Wall Street Journal Names KYOCERA Among World’s 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies

KYOTO, JAPAN -- Oct. 14, 2020 -- The Wall Street Journal has named Kyocera to its 2020 list of the “100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the World.”To create this ranking, analysts assessed the sustainability metrics of more than 5,500 publicly traded businesses. Their main areas of examination included:

• Business model and innovation
• External social and product issues
• Employee and workplace issues
• Efforts to preserve the environment and manage environmental risk

Kyocera’s sustainability initiatives reflect the philosophy of our founder, Dr. Kazuo Inamori, who won distinction as “Japan’s Most Effective Manager” in two surveys by Nikkei Business magazine before retiring in 1997 as Chairman Emeritus of both Kyocera and KDDI. For three years starting in 2010, Inamori acted as an unpaid volunteer to lead the successful turnaround of Japan Airlines ─ resulting in his being named “Japan’s Most Effective Corporate President” at age 80 in another survey of corporate executives by the Sanno Institute of Management. Inamori in 2019 received Honorary Knighthood from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Individuals who subscribe to the digital edition of The Wall Street Journal can read the full story and complete ranking online.