Responsible Investment

We believe it is our responsibility to contribute in achieving a sustainable society through our core asset management business.

As a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), we have been making a number of efforts aimed at integrating ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues into our investment decision-making, as well as promote to propagate the practice of responsible investment (RI).

  • As one of the largest asset managers with responsible investment in Japan, we offer a wide variety of RI products to our clients.
  • We make distribution companies / institutions and private investors aware of the significance of integrating ESG principles into their long-term wealth management plans through direct communication, seminars and our website.
PRI

We are committed to follow the "Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)" published by the "United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)" and the United Nations Global Compact since May 2006.

Our company in November, 2011 signed for (*) Principles for Financial Action towards a Sustainable Society (Principles for Financial Action for the 21st Century).

(*)Principles for Financial Action towards a Sustainable Society (Principles for Financial Action for the 21st Century) means:
This principle has been established as a Code of Conduct for financial institutions to play a role in establishing necessary steps for a sustainable society. This principle also has been developed to be a starting point to work together with like-minded institutions.Financial institutions signing the above, based on the content of their work, would strive to practice the environmental, social and governance-friendly initiatives.