JGC Holdings Corporation (Representative Director, Chairman and CEO Masayuki Sato) is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a constituent of the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index. Since the launch of this index in March 2022, our company has been selected for three consecutive years.

This index, created by FTSE Russell, a leading ESG rating agency, evaluates Japanese companies that excel in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria. Approximately 600 companies with relatively high scores are selected. It is also adopted as a passive investment benchmark for ESG investments by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

The JGC Group, based on its corporate philosophy "JGC's Purpose and Values," has established the "Sustainability Basic Policy" to continuously enhance corporate value through sustainability initiatives. We actively pursue sustainability in the fields of environment, society, governance, quality, safety, and health.

For more information on the JGC Group's sustainability initiatives, please refer to the Integrated Report 2024 "JGC Report."

https://www.jgc.com/en/ir/ir-library/annual-reports/

Our group will continue to expand its sustainability initiatives and information disclosure, striving to be a trusted corporate group by stakeholders and to enhance sustainable corporate value.

※＜About "FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index"＞

The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed as a sector neutral benchmark 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

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