Third-Party ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Evaluations

With an increasing emphasis on socially responsible investment (SRI) that identifies companies for investment using evaluations from environmental and social perspectives in addition to financial analysis, Yamaha Motor proactively releases ESG-related information. The following are some of third-party evaluations we have received.

FTSE4Good / FTSE Blossom Japan

Yamaha Motor is included in the world renowned ESG (Environment, Society, and Governance) index “FTSE4Good Index Series” as well as “FTSE Blossom Japan Index”, which has been adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

MSCI ESG RATINGS

THE USE BY YAMAHA MOTOR OFANY 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 YAMAHA MOTOR 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.

Yamaha Motor has been awarded an AAA rating in the 2021 assessment of the Morgan Stanley Capital Investment (MSCI) Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings.

MSCI ESG Leaders indexes／MSCI JAPAN ESG SELECT LEADERS INDEX

THE INCLUSION OF YAMAHA MOTOR 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 YAMAHA MOTOR 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.

Yamaha Motor has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes and the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, which are composed of companies with excellent ESG (environment, society, governance) ratings.

CDP

Yamaha Motor is included in the A-(A minus) grade of leadership level in climate change report category managed by CDP which is the international non-profit organization in 2020.

S&P Japan 500 ESG

Yamaha Motor is included in "S&P Japan 500 ESG," created by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the U.S., the world's largest financial index production company.

SNAM Sustainability Index

Yamaha Motor is included in the 2021 SNAM Sustainability Index, managed by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd., to facilitate SRI for pension funds and institutional investors investing in a broad range of companies that are highly rated for their environmental, social, and governance activities.

Health and Productivity

Yamaha Motor was recognized in 2020 in the Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (Large Enterprise Category), jointly run by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi, for the third consecutive year.