ULVAC's Sustainability

In September 2021, ULVAC agreed to and became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, supporting the Ten Principles related to protecting human rights, eliminating unreasonable labor, addressing environmental concerns and preventing corruption set forth therein. By complying with and putting into practice the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, we will further promote responsible management as a global company.

ULVAC has announced its endorsement of the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and has joined the TCFD Consortium. Based on the TCFD recommendations, ULVAC will proactively disclose information on both the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to its business from the perspective of strategy, risk management, and corporate governance.

ULVAC, Inc. is proud to announce its participation in the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) of SEMI as a founding member.
ULVAC will promote advanced climate change initiatives in collaboration with SCC member companies.

ULVAC will contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the realization of a sustainable society through the initiatives to address materiality.

The MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index was developed by MSCI(Morgan Stanley Capital International) and is constructed by Japanese companies that have high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance selected from the constituents of the parent index (MSCI Japan IMI Index), targeting 50% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of each GICS^®*Sector in the parent index. ULVAC has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index.

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) is constructed by Japanese companies that have excellent performance in gender diversity selected from each GICS^®* Sector of the parent index (MSCI Japan IMI Index). ULVAC has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN).

*GICS：Global Industry Classification Standard

THE INCLUSION OF ULVAC, Inc. IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF ULVAC, Inc. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.

The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, developed by FTSE Russell, which is a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. This index is constructed so that industry or sector weights align with the Japanese equity market. The index also supports climate transition to a low carbon economy by evaluating companies' climate governance and climate change efforts with TPI Management Quality Score^*.

*TPI Management Quality Score: the quality of companies' management of their greenhouse gas emissions and of risks and opportunities related to the low-carbon transition.

FTSE Russell (Registered trademark of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) hereby certifies that ULVAC, Inc. has qualified for inclusion in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index as a result of independent research. The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is widely used to create and evaluate sustainable investment funds and other financial products.

The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and the Tokyo Stock Exchange is designed to measure the performance of companies in the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX), while overweighting or underweighting those companies that have lower or higher levels of carbon emissions per unit of revenue and based on their environment-related disclosure.