On October 2nd, SG Holdings announced that it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as a constituent of the "MSCI Selection Indexes," one of the leading ESG investment indices developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) in the United States.
The company also announced that it has been selected as a component of the "MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index" for the second consecutive year and as a component of the "MSCI Japan Women's Empowerment Index (WIN)" for the seventh consecutive year.
With this selection, the company has now been included in all six indices currently used by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund, for ESG investments targeting domestic equities: the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, the MSCI Japan Women's Empowerment Index (WIN), the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, and the Morningstar Japan Gender Diversity Tilt Index (excluding REITs).
