1. About JPX
  2. Sustainability
  3. ESG Investment
  4. Support for Listed Companies
  5. Highlighting Company Activity

Support for Listed Companies

In order to raise investor interest in listed companies’ activities and encourage medium- to long-term investment, TSE and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly select and publish lists of companies which are making proactive efforts in particular areas.

Nadeshiko Brands

In partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), TSE annually publishes a list of companies which make proactive efforts to improve women’s participation and contributions in the workplace, under the name “Nadeshiko Brands”*. This includes creating an environment where women can continue working through all life stages.

The Nadeshiko Brands have been selected and the list published every year since 2012. The aim is to pique the interest of investors looking for medium- to long-term growth potential, by publicizing companies who make proactive efforts in this area as attractive investment opportunities. This in turn should speed up initiatives for women’s participation.

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  • ･"Nadeshiko” is a type of flower which grows in the Japanese mountains, and is often used as a symbol for Japanese women

The selection process

Now in its 11th year, the Nadeshiko Brand selection process was renewed for FY2022.

  • Selection of companies that position women's success as part of their business strategy

This year, the Nadeshiko Brands were chosen not by checking companies' initiatives on women's empowerment in a check-box kind of way, but by looking at each company's individual story, such as how women's empowerment is positioned within the company's business strategy and how those efforts increased corporate value. Evaluations were made using both quantitative data and qualitative information provided by each company.

  • Information disclosure on women's empowerment

METI will proactively disclose data from companies that respond to the Nadeshiko Brands questionnaire in order to effectively disseminate information from companies that are making efforts on women's empowerment to interested parties, particularly the capital and labor markets.

This year's selection process was as follows:

  1. Selection pool: All companies (including non-Japanese stocks) listed on the Prime, Standard, and Growth Markets as of October 14, 2022
  2. Selected companies: 17 (one for each TOPIX-17 sector)
  3. Documents requested: quantitative survey and qualitative survey

Please see here for the list of Nadeshiko Brands for FY2022.

Nadeshiko Brands Selected for FY2022 (METI)icon-block

Health & Productivity Stocks

Since 2014, also in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), TSE has annually published a list of companies which carry out strategic management initiatives related to employee health and productivity, under the name “Health and Productivity Stocks.”

"Health and productivity management" means thinking about employee health and productivity as a management issue and implementing it as part of strategy, based on the belief that efforts to maintain and promote the health of employees and others are an investment that will have benefits such as increasing profitability in the future. The promotion of health and productivity management can be expected to revitalize organizations through improving the vitality and productivity of employees, ultimately leading to improved company results and corporate value.

This initiative also seeks to promote health and productivity management in companies by introducing them as attractive companies to investors who place importance on corporate value improvement in the long term.

The selection process

The "Health and Productivity Stocks 2024" were selected using the following process.