The NextGen ESG Japan Strategy is proud to have been issued a “Gold Rating” in the Fund Impact Diagnostic (FID) conducted by BlueMark, the leading provider of independent impact verification and intelligence for the sustainable and impact investing market.

SDG Impact Japan engaged BlueMark to independently assess the alignment of the NextGen ESG Japan Strategy, for which we act as investment advisor, with impact investing and ESG best practices. NextGen ESG Japan Strategy’s impact approach was assessed across four key pillars of impact accountability: strategy, governance, management and reporting.

This top-tier rating confirms that the NextGen ESG Japan Strategy fulfills global best practices across four critical pillars of impact investing. The rigorous third-party assessment validates NextGen ESG Japan as a high-integrity public equities strategy capable of generating both strong financial returns and measurable social and environmental outcomes.

According to the “Japan Impact-driven Financing Initiative”, a group of Japanese financial institutions and service providers that promote impact investment, the balance of impact investment by financial institutions exceeds 17 trillion yen by 2024, an increase of 60% from the previous year. Japanese companies are increasingly integrating sustainability initiatives into the core of their management, leading to increased innovation, efficiency, and long-term value creation. In the midst of this change, listed equities are also becoming a new opportunity for investors seeking to achieve both return and impact.

About the NextGen ESG Japan Strategy

The NextGen ESG Japan Strategy is an engagement-based investment strategy that emphasizes key ESG issues that are closely linked to the medium- to long-term strategies and financial goals of listed companies. It encourages companies to enhance their corporate value through investments and constructive dialogue with companies that seek to create sustainable value. The strategy seeks to achieve both financial return and positive social impact through an investment policy designed to meet global standards of transparency, accountability, and sustainability expectations.

About BlueMark

BlueMark is a global leading company that provides assessment and verification services for impact measurement and management based on global industry standards. Using its proprietary evaluation framework called the Fund Impact Diagnostic (“Fund ID”), the company assesses and evaluates the impact investing practices of funds from four perspectives: Impact Strategy, Impact Governance, Impact Management, and Impact Reporting.

Company profile of SDG Impact Japan Inc.

• Head Office: 7F Kishimoto Building, 2-2-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Representative: Mari Kogiso, Shohei Maekawa, Representative Director and Co-CEO
• Establishment: January 2021
• Website: https://sdgimpactjapan.com/

This press release is intended solely for the purpose of publicly announcing the results of the activities of SDG Impact Japan Inc. and does not in any way constitute a solicitation to acquire any funds or other securities.

For more information, please contact; 

SDG Impact Japan　　 info@sdgi-j.com