CDP Climate Change A List and CDP Supplier Engagement Leader

CDP is an NPO whose main activities include requesting that business enterprises and local government authorities disclose information relating to the measures they have taken to address environmental issues, including climate change strategies, waste resource conservation, forest conservation, etc., in line with requests from global institutional investors etc. who are concerned about the environment, and also promoting increased adoption of measures of this type. Organizations that secure an A rating (the highest possible rank) in relation to climate change are included in the CDP Climate Change A List. Nikon has been selected for the "A List" for the fifth consecutive year from FY2019.
Furthermore, Nikon has been selected as a "Supplier Engagement Leader", the highest rating in the CDP's Supplier Engagement Assessment, which evaluates how effectively companies are collaborating with their suppliers on climate change issues, for fifth consecutive years from the fiscal year 2019.

• CDP

AAA MSCI ESG Rating

The MSCI ESG Ratings adopt a seven-point scale from "AAA" to "CCC," ranking a company's ESG performance according to industry-specific ESG risks and its ability to manage those risks relative to its industry peers. In 2023, we obtained AAA, the highest possible rating. In both 2023 and 2024, Nikon achieved the highest rating of "AAA".

• *THE USE BY NIKON CORPORATION OF ANY MSCI ESG RESEARCH LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES (“MSCI”) DATA, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT, RECOMMENDATION, OR PROMOTION OF NIKON CORPORATION BY MSCI. MSCI SERVICES AND DATA ARE THE PROPERTY OF MSCI OR ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, AND ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. MSCI NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI.

• ESG Investing: ESG Ratings - MSCI

ISS ESG "Prime" Status

ISS ESG is the responsible investment arm of the world's proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and conducts sustainability rating assessments. On December 4, 2023, we are rated "Prime" in the ESG Corporate Rating that is given to companies that are received high evaluation from the perspectives of the environment, society, and governance in their industry sectors.

• ISS ESG

Sustainability Yearbook 2024 「Top10% S&P Global CSA Score」

S&P Global conducts the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) on listed companies worldwide every year, evaluating their sustainability from economic, environmental, and social perspectives. The company publishes "The Sustainability Yearbook" online with the aim of distinguishing companies that have received high CSA scores and includes the top 15% of scoring companies in this Yearbook. Nikon is listed in "The Sustainability Yearbook 2024" as a company whose score is within 10% of the top company in its industry category. In the 2023 CSA, approximately 9,400 companies across 62 industries were surveyed, and 759 companies were listed in "The Sustainability Yearbook 2024".

• S&P Global - Sustainability Yearbook 2024

Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings

Sustainalytics evaluates how exposed companies are to significant ESG issues and how effectively they manage them. The ESG risk ratings are designed to assist institutional investors in identifying and understanding financially material ESG risks at the individual security/portfolio level, and we have received a Low Risk rating.

• Sustainalytics

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices DJSI World and DJSI Asia Pacific

Selected: Since 2018
Every year, the sustainability of major global companies is quantified from three perspectives: economy, environment, and society. Based on the results of evaluation by industry, approximately the top 10% are selected for DJSI World and approximately the top 20% in the Asia-Pacific region are selected for DJSI Asia Pacific.

• DJSI World and DJSI Asia Pacific

FTSE4Good Index Series

Selected: Since 2004
The ESG Investment Indexes by FTSE Russell, wholly owned by the London Stock Exchange.

• FTSE Russell Benchmarks and Indices

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

Selected: Since 2017
FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to reflect the performance of Japanese companies with excellent track records in terms of ESG.

• *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.

• FTSE Russell Benchmarks and Indices

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

Selected: 2022
It is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate relative environmental, social, and governance excellence in their respective sectors.

• *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.

• FTSE Russell Benchmarks and Indices

MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index

Selected: Since 2024
An index constructed by selecting companies with excellent ESG ratings from the constituents of the MSCI Japan IMI Index. In order to prevent bias in industry sectors, it utilizes the industry classification of the S&P Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), selecting the top 50% of companies with high ESG ratings within each sector.

• *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
• *The inclusion of Nikon Corporation in any MSCI index, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, does not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement or promotion of Nikon Corporation by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. MSCI and the MSCI index names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.

• MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index(Japanese Only)

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index

Selected: Since 2019
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index selects companies in various industries that have demonstrated superior gender diversity performance, from among the 500 listed Japanese companies with the highest market capitalization.

• *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.
• *The inclusion of Nikon Corporation in any MSCI index, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, does not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement or promotion of Nikon Corporation by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. MSCI and the MSCI index names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.

• MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (Japanese Only)

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

Selected: Since 2018
The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index is an index that uses TOPIX, the representative stock index for the Japanese market, as its securities universe and selects composite stocks with a focus on disclosure of environmental information and level of carbon efficiency.

• *Selected as an ESG index by the Government Pension Investment Fund, or GPIF.

• S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

Health and Productivity Management Organization 2024

Certification: March, 2024
A system that recognizes corporations that practice particularly excellent health management based on initiatives in line with local health issues and health promotion initiatives promoted by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.