In recent years, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment has increasingly grown in importance. In Japan and overseas, there is a particular growing interest in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are a collection of 17 goals regarding global issues in terms of the economy, society, and environment. ESG investment is drawing attention as an effective tool to address these issues.
With this backdrop, JPX established a Sustainability Committee (reporting directly to Kiyota Akira, CEO of JPX Group) on July 1, 2018. JPX remains committed to contributing to the spread of ESG investment and the realization of a sustainable society in collaboration with domestic and foreign public institutions, investors, listed companies, market participants, and partner exchanges of the world participating in the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative.