Awards and Accolades

Inclusion in ESG Indexes (as of 2023.07)

Sustainability Evaluations (as of 2023.07)

Other Evaluations and Awards (as of 2023.07)

Other Awards and Certifications

Awards and Certifications for Sustainability Initiatives

• April 2023
  We received the Career Ownership Management Award (highly commended)
• January 2022
  Yui-no-Mori Project received the grand prize in the conservation in practice category” at the Japan Nature Conservation Awards 2022.
• May 2022
  Yui-no-Mori Project received the excellence award (Forestry Agency Director-General Award) at Forests [and] Decarbonization Challenge 2022.
• January 2023
  Mie Plant received the Chairperson's Award of the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center at METI’s 2022 National Award for Greenery Factory.
• March 2023
  Recognition as a 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (White 500) and a 2023 Certified Heath & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Large Enterprise Category)

Accolades Earned by KOKUYO and Its Employees

• February 2022
  Taku Sasaki from KOKUYO YOHAK_DESIGN STUDIO earned the JAGDA Newcomer Award 2022.

  In the photo, the four image in the top row are tools/goods from stationery maker EX-. The two images in the second row are tools/goods from online store THINK OF THINGS MIDNIGHT SHOP. The two images in the third row are goods from stationery maker KOKUYO MICROSCOPES. The four images in the fourth row are goods from mixed-use facility THE CAMPUS. The two images in the bottom row are examples of branding for THE CAMPUS.

Awards for Products and Services

• April 2023
  KOKUYO wins 2023 Red Dot Design Award for pallo and Liite chairs.

  In the photo, lower image shows pallo chairs and the top right image shows Liite chairs.

• April 2023
  KOKUYO booth wins Grand Prix in the ORGATEC TOKYO 2023 BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS Supported by ELLE DECOR Magazine for second consecutive year.

  The photo shows part of the KOKUYO’s booth at the exhibition (an interactive model with a festival theme).

• April 2023
  KOKUYO wins 2023 iF Design Awards for two facility interior designs and three product designs.

  Upper-left: lounge space Aroma Square Lounge. Upper-right: free-address area Cybozu TeamHub Tokyo. Bottom-left: ARTBOARD, a whiteboard-style painting canvas. Bottom-middle: HASA (deluxe scissors). Bottom-right: ingLife, a working chair.

• April 2023
  KOKUYO's Mechanical Pencil Gets Honorable Mention at China's 2022 Design Intelligence Award.
• March 2023
  Group company KOKUYO & Partners was commended as an exemplar at SPRING’s Japan Service Innovation 2022.
• October 2022
  16 KOKUYO products receive the Good Design Award.

  Top row, from left: Carton 2.0 Archive Box, Carry Campus, Workpod Flex (mobile work booth), Fore (panel booth system). Second row, from left: Leafy (panels), Join (height-adjustable stool), Multis (compact table), Grabis (panel with whiteboard function). Third row, from left: ingLife (a working chair), Energy Series, Rooney, Synergyca Co-Creation Lounge (co-creation space). Fourth row, from left: Bizrack bag-in-bag, Perpanep (lay-flat notebook), Bizrack laptop stand with slide board, clipboard file holder.

• April 2022
  KOKUYO received the iF Design Award for six construction/interior design projects it worked on and for three of its product designs.

  Top row, from left: JX Nippon Mining & Metals SQUARE LAB & LOUNGE, NISSIN GARAGE, Clay Studio 2. Middle row, from left: MIRAI CONVENIENCE STORE, mot. Mitsui Office for Tomorrow OTEMACHI ONE, THE CAMPUS. Bottom row, from left: EX-, STACKA, Tsumishi.

• April 2022
  KOKUYO’s booth won the top prize at Orgatec Tokyo 2022’s Best Presentation Award, which is sponsored by Elle Decor.

  The photo shows part of the KOKUYO’s booth at the exhibition (based on an amusement park).

• April 2022
  KOKUYO's "ingLIFE" Multi Objective Chair, "EX-" stationery series, and "PAPIER BOARD" whiteboard sheet win 2022 Red Dot Design Awards.

  From left: ingLIFE, PAPIER BOARD, EX-