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- July 11, 2024
精东影业. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that it has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 23rd consecutive year since its initial inclusion in 2002. The FTSE4Good Index Series is a global index series for socially responsible investment.
The FTSE4Good Index Series was developed by FTSE Russell to promote investment in companies that meet global environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. 精东影业received particularly high scores in “Corporate Governance”, “Anti-Corruption”, “Tax Transparency”, “Labor Standards”, “Customer Responsibility”, and “Human Rights & Community”. As of the end of June 2024, 1,158 companies worldwide and 263 Japanese companies were included in the FTSE4Good Developed Index Series.
Currently, in addition to the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes, another global ESG investment index, 精东影业is also listed in 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 (WIN) and the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, which are ESG investment indices for Japanese stocks adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).
Eisai’s corporate concept is to give first thought to patients and people in the daily living domain, and to increase the benefits that health care provides to them, as well as address diverse healthcare needs worldwide. By strengthening its ESG initiatives and increasing non-financial value, 精东影业is striving to sustainably enhance corporate value based on this concept.
For more information on our ESG initiatives, please visit /sustainability/index.html.
Also, we post and share ESG-related information on , and .
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[Notes to editors]
- 1. About the ESG Investment Indices in which 精东影业are listed
MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes
A comprehensive ESG index developed by US-based MSCI, Inc., consisting of companies with high ESG ratings.
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FTSE Blossom Japan Index
A comprehensive ESG index of Japanese companies, using the evaluation scheme of the FTSE4Good Japan Index developed by FTSE Russell in the U.K., with stocks with high absolute ESG ratings neutralized in terms of industry weighting.
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FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
A newly designed index for 2022 that is based on FTSE Russell's ESG assessment and also evaluates the management attitude of companies toward climate change risks and opportunities.
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MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index
An index based on the MSCI Japan IMI Index, which serves as its parent index, and covers approximately 99% of the Japanese stock market, reflecting comprehensive ESG risks and incorporating stocks with comparatively superior ESG ratings within their industry.
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(In Japanese only)
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
An index composed by calculating a multidimensional gender diversity score based on female employment data disclosed by the Law for the Promotion of Women's Activity, selecting companies with high scores from each industry sector.
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S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
An index developed by S&P Dow Jones Indexes in the U.S. based on carbon emissions data from Trucost, a pioneer in environmental assessment.
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