“K” LINE has received recognition for its efforts in non-financial areas such as CSR and ESG activities, including inclusion in major global ESG investment indices and the receipt of various awards.
Provided by U.S.-based S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, this ESG index evaluates the sustainability of the world’s leading companies based on economic, environmental, and social criteria. As of September 26, 2025, our company ranked in the 89th percentile in the Transportation industry in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The FTSE4Good indices are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.
https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/ftse4good
Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Index is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating specific ESG practices. The FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Index is used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.
https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/blossom-japan
The FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.
https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/blossom-japan
Developed by U.S.-based Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), this is a stock price index that was created to classify companies with outstanding gender diversity based on MSCI’s unique Gender Diversity Score.
https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/indexes/japan-empowering-women-select-index
Note: THE INCLUSION OF KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. 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 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.
One of the ESG indices adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), this index focuses on environmental issues and measures the performance of companies by evaluating their levels of information disclosure on carbon emissions, as well as their carbon emissions per unit of revenue.
https://www.jpx.co.jp/english/markets/indices/carbon-efficient/index.html
This ESG-focused management product, which Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. began operating in August 2012, consists of approximately 300 stocks that have outstanding ESG performance and is used to build a sustainable management portfolio.
https://www.sompo-am.co.jp/institutional/product/06/ (Japanese text only)
“K” LINE has been selected for the ninth time in total on the Climate Change A List, achieving an A, the highest score in the CDP’s Climate category.
CDP is an international non-profit organization (NGO) headquartered in London, which conducts a survey on climate change risks and opportunities and responses of companies and other entities.
The results of the survey are used as a universal indicator to measure corporate value.
”K” LINE has been recognized for the seventh consecutive year as Supplier Engagement Leader, the top rating on Supplier Engagement Rating from CDP.
Supplier Engagement Rating evaluates the companies’ initiatives for climate change and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain and ranks the companies in line with their efforts.
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) is a U.S. finance company headquartered in New York City. It is an investment research firm that provides stock indexes and portfolio analytics.
In 2025, “K” LINE received a rating of A in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment.
https://www.msci.com/data-and-analytics/sustainability-solutions/esg-ratings
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In August 2025, “K” LINE received an ESG Risk Rating of 16.8 and was assessed by Morningstar Sustainalytics to be at Low risk of experiencing material financial impacts from ESG factors.
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Nikkei Research Inc. evaluated “K” LINE with a 4.0-star rating.
https://www.nikkei-r.co.jp/service/survey/sdgs_survey/ (Japanese text only)
“K” LINE was granted Kurumin certification for the third time as a company that provides superior support for childcare.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kodomo/shokuba_kosodate/kurumin/index.html (Japanese text only)
“K” LINE has been recognized for the seventh time in six consecutive years under the 2025 Health & Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (large enterprise category), which is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Health Council. The program recognizes companies for their outstanding health and productivity management efforts.
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/healthcare/kenkoukeiei_yuryouhouzin.html (Japanese text only)
“K” LINE was selected as a “DX Certified Business Operator” under the Digital Transformation (DX) Certification established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in April 2022.
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/it_policy/investment/dx-nintei/dx-nintei.html(Japanese text only)
https://www.kline.co.jp/ja/news/other/other-20220404.html
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“K” LINE was selected as the excellent company for '2024 Awards for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure' by The Securities Analysts Association of Japan in the category of transportation companies.
https://www.saa.or.jp/english/advocacy/disclosure.html
Each year, Daiwa Investor Relations Co. Ltd. evaluates and grades the online disclosure of information by listed companies through their investor relations (IR) websites, granting awards to the top-performing companies.
In 2025, “K” LINE was granted the Excellence Award and Sustainability Excellence Award.
https://www.daiwair.co.jp/news/internet_IR2025.html (Japanese text only)
“K” LINE has been selected as one of the best corporate websites in Japan for the fifth consecutive year since 2021 in the “Comprehensive Ranking of All Japanese Listed Companies’ Websites 2025,” conducted by Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd. In addition, “K” LINE has been awarded the top position in the sector ranking for Shipping for the third consecutive year.
