June 30, 2023
Company Name
Representative

Contact

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.
Issei Ainoura
President & Chief Executive Officer(Code:3769 TSE Prime Section)
Ryu Muramatsu
Executive Vice President(TEL +81-3-3464-0182)

GMO-PG selected as constituent of ESG investment indices of FTSE4Good Index Series,
FTSE Blossom Japan Index and FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
GMO-PG has been selected as a constituent of FTSE4Good Index Series, an investment index comprised of leading
ESG corporations designed by FTSE Russel, as well as a constituent of FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the FTSE
Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index.
As the leading company in the payment industry, GMO-PG is pursuing sustainability initiatives by promoting
cashless payment that has a low environmental footprint as well as achieving zero GHG emissions from the major
data centers that carry out payment processing on the annual gross merchandise value (GMV) of over ¥13 trillion. In
addition, GMO-PG is working to enhance ESG related disclosures including responses to climate change including
GHG emission reductions, human talent development and compliance systems. GMO-PG believes that the selection
into these indices reflects the evaluation of such initiatives. This is the first time to be selected into FTSE4Good IndexSeries and FTSE Blossom Japan Index, and the second consecutive year to be selected for the FTSE Blossom Japan
Sector Relative Index.
Both FTSE Blossom Japan Index and FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index are ESG investment indicesadopted by Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the world’s largest public pension funds, andtogether with the globally recognized FTSE4Good Index Series are all important criteria for making investment
decisions.
GMO-PG will endeavor to enhance corporate value and achieve sustainable growth by contributing to our client’s
growth and the realization of a sustainable society through our business activities and by resolving social challenges.
(As of end-March 2023, consolidated figures)【Sustainability website】
https://www.gmo-pg.com/en/corp/sustainability/【Indices in which GMO-PG has been selected】
・FTSE4Good Index Series
FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
https://www.ftserussell.com/products/indices/FTSE4Good
・FTSE Blossom Japan Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
https://www.ftserussell.com/products/indices/blossom-japan

・FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed as a sector neutral benchmark that reflects theperformance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices in Japan.
The index selects companies with higher ESG Ratings within the top 50% of each sector and supports climatetransition to a low carbon economy by evaluating companies’ climate governance and climate change efforts via
the Transition Pathway Initiative’s Management Quality Score.
https://www.ftserussell.com/products/indices/blossom-japan