Selection for ESG Investment Index

Monex Group has been selected as a Component of all six ESG Indices adopted by the GPIF. The Company will continue the ESG and sustainability activities moving forward.

MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index

 MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index is developed by MSCI Inc. in the United States to target Japanese companies with high Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance relative to their sector peers.

https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/indexes/nihonkabu-esg-select-leaders-index

 

MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index

THE INCLUSION OF MONEX GROUP, INC. IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF MONEX GROUP, INC. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.

MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index

The index is constructed by selected stocks that excel in MSCI's newly developed Gender Diversity Score from each GICS® (Global Industry Classification Standard) industry sector among the MSCI Japan IMI Top 700 Index.

https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/indexes/japan-empowering-women-select-index

MSCI Japan Equity Women's Activity Index (WIN)

THE INCLUSION OF MONEX GROUP, INC. IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF MONEX GROUP, INC. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

This index uses TOPIX, a representative stock price index that indicates trends in the Japanese market, as its universe, and determines the weighting of constituent stocks by focusing on the status of environmental information disclosure and the level of carbon efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of sales)

https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/esg/sp-jpx-carbon-efficient-index/#overview

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Index/FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

This index is constructed by global index provider FTSE Russell. It reflects the performance of Japanese companies that excel in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to be industry neutral*, while FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index to be sector neutral*.

 https://www.ftserussell.com/products/indices/blossom-japan

 

*In order to minimize sector bias, the constituents are selected with consideration of the weights with those of the parent index, the FTSE Japan All Cap Index.

FTSE Blossom Japan Index
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index (GenDi J)

Built with the data and scoring methodology of Equileap, the Morningstar Gender Diversity Indexes are designed to emphasize the stocks of companies that have strong gender diversity policies embedded in their corporate culture and that ensure equal opportunities to employees, irrespective of their gender.

https://indexes.morningstar.com/gender-diversity-indexes

 

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index (GenDi J)

THE INCLUSION OF Monex Group, Inc. IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Monex Group, Inc. BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.