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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)[Japanese] , 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
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
July 2021
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.
July 2021
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.
July 2021
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.
June 2021
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
November 2020
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.
July 2020
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.
July 2020
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.
July 2020
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.
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
September 2019
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.
July 2019
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.
July 2019
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.
July 2019
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.
July 2019
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.
Our environmental, logistics and human resources initiatives have been highly evaluated by governmental and other external institutions.
As of September 2021
2021
September 2021
SUSTAINA ESG AWARDSOverall CSR
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.
March 2021
White 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition ProgramHuman Resources
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.
February 2021
Environmental Communication AwardsOverall CSR
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.
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)
February 2021
CDP Supplier Engagement RatingEnvironment
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.
January 2021
2020 Tokyo Governor Prize for Corporate Governance of the Year®Governance
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.
2020
December 2020
Minister of State’s Award in the Good Practices of Consumer-Oriented Management AwardsOverall CSR
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.
December 2020
Green Logistics Partnership Conference Excellent Green Logistics Commendation ProgramEnvironment
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.
September 2020
SUSTAINA ESG AWARDSOverall CSR
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.
August 2020
Science Based Targets (SBT) InitiativeEnvironment
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℃.
March 2020
White 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition ProgramHuman Resources
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.
March 2020
Most Valuable Company in Japan Grand PrixHuman Resources
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.
February 2020
Environmental Communication AwardsOverall CSR
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.
February 2020
CDP Supplier Engagement RatingEnvironment
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
December 2019
Green Logistics Partnership Conference Excellent Green Logistics Commendation ProgramEnvironment
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.
November 2019
Japan e-Learning Grand Prize and Nihon no Jinjibu HR AwardHuman Resources
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.
August 2019
SUSTAINA ESG AWARDSOverall CSR
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.
April 2019
Kurumin and Platinum Kurumin CertificationHuman Resources
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.
April 2019
Intellectual Property Achievement AwardsOther
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.
February 2019
White 500 Company under the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition ProgramHuman Resources
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.
February 2019
Osaka Stop Global Warming AwardsEnvironment
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.
February 2019
K anto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General’s Award for Excellence in Energy Management by a Business OperatorEnvironment
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.