The INPEX Group was included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, which have been newly adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund for Japan (GPIF) as comprehensive indices incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. GPIF is one of the world’s largest pension funds.
The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to identify and measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong ESG practices. The index is designed by FTSE Russell, a global index provider.
The MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, developed by US-based MSCI, is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index based on the MSCI Japan IMI Top 500 Index, which includes large, mid and small-cap securities in the Japanese markets, and is designed to represent the performance of companies that have high ESG performance. The Index targets 50% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization within each Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) sector of the Parent Index.