press release

Fujikura Ltd. (Director, President and CEO Masahiko Ito) has been selected for the sixth 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 fifth consecutive year as part of the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, an ESG investment 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 consecutive year (third time).
In addition to these indexes, since 2018, we have also been included in the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, an ESG investment index adopted by GPIF 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.

Please see the following URL for information on Fujikura Group 's ESG initiatives.
http://www.fujikura.co.jp/csr/index.html

・FTSE4Good Index Series

A global investment index designed by FTSE Russell, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, that consists of stocks of 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)

Developed by MSCI, a major US financial services company, it is an ESG investment index made up of stocks of Japanese companies that are leading the industry in terms of gender diversity, such as data on the employment and promotion of women within companies 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