LY Corporation Selected for Fourth Consecutive Year as Sustainability Yearbook Member in S＆P Global Sustainability Assessment

LY Corporation (hereinafter "LYC") has been selected as a Sustainability Yearbook Member and listed in The Sustainability Yearbook 2024, which is a ranking of companies with outstanding sustainability performance as assessed by S&P Global, a global research and evaluation company in the field of ESG investment. LYC was ranked in the top 10% in the Interactive Media, Services & Home Entertainment industry. LYC has been selected as a Sustainability Yearbook Member for four consecutive years.^*1

*1 Total includes years the former Z Holdings Corporation was selected as a member.

S&P Global assesses the sustainability performance of the world's leading companies from the perspectives of the environment, society, and governance (ESG) and selects the top 15% companies in each industry every year as Yearbook Members. These members are announced in The Sustainability Yearbook. In the 2024 edition, 759 companies, including LYC, were named out of approximately 9,400 companies from 62 industries.

In addition to its selection as a Sustainability Yearbook Member, LYC is included in all six ESG indices on Japanese stocks used by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).*²

*2 Covers the former Z Holdings Corporation's previous inclusions in the indices    

Under its mission statement of "Create an amazing life platform that brings WOW! to our users," LYC actively engages in a diverse range of ESG initiatives and promotes the proactive disclosure of information related to its materiality issues and goals. In this way, LYC will continue doing its part in resolving social issues and making a sustainable society into a reality.

References:
LY Corporation – Sustainability
https://www.lycorp.co.jp/en/sustainability/

LY Corporation – Acknowledgment as a Sustainable Company
https://www.lycorp.co.jp/en/sustainability/esg/recognition/