INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced it received a special award in the Environmentally Sustainable Companies category of the fourth ESG Finance Awards Japan presented by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan.
The ESG Finance Awards Japan recognize leading initiatives by institutional investors, financial institutions, intermediaries, enterprises and other organizations that are proactively involved in and have made an impact on environmental and social businesses. The ESG Finance Awards Japan also broadly share these leading initiatives with society to further promote and expand ESG finance.
The ESG Finance Awards Japan's Environmentally Sustainable Companies category presents investors and the corporate sector with specific examples of environmentally sustainable companies that incorporate key environmental opportunities and risks in their management to enhance their corporate value and create positive environmental impacts.
The special award presented to INPEX recognizes companies that are making outstanding efforts considering their size and industry characteristics. INPEX was awarded in recognition of its high level of commitment to its two responsibilities to society of providing a stable energy supply and clean energy solutions, as well as its basic policy toward a net zero carbon society by 2050 and the vision it aims to achieve by around 2030.
INPEX will continue to promote and strengthen sustainable management and the suitable disclosure of relevant information as part of its mission of contributing to the creation of a brighter future for society. To fulfill its two key social responsibilities of providing a stable energy supply and responding to climate change, INPEX will enhance its resilience and promote cleaner business operations. The company will also strive to create value over the medium- to long-term by continuing to strengthen the integration of ESG into its business activities.