NRI Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the Sixth Consecutive Year
Tokyo, December 14, 2023 – Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Chairman, President & CEO Shingo Konomoto, “NRI”), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, announced today that on December 8, 2023, it was selected for the sixth consecutive year as a component of the “World Index”, the global version of the “Dow Jones Sustainability Indices” (“DJSI”), the world's leading ESG investment indicators (“DJSI World”). Furthermore, the Company was simultaneously selected for the “DJSI Asia Pacific Index”, the DJSI’s Asia-Pacific version of the index, for an eighth consecutive year.
The DJSI is a sustainability-related stock price index published annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States, and is used to assess corporate sustainability from environmental, social, and governance/economic perspectives. In 2023, 321 of approximately 3,500 of the world’s top-ranking companies (38 of which are Japanese) were selected to be included in DJSI World, with five companies (three of which are Japanese) having been selected in the field to which NRI belongs, namely “IT Services & Internet Software Services”.
Following last year, NRI received high marks for its initiatives in categories such as “Information Security/Cybersecurity & System Availability”, “Innovation Management”, and “Climate Change Strategies”, while also scoring higher this year in “Corporate Governance”, “Tax Strategy”, and “Attracting and Retaining Human Talent”, areas in which the Company made aggressive strides in FY2023.
Based on its corporate philosophy of “Dream Up The Future”, the NRI Group will continue aiming for the attainment of a sustainable future society and the enhancement of sustainable corporate values by solving social issues.
For Reference
NRI’s external evaluations (mainly ESG-related)
NRI has been selected for several representative ESG investment indexes and has received high marks from external organizations.
ESG Investment Index or Rating | Description |
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Dow Jones Sustainability World Index | Selected for the 6th consecutive year since 2018 |
Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index | Selected for the 8th consecutive year since 2016 |
MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes | Selected for the 8th consecutive year since 2016 |
FTSE4Good Developed Index | Selected for the 18th consecutive year since 2006 |
MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index | Selected for the 7th consecutive year since 2017 |
MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) | Selected for the 7th consecutive year since 2017 |
FTSE Blossom Japan Index | Selected for the 7th consecutive year since 2017 |
FTSE Blossom Sector Relative Index | Selected for the 2nd consecutive year since 2022 |
S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index | Selected for the 6th consecutive year since 2018 |
SOMPO Sustainability Index | Selected for the 12th consecutive year since 2012 |
Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index | Selected for the first time in 2023 |
CDP Climate Change A List (highest rating) | Selected for the “CDP A List” for the 4th consecutive year since 2019 |
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/report - Sustainability Book:
https://www.nri.com/en/sustainability/library/report
Contact Us
Inquiries about this news release:
Sangi Tamaoka
Corporate Communications Department
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
TEL:+81-3-5877-7100
E-mail: kouhou@nri.co.jp
Inquiries about index selection result:
Eiko Ibuki, Yukari Ishiguro
Sustainability & Responsibility Group
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
E-mail: 41sustainability@nri.co.jp
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