SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (President: Naofumi Negishi, hereinafter called "Sekisui Chemical") has been designated with a sustainability ranking of "Bronze Class" by RobecoSAM*1, which is a global SRI*2 (Social Responsibility Investment) investigation and ranking company.
On this occasion, 235 out of approx. 3,000 major global corporations (19 of which, including Sekisui Chemical were Japanese) were selected for sustainability award.
This is the fifth consecutive year, since 2011, that Sekisui Chemical has been designated.

Sekisui Chemical has also been selected for the third year in a row by the "World Index" of the "Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)."

Notes:

*1: RobecoSAM evaluates the corporate sustainability of major global corporations every year from CSR aspects ("economy", "environment", and "society"), and designates the top companies in each sector (i.e., type) as "Sector Leaders". Among these, the particularly excellent companies are further classed as "Gold", "Silver", and "Bronze".

*2: An initialism for Socially Responsible Investment. The investment methods evaluate businesses not only from the financial aspect, but also from the environmental and social aspects, etc.