• Kobelco remained a constituent of all domestic ESG investment indices adopted by Japan’s GPIF, extending its continuous inclusion record.
• Coverage spans major benchmarks from FTSE Russell, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Morningstar, including carbon-efficiency, gender-diversity, broad ESG screens.
• Separate selection continued for the FTSE4Good Index Series; FTSE ESG Score was 4.4, MSCI ESG Rating was AAA.

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