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Evaluation by External Parties

Inclusion in SRI Indices and Rating

Selected as a Constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 18th Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson was selected by FTSE Russell, a part of the London Stock Exchange Group, as a constituent of one of the Responsible Investment (RI) indexes in the FTSE4Good Index series for the 18th consecutive year. (June 2021)

FTSE4Good Index Series https://www.ftserussell.com/products/indices/FTSE4Good

Selected as a Constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for the Fifth Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the FTSE Blossom Japan index for the fifth consecutive year. This index is one of the ESG indexes selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in July 2017. (June 2021)

FTSE Blossom Japan Index (Japanese) https://www.ftserussell.com/ja/index/spotlight/ftse-blossom-japan-index

Selected as a Constituent of the Empowering Women Index (WIN) for the Fifth Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson was selected for inclusion in the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) for the fifth consecutive year. WIN is one of the ESG indexes selected by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in July 2017. (June 2021)

Selected as a Constituent of the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson Corporation has been selected to be part of the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index every year since the index was first calculated (as of July 2021). The index of environmental performance was jointly developed by the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. and S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (US) and has been used by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) since 2018.

Placed on Two Prestigious CDP A Lists for the First Time

Seiko Epson has been placed for the first time on the prestigious corporate sustainability A list by the globally influential environmental non-profit CDP for leadership in tackling climate change and water stewardship.

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Selected for the Second Consecutive Year as a Global Leader for Engaging its Supply Chain on Climate Change

Seiko Epson has been identified as a global leader for engaging with its suppliers on climate change, being awarded a position on the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard by the globally influential environmental non-profit CDP for the second consecutive year. (February 2021)

Received EcoVadis Platinum Rating for Overall Sustainability

Seiko Epson has been awarded a Platinum rating for overall sustainability by independent platform EcoVadis (France). Epson placed in the top one percent in the computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing industry. (October 2020)

Selected as a Constituent of the Sompo Sustainability Index for the 10th Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson was selected by Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Japan), as a constituent of one of the Sompo Sustainability Index for the 10th consecutive year.

The index is used in SRI (socially responsible investment) fund for pension funds or institutional investors to invest widely in companies with the high ESG (environment, society, governance) evaluation ratings. (June 2021)

Selected for Inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2021

Seiko Epson earned distinction for corporate sustainability excellence by qualifying for inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2021 by achieving a score on the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment that put us in the top 15% in our industry (Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics). Of the 64 companies assessed in the same industry, only nine (four of them Japanese) earned membership in the Sustainability Year- book. (February 2021)

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Recognition

Multiple Epson Sites Earn Platinum in RBA Audits

Epson has been following the code of conduct and using the methodologies of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), an international coalition that promotes CSR in global supply chains, since 2019. In 2020, Epson's main factories underwent RBA audits in response to societal expectations, and two sites earned a platinum rating, the highest level of recognition. Only factories that earn a minimum score of 200 in the audit receive platinum-level recognition. Socially responsible procurement is a growing global trend. Achieving platinum status in internationally recognized RBA audits demonstrates that these Epson sites operate to high CSR stand- ards. Our platinum factories allow us to provide our customers with more Epson products manufactured at sites that have satisfied the requirements of the RBA Validated Assessment Program (VAP). (October/December 2020)

Factories Recognized as Platinum

Site	Main products	Certificate issue date	Expiration date
Epson Precision Malaysia Sdn.	Crystal device	February 2, 2020	January 18, 2021
Bhd.
	High-capacity ink tank
	printers, SOHO & home inkjet	October 31,
PT. Indonesia Epson Industry	printers, shared office inkjet	March 16, 2022
2020
	printers, SIDM printers, large-
	format printers, scanners
Epson Precision (Thailand) Ltd.	Crystal device	December 5, 2020	February 11, 2022

Recognized for Health Management Excellence for Fifth Consecutive Year

Seiko Epson was recognized for the fifth consecutive year under the Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (White 500), in the large enterprise category. The program, which is jointly administered by the Japanese Ministry of Econ- omy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi, honors enterprises who work with insurers to promote good health and productivity. (March 2021)

SBTi Approved Epson's GHG Reduction Targets

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Epson's global greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. SBTi recognized Epson's targets as being science-based and in line with keeping a global temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius, a central aim of the Paris Agreement. (November 2018)

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Earned the Highest (Grade 3) Eruboshi

In 2016, the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare granted Seiko Epson the top ‶Eruboshi" mark in recognition of its efforts to promote the active participation and advancement of women in the workplace. (July 2016)

Earned Platinum Kurumin Certification

As a result of Epson's efforts to establish a friendly workplace environment, we were awarded use of the so-called Kurumin symbol from 2007 and the Platinum Kurumin symbol in 2016. Use of these symbols is awarded by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to companies that implement policies that support employees who are raising families, in accordance with the Act on Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation. (May 2016)

Certification as an Employer of Persons with Disabilities

Epson Mizube Corporation, a special subsidiary of Seiko Epson, received certification as an "Employer of Persons with Disabilities" in recognition of its initiatives to expand employment opportunities for persons with mental disorders and intellectual disabilities and to promote the active participation in society and independence of persons with physical disabilities. (January 2020)

Award

Epson Korea Wins the ESG Grand Prize at the Chosun CSR Awards

Epson Korea Ltd., Co., won the ESG Grand Prize for the third consecutive year at the Chosun Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. These prestigious awards are operated by Chosun Media and sponsored by multiple ministries within the Korean government. EKL was recognized primarily for "Details for Tomorrow," a campaign that promotes social value with power- saving inkjet printers and ultra-short throw projectors that help to narrow the education gap through distance learning, as well as for its sustainability and ESG reporting. Reviewers analyzed and evaluated approximately 713 companies in South Korea by looking at their ESG, SDG, CSR, and environmental reports for the past three years. Epson was one of the 7 winners in the ESG award category. (April 2021)

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Sustainability Report Recognized with the Prize for Excellence at Environmental Communication Awards 2021

Epson's Sustainability Report 2020 received the Prize for Excellence in the environmental reporting category of Environmental Communication Awards 2021, a program jointly sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and the Global Environmental Forum.

This award is meant to encourage enterprises in their environmental communications efforts and to promote qualitative improvement therein by recognizing the best environmental and environmental action reports. Epson's report, which covered Environmental Vision 2050 and TCFD compliance and presented extensive product and service examples and data, was recognized for the comprehensiveness of the information, and particularly the environmental information. (February 2021)

Epson Subsidiary in Thailand Awarded Gold for its Zero Accident Record

Epson Precision (Thailand) Ltd. (EPTH) was awarded the Gold Level Award under the Zero Accident Campaign certified by the Thai Ministry of Labor.

This award recognizes companies that have operated without an occupational accident for 10,000,000 consecutive hours or more. EPTH recorded 13,150,385 hours of accident-free operations between March 19, 2017 and December 31, 2019. In the 2019 fiscal year, 75 companies were recognized with the Gold Level Award, 16 of which were Japanese companies. (August 2020) Winners include subsidiaries of blue-chip Japanese companies such as Toyota Motors, Oki Electric Industry, Panasonic, and Mitsubishi Motors.

Received Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 29th Grand Prize for Global Environment Awards

Seiko Epson won the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 29th Grand Prize for Global Environment Awards. The award recognizes Ep- son's inkjet innovation efforts to minimize environmental impact. (February 2020)

Winner of the METI Minister's Prize

Akita Epson Corporation received the METI Minister's Prize at the eighth Monodzukuri Grand Awards for its role in helping to develop, in partnership with the Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University Hospital, and the Akita Industrial Technology Center, the world's first rapid cancer diagnosis support system using AC electric field mixing. (January 2020)

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