Back in February Konica Minolta was proud to announce that they have been awarded Prime Status by Oekom Research in its 2015 Corporate Rating. With this, Konica Minolta is recognized as one of the global leading companies for corporate social responsibility within its industry and they have maintained Prime Status for 5 consecutive years since 2011.
Oekom Research is known as one of the world’s prominent rating agencies known for its highly praised, international researches in sustainable investment and sustainability ratings. They have been evaluating companies around the world through its original Corporate Rating with an extensive set of criteria in terms of social and environmental measures. If a company is ranked among the best in its respected industry in the overall rating they will be given Prime Status.
Konica Minolta received the highest evaluation for eco-efficiency as well as exceptionally appraised in the following prospects:
- Global medium-term environmental plan and promotion of diverse initiatives with the goals of both environmental impact reduction and increase in corporate value;
- Efforts to minimize material use, including utilization of recycled materials through its proprietary technologies;
- Advanced implantation of chemical substance management; and
- Stringent response to evolving environmental standards
The Konica Minolta Group has chosen issues such as environmental challenges to meet its social responsibilities and build on their competitive edges. As their managements vision is to keep Konica “an innovative company that is robust and constantly evolving”.
Besides Oekom’s Prime Status Konica Minolta has been included in the following:
- Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for three years in a row.
- FTSE4Good Global Index by the FTSE Group in the UK for twelve years.
- Japan-based Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index.
- Awarded the RobecoSAM Gold Class.
- In 2014 Konica Minolta was selected by CDP for inclusion in both its global Climate Change Performance Leadership Index and Japan 500 Climate Change Disclosure Leadership Index.
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