Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan, and FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index are designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. FTSE Russell evaluates companies in the areas of corporate governance, health and safety, anticorruption, and climate change, and its constituent companies meet various criteria related to environment, society, and corporate governance. Nihon Kohden, as a result of assessment according to the FTSE Russell ESG rating criteria, has been a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series and the FTSE Blossom Japan for four consecutive years since 2017 and for two consecutive years since 2022, respectively. The Company has also become a constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index for two consecutive years since 2022, which is designed by FTSE Russell to measure the performance of Japanese companies demonstrating relatively excellent ESG practices in each sector.
FTSE Russell (the trading name of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) confirms that Nihon Kohden Corporation has been independently assessed according to the index criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan and FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index. Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the Index is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. FTSE4Good Index Series, FTSE Blossom Japan and FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index are used by a wide variety of market participants to create and assess responsible funds and other products.
The MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes are ESG comprehensive index created by MSCI and designed to represent the performance of companies that have high Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) ratings relative to their sector peers. Nihon Kohden has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes for eight consecutive years since 2016.
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) is a stock price index created by MSCI and is composed of companies that promote high level of gender diversity and women’s participation and advancement in the workforce. Nihon Kohden has been selected as a constituent of The MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index for four consecutive years since 2020.
The inclusion of NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 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 NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 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.
The ISS ESG Corporate Rating is a sustainability rating by ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a world’s leading proxy advisory firm. The rating is based on ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) factors. Nihon Kohden has been rated as “Prime” in the Health Care Equipment & Supplies industry in 2021.
In February 2024, Nihon Kohden received B rating in the areas of Climate Change and B- rating in the areas of Water Security from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-governmental organization that works internationally to disclose information on environmental assessments.
