External Recognition
The Meiji Group works with ratings and rankings agencies and welcomes suggestions to support continuous improvement.
SRI Indexes and Evaluations
(As of January 1, 2022)
Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific)
Stock indexes developed jointly by U.S.-based S&P Dow Jones Indices and Switzerland-based RobecoSAM. The indexes analyze corporate activities based on economic, environmental, and social factors and select companies with outstanding sustainability performance. In 2021, Meiji Holdings was selected as a member of the DJSI Asia Pacific Index for three consecutive years.
Sompo Sustainability Index
Sompo Sustainability Index is a proprietary active index which combines ESG (environment, social, and governance) and equity fundamental evaluation.
Evaluations
CDP
The UK-based international non-governmental organization promotes climate change and other initiatives in the area of the environment. The CDP requests disclosure of information on how leading companies and cities around the world are taking action on issues such as climate change and water management, and conducts surveys and evaluations. In 2021, Meiji Holdings achieved a place on the highest evaluation 'A List' in CDP Water Security. And we received a high grade of A- in the areas of Climate change . Also, within the areas of Forests, we obtained scores of B- in timber and palm oil, and scores of C in soy and cattle.
Access to Nutrition Index™ (ATNI)
We were ranked 12th out of 25th global food and beverage manufactures in the 2021 Access to Nutrition Index™ (ATNI). The goal of the Access to Nutrition Indexes is to facilitate improved diets and a reduction of the serious global problems of both obesity and undernutrition.
Outstanding Health and Productivity Management Organization (White 500)
Meiji Holdings, Meiji, and Meiji Seika Pharma were recognized jointly by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi in the Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program in the large enterprise category (White 500) for practicing outstanding health and productivity management working together with insurers. We have continued to be selected for this program since 2017.
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, created by global index provider FTSE Russell, is a sector-neutral index designed to reflect the relative performance of Japanese companies that excel in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in their respective sectors. This index has been adopted as one of the investment criteria by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).
