Description

The MSCI PACIFIC ex JAPAN SELECT SCREENED aims to reflect the performance of the following market: Large and mid-cap companies from developed Pacific countries excluding Japan Securities issued by entities failing to meet the following ESG standards, amongst others, are excluded: are associated with controversial weapons, are assigned an MSCI ESG Rating of 'CCC' or are unrated, derive certain revenues from tobacco, conventional weapons, nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, thermal coal, unconventional and/or arctic oil and gas extraction, and palm oil; and any issuer with an MSCI Controversies Score of 0 Reduced greenhouse gas intensity relative to the parent index Reviewed on a quarterly basis Additional information on the index, selection and weighting methodology is available at https://www.msci.com