{"id":16542,"date":"2025-03-18T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=16542"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:12:56","slug":"konica-minolta-given-highest-evaluation-by-cdp-and-included-on-the-climate-a-list-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/konica-minolta-given-highest-evaluation-by-cdp-and-included-on-the-climate-a-list-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0Given\u00a0Highest\u00a0Evaluation\u00a0by\u00a0CDP\u00a0and\u00a0Included\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Climate\u00a0A\u00a0List\u00a02024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0U.S.A.),\u00a0announced its global headquarters,\u00a0Konica\u00a0Minolta, Inc. (Konica\u00a0Minolta) has been\u00a0selected for\u00a0the\u00a0Climate\u00a0A\u00a0List\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0FY2024 survey\u00a0by\u00a0CDP,\u00a0an international not-for-profit environmental organization. This is\u00a0the\u00a0eighth time\u00a0Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0has been\u00a0given\u00a0the\u00a0highest\u00a0evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDP&nbsp;operates&nbsp;a&nbsp;global system for disclosing environmental information of companies&nbsp;and&nbsp;local governments. In FY2024, more than 24,800 companies&nbsp;around&nbsp;the&nbsp;world disclosed environmental information through&nbsp;CDP&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;request of more than 700 financial institutions whose combined&nbsp;assets&nbsp;are worth over 142 trillion U.S. dollars.&nbsp;CDP&nbsp;also holds&nbsp;the&nbsp;largest environmental database in&nbsp;the&nbsp;world&nbsp;aligned with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Task Force&nbsp;on&nbsp;Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).&nbsp;The&nbsp;database is widely used when making decisions&nbsp;on&nbsp;investment&nbsp;and&nbsp;procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Climate&nbsp;A&nbsp;List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Climate&nbsp;A&nbsp;List&nbsp;is composed of companies that have been recognized&nbsp;as global leaders in terms of goals set&nbsp;and&nbsp;actions taken to combat&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change&nbsp;and&nbsp;disclosure of information.&nbsp;A&nbsp;survey was conducted&nbsp;on&nbsp;companies which operate in 130 countries&nbsp;and&nbsp;whose total&nbsp;assets&nbsp;are equivalent to two thirds of&nbsp;the&nbsp;global market capitalization. This fiscal year, companies that were highly evaluated for&nbsp;their efforts to reduce CO2&nbsp;emissions, mitigate&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change,&nbsp;and&nbsp;contribute to&nbsp;a&nbsp;low-carbon economy were selected for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Climate&nbsp;A&nbsp;List.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aiming to Realize Net Zero CO2&nbsp;Emissions&nbsp;by&nbsp;2050<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through its business,&nbsp;Konica&nbsp;Minolta&nbsp;aims to&nbsp;achieve net zero CO2&nbsp;emissions&nbsp;across&nbsp;the&nbsp;product lifecycle, which is within&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope of its responsibility,&nbsp;by&nbsp;2050, while tackling five material issues, including \u201cAddressing&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u201cUsing limited resources effectively.\u201d&nbsp;The&nbsp;company&nbsp;also&nbsp;aims to realize&nbsp;the&nbsp;Carbon Minus status, in which its contribution to reducing CO2&nbsp;emissions outside&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope of its responsibility exceeds those within its responsibility&nbsp;by&nbsp;FY2025,&nbsp;by&nbsp;reinforcing its core technologies through&nbsp;the&nbsp;use of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;and&nbsp;technology integration&nbsp;across business domains,&nbsp;and&nbsp;by&nbsp;further contributing to reducing CO2&nbsp;emissions&nbsp;at customers&nbsp;and&nbsp;suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konica&nbsp;Minolta&nbsp;remains committed to helping build&nbsp;a&nbsp;decarbonized society while&nbsp;achieving both business creation&nbsp;and&nbsp;growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Evaluation&nbsp;by&nbsp;External Parties<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konica&nbsp;Minolta&nbsp;is currently&nbsp;included&nbsp;in global ESG indexes&nbsp;and&nbsp;is ranked high in&nbsp;the&nbsp;ESG ratings,&nbsp;as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CDP\u00a0(UK)<\/strong>:\u00a0Included\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Climate\u00a0A\u00a0List\u00a0(2013-2014, 2016-2017, 2020-2022,\u00a02024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FTSE4Good Index Series (UK):\u00a0<\/strong>Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since integration of\u00a0Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0in 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FTSE Blossom Japan Index (UK):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since its establishment in 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index (UK):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index since its establishment in 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index (USA):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since its establishment in 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (USA):\u00a0<\/strong>Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since its establishment in 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index (USA)<\/strong>:\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index since its establishment in 2023 (Certified\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0highest\u00a0Group 1\uff09<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dow Jones Sustainability Index (USA):<\/strong>\u00a0Asia Pacific Index (DJSI\u00a0Asia Pacific):\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S&amp;P\/JPX Carbon Efficient Index (USA, Japan):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0index consecutively since its establishment in 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S&amp;P Global Sustainability Yearbook (USA):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Sustainability Yearbook consecutively since 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corporate Knights (Canada):<\/strong>\u00a0Ranked\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in\u00a0the\u00a0World (2011, 2019-2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ISS ESG (USA):<\/strong>\u00a0Maintained\u00a0the\u00a0highest\u00a0Prime Status since 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CDP (UK):<\/strong>\u00a0Included\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Supplier Engagement Leader (2016, 2018, 2020-2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asia-Pacific\u00a0Climate\u00a0Leaders (UK, Germany):<\/strong>\u00a0Selected in\u00a02024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0U.S.A.),\u00a0announced its global headquarters,\u00a0Konica\u00a0Minolta, Inc. (Konica\u00a0Minolta) has been\u00a0selected for\u00a0the\u00a0Climate\u00a0A\u00a0List\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0FY2024 survey\u00a0by\u00a0CDP,\u00a0an international not-for-profit environmental organization. This is\u00a0the\u00a0eighth time\u00a0Konica\u00a0Minolta\u00a0has been\u00a0given\u00a0the\u00a0highest\u00a0evaluation. CDP&nbsp;operates&nbsp;a&nbsp;global system for disclosing environmental information of companies&nbsp;and&nbsp;local governments. In FY2024, more than 24,800 companies&nbsp;around&nbsp;the&nbsp;world disclosed environmental information through&nbsp;CDP&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;request of more than 700 financial institutions whose combined&nbsp;assets&nbsp;are worth over 142 trillion U.S. dollars.&nbsp;CDP&nbsp;also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1297],"class_list":{"0":"post-16542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-konica-minolta-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16544,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions\/16544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}