Canon Receives Top-level Supplier Engagement Leader Award from International Non-profit Organisation CDP Program
Canon Receives Top-level Supplier Engagement Leader Award from International Non-profit Organisation CDP Program
SINGAPORE, 22 May 2026 — Canon Inc. announced on 20 May that it has been named a Supplier Engagement Leader in the 2025 CDP Supplier Engagement Assessment, conducted by the U.K.-based non-profit organisation CDP, for the fifth time1. The Supplier Engagement Assessment evaluates companies from all around the world that work effectively with suppliers in response to climate change.
Under its corporate philosophy of kyosei2, Canon aims to realise a society that achieves a beneficial balance between lifestyle enrichment and the environment, and promotes environmental conservation activities in tandem with its business operations. Canon aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout the entire product life cycle (scope 1, 2, and 3) by 20503. Canon has also set science-based GHG emissions reduction targets in line with SBTi standards: by 2030, a 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 25% reduction in Scope 3 emissions (category 1 and 11) compared to 2022 levels4.
To achieve these targets, Canon works together with suppliers to reduce GHG emissions through measures such as visualising GHG emissions and adopting materials and parts that produce low amounts of GHG emissions. Canon also promotes incorporating actual emissions data for raw materials and components provided by suppliers into the life cycle GHG emissions calculations for its products. In addition, the company is developing the necessary frameworks to ensure that suppliers' emission reduction efforts are appropriately reflected in these calculations, strengthening collaboration on decarbonisation across the entire supply chain5. Furthermore, GHG emission data including Scope 3 is assured by a third-party entity6.
Together with its suppliers, Canon promotes initiatives towards net-zero GHG emissions throughout the life cycle of its products.
About Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Canon is a global leader in photographic and digital imaging solutions. Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. is the headquarters for South & Southeast Asia driving sales, marketing and service strategies. Besides handling the domestic market, the company covers 22 other countries and regions. The parent company Canon Inc. has a global network of more than 300 companies and employs about 165,000 people worldwide. Canon is guided by its kyosei philosophy that focuses on living and working together for the common good.
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1 CDP was established in 2000. Acting on behalf of such organisations as institutional investors and major consumer businesses, the CDP supports a global system whereby businesses and cities measure, disclose, manage and share important environmental information including climate change countermeasures, water resource conservation, and forestry protection. In 2025, over 22,000 corporate enterprises responded to information requests.
2 Canon's corporate philosophy is kyosei. It conveys our dedication to achieving a society where all people, regardless of culture, customs, language, or race, happily live and work together. For details, please refer to the following website: https://global.canon/en/corporate/philosophy/
3 Scope 1: Direct emissions (city gas, LPG, diesel, kerosene, non-energy greenhouse gases, etc.); Scope 2: Indirect emissions (electricity, steam, etc.); Scope 3: Emissions in the supply chain; category 1: Purchased goods and services; category 11: Use of sold products.
4 The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a global initiative that encourages companies to set GHG reduction targets based on climate science. It is jointly operated by the UN Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the CDP.
5 For details, please refer to the following press releases:
https://global.canon/en/news/2026/20260219.html
https://global.canon/en/news/2025/20250303.html
6 Canon has received third-party assurance from LRQA Limited. For more information, please visit the following website: https://global.canon/en/sustainability/assurance/
