HSBC Japan Screened Equity UCITS ETF (HSJP)

The investment objective of the Fund is to replicate the performance of the FTSE Japan ESG Low Carbon Select Index (the “Index”), while minimising as far as possible the tracking error between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index. The Index is a subset of the FTSE Japan Index (the “Parent Index”) and aims to measure the performance of companies in Japan as defined by the Index Provider. On an annual basis, the Index Provider applies sustainable exclusionary criteria and weights companies in order to reduce the exposure in the Index to companies with higher carbon emissions and fossil fuel reserves and to improve the exposure in the Index to comply with favourable FTSE Russell environmental, social and governance ("ESG") ratings compared to that of the Parent Index. In addition, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) exclusionary criteria are applied to the Index on a quarterly basis.