Received Top Honors from All Three Major IR and Sustainability Website Evaluation Organizations, Achieving the First-Ever Triple Crown
January 16, 2025
ITOCHU Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Keita Ishii, President & COO; hereinafter “ITOCHU”) announced that it received the highest honors in all website awards conducted by the three IR and sustainability website evaluation organizations targeting publicly listed companies for 2024, achieving the first-ever triple crown.
Name of Evaluation Organization | Award (Ranking) |
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Daiwa Investor Relations Co. Ltd. 2024 Internet IR Award |
Grand Prize
(1st Prize of 4,098 companies) Sustainability Category : Grand Prize (1st Prize) |
Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd. All Japanese Listed Companies’ Website Ranking 2024 |
Overall ranking: AAA grade
By-sector ranking (Wholesale Trade) : AAA grade (Overall ranking is not disclosed.) |
BroadBand Security, Inc. Gomez IR Site Ranking 2024 Gomez ESG Site Ranking 2024 |
IR Category :Gold ranking
(1st Prize of 3,838 companies) Sustainability Category : Grand Prize (1st Prize) |
The provision of information via the Internet has become increasingly important as a means to widely and fairly disseminate information to our stakeholders. ITOCHU will continue to enhance its website and actively provide information to all stakeholders including institutional investors and external evaluation institutions.
Outline of Each IR and Sustainability Website Evaluation Organization and ITOCHU's Awards
2024 Internet IR Award by Daiwa Investor Relations Co. Ltd.
The Internet IR Award reflects the results of the survey and evaluation of the websites of 4,098 listed Japanese companies, according to the concept of "5T&C": Timeliness, Transparency, Traceability, Trustworthiness, Totality and Communication.
ITOCHU has won the Grand Prize for nine consecutive years since 2016 and has received the First Prize in the overall ranking for seven consecutive years since 2018.
In addition, ITOCHU has also received the Grand Prize (First Prize) in Sustainability category for two consecutive years since 2023. This category surveys and evaluates internet disclosures related to sustainability among 164 companies that have had high evaluation (80 points or more) in the Internet IR Award.
All Japanese Listed Companies’ Website Ranking 2024 by Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd.
The ranking is compiled after surveying the websites of 3,975 listed Japanese companies with respect the degree of incorporation of factors that enable stakeholders to gather information and understand situations, based on objective evaluation items established from the three perspectives of understandability, usability and amount of information.
ITOCHU has obtained an AAA grade in the Overall ranking for six consecutive years since 2019 when the awards program was changed and an AAA grade in By-sector ranking (Wholesale Trade) for two consecutive years since 2023.
Gomez IR / ESG Site Ranking 2024 by BroadBand Security, Inc.
The IR Site ranking is conducted for 3,838 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It evaluates websites based on 233 items across four categories: website usability, enhancements in financial and business performance information, enhancements in company and management information, willingness and innovativeness in information disclosures.
ITOCHU has received the Gold ranking for seven consecutive years since 2018 and this year we achieved the overall First Prize for the first time.
The ESG Site Ranking is evaluated based on the following categories: Website Usability, Overall ESG Information, Environmental (E) Information, Social (S) Information, and Governance (G) Information. ITOCHU has won the Grand Prize (First Prize) for four consecutive years since 2021.
ITOCHU Investor Relations website
https://www.itochu.co.jp/en/ir/