ITOCHU ENEX Awarded AAA Website Ranking for Fourth Successive Year in Nikko Investor Relations Website Ranking and Silver Award in Gomez IR Site Ranking for Second Successive Year

ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Kenji Okada, Representative Director, President and CEO) announced today that it has attained the following recognition from two major organizations which evaluate the investor relations (IR) websites of listed companies.

ITOCHU ENEX aims to provide a site that is easy for all stakeholders to use. Going forward, we will continue to improve the website's content and features while also striving to proactively share information.
Reference: ITOCHU ENEX IR site page: https://www.itcenex.com/ja/ir/index.html

■ Overview of each IR site evaluation organization and details of awards received by ITOCHU ENEX
All Japanese Listed Companies’ Website Ranking 2022 by Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd.
The ranking is created by survey and selection of sites from among all 3,926 listed companies in Japan based on 169 objective evaluation criteria set from three viewpoints: ease of understanding, ease of use, and quantity of information; to what extent they are equipped with elements that enable company stakeholders to acquire information and understand the company's current situation.
Our website was selected as one of the best sites, first in FY2019, and now for the fourth successive year.
(Reference) All Japanese Listed Companies’ Website Ranking 2022 survey:https://www.nikkoir.co.jp/rank/rank.html

BroadBand Security, Inc. Gomez IR Site Ranking 2022
The ranking reflects the results of a survey of the websites of 3,797 listed Japanese companies
according to 241 criteria in four categories: website usability, adequacy of financial and business
performance information, adequacy of company and management information, and willingness and progressiveness in information disclosures.
As in FY2021, our website received a silver award. By category, our website was 36th out
of 3,797 companies, with a high rating in willingness and progressiveness in information disclosures,
and 12th out of the 378 companies in our industry (wholesale business).

(Reference) Gomez IR Site Ranking 2022:https://www.gomez.co.jp/ranking/ir/index.html

As the best partner for life and society, the ITOCHU ENEX Group will work to resolve sustainability issues through its business and continue to contribute to the achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
■ Sustainability for the ITOCHU ENEX Grouphttps://www.itcenex.com/en/csr/policy/index.html
For reference: An overview of the parties involved and their main roles in the joint research project

■ Fukuura Fisheries Industry Cooperative Society
　Location: Fukuura 495, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa
　Representative: Kenji Toriumi, Representative Director and Union President
　Roles: Farming, harvesting, etc. of marine algae

■ The University of Tokyo
　Location: 3-1, Hongo 7-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
　Representative: Teruo Fujii, President
　Roles: Providing advice related to methods for quantitatively evaluating the CO2 absorption and storage effects of marine algae, and research with the goal of improving the efficiency of farming marine algae and identifying and solving problems associated with the obtainment of J Blue Credit, etc.

■ ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD.
　Location: Kasumigaseki Building, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
　Representative: Kenji Okada, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
　Roles: Comprehensive project planning, measuring and monitoring of CO2 absorption and storage effects, and research and procedures related to obtaining J Blue Credit

Note
1 Blue carbon
　　(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)https://www.mlit.go.jp/kowan/kowan_tk6_000069.html

2 J Blue Credit
This is a credit for the amount of CO2 absorption and is issued by Japan Blue Economy Association (https://www.blueeconomy.jp/), an organization approved by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Companies and other credit buyers may purchase credits to offset GHG emissions that cannot be reduced solely through emissions reductions initiatives.

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