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July 26, 2024

Toyobo selected as constituent of all six ESG indices adopted by GPIF again
Toyobo Co., Ltd., has once again been chosen as a constituent of all six stock price indices linked to environmental,social and governance (ESG) investment that are adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).
The six indices are: FTSE Blossom Japan Index; FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index; MSCI Nihonkabu
ESG Select Leaders Index; MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index; S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index;and Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index.
Japan’s GPIF, the world’s largest pension fund, has adopted the six ESG investment indices as criteria for making
ESG investment on domestic stocks*1. These indices are also used by investors around the world who consider ESG
practices to be key investment judgement standards.
Under its corporate philosophy “Jun-Ri-Soku-Yu (Adhering to reason leads to prosperity),” Toyobo aims to be agroup that will “continue to create the solutions needed by people and the Earth.” Toyobo is promoting sustainabilitybased management, as demonstrated by Toyobo Group’s “ideal state in 2030,” “sustainability indicators” and “actionplans” stipulated in “Sustainable Vision 2030*2, its long-term vision. The Group will continue to help realize a sustainable
society by solving social issues through its business activities, while enhancing its corporate value.

ESG indices adopted by GPIFFTSE Blossom Japan Index
Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE Blossom
Japan Index is designed as an industry neutral benchmark that reflects theperformance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social andGovernance (ESG) practices in Japan.
FTSE Russell evaluations are based on performance in areas such as Corporate
Governance, Health & Safety, Anti-Corruption and Climate Change. Businesses
included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index meet a variety of environmental, socialand governance criteria.
https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/blossom-japan
FTSE Blossom Japan Sector
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed as a sector neutral
Relative Indexbenchmark that reflects the performance 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
climate transition 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.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/blossom-japan

MSCI Nihonkabu ESG
Select Leaders Index

MSCI Japan Empowering
Women (WIN) Select Index

S&P/JPX Carbon EfficientIndexMorningstar Japan ex-REIT
Gender Diversity Tilt Index

Stock price index of Japanese companies selected from the constituents of the MSCIJapan IMI index, the parent index developed by MSCI based on its ESG evaluation.
The index targets 50% of free-adjusted market capitalization with each GICS*3 sectorof the parent index.
https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/f1498635-6bf7-efa0-8905-93c66eb75e06
Stock price index selected from the constituents of the MSCI Japan IMI Top 700Index (top 700 by market capitalization) based on a high level of gender diversity.
https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/indexes/japan-empowering-women-selectindex
Stock price index designed to measure performance of the constituent companies ofTokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX), which is calculated and released by the Tokyo
Stock Exchange, while overweighting or underweighting those companies that havelower or higher levels of carbon emissions per unit of revenue.
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/sustainability/sp-jpx-carbon-efficientindex/#overview
Stock price index developed by Morningstar using the data and scoring methodologyof Equileap. This is designed to emphasize the stocks of companies that have strong
gender diversity policies embedded in their corporate culture and which ensure equal
opportunities for employees regardless of their gender.
https://indexes.morningstar.com/gender-diversity-indexes*1: From the website of Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) https://www.gpif.go.jp/en/investment/esg/*2: Toyobo “Sustainable Vision 2030” https://www.toyobo-global.com/sustainability/group_sustainability/vision/*3: GICS: The Global Industry Classification Standard is an industry analysis framework jointly developed by MSCI and S&P Dow Jones Indices in 1999.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations Group, Corporate Communication Department, Toyobo Co., Ltd.
E-mail：pr_g@toyobo.jp