJ Health Management Rating
The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) recognized Maruha Nichiro Corporation as “being exceptional in activities to support the health of employees” and granted the Company a loan based on its health management assessment rating in October 2021.
The DBJ Employee Health Management Rated Loan Program is the world's first loan menu that grants special lending conditions for companies assessed and selected for having outstanding management of employee health and welfare.
In October 2022, the Company received the highest rating of "A" for the fourth consecutive year, and received financing based on the "Health Management Declaration," transparency of the organizational structure, and measures to maintain and promote employee health through the use of DHA, all of which were highly evaluated.
Tokyo Sports Promotion Companies
TAs a company that has made outstanding efforts to promote sports activities among its employees and provide support in the field of sports, we have been certified as a “Tokyo Sports Promotion Company” for the 2024 fiscal year.
Sports Yell Company 2025
For the fifth year in a row, we have been recognized as a “Tokyo Sports Promotion Company” for our outstanding efforts to promote sports activities among employees and our support in the field of sports.
Selected as Partner Company in the Bay Renaissance Project
As a public-private partnership initiative, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism selected Maruha Nichiro Corporation to be a partner company in the Ministry's “Tokyo Bay UMI Project” to improve the bay environment in March 2016.
As part of this project, Maruha Nichiro conducts annual eelgrass bed restoration activities to restore Tokyo Bay as a rich marine ecosystem, by increasing the number of eelgrass, which helps clean the seawater and absorb carbon dioxide.
The Consumer-Oriented Management Excellent Case Awards
The Consumer-Oriented Management Excellent Case Awards have been presented by the Consumer Affairs Agency since FY2018 to recognize and promote businesses that have made outstanding efforts in consumer-oriented management.
Maruha Nichiro was the first Japanese food and marine products company to receive an award from the Minister of State for Special Missions of the Cabinet Office at the FY2023 ConsumerOriented Management Excellent Case Awards organized by the Consumer Affairs Agency.
DX Company 2025 in “DX Issues 2025” Sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
Maruha Nichiro Corporation has been selected as one of the “Digital Transformation Issues (DX Issues) 2025” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan.
The “DX Issues” are selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and others from among companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to further promote DX by selecting companies that have established internal mechanisms to promote DX that lead to increased corporate value and have demonstrated outstanding achievements in the use of digital technology.
