Initiatives and External Evaluations
Participation in Initiatives
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a global initiative in which companies and organizations take action as upstanding members of society by exercising responsible, productive leadership to realize sustainable growth. Participating companies and organizations are asked to uphold and put into action ten principles in the four areas of “Human Rights,” “Labour,” “Environment” and “Anti-Corruption.”
| Human Rights | Principle 1: Business should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and |
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| Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. |
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| Labour | Principle 3: Business should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; |
| Principle 4: The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; |
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| Principle 5: The effective abolition of child labour; and |
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| Principle 6: The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. |
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| Environment | Principle 7: Business should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges; |
| Principle 8: Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and |
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| Principle 9: Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. |
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| Anti-Corruption | Principle 10: Business should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery. |
Lion announced its support for the UNGC in 2009 and takes part in related initiatives. Furthermore, Lion is a member of the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) , a local network of the UNGC. The CGNJ has subcommittees aimed at promoting the CSR activities of its member companies. Lion participates in the Supply Chain, Environmental Management, HRDD and SRI/ESG subcommittees. The subcommittees share information on the latest CSR-related developments through lectures by experts and examples of initiatives at participating companies. They also prepare various publications to support the CSR efforts of diverse corporate actors based on the experience of the participating companies across a wide range of industries.
Publications Lion Has Helped Prepare
◎Supply Chain Subcommittee
- Introductory text on CSR procurement (bringing CSR to the supply chain)
- CSR procurement self-assessment tool set
Others
Status of Inclusion in SRI Indices
In addition to financial considerations, Lion works to address environmental, social and governance issues. Lion has been selected for inclusion in leading socially responsible investing (SRI) indices in and outside Japan, namely the FTSE4Good Global Index (based in the UK) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (U.S.A. and Switzerland).
We are also included in the ESG indices used by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF): the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) and S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index. Inclusion in these indices indicates that Lion is recognized globally as a highly trustworthy company that meets high standards of corporate ethics and corporate social responsibility.
As of July 2021
2021
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FTSE4Good Global Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that evaluates companies’ sustainability from ESG perspectives and selects companies that meet its standards.
Lion has been included in this index for 14 consecutive years beginning in 2008. -
FTSE Blossom Japan Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that selects Japanese companies with outstanding ESG performance.
Lion has been included in this index for five consecutive years beginning in 2017. -
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
An index developed by U.S.-based MSCI that selects for Japanese companies that promote the professional participation and advancement of woman and earn high gender diversity scores.
Lion has been included in this index for five consecutive years beginning in 2017.THE INCLUSION OF LION CORPORATION IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICEMARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF LION CORPORATION 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.
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SOMPO Sustainability Index
An index operated by Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. Every year, approximately 300 companies are selected for this index, which Sompo Asset Management uses for its SOMPO Sustainable Management investment product.
Lion was selected for inclusion in the SOMPO Sustainability Index in recognition of its ESG initiatives.
2020
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Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index
(DJSI Asia Pacific)
A global ESG index jointly developed by U.S.-based S&P Dow Jones Indices and Switzerland-based RobecoSAM that selects companies with outstanding sustainability using economic, environmental and social criteria.
Lion has been included in this index for four consecutive years beginning in 2017. -
FTSE4Good Global Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that evaluates companies’ sustainability from ESG perspectives and selects companies that meet its standards.
Lion has been included in this index for 13 consecutive years beginning in 2008. -
FTSE Blossom Japan Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that selects Japanese companies with outstanding ESG performance.
Lion has been included in this index for four consecutive years beginning in 2017. -
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
An index developed by U.S.-based MSCI that selects for Japanese companies that promote the professional participation and advancement of woman and earn high gender diversity scores.
Lion has been included in this index for four consecutive years beginning in 2017.THE INCLUSION OF LION CORPORATION IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICEMARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF LION CORPORATION 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.
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S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
An index comprising the companies in the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) that weights said companies based on their disclosure of environmental data and carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of net sales). Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has used this index since 2018.
Lion has been included in this index since its establishment in 2018.
2019
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Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index
(DJSI Asia Pacific)
A global ESG index jointly developed by U.S.-based S&P Dow Jones Indices and Switzerland-based RobecoSAM that selects companies with outstanding sustainability using economic, environmental and social criteria.
Lion has been included in this index for three consecutive years beginning in 2017. -
FTSE4Good Global Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that evaluates companies’ sustainability from ESG perspectives and selects companies that meet its standards.
Lion has been included in this index for 12 consecutive years beginning in 2008. -
FTSE Blossom Japan Index
An index developed by U.K.-based FTSE Russell that selects Japanese companies with outstanding ESG performance.
Lion has been included in this index for three consecutive years beginning in 2017. -
MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index
An index developed by U.S.-based MSCI that selects Japanese companies with excellent ESG performance.
Lion has been included in this index for three consecutive years, since its establishment in 2017. -
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
An index developed by U.S.-based MSCI that selects for Japanese companies that promote the professional participation and advancement of woman and earn high gender diversity scores.
Lion has been included in this index for three consecutive years, since its establishment in 2017.THE INCLUSION OF LION CORPORATION IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICEMARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF LION CORPORATION 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.
Evaluations and Certifications
Our environmental, logistics and human resources initiatives have been highly evaluated by governmental and other external institutions.
As of September 2021
2021
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Overall CSRSUSTAINA ESG AWARDS
This award system, organized by SUSTAINA JAPAN, Inc., recognizes enterprises that proactively engage with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Lion received the Gold award in the overall category of the SUSTAINA ESG AWARDS 2021. -
Human ResourcesWhite 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition Program
Under this program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognize enterprises engaging in outstanding efforts to promote health and productivity management.
Lion has been selected under this program for five consecutive years, since its establishment in 2017. -
Overall CSREnvironmental Communication Awards
The Lion Integrated Report 2020, Lion Integrated Report 2020: Sustainability and Lion’s sustainability website received the Excellence Award (the Judging Committee Chairman’s Award) in the environmental reporting category of the 24th Environmental Communication Awards.
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EnvironmentCDP Supplier Engagement Rating
The CDP is an international NGO based in the United Kingdom that encourages companies to disclose data on their initiatives to combat environmental problems and surveys and evaluates such disclosure. The Supplier Engagement Rating (SER) is based on the CDP climate change questionnaire items about governance, targets, value chain (scope 3) emission calculations and supplier engagement strategies. As one of the companies that received the highest ratings, Lion was listed on the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for a second consecutive year.
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Governance2020 Tokyo Governor Prize for Corporate Governance of the Year®
An award system organized by the Japan Association of Corporate Directors to recognize companies that use corporate governance to achieve sound growth over the medium to long term.
*Corporate Governance of the Year® is a registered trademark of JACD 2020
Lion Receives the Excellence Award in the 24th Environmental Communication Awards
The Environmental Communication Awards are an award system aimed at encouraging businesses’ environmental communication initiatives and improving their quality by recognizing outstanding reporting on environmental data and activities.
The Lion Integrated Report 2020, Lion Integrated Report 2020: Sustainability and Lion’s sustainability website received the Excellence Award (the Judging Committee Chairman’s Award) in the environmental reporting category of the 24th Environmental Communication Awards, organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Global Environmental Forum. This particular award is given to reports that demonstrate a certain level of excellence and serve as a model for other companies in the same industry or other companies of similar size.
Online award ceremony (excerpts from the presentation materials)
Keisuke Konomi, the Lion Sustainability Promotion Department staff member in charge of preparing the report
2020
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Overall CSRMinister of State’s Award in the Good Practices of Consumer-Oriented Management Awards
An award system organized by the Consumer Affairs Agency to recognize companies that have made a consumer-oriented management declaration and implemented outstanding initiatives based on such declarations.
Lion received the Minister of State’s Award in the fiscal 2020 Good Practices of Consumer-Oriented Management Awards. -
EnvironmentGreen Logistics Partnership Conference Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program
Under this program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and other organizations commend business that have made especially significant contributions to building sustainable logistics systems by, for example, decreasing environmental burden or improving productivity.
By packing and shipping in-store promotional materials for multiple companies together, we reduce environmental burden and retailers’ labor burden. In recognition of these achievements, we received the Economy, Trade and Industry Minister’s Prize in the Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program of the Green Logistics Partnership Conference. -
Overall CSRSUSTAINA ESG AWARDS
This award system, organized by SUSTAINA JAPAN, Inc., recognizes enterprises that proactively engage with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Lion received the Silver Class award in the overall category of the SUSTAINA ESG AWARDS 2020. -
EnvironmentScience Based Targets (SBT) Initiative
This collaborative international initiative was established in 2015 by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The initiative verified Lion’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target for 2030 as being based on sound scientific grounds and aligned with the target of limiting global warming to well below 2℃. -
Human ResourcesWhite 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition Program
Under this program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognize enterprises engaging in outstanding efforts to promote health and productivity management.
Lion has been selected under this program for four consecutive years, since its establishment in 2017. -
Human ResourcesMost Valuable Company in Japan Grand Prix
This award system is run by the Most Valuable Company in Japan Grand Prix Executive Committee of the Hito wo Taisetsu ni Suru Keiei Gakkai and the Hosei University Small and Medium Enterprise Research Institute . It recognizes outstanding companies that implement ongoing initiatives that place value on people and contribute to their happiness and well-being.
Lion received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Award at the 10th annual Most Valuable Company in Japan Grand Prix. -
Overall CSREnvironmental Communication Awards
The Lion Sustainability Report 2019 received the Excellence Award (the Judging Committee Chairman’s Award) in the environmental reporting category of the 23rd Environmental Communication Awards.
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EnvironmentCDP Supplier Engagement Rating
The CDP is an international NGO based in the United Kingdom that encourages companies to disclose data on their initiatives to combat environmental problems and surveys and evaluates such disclosure. The Supplier Engagement Rating (SER) is based on the CDP climate change questionnaire items about governance, targets, value chain (scope 3) emissions and supplier engagement strategies. As one of the companies that received the highest ratings, Lion was listed on the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard.
2019
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EnvironmentGreen Logistics Partnership Conference Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program
Under this program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and other organizations commend business that have made especially significant contributions to building sustainable logistics systems by, for example, decreasing environmental burden or improving productivity.
By packing and shipping in-store promotional materials for multiple companies together, we reduce environmental burden and retailers’ labor burden. In recognition of these achievements, we received the Economy, Trade and Industry Minister’s Prize in the Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program of the Green Logistics Partnership Conference. -
Human ResourcesJapan e-Learning Grand Prize and Nihon no Jinjibu HR Award
The new Lion Career Village system Lion launched in January 2019 to help employees realize self-directed growth received the Career Up Education Special Division 16th Japan e-Learning Grand Prize organized by e-Learning Initiative Japan and Nihon Kogyo Shimbunsha as well as the Nihon no Jinjibu HR Award 2019 from the Nihon no Jinjibu HR Award Organizing Committee.
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Overall CSRSUSTAINA ESG AWARDS
This award system, organized by SUSTAINA JAPAN, Inc., recognizes enterprises that proactively engage with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Lion received the Gold Class award in the overall category of the SUSTAINA ESG AWARDS 2019. -
Human ResourcesKurumin and Platinum Kurumin Certification
Kurumin certification is a system of special certification awarded by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to companies providing outstanding support for employees raising children, based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children. Lion received Kurumin certification in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2019, and received Platinum Kurumin certification in 2019.
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OtherIntellectual Property Achievement Awards
Under this award system , the Japan Patent Office of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recognizes individuals who have contributed to the development, use and awareness of Japan’s intellectual property rights system as well as corporations that have made proactive use of said system.
In the fiscal 2019 awards, Lion received the Award for Excellent Corporation Utilizing the Intellectual Property Rights System in the category of trademark exploitation. -
Human ResourcesWhite 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition Program
Under this program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognize enterprises engaging in outstanding efforts to promote health and productivity management.
Lion has been certified under this program for three consecutive years, since its establishment in 2017. -
EnvironmentOsaka Stop Global Warming Awards
Under this award system, Osaka Prefecture recognizes enterprises that have carried out especially outstanding initiatives to prevent global warming.
In the Fiscal 2018 Osaka Stop Global Warming Awards, Lion received the Osaka Prefectural Governor’s Award as the business operator that carried out the most outstanding initiatives to prevent global warming. -
EnvironmentK anto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General’s Award for Excellence in Energy Management by a Business Operator
Under this award system, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry recognizes outstanding individuals and enterprises that have made notable contributions to energy saving in order to promote the further adoption of energy saving measures.
Lion received the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General’s Award for Excellence in Energy Management by a Business Operator.
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