Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which is one of the most well-known sustainable investment indexes in the world, for 22 consecutive years. To coincide with this, Konica Minolta has been named to all of the six indexes adopted by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)1 for the nineth consecutive year. These six indexes are the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, the MSCI NIHONKABU ESG Select Leaders Index, the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index, the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index and the Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index. In addition, Konica Minolta have been included into the MSCI Selection Indexes, the world’s leading ESG index.
FTSE4Good Index Series
The FTSE4Good Index Series, which was introduced by FTSE Russell, a UK-based global index provider, lists companies around the world demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, and provides a means for investors and RI funds to select companies with good sustainability prospects for investment.
FTSE Blossom Japan Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to include Japanese companies with excellent performance in ESG practices, and was selected by GPIF, the world’s largest public pension fund, as one of the ESG indexes for its passive investment strategy.
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is a comprehensive ESG index that incorporates Japanese companies selected based on assessments of the size of companies’ environmental impact and their management of climate change risks, as well as the ESG assessments of FTSE Russell. This index was adopted as an ESG index by the GPIF in 2022.
MSCI NIHONKABU ESG Select Leaders Index
The MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index is an equity index created by MSCI to track Japanese companies that perform well on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) metrics, while controlling for industry bias. It is a free-float adjusted, market-capitalization weighted index.
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index was introduced in 2017 by MSCI Inc., a US-based global ESG research and index provider.
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
The S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index was launched jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s major index providers, and Japan Exchange Group, Inc. Using TOPIX as a benchmark, it is designed to reduce exposure to high-carbon companies while maintaining the risk/return profile similar to that of their benchmarks.
Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index
The Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index is one of the gender diversity indices provided by Morningstar, a U.S. provider of investment research and investment management services. It utilizes data and evaluation methods from Equileap and is designed to enable investment focused on companies that have established gender diversity policies as part of their corporate culture, and companies that promise equal opportunities to their employees regardless of gender. This index was adopted as an ESG index by the GPIF in March 2023.
MSCI Selection Indexes
The MSCI Selection Indexes (formerly known as MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes) are a family of equity (and fixed income) benchmarks designed to track the performance of issuers with relatively strong ESG (environmental, social, governance) profiles versus their industry peers.
1 The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is an independent administrative agency responsible for the management and administration of the employees’ pension and national pension reserve funds under control of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
