ESG-related External Evaluations

Created by FTSE Russell, a global index provider. This index was created by selecting companies with excellent ESG evaluations from among Japanese companies that make up the FTSE Japan Index (part of the FTSE 4Good Index Series). It has been adopted as an ESG investment index by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

The index is designed to be sector-neutral, reflecting the performance of Japanese companies that perform relatively well with regard to environmental, social and governance (ESG) in each sector. Moreover, to drive the transition to a low carbon economy, the index limits its constituents to companies whose improvement efforts are evaluated with a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Management Quality Score, especially among companies with large greenhouse gas emissions. It has been adopted as an ESG investment index by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

The index is constructed by selecting companies that excel in ESG assessment from among the constituents of the parent index (MSCI Japan Equity IMI Index), with a target of 50% of stocks in each industry category.

MSCI Japan Equity ESG Select Leaders Index(Japanese text only)

The index is based on the top 700 stocks by market capitalization (MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index) and selects leader companies in diversity based on a database and corporate disclosure information based on the Law for the Promotion of Women's Activities.

MSCI Japan Equity Women's Activity Index（Japanese text only）

The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index was jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and the Japan Exchange Group. The index determines the weight of constituent stocks in terms of disclosure status of environmental information and carbon efficiency. It has been adopted as an ESG investment index by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

The index is evaluated from the following four perspectives: gender balance of management and employees; equality of compensation and work-life balance; corporate policy; and commitment, transparency, and accountability. It has been adopted as an ESG investment indicator by the GPIF (General Pension Investment Fund).

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

It is an NGO established in 2000 and operated with the support of institutional investors and others in various countries. It is one of the world's most important indicators of corporate value, surveying environmental information of companies and publishing the results.
Companies are scored on a scale of 8 (highest “A” to lowest “D-”) in areas such as corporate governance, risks and opportunities, business strategy, goals and performance, and more. 

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is a stock price index on sustainability developed by S&P Dow Jones Indexes, Inc. The index evaluates and selects the world's leading companies based on their sustainability performance in terms of governance, environment and society.
The Asia/Pacific Index is a stock price index that selects the top companies by market capitalization in the Asia/Pacific region that excel in ESG. 

Every year, S&P Global evaluates the sustainability of the world's major companies from the three aspects of “economy and governance,” “environment,” and “society,” and selects the most outstanding companies in the advanced sustainability field for inclusion in the “Sustainability Yearbook.“

It is a management product for pension funds and institutional investors that invests in a wide range of companies with high ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ratings and is oriented toward long-term investment based on the SOMPO Sustainability Index, a proprietary active index consisting of approximately 300 stocks with outstanding ESG initiatives. The fund invests in a wide range of companies with strong ESG initiatives.
The index is reviewed annually based on the results of ESG assessments, and the Company has been included in the index since 2023.