For promotion of ESG investment and development of sustainable society■Service details
In October 2023, we released a beta version to provide the disclosure promotion service that represents the corevalue, as well as other service options that will streamline and improve stewardship activities of asset managementcompanies. We will continue to work toward the official service launch and enhance our service offerings in aphased-in manner.
Service options available in the beta version
Provided service

Description

Service option

Disclosure
promotion
service• Asset management companies can provide listed companies #2 with information about the ESG items thatthe companies prioritize when making investment decisions or performing engagement activities, as well as
information about the background and reasons why they prioritize those items.
• Asset management companies can confirm how frequently their information has been viewed by listedcompanies, so they can check the degree of interest demonstrated by listed companies. This will contributeto effective communication with listed companies.
• Users can identify the overall trends in items prioritize by participating asset management companies.

Check the degree of interestin priority items

ESG databaseservice• Asset management companies can view and collect ESG information registered directly by listed companies.
• Asset management companies can perform side-by-side comparison or time-series comparison of ESG
information of multiple companies by using a normalized data format.
• Asset management companies can use a dashboard to generate reports on analysis results.

Communication
support service

Share priority items

Check trends in priorities
View and collect
ESG information
Analysis support toolReporting• Records of dialogues with listed companies about ESG problems can be classified by stage, enabling asset
management companies to perform progress management.

Milestone management• Asset management companies don’t just keep the records of their engagement (such as information about
themes/goals and records of dialogues) in house, they share those records with listed companies with whomthey have engagement, so both of the parties can check those records to ensure that they both have the sameunderstanding about the engagement details. This will contribute to more constructive dialogues between
them.

Records of dialogues
Questions
Reporting#2: Such companies are considered as companies invested in by asset management companies and can also be considered as all the companies that use this platform
regardless of whether they are currently invested in by those companies.

■Usage environment• To use SFP-ESS, you need a web browser to establish an external connection to the internet.
• The web browser must be Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. SFP-ESS might not work properly with otherbrowsers.
• Two-factor authentication#3 is used to identify users.
#3: Two-factor authentication is an enhanced security feature that uses a regular password and a one-time password for authentication.

■The Association for Promotion of Sustainable Finance Platform• This association is established to promote collaboration with the aim of deploying a digital platform toestablish a seamless connection between asset management companies and listed companies invested in by
those companies, in addition to promoting mutual understanding about ESG, information disclosure, etc. We
will verify the usefulness of such a digital platform and push forward joint studies in an effort to launch ourofficial service.
• This association consists of the following member companies:MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.; Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.; Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire InsuranceCo., Ltd.; Nippon Life Insurance Company; Hitachi, Ltd.; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation; and MUFG Bank, Ltd.
⚫ The company names and product names mentioned in this brochure are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respectivecompanies.
⚫ SFP-ESS uses a cloud service (SaaS) provided by Hitachi, Ltd. and provides information about SASB standards based on thelicense agreement with the IFRS Foundation.
⚫ The specifications described herein are subject to change for product improvements or other reasons.
⚫ We provide the beta version to assess marketability and business viability and determine whether to launch the service on a fullscale. If a decision is made that no subsequent versions will be released after the release of the beta version, we will deliverprior notice to that effect to the users and provide information about, for example, how we will handle data collected through theuse of the beta version. If you have any questions, please visit the following websites and submit your inquiry:
Visit the following websites if you have any questions about the details or
pricing of the Sustainable Finance Platform / Engagement Support Service:■ Website on information about the Association for Promotion of Sustainable
Finance Platform
https://sfp-ess.org■ Inquiry on the internet
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For asset management companies

Connecting listed companies and asset managementcompanies

Sustainable Finance Platform/ Engagement Support ServiceFor asset management companies

What is the Sustainable Finance Platform / Engagement Support Service(abbreviated as SFP-ESS)

Do you have any problems like thesewith responsible investment?
Not enough ESG
information is disclosed
and made available bylisted companies

It takes a lot of time tocollect ESG informationfrom current and future
investment-target
companies

With SFP-ESS, listed companies and asset management companies will beable to develop a deeper mutual understanding in a direct, efficient, andeffective manner.

Lack of uniformity instandards for ESG items
makes it difficult tocompare companies

SFP-ESS provides a digital platform to establish connections
among listed companies and asset management companies
to foster deeper mutual understanding and achieve effective
engagement

DirectYou can express your intentions directly to listed companies about theperspectives of priority items and collect disclosure items of listed companies
directly.

Efficient

You can efficiently collect ESG information of listed companies
participating in SFP-ESS.

Effective

You can collect ESG information based on the classification items
complying with ©SASB#1, which has unified standards, andeffectively compare companies.

Contribute tomore effective
investment
activities!

#1: Sustainability Accounting Standards Board■ Example of how to use the disclosure promotion service
Asset management companies

Listed companies

We need to tell people inlisted companies exactly
what we want them to doto disclose more ESG
information.

Ah, now I understandinvestors are looking forthis kind of information.

Based on the SASB standards, asset management companies can convey their views on ESG items that theywould like listed companies to disclose by selecting priority items and adding comments including rationale.
Furthermore, asset management companies can convey their own views as a different perspective to theinformation set by SASB.
Listed companies can confirm the needs of asset management companies and use them to formulate theirown disclosure policies.

Company’s own
websiteI will tell this to relevant
people in this company
and negotiate with them.

ation
formt incell
Co

Integrated reportfrom outside SF
P-ESS

ESG disclosure
promotion
information

ESG report

ESG
information

Asset management companies

Disclosure promotion
service

We can communicate
our ESG information needs
to many listed companies.

Communication support
ESG disclosure
promotion
information• Number of asset managementcompanies that prioritize eachindividual item• Reasons why they prioritize
those items

SFP-ESSOur shareholders
are saying
they need thisinformation
for the next andsubsequent fiscal years.

Screen viewed bylisted companies

Listed companies
We can formulate
our disclosure policy
based on the disclosure needs.

We will use thisinformation to comparecompanies.

ESG database
Company’s own
websiteWe can safely use theinformation because
disclosure items areregistered directly bylisted companies.

Build consensus within the company
based on disclosure needs and collect
ESG information from related departments

ESG information

Listed companies

ESG information

With this information,
we will be able to deliver
effective information thatmeets the needs ofour shareholders.

We are beginning to see the effect on
stock price formulation
as a result of recognition
after registering disclosure items.

We want to be able toidentify new businessareas of focus in which
we should invest, so weneed to tell a wide rangeof listed companies about
our thoughts.

We can expand information
disclosure based on ourdisclosure policy.

Asset management companies
We can collect ESG
information from current
and future investmenttarget companies.

#: This figure uses screen illustrations
instead of actual screenshots.

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