ITOCHU Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Keita Ishii, President & COO; hereinafter “ITOCHU”) announced today that ITOCHU Corporation was ranked top of the List of Superior Companies in the Gomez ESG Site Rankings 2022 for the third consecutive year and the No. 1 in all industries for the second consecutive year.

The high recognition was given to our ESG information in the evaluation of listed companies for information adequacy of websites on Sustainability. ITOCHU was selected on top of the List of Superior Companies in 377 companies. The survey process consists of five categories: 1) website ease of use, 2) overall ESG information, 3) Environmental (E) information, 4) Social (S) information, and 5) Governance (G) information. Evaluation criteria are set to assume the use of information by not only shareholders and investors, but a wide range of stakeholders.

１） ITOCHU arranges the photos of Chairman CEO, President COO, and CAO on the top sustainability page and posted their messages, and succeeds in making users feel the strong top commitment for sustainability.
２） Sustainability Action Plans show Commitments, Specific Approach, Performance indicators and Degree of Progress, and the frequent reviews are highly evaluated points.
３） On the ITOCHU SDGs STUDIO page, ITOCHU publishes attractive information on sustainability to the public, and reached more than 10,000 followers on its official Instagram account.
４） ITOCHU held sustainability related briefings for investors, such as Annual report briefing and Sustainability briefing, and posts presentation materials and webcast in its website for all users.