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BURSA MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES CONSTITUENT ADDITIONS TO ESG INDEX
Total index constituents grew from 25 to 34
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 December 2015 – Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) has announced additions to the constituents of the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia (“F4GBM”) Index.
The F4GBM Index measures the performance of public listed companies (“PLCs”) demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) practices and was launched in December 2014 with a total of 24 constituents comprising PLCs from across the small, medium and large market capitalisation segments. The 10 additions to the constituents represent a mix of PLCs, highlighting the quality and strength of the issuers in the marketplace.
The Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Dato’ Tajuddin Atan said, “It has been a year since we launched the F4GBM Index and became the first Exchange in Asia with a globally benchmarked ESG Index. We have since continued to engage the market, specifically our PLCs, investment banks, brokers and investors to deepen the understanding of the requirements and propositions of being on the index. The feedback has been positive and the recent additions we have today is indicative of the PLCs cognisance of the value and need for greater transparency and visibility propagated by ESG practices. Our new ESG constituents represent a diverse group of companies from different sectors[1] and from the three market cap segments, which is positive as this indicates that market quality extends beyond our large cap companies.”
Bursa Malaysia has been one of the key drivers of sustainability in Malaysia. In 2015, Bursa Malaysia stepped up its commitment by becoming a partner exchange on the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative and also by developing the CAP 10 ASEAN Sustainability Series, which included playing host to the World Federation of Exchanges Sustainability Working Group and the Global Sustainability & Impact Investing Forum in July, and launching the Sustainability Guide and Toolkits at the Sustainability Symposium in October.
David Harris, Head of FTSE Russell ESG, said: “'We are delighted that so many Malaysian companies have improved their environmental, social and governance performance and transparency, reflected in their inclusion in the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Index Series. This is a significant achievement and will be welcomed by institutional investors both locally and abroad, as investors increasingly seek to integrate ESG considerations into their portfolios.”
Over the past decade Bursa Malaysia’s sustainability journey has included the introduction of the Bursa Malaysia Corporate Responsibility framework in 2006, followed by the Shariah-based indices and corporate governance guidelines for listed companies in 2007 and the launch of the F4GBM Index in 2014.
Index constituents are drawn from the 200 shortlisted companies on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index and reviewed in June and December against international benchmarks developed in collaboration with FTSE. The constituents of the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia are available at http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/products-services/indices/ftse-bursa-malaysia-indices/overview/
[1] Sectors represented by new constituents are Finance, REITS, Trading/Services, Industrial Products and Technology adding to existing constituents representing Property, Construction, Infrastructure Project Companies and Plantation.