Recognition from Society

DNP has been recognized by external rating agencies as a corporate group that is proactively working to contribute to the development of a sustainable society.

Inclusion in ESG Indices (as of February 2025)

DNP strives to consider corporate social responsibility in all business activities. As a result, we have been included in domestic and international ESG* indices as an investment option.

  • *ESG stands for Environment, Social and Governance.

FTSE4Good Global Index(Open in a new window)

FTSE Russell, a wholly owned subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group based in the UK, evaluates companies from around the world and selects the shares of those that excel in terms of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance for inclusion in this index.
DNP has been selected for 24 consecutive years, since 2000.

FTSE Blossom Japan Index(Open in a new window)

A comprehensive index that considers every aspect of ESG, this index was designed by FTSE Russell to measure the performance of Japanese companies that are doing an excellent job of responding to ESG-related concerns.

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index(Open in a new window)

Based on FTSE Russell's ESG Ratings, the index only incorporates companies with high ratings for their climate governance and climate change efforts, especially when including those with high greenhouse gas emissions.

MSCI ESG Leaders indexes(Open in a new window)

US-based Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI Inc.) offers indices that are constructed by selecting companies with excellent ESG profiles from among the top corporations in terms of market capitalization.

THE INCLUSION OF Dai Nippon Printing IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Dai Nippon Printing 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
ESG Select Leaders Index

The index is constructed by MSCI Inc. through the selection of companies targeting 50% of market capitalization in each industry sector with outstanding ESG performance from among the constituent stocks of the MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index.

THE INCLUSION OF Dai Nippon Printing IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Dai Nippon Printing 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

The index is constructed by MSCI Inc. through the selection of companies targeting 50% of stocks in each industry sector with outstanding ESG performance from among the constituent stocks of the MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index.

THE INCLUSION OF Dai Nippon Printing IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Dai Nippon Printing 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

MSCI Inc. constructed this index by calculating various types of gender diversity scores based on female employment data disclosed in line with the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. The scores are calculated for MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index constituents, and the companies with the best scores in each industry group are selected for inclusion in the index.

THE INCLUSION OF Dai Nippon Printing IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Dai Nippon Printing 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.

Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index(Open in a new window)

This stock index was jointly developed in 1999 by S&P Dow Jones Indices of the US and SAM of Switzerland. It surveys the world's leading companies from three perspectives - economic, environmental, and social - for sustainability, and selects the top performing companies as component stocks.

  • *Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) was renamed Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices in February 2025.

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index(Open in a new window)

The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index has been developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and Japan Exchange Group. The weighting of a company in the Index as an investment option is determined based on the company’s status of environmental information disclosure and its level of carbon efficiency (carbon footprint per unit of revenue).

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index(Open in a new window)

A stock index developed by Morningstar, Inc. in the US, utilizing the Gender Equality Score from Equileap, a Dutch company. It focuses on companies whose gender diversity policies are embedded in their corporate culture and are committed to equal opportunities for their employees regardless of gender.

Evaluation of Sustainability (as of February 2025)

Some of the evaluation for DNP’s sustainability improvement initiatives by external organizations and bodies are shown below.

CDP(Open in a new window)

The CDP, an international non-profit organization based in the UK that takes on environment-related issues including climate change, surveys and evaluates corporate efforts to implement measures for climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction in overall supply chains.
In March 2024, DNP has been selected for the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard, the highest category of the CDP Supplier Engagement Rating program, for the fifth consecutive year. Also in February 2025, DNP has been selected as an A List company, the highest rating, in the areas of climate change and water security.

EcoVadis(Open in a new window)

EcoVadis, a French company, assesses companies on their sustainability in four areas: Environment, Labor & Human rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. In 2024, DNP received a Silver rating, which is awarded to the top 15% of companies evaluated worldwide.

The Sustainability Yearbook - 2025 Rankings(Open in a new window)

S&P Dow Jones Indices evaluates the sustainability efforts of the world's leading companies from economic, governance, environmental, and social perspectives, and includes the top 15% of each industry in the Sustainability Yearbook. DNP has been selected as a “Yearbook Member” for four consecutive years since 2022.