Consecutive Inclusion in “FTSE Blossom Japan Index” and “FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index”
NSG Group is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index (*1) for the consecutive 4 years since 2021, and also the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index (*2) for 3 consecutive years since 2022, both of which are indices of Japanese companies that demonstrate outstanding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance.
Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed as an industry neutral benchmark that reflects the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices in Japan. The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed as a sector neutral benchmark that reflects the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices in Japan.
Both indices are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products. In addition, they have been adopted as the ESG passive investment indices by the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF), which manages Japan's public pension funds.
In pursuit of the mission for "Changing our surroundings, improving our world", NSG Group aims to contribute to building of a sustainable society by addressing environmental problems and fulfilling social responsibilities through proactive actions for sustainable development of the Group with the corporate governance ensured with transparency and objectivity as its foundation.
For more information, please visit our website: https://www.nsg.com/en/sustainability
*1: About the FTSE Blossom Japan Index
Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other products.
*2: About the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed as a sector neutral benchmark that reflects the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices in Japan.
The index selects companies with higher ESG Ratings within the top 50% of each sector and supports climate transition to a low carbon economy by evaluating companies’ climate governance and climate change efforts via the Transition Pathway Initiative’s Management Quality Score.
Further information can be found online at the FTSE Blossom Japan Index series page.
https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/blossom-japan
About NSG Group (Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., and its group companies)
NSG Group is the world's leading supplier of glass and glazing systems in the business areas of Architectural, Automotive, and Creative Technology.
Architectural manufactures and supplies architectural glass as well as glass for the solar energy and other sectors.
Automotive serves the original equipment (OE) and aftermarket replacement (AGR) glazing markets.
Creative Technology comprises several discrete businesses, including lenses for printers and scanners, specialty glass fibers and glass flakes, mainly glass cord, which is a reinforcing material for timing belts, and Fine Glass products.
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