Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Not disclosed

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increased costs due to development of Windows collaboration hosting and depreciation costs.
• Foreign exchange risk (dollar appreciation risk) related to hosting service costs from the US, mitigated by terminating derivative currency swap transactions resulting in a special loss.

Mitigation Strategies

• Cost reduction efforts for existing hosting services.
• Termination of derivative currency swap transactions to curb losses from rapid yen appreciation.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Not disclosed

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decreased profitability in cloud hosting due to price and membership number decline, and relatively increased fixed cost ratio.
• Increased personnel costs in security business.
• Amortization expenses for goodwill in IAM business.
• Impairment loss on cloud hosting business assets.
• Sales growth in IAM business did not meet initial plans due to service development delays, and high amortization expenses for goodwill.

Mitigation Strategies

• Restructuring of overseas and domestic businesses and organizations.
• Investment in certification authority renewal for the security business.
• Focus on globalizing IAM products and refreshing sales strategies and personnel in Europe and the US.
• Launched low-cost and reliable electronic contract service “GMO Electronic Contract Service Agree”.
• Consolidation of existing services under multiple brand names in the cloud hosting business to reduce costs and enhance competitiveness.
• Accepting customers from competitors whose services have been suspended.
• Expanding sales and products for the security business, particularly in the enterprise market.
• Developing and providing IoT-related products such as ID management and federation platforms, leveraging security business know-how.
• Developing convenient services running on cloud infrastructure in the solution business.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: ISO/IEC27001:2005, JIS Q 27001:2006 (Tokyo Head Office)

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Govies Government Security Awards 2015 (GMO GlobalSign Oy)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Digital Transformation (DX)
• Environmental Sustainability (paper reduction)
• Social Impact (SDG promotion)

Environmental Achievements

• 100% reduction in paper use in Yokosuka City due to electronic contract adoption

Social Achievements

• Partnership with Daiwa Securities to promote digitalization and SDGs
• GlobalSign joined the e-Invoice Promotion Association to promote electronic signatures
• GMO Sign usage increased to 390,000 companies, with 671,000 contract transmissions

Governance Achievements

• Legal validity of GMO Sign's digital signatures confirmed by Digital Agency, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Finance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Delays in LINKDrive project
• Impact of shortened expiration dates of SSL server certificates
• Increased sales promotion and recruitment costs due to investment in GMO Sign

Mitigation Strategies

• Strategic and concentrated investment in GMO Sign
• Cost reductions in existing products
• Focus on sales of high-priced products (OVSSL, EVSSL) and non-SSL products (client certificate DSS)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Not disclosed

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed