Konica Minolta Earns MSCI’s Top AAA ESG Rating for the First Time

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced that the Company earned the highest possible rating of AAA in the 2026 MSCI ESG Ratings for the first time.

MSCI ESG Ratings is an ESG rating system provided by MSCI, an international financial services company in the U.S. It analyzes the extent to which financially relevant sustainability risks and opportunities are managed in respective industries based on a seven-point rating scale from AAA to CCC.

Konica Minolta gains insight into social and environmental issues that are anticipated in the medium to long term and identifies material issues to be addressed, in order to solve these issues through value creation and achieve corporate growth.

In the latest ratings, Konica Minolta was highly regarded for its initiatives in the fields of human capital development and supply chain labor standards, leading to the Company earning the highest rating of AAA for the first time.

Konica Minolta remains committed to addressing social and environmental issues through its business and contributing to realizing a sustainable society while achieving corporate growth.

CDP (UK)	Konica Minolta, Inc. has been recognized as a Climate A List company by CDP, an international not-for-profit organization engaged in activities to realize a sustainable economy. The Company has previously earned the highest Climate A rating ninth times. (January 2026)
CDP (UK)	Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been certified as the Supplier Engagement Leader by CDP. (July 2025).
MSCI ESG Ratings (USA)	Konica Minolta, Inc. received an AAA rating from MSCI ESG Ratings by U.S.-based MSCI, Inc. (May 2026).
S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook (USA)	Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that the Company was listed among the top 10% of companies in its industry in the Sustainability Yearbook 2024 by S&P Global, a leading provider of credit ratings headquartered in the U.S. This is the 14th consecutive year that Konica Minolta has been included in the Sustainability Yearbook. (February, 2025)
ISS ESG (USA)	Konica Minolta has held Prime status as a leading company in the global electronics industry in the ISS ESG Corporate Rating by ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of U.S.-based Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., since 2011. (May 2025)
FTSE4Good Index Series (UK)	Konica Minolta has been a constituent of FTSE Russell’s FTSE4Good Index since 2003.
FTSE Blossom Japan Index (UK)	The Company has been continuously included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index since its inception in 2017. (July 2025)
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index（UK）	The Company has been continuously included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index since its inception in 2021. (July 2025)
MSCI Selection Indexes (USA)	Konica Minolta was selected as a constituent of the MSCI Selection Indexes by U.S.-based MSCI, Inc. (July 2025).
MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index (USA)	Konica Minolta has been continuously selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index since its inception in 2024. (July 2025)
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (USA)	Konica Minolta has been continuously selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) since its inception in 2017. (July 2025)
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index (USA, Japan)	Konica Minolta has been a constituent of the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index by U.S.-based S&P Global since its inception in 2018. (July 2025)
Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index (USA)	Konica Minolta has been a constituent of the Morningstar® Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index℠ by U.S.-based Morningstar, Inc. since its inception in 2023. (July 2025)
Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders (UK, Germany)	Selected in 2024 and 2025

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. With its unique expertise in imaging, data processing and data-based decision making, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers - small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises and public sector - and solves issues faced by society.
Konica Minolta delivers intelligent digital solutions for the digital workplace, streamlining print management, document and business workflows, IT services, and business intelligence to boost productivity, enhance security, and drive digital transformation. Konica Minolta has been a Microsoft Global Managed Partner since 2021.
Konica Minolta's Igniting Print Possibilities offering helps printers, converters and brand owners maximize workflow automation to increase efficiency. The company delivers consultancy in all communication matters as well as top-of-the-line production, packaging as well as label printers. Its finishing devices create print products that stand out and create added value. Konica Minolta has established itself as the production printing market leader for more than a decade in Europe (InfoSource).
For an increasing number of organizations, success today is more than the narrow definition of financial prosperity – it also includes protecting the environment and having a positive impact on their workforce as well as the societies they are embedded in. With its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Konica Minolta has pledged to consistently pursue its sustainability and social responsibility goals. The company has been repeatedly recognized for its rich history of social contribution as well as for working towards achieving the SDGs throughout its business and supply chain.
For its remote services, Konica Minolta was awarded the prestigious ‘Buyers Lab (BLI) 2023-2024 Pacesetter Award in Remote Service for the Western European market’ from Keypoint Intelligence.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 80 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With more than 7,500 employees (as of March 31, 2026), Konica Minolta Europe earned net sales of over EUR 1.954 billion in financial year 2025/2026.
Worldwide, the company has over 34,300 employees and is operating in over 150 countries.
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