External recognition/Participation in Initiatives

An index developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International, USA. The Index comprehensively captures ESG-related risks among listed Japanese stocks in each industry and selects companies with relatively superior ESG ratings based on its own ratings. PPIH has been selected as a part of this index consecutively since 2023.
MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index (Japanese)

An index developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International, USA. Constructed for the top 700 stocks by market capitalization with superior gender diversity. PPIH has been selected as a part of this index consecutively since 2023.
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Select Index (Japanese)

The index developed by FTSE Russell, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange. It measures the performance of Japanese companies that excel in environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsiveness using FTSE Russell's assessment model based on international ESG standards, with industry weightings neutralized at the sector level.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is widely used to create and evaluate sustainable investment funds and other financial products.
Our company has been included since 2022.
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

An index that uses TOPIX, a representative stock price index that shows trends in the Japanese market, as its universe, and determines the weighting of its constituent companies, focusing on the status of environmental information disclosure and the level of carbon efficiency. PPIH has been selected as a part of this index consecutively since 2018.

An index developed by Morningstar, Inc. Incorporates companies whose Gender Diversity Policies are embedded in their corporate culture and who are committed to equal opportunities for their employees regardless of gender. PPIH has been selected as a part of this index consecutively since 2022.

An international NGO based in the U.K. that works in the environmental field, including climate change; conducting surveys and evaluations of the world's major companies and cities, asking them to disclose information about how they are addressing climate change, water management, etc. In 2023, PPIH was selected as a management level of B in the "Climate Change" area.

PPIH received an "Eruboshi (Grade 2)" certification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This certification is given to companies with excellent conditions related to the promotion of women's activities based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

PPIH was recognized as a Welfare Promotion Corporation for its particularly outstanding initiatives under Hataraku Yell 2025, a program that recognizes enterprises making efforts to enhance and effectively utilize employee welfare initiatives.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government registers companies that are working to raise awareness and promote the necessary actions to create a society and environment in which all people can participate equally as "Barrier-Free Mind" companies. The PPIH Group has been registered as a Tokyo Metropolitan Government "Barrier-Free Mind" Supporting Company (second term in FY2022) for its efforts in promoting diversity awareness and respect, as well as raising awareness and understanding amongst its employees.

Don Quijote has achieved the highest rating of Gold for the 7th consecutive year in the "PRIDE Index 2024", an evaluation index for initiatives related to sexual minorities in the workplace, developed by the General Incorporated Association "Work with Pride".

Japan Commercial Establishment, the PPIH group company, received an "Eruboshi (Grade 3)" certification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This certification is given to companies with excellent conditions related to the promotion of women's activities based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

REALIT, the PPIH group company, received an "Eruboshi (Grade 2)" certification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This certification is given to companies with excellent conditions related to the promotion of women's activities based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

Established in February 2000, aiming to build a "recycling-oriented economic society" through research, exchange, practice, and dissemination of information on environmental load reduction activities, etc., beyond the boundaries of industries and business categories, led by the industrial circles in the Chubu region. UNY joined in 2008.

UNY, the PPIH group company, has been selected as a "KENKO Investment for Health 2025(Large Enterprise Category)" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).
This program recognizes the companies with excellent health management initiatives that consider and strategically implement employee health management from a managerial perspective.

Three companies in our group (Don Quijote, UNY, and UCS) were recognized as a Welfare Promotion Corporation for its particularly outstanding initiatives under Hataraku Yell 2025, a program that recognizes enterprises making efforts to enhance and effectively utilize employee welfare initiatives.

A task force established under the Financial Stability Board (FSB) by a request from G20. Recommends companies to provide consistent, comparable, reliable, accurate, and efficient disclosure on climate-related financial information. PPIH has announced our endorsement of the TCFD in February 2022, and now discloses climate-related financial information on our website.

A coalition of Japanese companies created in 2009, based on the recognition that industries should have a sound sense of crisis and take positive actions in order to acheve a decarbonized society. As a local partner of "The Climate Group", an international NPO promoting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, JCLP works on popularization of global initiatives that target decarbonation. PPIH joined in June 2022.

Established in 2009 by 23 Eco-First Companies, certified by the Ministry of the Environment as environmentally advanced companies, to ensure that the Eco-First Commitments, individually declared by the Minister of the Environment, are put into practice and that advanced and unique environmental conservation activities are further enhanced through cooperation and strong promotion. UNY has been a member since its establishment.
UNY Environment Communication Report(Provided only in Japanese)

Established in February 2000, aiming to build a "recycling-oriented economic society" through research, exchange, practice, and dissemination of information on environmental load reduction activities, etc., beyond the boundaries of industries and business categories, led by the industrial circles in the Chubu region. UNY joined in 2008.