Mitsui Chemicals Included on Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) for Seventh Straight Year

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu) today announced that it has again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)^*1, a global benchmark for measuring environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Having first been added to the DJSI Asia Pacific in 2018, Mitsui Chemicals has now managed to maintain its listing here for a seventh consecutive year following the index’s annual review for 2024.

Developed by U.S.-based company S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, the DJSI evaluates corporate sustainability on the basis of economic, environmental and social factors to select the leading sustainability-driven companies. The DJSI Asia Pacific covers approximately 600 major companies in the Asia–Pacific region, with 159 companies – including 78 Japanese companies – having been selected in 2024.

On top of its inclusion here, Mitsui Chemicals has been selected as part of the FTSE4Good Index Series and the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes, both of which are global investment indices similar to the DJSI. Mitsui Chemicals also has been chosen to feature in six other stock indices utilized by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest retirement scheme.^*2

・FTSE Blossom Japan Index

・FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

・MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index

・MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

・Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

・S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

Recognizing that the chemical industry shoulders the foundations of society and innovation – and as such has a major responsibility to work toward a sustainable society – the Mitsui Chemicals Group is actively endeavoring to employ ESG criteria within its management and strategies. To realize its aim of creating a circular society in harmony with the environment, an inclusive society creating diverse value and a comfortable society in which people can enjoy healthy lives and well-being, Mitsui Chemicals is deepening its efforts to create social value and be a global solutions company that leads change and contributes to a sustainable future. These efforts include providing Blue Value™ products and services, which are aimed at contributing to the environment, and Rose Value™ products and services, which serve to improve quality of life (QOL) ^*3.