SoftBank Corp. Selected as Component of Dow Jones
Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index for First Time

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, “SoftBank”) announced that for the first time it was selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (“DJSI Asia/Pacific Index”) on November 12, 2021 (EST). The DJSI Asia/Pacific Index is part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (“DJSI”), one of the most prestigious global indices for Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) investing.

The DJSI are leading indices of ESG investments jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland. Offered since 1999, the DJSI select leading sustainable companies for inclusion by comprehensively analyzing the economic, environmental and social performances of listed companies around the world.

As part of the DJSI's annual review, 153 companies (77 of them Japan-based) out of 609 major companies based in the Asia-Pacific developed region were selected for inclusion in the DJSI Asia/Pacific Index of 2021.

SoftBank scored 79/100 overall in the 2021 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, achieving full scores in Materiality, Tax Strategy and Policy Influence out of 24 total criteria. SoftBank also scored 92/100 in Climate Strategy.

Based on the concept of “a world where all things, information and minds are connected,” SoftBank has identified six priority issues (materiality, or key challenges). By promoting its businesses in the information and technology domain, SoftBank aims to solve problems people and society are facing, and thereby enhance its corporate value. Furthermore, in May 2021, to realize a sustainable world and take responsibility as a corporate citizen, SoftBank announced its “Carbon Neutral 2030” declaration, a pledge that aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity and other sources used in its business activities to virtually zero by 2030 as the international community aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that mitigate climate change.

In addition to the DJSI Asia/Pacific Index inclusion, in January 2021 SoftBank was selected by FTSE Russell—a wholly-owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group—as a component for its FTSE4Good Index Series, a world-leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, and the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, an ESG index focused on Japan-based companies. In February 2021, SoftBank was also selected by MSCI as a constituent for the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index.

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   FTSE Blossom Japan Index and MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index have been adopted by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest public pension fund, as benchmarks for passive ESG investing.

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