Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; President, Representative Director: Gyo Sagara, 'ONO') announced that ONO has been selected for the first time as an index component of the 'Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World Index' and 'DJSI Asia Pacific Index', the world's leading investment index, environmental, social and governance (ESG ).

DJSI world Index selects the top 10% of companies in each industry.

ONO continues to contribute to society, and work toward the realization of a sustainable society by discovering and developing innovative pharmaceutical products.

About DJSI

The DJSI is an index jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones in the U.S. and RobecoSAM in Switzerland. The companies' activities are analyzed in terms of the three aspects of economy, environment and society, and companies evaluated with excellent sustainability are selected as an index component every year.

Contact:

Email: publicrelations@ono.co.jp

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