JPX and S&P DJI Partner to Launch S&P/JPX 500 ESG Score Tilted Index Series

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), the world's leading index provider, and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) have joined forces to increase transparency in and support the growth of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) market in Japan with the launch of the S&P/JPX 500 ESG Score Tilted Index Series.

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These innovative S&P/JPX 500 ESG Score Tilted Indices are designed to improve the ESG characteristics of Japan's widely followed TOPIX 500, while offering a similar risk and return profile of its parent index.

Kiyota Akira, CEO of JPX said:"JPX joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative in December 2017. In recent years, JPX has supported listed companies in their voluntary efforts to disclose ESG information, including through publication of the Practical Handbook for ESG Disclosure and the launch of the JPX ESG Knowledge Hub in 2020. Under these circumstances, we are delighted to collaborate with S&P Dow Jones Indices to further promote ESG-focused activities through the provision of a new composite ESG index series."

Dan Draper, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices said:"S&P Dow Jones Indices is proud of its longstanding collaboration with the Japan Exchange Group. We are privileged to continue evolving and expanding our partnership with the exchange to respond to the growing awareness and appetite amongst global investors to incorporate environmental, social and governance principles in their decision-making processes. This exciting development underscores our joint commitment to help promote and advance sustainability in financial markets in Japan, Asia and globally from the lens of independent indexing."

The S&P/JPX 500 ESG Score Tilted Index Series addresses the need from individual and institutional investors to enhance ESG exposure while maintaining a broad and diversified universe to invest in. Served as a transparent tool in measuring the ESG performance of companies in the TOPIX 500, the S&P/JPX 500 ESG Score Tilted Indices also help encourage and motivate Japanese companies to better track their ESG performance against industry peers.