Third-Party Evaluations & Verification
NTT DATA's initiatives have been highly rated by a number of domestic and overseas research agencies, and the Company has been selected as a component of various ESG indices (As of March, 2023)
Third-Party Evaluations
Dow Jones Sustainability World Index/Asia Pacific Index
An index developed by Dow Jones and RobecoSAM, which rates the sustainability of a company from economic, environmental, and social perspectives.
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FTSE4Good Index
An SRI index designed to promote investment in companies that meet global standards related to ESG criteria.
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FTSE Blossom Japan
An index created by FTSE Russell that asssesses excellent Japanese companies on criterial related to ESG.
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ISS ESG Corporate Rating
ESG ratings by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) of the U.S.
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Verification
Sustainability assessment of supplier companies (EcoVadis)
EcoVadis (Head Office: France), an international sustainability research organization, conducted a sustainability survey and awarded NTT DATA a Silver rating.
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Third-Party Verification
We received third-party verification of environmental and social performance indicators from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited.
We intend through these efforts to further improve transparency in environmental and social data.
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Award
S&P Global Sustainability Award Silver Class
We have been selected for the Silver Class in the IT services sector of the Sustainability Award 2021 which is run by S&P Global, a world-renowned ESG investment evaluation company.
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