Press Release

Hyogo, Japan – January 25, 2024 – Toyo Tire Corporation (Headquarters: Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture; President & CEO: Takashi Shimizu; hereinafter, “Toyo Tire”) hereby announced that it has again been selected* as the member of three ESG indexes: the FTSE4Good Index Series, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index.
^{* FTSE conducts ESG rating assessments based on companies' disclosure information either in June or December, and decides on the inclusion in the relevant index based on the results. In the past, we have been evaluated in the June assessment group. However, we proposed a switch to the December assessment, and in 2023, we exceptionally received evaluations in both June and December. Consequently, we have been selected for inclusion in these indexes in the recent December assessment. Moving forward, our evaluations will be conducted exclusively in December.}

■About FTSE Index
The FTSE4Good Index Series, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the FTSE Blossom Sector Relative Index are created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell (FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company.) FTSE Russell evaluations are based on performance in areas such as Corporate Governance, Health & Safety, Anti-Corruption and Climate Change. Businesses included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the FTSE Blossom Sector Relative Index meet a variety of environmental, social and governance criteria.

For details of each brand, please refer to "External Recognition" (https://www.toyotires-global.com/csr/evaluation/) on our corporate website.

Under our Sustainability Management Policy announced in 2022, we made ESG the foundation of Toyo Tire‘s corporate activities, and are working for integrated promotion of our business and sustainability. Through these activities, globally we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable mobility society on a global scale.