2518 NEXT FUNDS MSCI Japan Empowering Women Select Index Exchange Traded Fund NF Japan Empowering Women ETF

・The fund has received an MSCI ESG Rating of AAA.

・It has been ranked higher than similar Japanese and non-Japanese stock funds.

(Produced by MSCI ESG Research as of 7^th August 2022)

*The MSCI ESG Rating for funds is designed to measure the resiliency of portfolios to long-term ESG risks and opportunities. The most highly rated funds consist of issuers with leading or improving management of key ESG risks. The ESG Rating is calculated as a direct mapping of ESG Quality Scores to letter rating categories (e.g. AAA = 8.6-10). The ESG Ratings range from leader (AAA, AA), average (A, BBB, BB) to laggard (B, CCC).
**The rank of the fund for ESG Fund Rating within the Equity Japan peer group
***The rank of the fund for ESG Fund Rating within the global universe of approximately 34,000 funds in coverage
****The “Fund ESG Quality Score” assesses the resilience of a fund’s aggregate holdings to long term ESG risks. Highly rated funds consist of issuers with leading or improving management of key ESG risks, based on a granular breakdown of a company’s business: its core product or business segments, the locations of its assets or revenues, and other relevant measures such as outsourced production. The “Fund ESG Quality Score” is provided on a 0-10 score, with 0 and 10 being the respective lowest and highest possible fund scores.

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