InformationNippon Paper Industries Selected as Constituents for Five ESG Indices Adopted by the GPIF

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has confirmed that it has been recently selected as a constituent for the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) indices adopted by GPIF (Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund)* for the second consecutive year.　

* An independent administrative agency that manages and invests public pensions in Japan

・FTSE Blossom Japan Index

・FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

・MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

・S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

・Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

GPIF engages in ESG investments by investing in companies with outstanding ESG initiatives, and utilizes these indices as criteria for its investments.

The Company is promoting sustainability management that pursues social and environmental sustainability together with the future growth of the Company by realizing its Group Mission" NIPPON PAPER GROUP aims to contribute to better living

and cultural progress everywhere it does business", under its slogan of "Shaping the future with trees".

It will continue striving to enhance its ESG initiatives and disclose appropriate information through dialogue with its internal and external stakeholders.

<GPIF's ESG Investment Implementation>（GPIF website）https://www.gpif.go.jp/en/investment/esg/

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