Participation in Initiatives, External EvaluationROHM Group's Sustainability

ROHM has been selected as one of the components of the FTSE4 Good Index, the leading index for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing developed by British Index Company FTSE Russell for 21 consecutive years.

MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes are developed by MSCI in the United States, and are global indexes that select companies with outstanding initiatives in the areas of environment, social and governance (ESG). ROHM was selected for inclusion in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, which is composed of Japanese companies with high ESG ratings.
In addition, ROHM Group received an AA rating in the ESG rating conducted by MSCI in FY2023. MSCI is unique in that it conducts its evaluations based on the characteristics of the industries of the companies subject to ESG evaluation, narrowing down the ESG issues that are of high importance.

ROHM has been selected as a component of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, a new ESG investment index developed by FTSE Russell in 2017, for the seventh consecutive year.

ROHM has been included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index. The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed to be sector-neutral, reflecting the relative performance of Japanese companies that excel in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in their respective sectors.
In order to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, only those companies with particularly high greenhouse gas emissions that are recognized for their improvement efforts by the TPI Management Quality Score are included.

ROHM has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index, a leading ESG investment index provided by MSCI and used by the GPIF.
The MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index is an ESG investment index created by MSCI. As of January 2024, 516 companies have been selected for inclusion in the index.

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ROHM has been included in the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index. The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index was jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and covers Japanese domestic stocks. The investment weighting of the component stocks is determined by the disclosure status of environmental information and the level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of sales).

ROHM has been selected as a Sustainability Yearbook Member by S&P Global and included as a company in the top 15% of the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry in the Sustainability Yearbook 2024, which lists companies with excellent sustainability efforts.Every year, S&P Global uses its proprietary Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) methodology to evaluate the sustainability efforts of major companies worldwide in terms of three aspects: economy & governance, environment, and society. The most advanced companies in each industry are then listed in The Sustainability Yearbook. This year, more than 9,400 companies in 62 industries were evaluated.

In a survey on water resource management conducted by CDP (headquartered in the United Kingdom), an international environmental non-profit organization, ROHM was selected for CDP Water Security A List, the highest rating possible, for three consecutive year, and recognized as a leading company in sustainability. CDP surveyed over 23,000 companies worldwide and rated them on a scale of A to D- based on how effectively they are addressing issues such as climate change, deforestation, and water security.
In the category Climate Change, we received a Leadership Level A^- (A minus) rating for our advanced activities.

ROHM has been awarded the rank of "Silver" in the 2023 Sustainability Assessment by Ecovadis. Ecovadis is a third-party organization that evaluates and monitors the sustainability of supplier companies, assessing the CSR activities of more than 130,000 organizations and companies in 175 countries and 220 industries in four areas: environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable resource procurement.

ROHM has been certified as a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization - White 500 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi for the seventh consecutive year. This is a program that honors companies, such as large corporations and small and medium-size enterprises, that are practicing particularly excellent health management based on health promotion efforts promoted by the Health Council and Nippon Kenko Kaigi.

ROHM has been highly praised for its biodiversi​ty-friendly environmental conservation efforts in the vicinity of our Head Office, and obtained the certification from Association for Business Innovation in harmony with Nature and Community(ABINC)^*1.
ABINC certification is a system that began in 2014 to evaluate and certify biodiversity-friendl​y​ efforts in the creation, management, and use of green spaces in accordance with the Guidelines for Promoting Biodiversity in Business Sites developed by general corporations and Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity (JBIB)^*2.

*1.Association for Business Innovation in harmony with Nature and Community(ABINC)

*2.Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity (JBIB)

SEGES is a system that objectively evaluates and certifies the excellent efforts of companies and other organizations that contribute to society and the environment through activities to protect and nurture greenery.
ROHM's Head Office factory has been continuously certified as "Excellent Stage 2" since March 2021 in the SEGES*1 Green Certification under the Green Development Ranking Division. In March 2024, the certification label was upgraded to "Excellent Stage 3" in recognition of creating a cohesive green space with a strong local identity and strengthening environmental communication with the local community. The "Excellent Stage 3" evaluation received by ROHM is the second highest of the five levels of certification.

• *1.SEGES
• *2.Organization for Landscape and Urban Green Infrastructure