Evaluation by External Entities

Since 2019, BIL has been included in the ESG investment stock index "MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index" calculated and provided by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI) of the United States.

The MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index consists of leading companies that are actively promoting and advancing women in the workplace. Selection is based on corporate disclosures and on ratios of female employees and managers and other data in the Database on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace^*, which is a database of gender diversity according to the Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace.
The inclusion of BIL in this index, which was adopted by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), is evidence that its various initiatives to date are held in high regard. They include support for diverse work styles, formulation of the "Commitment to Promotion of the Success of Women" and the "Action Plan to Support the Success of Women," and various systems and measures for promoting women in the workplace.

Going forward, the Brother Group will continue efforts to strengthen relationships of trust with all stakeholders and achieve further business development by building a robust organizational structure and fulfilling its social responsibilities while respecting the diversity of its employees.

• Click to view the Database on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace(the link to the site of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

DISCLAIMER
THE INCLUSION OF BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 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 BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 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.

The medium-term target for FY2030 under Reduction of CO₂ emissions in the Brother Group Environmental Vision 2050 has been certified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi^*1) as 1.5°C target based on scientific evidence.

The medium-term target for FY2030 was certified as a 2°C target in July 2018, and following the achievement of Scope 1^*2,2^*3targets in FY2020, this target was revised upward and certified as a 1.5°C target in April 2022.

1. SBTi is an international initiative established to promote the achievement of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
2. Direct greenhouse gas emissions by businesses themselves
3. Indirect emissions from the use of electricity, heat, and steam supplied by others

• Brother Group Environmental Vision 2050

In May 2022, BIL received a Silver Medal from EcoVadis (headquartered in Paris, France), which implemented a sustainability assessment of our company. During this assessment, Domino Printing Science plc., a Brother group company, obtained a Bronze Medal from EcoVadis.

EcoVadis' sustainability assessment surveys and evaluates the SDG alignment of global supply chains. EcoVadis assesses around 90,000 companies across 160 countries and 200 industries. Companies are scored in accordance with 4 themes-Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement-and 21 sustainability criteria, which are based on international Sustainable Development standards.

As outlined in the Brother Group Global Charter, which is a cornerstone for all group activities, the Brother Group is promoting the building of long-term trust relationships with stakeholders that put their customers first. Given rising awareness of environmental and social issues worldwide, going forward all employees of the Brother Group will undertake the creation of social value through business activities while enhancing their awareness of ESG and SDGs.

BIL was selected by Clarivate, a global information services firm in the United Kingdom, for “Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2022” as one of the 100 companies positioned at the top of the global innovation ecosystem. This marks the fifth time that BIL has received this award since its first time in 2012.

Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2022 is a list of the world’s top 100 innovative companies and institutions, which are selected once annually based on patent data that Clarivate holds. Scores are calculated for applicable companies—which have submitted at least 500 patent applications since 2000 and registered at least 100 patents per year during the past five years—in four factors: influence, success, globalization, and technical distinctiveness. Among these factors, BIL achieved a particularly high score for success, which led to this award.

The Brother Group will continue to strive to accumulate intellectual property with high value to grow its business sustainably. At the same time, the Group will contribute to society and help protect the earth through innovation by executing its intellectual property strategy, which integrates the Group’s management and business strategies.

BIL has been selected for inclusion in "S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index"—a stock index by S&P Dow Jones Indices LCC and Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. focusing on the environmental aspect of ESG—since 2018.

Selecting its constituents from companies in the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX), which is a leading stock index that represents the trend of Japan's market, the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index is an index that focuses on the disclosure of environmental information and level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of revenue) when determining the ratio of its constituents. It has been adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) as a global environmental stock index from among ESG indices.

The Brother Group helps society achieve sustainable development by undertaking activities that contribute to a carbon-free society, such as appropriate disclosure of environmental information in our business operations and compliance with the recommendations by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Going forward, we will continue to adopt a positive stance toward consideration for the global environment in all aspects of our business operations.

In March 2020, BIL won the best award at the first award program by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to recognize good use of medical care. The best award is given to an organization whose initiatives are recognized as the best among entries. MHLW has been holding this awards program, aiming to encourage and promote superior initiatives that help people properly seek medical attention. In this way, this program strives to reduce out-of-hours medical care during the night or on weekends to allow healthcare professionals to prioritize emergency patients in need of immediate treatment and to avoid overwork.

BIL has been promoting various initiatives to enable employees to work securely based on the Brother Group Health & Productivity Management Philosophy. This award highly recognized some of the initiatives, such as equipping each workplace with an emergency response list for occupational injuries and sudden illnesses, creating an environment which allows employees to get medical attention during working time, and supporting the balance between treatment and work based on two internal guidelines, "the balance between disease treatment and work" and "the balance between fertility treatment and work."

The Brother Group will remain committed to advancing its efforts to maintain and promote employees' health.

The Brother Health Insurance Society, which consists of 20 business sites centered around BIL, has won the "Physical Fitness National Conference Chair Award" at the FY2021 "Award for Organizational Excellence in Physical Fitness," sponsored by the Japan Sports Agency.

The Award for Organizational Excellence in Physical Fitness is an award presented by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Physical Fitness National Conference Chair to local communities and workplaces that have made outstanding achievements in improving health and nutrition as well as promoting the physical fitness movement^*1.

The Brother Health Insurance Society, together with individual Brother Group companies and the Brother Industries Labor Union, has been recognized for its efforts to strategically promote the health and fitness of employees and their families by working as one to achieve the "Healthy Brother 2025^*2," a set of long-term targets for employee health.

Specific initiatives include a variety of walking events such as the "Family Walk" that families can have enjoy, and the "Team DE Walk" in which employees form teams to compete in the number of steps that they take. There are also online health classes that help alleviate a lack of exercise caused by continued telecommuting and staying at home due to COVID-19, as well as the production and distribution of the Brother Group's unique "Brother Gymnastics."

The Brother Group will continue to work with the Brother Health Insurance Society to promote initiatives for health management and physical fitness maintenance for employees and their families.

1. A movement to popularize sports and recreation
2. In addition to BIL, 20 business sites in Japan such as BROTHER SALES, LTD., XING INC. and NISSEI CORPORATION are targeted

BIL has been certified as a Sports Yell Company by the Japan Sports Agency since 2019.

Sports Yell Company is a program where the Japan Sports Agency certifies companies that strive to create environments conducive to sports for those in the prime of their lives, who tend to lack exercise due to office work, housework, and raising children.

One of the initiatives recognized this time was the sports carnival held online jointly with the Brother Health Insurance Society and Brother Industries Labor Union, which included exercises to relieve stiff shoulders using Kungfu and tai chi. Other activities include the Brother Group's unique "Brother Gymnastics" video that featured the President himself that was produced in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Vietnamese and distributed to Brother's facilities.

Going forward, the Brother Group will continue to actively find ways to get employees interested in sports and provide opportunities for them to exercise.

BIL has won the Cancer Control Partner Award (Information Provision Category) at the FY2021 awards for companies promoting cancer control of the Action Plan for Promotion of Cancer Control, a project commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The Action Plan for Promotion of Cancer Control is a project commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that promotes the importance of cancer screening in cooperation with companies, with the aim of increasing the national rate of people undergoing cancer screening to over 50%.

This year’s award recognizes the efforts of Brother to increase the cancer screening rate, one of the long-term targets of “Healthy Brother 2025” for employee health, by launching the “Cancer Prevention Stamp Rally” in FY2020 to provide cancer-related information to a large number of employees.
The Cancer Prevention Stamp Rally is an initiative in which participants earn stamps on the stamp cards on their smartphones by reading cancer-related materials and participating in cancer quizzes and health seminars and can apply for privileges using the stamps earned. From FY2021, the program was expanded to include not only employees of Brother but also employees of other Brother Group companies in Japan.

The Brother Group will continue its efforts to increase the health literacy of its employees while also creating a supportive work environment that enables employees to balance work with medical treatment in the event that they become ill.