The number one company with the highest evaluation of SDGs initiatives is “Toyota Motor Corporation,” with 18.3% “working in earnest” on the SDGs, which is a result of 5 points or more higher than other companies. Conversely, negative responses such as “not working on it at all” or “not working on much” were as few as 6.0%.
　The second place was “AEON,” which rose from 5th place the previous year. “UNIQLO,” which was in 2nd place last time, came in 3rd place, but the score is slightly higher than the previous year.
　Of the 210 companies that were surveyed in the previous year, 157 companies, which is about 75%, showed an increase in SDGs evaluation scores from the previous year. Among them, the biggest increase from the previous year was “Yakult,” ranked 11th, and “working in earnest” was 10.9%, an increase of 3 points or more from 7.4% the previous year, and the overall score increased drastically from 14.7 points to 19.3 points.
　Among the top rankings, “Panasonic” in 6th place, “McDonald's in Japan” in 8th place, “Asahi Breweries” in 9th place, “Fujifilm” in 14th place, “Honda Motor” in 18th place, and “Kewpie” in 21st place also increased their scores significantly...