For Immediate Release
July 24, 2017
LIXIL Group Corporation

LIXIL Included In FTSE4Good Index Series and MSCI Japan Empowering
Women Index
Recognized for commitment and progress in corporate governance and sustainability
Tokyo, Japan – LIXIL Group Corporation (“LIXIL”), a global leader in the housing and building industry,
announced it has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series and MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index.
These indices are designed for socially conscious investors who look at environmental, social, andgovernance (ESG) factors when assessing risk and making investment decisions.
“LIXIL is proud to be listed in the globally recognized FTSE4Good Index Series and newly created MSCI Japan
Empowering Women Index. ESG factors are an increasingly important consideration for a wide variety ofstakeholders, not least investors, but also business partners and our own employees,” said Kinya Seto, CEOand President of LIXIL. “Our inclusion in the indices reflects LIXIL’s steps to continuously improve governance,
as well as to further strengthen our commitments around the three pillars of our corporate responsibility
strategy: sanitation and hygiene, environmental sustainability, and diversity and inclusion.”
The FTSE4Good Index Series includes companies that show strong performance across all three ESG pillars.
Managed by FTSE Russell, constituents are evaluated by an independent committee on over 300 indicators
within each of the three ESG pillars, determining a company’s risk exposure level and performance.
Companies with higher scores are judged to be more sustainable in the long term. LIXIL was included in theFTSE4Good Global Index after showing high scores and improvement in the themes of corporate governance,
climate change, labor standards, and human rights. It has also been included in the FTSE4Good Japan Index
and FTSE4Good Blossom Japan Index.
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index, a part of MSCI’s series of ESG-related indexes, includes
companies in Japan that promote and maintain higher levels of gender diversity. It was developed on theunderstanding that companies encouraging greater participation of women in the workplace are potentiallybetter placed to withstand the challenges of Japan’s shrinking workforce over time.
The Government Pension Investment Fund for Japan (GPIF), one of the world’s largest institutional investors,
has selected the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index and the FTSE4Good Blossom Japan Index asbenchmarks for its ESG investment strategy.
Learn more about LIXIL’s sustainability and corporate governance practices on our global website.

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About LIXIL
LIXIL Corporation is a global leader in housing and building materials products and services. The foundation of LIXIL’s
success is our constant investment in technological innovation to improve the way we live. Delivering core strengths inwater, housing, building and kitchen technologies, our brand portfolio businesses LIXIL, GROHE, American Standard
Brands and Permasteelisa are leaders in the industries and regions in which they operate. LIXIL produces some of theworld’s most fundamental and innovative products and services, and our solutions are an integral part of some of theworld’s most iconic and cutting-edge living and working spaces. Operating in more than 150 countries, and employing
more than 80,000 people, we bring together function, quality and design to make people’s lives better, and moredelightful – wherever they are.
About LIXIL Group
LIXIL Group Corporation (TSE Code: 5938) is the listed holding company containing LIXIL Corporation, LIXIL VIVACORPORATION and LIXIL Housing Research Institute, Ltd.. The Group, which is led by President and CEO Kinya Seto, isinvolved in a broad spectrum of housing-related businesses, ranging from the manufacture and sales of building
materials and housing equipment to the operation of home centers and a network of homebuilding franchises, andcomprehensive real estate service. LIXIL Group Corporation posted ¥1.89 trillion in consolidated sales in FYE March 2016.

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