press release

Fujikura Ltd. (President and CEO: Masahiko Ito) has been selected for the fifth consecutive year as part of the FTSE4Good Index Series, a global index of ESG investment that emphasizes the environmental, social, and governance aspects of companies. In addition, the company has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as part of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, an ESG index adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension investment institution, and has also been selected for the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) for the second time.
In addition to these indexes, in 2018 we were also selected for the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, a stock price index that focuses on the E (environmental) aspect of ESG.

Fujikura Group will continue to work to further promote ESG, aiming to achieve both a sustainable society and continuous corporate development through "Tsunagu" technologies.

Fujikura Group 's ESG initiatives (integrated report) can be accessed from the following URL.
https://www.fujikura.co.jp/esg/

・FTSE4Good Index Series
This index was designed by FTSE Russell, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, and is a global ESG investment index whose constituent stocks are companies that are judged to be excellent from an ESG perspective.

・FTSE Blossom Japan Index (*1)
An index designed by FTSE Russell, it is an ESG investment index that consists of Japanese companies that meet global standards regarding ESG among the constituent stocks of the FTSE Japan Index.

・MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)(*1)
This index was designed by MSCI, a major US financial services company, and is an ESG investment index whose constituent stocks are Japanese companies that are industry leaders in terms of gender diversity, such as by incorporating data on female employment and promotion, and diversity initiatives.
Note: The inclusion of Fujikura Ltd. in any MSCI index, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names in this release do not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement or promotion of Fujikura Ltd. by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. The MSCI index names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its related company.

・S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index (*1)
This index was designed by S&P Dow Jones Indices, a US financial market index company, and uses TOPIX as its universe to determine the weighting of constituent stocks based on the disclosure of environmental information and the level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per sales).

*1: ESG index adopted by GPIF