Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Head Office: 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President: Keiichi Kobayashi) was selected as a constituent of the ‘FTSE4Good Index Series’ and ‘FTSE Blossom Japan Index’ for the third year running, and as a constituent of the ‘MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)’ for the fourth year running.
This fiscal year, Furukawa Electric has started to carry out the new Medium-term Management Plan 2022-2025 (2025 Mid-term Plan) ‘Road to Vision 2030 - Transform and Challenge’.
Furukawa Electric's 2025 Mid-term Plan
In the 2025 Mid-term Plan, Furukawa Electric aims to grow and leap forward by strengthening existing businesses
In the 2025 Mid-term Plan, Furukawa Electric aims to grow and leap forward by strengthening existing businesses and creating new businesses to solve social issues, including the realization of carbon neutral and a circular economy, toward 2030, the final year for achieving Vision 2030.
Furukawa Electric Group will continue to contribute to the realization of a truly prosperous, sustainable society through continuous technological innovation.
Constituent of the 'FTSE4Good Index Series'
Furukawa Electric was recently selected for the third year running as a constituent of the ‘FTSE4Good Index Series’ and the ‘FTSE Blossom Japan Index’, which are representative stock indices for ESG (environment, social and governance) investment.
Moreover, Furukawa Electric was also selected for the fourth year running for the ‘MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)’, which is composed of Japanese companies that excel in promoting the advancement of women and gender diversity.
'FTSE4Good Index Series' and ‘FTSE Blossom Japan Index'
Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the ‘FTSE4Good Index Series’ is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
Also developed by FTSE Russell, the ‘FTSE Blossom Japan Index’ reflects the performance of Japanese companies that implement outstanding ESG initiatives and is one of the indexes used by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to make ESG investments.