Kariya City, Japan - What automobile parts supplier ranks first in environmental performance? According to an environmental rating survey conducted by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, the winner is DENSO!

Innovest's survey assessed the performance of 18 companies in the areas of:

• Environmental management
• Resource use
• Climate change
• Product life cycles analysis
• Sustainability-related profit opportunities in new markets

So how did we score so well? Three reasons: Our five-year worldwide environmental management plan (DENSO EcoVision 2005), our product environmental management system (EMS) and our annual environmental report.

Innovest Strategic Advisors is an internationally recognized investment research firm specializing in environmental finance and investment opportunities.