text: companies’ corporate social responsibility 
  companies’ corporate social responsibility 
  
  **Together with our investors:**
  **Creating a platform for**
  **social contribution through**
  **the financial markets**
  
  activities, and uses the information it gathers 
  activities, and uses the information it gathers 
  
  to create a basic file on companies managing 
  to create a basic file on companies managing 
  
  socially responsible investment funds*3*3. 
  socially responsible investment fund 
  
  **SMFG has listed**
  **its shares on SRI indexes**
  
  through its activities in financial markets. 
  through its activities in financial markets. 
  
  For example, SMBC Friend Securities markets 
  For example, SMBC Friend Securities markets  SRI indexes are for socially responsible 
  SRI indexes are for socially responsible 
  
   while 
  “Environmental Sustainability Bond”*1*1 while 
  “Environmental Sustainability Bond”  investments in which major investment 
  investments in which major investment 
  
  SMBC Nikko Securities markets “WB Green 
  SMBC Nikko Securities markets “WB Green  decisions are based on environmental and 
  decisions are based on environmental and 
  
  . These are bonds 
  Bonds (Green Bonds)”*2*2. These are bonds 
  Bonds (Green Bonds)”  social factors as well as the target company’s s 
  social factors as well as the target company 