The DJSI is a stock price index jointly compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland, a research company conducting research on SRI. It is used to assess the sustainability of the world's major companies from economic, environmental, and social perspectives.

In 2020, 323 of the top-ranking 2,500 companies in the world by market capitalization were selected for inclusion in DJSI World (39 of which are Japanese), with 19 selected in the field to which NRI belongs “IT Services & Internet Software Services” (4 of which are Japanese).

NRI received high marks for its economic initiatives such as the disclosure of tax strategy and structure of tax governance. Regarding the environment, DJSI also rated NRI highly for being selected for the CDP^*1’s highest rating, the Climate Change ‘A List’. On social initiatives, NRI also received a high evaluation primarily for its wide range of initiatives for human resource development and receiving third-party external assurance of social reporting.

NRI Group Medium-Term Management Plan (2019-2022) calls for “Solving social issues through value co-creation,” with which the Company has committed to “Co-create a thriving future society by driving new value,” “Co-create an ideal society by effectively utilizing its resources,” and “Co-create a safe and secure society by advancing its infrastructure” through its business activities. Based on this plan, NRI will aim to link its business opportunities to both the attainment of a sustainable society and the enhancement of sustainable corporate values.

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  The CDP is a non-profit organization whose main activity is to request information disclosure on environmental issues such as climate variability measures, water resource protection, and forest conservation, and to promote such measures through it. In 2019, more than 525 institutional investors representing more than 96 trillion U.S. dollars in managed assets and 125 purchasing companies with purchasing power of US $ 3.6 trillion supported CDP activities, and over 8,400 companies that represent over 50% of world capitalization and 920 local governments have disclosed information on measures against environmental problems through CDP. CDP is now one of the world's most useful information disclosure platforms on environmental issues. CDP website: https://www.cdp.net/en/companies/companies-scores

For Reference

■NRI’s sustainability-related initiatives

• Website:
  https://www.nri.com/en/sustainability
• Integrated Report:
  https://ir.nri.com/en/ir/library/report.html
• ESG Databook:
  https://www.nri.com/en/sustainability/library/back_number
• Sustainability Book:
  https://www.nri.com/en/sustainability/library/back_number

■NRI’s external evaluations

NRI has been selected for several global ESG investment indexes and ratings including DJSI World.