News - 2026

Tokyo (May 21, 2026) - Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has announced the company is once again being selected to continue as a constituent of several globally recognized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indexes. The company's ongoing inclusion reflects its steady efforts over many years toward realizing a sustainable society.
The selection of these indexes is regarded as a concrete and objective embodiment of Bridgestone's corporate mission, "Serving Society with Superior Quality." Furthermore, Bridgestone believes that its ability to continuously implement such initiatives is one of its strengths.

Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index: Selected for Four Consecutive Years Since 2022
The "Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index" (formerly Dow Jones Sustainability World Index), provided by S&P Global, is a stock index comprising the top 10% of sustainability leaders among 2,500 major companies worldwide, evaluated based on long-term economic, environmental, and social criteria. Bridgestone has also been selected for 16 consecutive years since 2010 for the "Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index" (formerly Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index), which covers companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

FTSE4Good Index Series: Selected for Eight Consecutive Years Since 2018
The "FTSE4Good Index Series," provided by FTSE Russell, evaluates global companies from three perspectives: "Environment," "Society," and "Governance," and selects those meeting the standards. Bridgestone has also been selected for eight consecutive years since 2018 for the "FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Index" and for five consecutive years since 2021 for the "FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index."

MSCI Selection Indexes: Selected for Three Consecutive Years Since 2023
The "MSCI Selection Indexes" (formerly MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes), provided by MSCI, are global indexes that select companies with outstanding ESG practices. Bridgestone has also been selected for five consecutive years since 2021 for the "MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index" and for two consecutive years since 2024 for the "MSCI Japan Equity ESG Select Leaders Index." Additionally, in the "MSCI ESG Ratings," which evaluate companies' risk management efforts regarding ESG, Bridgestone has received the highest "AAA" rating for three consecutive years since 2023.

Bridgestone has also consistently received high evaluations from the international non-profit organization CDP^*1 in the environmental field. In 2025, the company received an "A-" rating in both "Climate Change" and "Water Security," marking six consecutive years at the leadership level. Furthermore, it received an "A" rating in "Supplier Engagement Rating" for the seventh time.

The following initiatives have contributed to Bridgestone's selection in the indexes:^*2

• Bridgestone's Sustainability Business Model: Expansion of environmental contributions by evolving to a more circular and regenerative business model. These efforts include:
  • Promotion of carbon neutrality and a circular economy, which includes utilizing recycled and renewable materials^*3 for tires and improving resource productivity and energy efficiency through a shift to green and smart production at Bridgestone sites.
  • Actions toward nature positive world, which includes activities for sustainable use of natural rubber and water resources directly linked to business, especially support for improving yields of natual rubber smallholders.
• Strengthening risk assessment and improvement support for natural rubber suppliers, promoting sustainable natural rubber supply chains in collaboration with business partners.
• A comprehensive due diligence system based on Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process cycles for identifying, assessing, remedying, preventing, and disclosing human rights and environmental risks. This includes implementation and continuous improvement of human rights initiatives and risk management at company sites through global human rights policy execution guidelines.

Bridgestone places sustainability at the core of its management and aims to implement and evolve its unique Sustainability Business Model that links its business to the realization of carbon neutrality, a circular economy, and nature positive world across the entire value chain. These initiatives span from "produce and sell" and "use" of products to their "renewal" to raw materials.

With the "Bridgestone E8 Commitment," Bridgestone commits to realizing a sustainable society by co-creating value together with employees, society, its partners and customers, while earning trust of future generations.

1. CDP is an international NGO that collects and discloses environmental information related to companies and cities. Based on the requests of institutional investors, companies, and other organizations, CDP encourages organizations to disclose information regarding climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, water management, and other environmental concerns and also investigates and evaluates such organizations. The "Climate Change" and "Water Security" categories evaluate initiatives to identify and reduce climate and water risks, while the "Supplier Engagement Rating" evaluates collaboration with business partners.
2. For more details of Bridgestone's ESG initiatives, please refer to the website below.
   Sustainability | Bridgestone Corporation
3. Recycled material has been reprocessed from recovered [reclaimed] material by means of a manufacturing process and made into a final product or into a component for incorporation into goods or services. Renewable material is composed of biomass from a living source and can be continually replenished. The material shall come from sources that are replenished at a rate equal to or greater than the rate of depletion. (These definitions are based on ISO 14021: 2016)