Brother Recognized with the Highest Rating as a Supplier Engagement Leader in CDP 2025 Supplier Engagement Rating

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Nagoya; President: Kazufumi Ikeda) has been recognized for the second consecutive year with the highest rating as a Supplier Engagement Leader in the CDP 2025 Supplier Engagement Rating by CDP, an international NGO that conducts environmental surveys and disclosures.

The Supplier Engagement Rating evaluates companies worldwide that respond to CDP’s climate change questionnaire in five key areas: supplier engagement, Scope 3 ^*1 emissions, risk management processes, governance and business strategy, and targets. It recognizes those with outstanding initiatives. In 2025, more than 22,100 companies disclosed environmental information through CDP, and those that received the highest rating were recognized as Supplier Engagement Leaders.

The Brother Group has set quantitative targets for its materialities (priority social issues), specifically "reducing CO₂ emissions" and "sustainable use of resources." The Group is proactively promoting initiatives to reduce CO₂ emissions in Scope 1 ^*2, Scope 2 ^*3, and Scope 3, as well as to reduce virgin material usage. It also shares its environmental policies and standards with suppliers, has established a framework to monitor and improve compliance with these standards, and promotes environmentally conscious procurement practices throughout the entire supply chain. We consider that our ongoing efforts, including those involving the supply chain, have contributed to this recognition.

Under the Brother Group Environmental Vision 2050, the company is working toward carbon neutrality^*4 in all business operations and is minimizing CO₂ emissions from the entire value chain by 2050. As a medium-term target, Brother aims to reduce Scope 3 (Categories 1, 11, and 12^*5) CO₂ emissions by 28.5% by FY2030, compared to FY2022 levels.
Going forward, we will continue to actively engage in environmentally conscious initiatives.

1. "Scope 3" refers to all indirect emissions not covered by Scope 1 or Scope 2, produced by third parties for the purpose of a company's activities
2. "Scope 1" refers to direct greenhouse gas emissions from the activities of a company
3. "Scope 2" refers to indirect emissions from electricity, heat, and steam purchased and used by a company
4. Achieve overall zero CO₂ emissions from the Brother Group (Scopes 1 and 2)
5. CO₂ emissions produced when using purchased products and services, when using sold products, and when disposing of sold products