The Air Water Group takes part in surveys by the CDP,\( \sf ^* \) an organization that collects information on and evaluates climate change activities by major global companies. As a result, we were rated "A-" in fiscal 2019, and "B" in fiscal 2020 for our climate change efforts and information disclosure.
In addition to the CDP Climate Change questionnaire, we also respond to the “CDP Water Security” questionnaire concerning depletion of water resources and other related issues. In fiscal 2019, we received “B-” and “B” for the water security efforts.
*An international non-profit organization based in London. Aiming to promote corporate efforts toward a low-carbon society, CDP considers climate-related management risks, collects, analyzes, and evaluates climate change information from major global companies, and discloses the results to institutional investors.
In March 2020, Air Water was ranked as “a company with excellent advanced environmental initiatives” by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ). We were highly rated in a number of areas, such as our firm implementation of environmental management across the group, our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of our business activities through endless improvements and ongoing investments in environmental conservation, and our development of businesses that contribute to the solution of social challenges. This ranking made us eligible for loans under the DBJ Environmentally Rated Loan Program.
*A global first, DBJ offers preferential loans based on the degree to which corporations carry out environmental management.
