Yokohama Rubber is included in the FTSE4Good Series, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, and the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index. The FTSE4Good Index is an influential reference for investors who are interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in allocating equity investment, and Yokohama has been part of that index continuously since 2005. The FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, meanwhile, are two of the three indexes that Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) adopted on July 3, 2017, as benchmarks for ESG performance.
FTSE4Good Series
This is an ESG index provided by the major global index provider FTSE Russell, which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group that configures and manages indices.
FTSE Blossom Japan Index
FTSE Russell configures and manages the FTSE Blossom Japan Index as a benchmark for ESG
performance at Japanese corporations.
MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index
MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index is an index of shares of Japanese corporations created by the
US company MSCI Inc. that supplies research-based indexes and portfolio analytics to the world’s
leading investors.
List of awards received in FY2017
| Name of award or certification | Organizer | Business location awarded | Reason for selection |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 Circular Resource Techniques and Systems Award Encouragement Award | Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry | Yokohama Rubber Ibaraki Plant | Achieved efficient resource recycling through efforts to reduce production
and disposal volumes of resin mold materials for hose manufacturing at
the Ibaraki Plant * A related article is available on Products page. |
| Logistics Environmental Special Award | Japan Federation of Freight Industries | Yokohama Rubber/ Hamagomu Logistics | Contributed to reductions in CO2 emissions, countermeasures in response to the shortages of truck drivers, and the alleviation of crowding in port districts through round use with multiple shippers (exports) for tire imports from Thailand, the Philippines, and China |
| Good Design Award iceGUARD 6 passenger vehicle tires GEOLANDAR M/T G003 mud terrain tires for SUVs and pickup trucks |
Japan Institute of Design Promotion | Yokohama Rubber | In recognition of qualities including outstanding design and performance, and outstanding convenience from the perspective of users |
| 2017 NTDA Tyre Industry Awards “Industry Marketing Campaign of the Year” | National Tyre Distributors Association (UK) | Yokohama H.P.T. Ltd. (YHPT) | For making an appeal for the importance of tire safety to tens of thousands of soccer fans through the use of digital technologies and the Internet, including the use of electronic billboards that display safety awareness messages at home games of Chelsea FC in the English Premier League that Yokohama Rubber serves as an official partner for and also sending safety messages through YHPT and Chelsea FC SNS |
| TyreSafe Awards 2017 | TyreSafe (UK) | ||
| Our project was certified as General Social Survey Project. | State Council of the People’s Republic of China | Ecological protection project supported by Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd. (China) | Ecological conservation project (conservation of the ecosystem by allowing a
mountain village to shift from an economy that had been dependent only on
felling of trees to agricultural and livestock production) in the Laojun
Mountain Nature Reserve in Lijiang, Yunnan Province that Y-CH has
supported since 2011 has been certified by the Chinese government as a
project with the highest possibility of success for environmental conservation * The Chinese General Social Survey is a survey that plays an important role in Chinese policy decision. CSR Report 2016 (P19-20) contains an article related to this project. Back issues of the Yokohama Rubber CSR Report are available from the CSR website. |
| Acquired certification as Office in Harmony with Nature® | Association for Business Innovation in Harmony with Nature and Community (ABINC) | Yokohama Rubber Hiratsuka Factory | In recognition of biodiversity activities that include holding and recording regular bird observation events on the premises, implementation of ongoing researches on the fixed quantity of CO2 absorption as monitoring of the changes accompanying the growth of the trees planted on the premises, river conservation activities in Hiratsuka City (monitoring of water quality, aquatic life, birds, and vegetation, removal of foreign species, and cleaning activities), tree planting activities, and sapling donation activities. |
