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  • Konica Minolta Selected as an Asia-Pacific Climate Leader 2025

    Langenhagen, Germany | 06 Oct 2025

Highly Evaluated for its Plan and Initiatives to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) was selected as one of the top 350 excellent companies that contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders 2025, a survey jointly conducted by the Financial Times of the UK and Statista of Germany.

Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders is a list of companies that are contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Asia-Pacific region. This fiscal year is the fourth survey. In this survey, evaluations are made by factoring in transparency of Scope 3 and indexes, including the CDP score and SBT initiative, based on the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to revenue from 2018 to 2023.

Konica Minolta has been working on initiatives to attain net zero CO2 emissions (zero CO2 emissions throughout the product life cycle) by FY2050. This selection as a leader reflects the high evaluation of such initiatives.

Konica Minolta’s Response to Climate Change

Konica Minolta’s CO2 emissions in the product life cycle are reduced by 61% from the FY2005 level. Further, the company contributes to reducing the CO2 emissions of its customers and suppliers. Konica Minolta will enhance its core technologies, which have been refined by respective businesses, through the use of AI and by combining technologies across business domains, helping to further reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions by transforming the workflow and supply chain, and creating businesses to become a company needed by society.

Konica Minolta remains committed to tackling climate change by properly attaining greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

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 eight times. (February 2025)

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 AA rating from MSCI ESG Ratings by U.S.-based MSCI, Inc. (February 2025).

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. The company’s success in driving transformation is also confirmed by IDC, since the ‘IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Transformation 2023 Vendor Assessment’ has named Konica Minolta a “Leader” in print 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 8,100 employees (as of March 31, 2025), Konica Minolta Europe earned net sales of over EUR 2.087 billion in financial year 2024/2025. 

    Worldwide, the company has over 35,600 employees and is operating in over 150 countries. 

    For more information, please visit https://www.konicaminolta.eu/eu-en/news and follow Konica Minolta on Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. 

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Melanie Olbrich
Melanie Olbrich

Senior Corporate Communications & Content Manager

Melanie.Olbrich(at)konicaminolta.eu+49 (0)511 7404-5337

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