<article>The <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.gpif.go.jp/en/index.html" target="_blank">Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)</a> of Japan has appointed Hiroshi Komori to lead the newly-established Stewardship Enhancement Group.</article>

The <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.gpif.go.jp/en/index.html" target="_blank">Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)</a> of Japan has appointed Hiroshi Komori to lead the newly-established Stewardship Enhancement Group.
The former director of Japan&#8217;s Public Markets Investment Department, Komori is tasked to guide the new group to work out long-term strategic action plans, analyze ESG factors in domestic and international equities, and promote collaboration between equity owners and businesses, the fund said in a statement.
Referring to its Investment Principles, GPIF vowed to continue to maximize medium-to long-term equity investment returns for pension beneficiaries by fulfilling its stewardship responsibilities.
&#8220;We accepted Japan’s Stewardship Code in May 2014 and became a signatory of UN-PRI in September 2015. With the Stewardship Enhancement Group, we will work to further increase understanding of responsible investment principles in Japan,&#8221; GPIF said in a statement.
GPIF noted it is appropriate and essential for them as a pension fund to increase long-term investment returns for pension beneficiaries by fostering sustainable growth and worth of companies in which GPIF invests.
The government of Japan founded GPIF in 2006 to manage and invest the reserve funds of the government pension plans entrusted by the minister of health, labour and welfare, in accordance with the provisions of the Employees&#8217; Pension Insurance Act (Law No.115 of 1954) and the National Pension Act (Law No.141 of 1959).
Its other role is to contribute to the financial stability of both Plans by remitting profits of investment to the Special Accounts for the Government Pension Plans.
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The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan has appointed Hiroshi Komori to lead the newly-established Stewardship Enhancement Group.

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