Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd has been named as a composite stock for the “S&P Japan 500 ESG.” The index was created by S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest financial index production company. Only 256 companies were selected to the index.
Yamaha said in a statement that companies selected for the S&P Japan 500 ESG came from Japanese corporations included in the “S&P Japan 500. The ESG designation is awarded based on how much emphasis each company puts on ESG–Environment, Social, Governance. That includes compliance with United Nations Global Compact principles and the industry ESG score in the “S&P DJI.”
