June 20, 2008

UK-based FTSE Group's the FTSE4Good Global Index is one of two leading indexes referred to by investors concerned with corporate social responsibility criteria when they decide investments. The other major index is the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
Companies comprising the FTSE4Good Global Index are selected from among 2,400 listed firms in 23 countries, based on independent international standards of corporate environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Of the approximate 900 enterprises listed in the FTSE4Good Global Index, 193 are Japanese companies (as of June 2008).