We are pleased to announce that BrainFirm has received the EcoVadis Platinum Rating, the highest recognition in the EcoVadis Sustainability Rating, as of June 13, 2023. BrainFirm has achieved the Platinum Rating for two consecutive years. Only the top 1% of companies rated worldwide by EcoVadis have received this prestigious distinction.

BrainFirm signed the United Nations Global Compact (hereafter "UNGC") sustainability initiative and was registered as a participant on April 3, 2023. BrainFirm has also joined the Global Compact Network Japan, the UNGC's local network in Japan. In doing so, BrainFirm has committed itself to working with the Global Compact's ten principles for sustainable development in the four areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

We are pleased to announce that BrainFirm Co. Ltd. has become the Strategic Training Partner of EcoVadis. EcoVadis is the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, and BrainFirm is now the first Japanese Strategic Training Partner of EcoVadis. If you are interested in our services, please feel free to contact our sustainability consultant:
Eiichi Kon
VP
Email: kon@brainfirm.co.jp

Please be informed that we closed an acceptance of an order for EcoVadis score improvement consultancy for 2022 as of October 5th. We are now providing services with utmost effort towards the end of 2022. If you have an interest in our services, please make a tentative reservation and wait until January 2023, when we open up an acceptance of an order.

We launched the English site of our sustainability solution consulting service. Thank you Ayumi, for creating this site. I hope you like this site designed by Ayumi. We are awaiting your messages encouraging us.

We started negotiations with the legal office with the expertise of Japanese human rights law to launch our service of on-site investigation of human rights issues of Japanese corporations. Please look forward to utilizing our new services that will be available soon.

BrainFirm was assigned as the third Japanese climate change consultancy solutions provider of CDP. CDP is an internationally known non-profit organization to evaluate climate-change-related activities of corporations and cities worldwide. We will try to enhance the CDP Cities program's evaluation capability with CDP Japan.

We launched our sustainability solutions department to provide our expertise to address the issue of sustainability. We started this service to fulfill our responsibility to pass on a sustainable world to future generations. In the foreseeable future, Satomi, Ed, and Toshi will help you address the sustainability of your company and organization.

We are pleased to announce that BrainFirm received the Platinum Rating, EcoVadis Sustainability Rating’s highest recognition. The only top 1% of the companies rated worldwide by EcoVadis received this highest rating. All staff of BrainFirm is determined to continue our coordinated efforts to improve the sustainability of our business.