Mitsui Soko Holdings Selected for "DX Brand 2026" for the First Time

Mitsui Soko Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President Executive Officer: Hirofumi Koga; hereinafter "the Company") has been selected for "DX Brand 2026"* in the "Digital Transformation Brand (DX Brand)" program, jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency.

Following its selection as a "DX Noteworthy Company 2025" last year, the Company has now been selected for "DX Brand 2026" for the first time, with its effectiveness in promoting DX being highly evaluated.

*METI Press Release: "DX Brand 2026," "DX Noteworthy Company 2026," and "DX Platinum Company 2026-2028" Selected

The "DX Brand" program selects companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that have established internal mechanisms to promote DX leading to improved corporate value and have demonstrated excellent results in digital utilization. For "DX Brand 2026," 30 companies, including the Company (of which 3 are DX Grand Prix companies), were selected.

Since formulating the "Mitsui Soko Group DX Strategy" in 2021, the Mitsui Soko Group (hereinafter "the Group") has aimed to create social value through digitalization in SCM. The Group is actively working to build new business models not only within the Group but also through co-creation with partners, including those from different industries.

The following points, among others, were highly evaluated in the selection for "DX Brand 2026":

 ●   Highly effective DX strategy linked to management strategy

The Company has built a highly effective strategy by clarifying budget allocation and roadmaps towards realizing its vision of "Always, in emergencies, and in the future. A logistics solution partner for co-creation."

●   CEO-led challenge to solve issues across the entire logistics industry

The Company is undertaking challenging initiatives, involving partner companies under a CEO-led promotion system, with the aim of solving issues and creating value for the entire logistics industry as a social infrastructure.

●   Achieving both social issue resolution and revenue growth

The Company has achieved both social issue resolution and revenue growth through initiatives such as automating trunk line transportation with autonomous trucks, optimizing relay transportation using digital technology, and building a logistics management system utilizing blockchain.

●   Highly transparent information disclosure

A highly transparent management stance that presents quantitative business and financial results, and also discloses its own challenges, such as a shortage of DX personnel.

The Group will continue to promote DX and challenge itself as a digital logistics company, thereby creating new services that contribute to solving issues across customers' entire supply chains and contributing to the realization of a sustainable society and the development of customers' businesses.