The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), which Shindengen joined in January 2023, is a voluntary initiative aimed at encouraging companies to act as responsible members of society and achieve sustainable growth by exercising responsible and creative leadership. Through this initiative, we remain committed to promoting the Ten Principles of the UNGC in the four areas of human rights,labor, the environment, and corruption prevention.

CDP is a non-profit organization whose principal activity involves collaborating with institutional investors and others to request disclosure of corporate climate change strategies and greenhouse gas emissions data,thereby encouraging action.Since fiscal 2022, the Shindengen Group has maintained its participation in the CDP Climate Change Survey, disclosing its climate change initiatives and strategies.

Since fiscal 2024, Shindengen has registered as a supplier with EcoVadis, disclosing information through this proprietary platform that evaluates the environmental and social sustainability performance of corporations.

The Shindengen Group recognizes tackling climate change as one of its key management issues. In August 2022, we announced our endorsement of the Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and joined the TCFD Consortium*, which was established as a discussion forum for endorsing companies,
financial institutions, and other stakeholders.
Going forward, we will continue to appropriately disclose climate-related information and pursue environmentally con-scious business activities. Through these efforts, we aim to contribute to the ealization of a sustainable society while further enhancing our corporate value.

* Established on May 27, 2019, as a forum for discussing initiatives to promote effective corporate disclosure and to connect disclosed information to appropriate investment decisions by financial institutions and others. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; the Financial Services Agency; and the Ministry of the nvironment participate as observers.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is an international climate change initiative established by CDP, the UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). SBTi certifies reduction targets set by companies to limit average global temperature rise caused by climate change to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels.
In October 2023, the Shindengen Group obtained SBT certification for its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set for fiscal 2030, confirming these targets align with the levels required by the Paris Agreement.

The KENKO Investment for Health Program, administered by Nippon Kenko Kaigi, aims to create an environment where corporations—including large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises—that practice partic-plarly outstanding health management can receive social recognition. The program heightens visibility for these companies to employees, job seekers, related companies, financial institutions, and others.Shindengen has been accredited as a 2025 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi, which recognizes corporations practicing outstanding health anagement.

The Sports Yell Company certification is a program administered by the Japan Sports Agency that recognizes companies implementing initiatives to support and promote sports activities among their employees. Being
certified as a company that promotes sports activities enhances the company’s social reputation and demonstrates its proactive stance toward employee health management.Shindengen has been certified as a “Sports Yell Company 2025” by the Japan Sports Agency for its proactive efforts to promote sports activities and enhance the health of its employees.