Inclusion in major ESG stock indexes

Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index
(former name：Dow Jones Sustainability World Index)

This is a global ESG stock index jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland. Companies with excellent sustainability in each industry are selected based on the evaluation of their economic, environmental, and social (ESG) performance. NRI has been consistently selected for inclusion since 2018.

Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index
(former name:Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index)

This is an Asia-Pacific ESG stock index jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland. Companies with excellent sustainability in each industry are selected based on the evaluation of their economic, environmental, and social (ESG) performance. NRI has been consistently selected for inclusion since 2016.

MSCI Selection Indexes*
(former name:MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes)

This index, developed by MSCI in the United States, consists of companies that are highly appraised for their ESG efforts. NRI has been continuously selected since 2016.

FTSE4Good Index Series

FTSE, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, developed this index to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognized corporate responsibility standards, and to facilitate investment in those companies . NRI has been continuously selected since 2006.

MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders*

This index, developed by MSCI in the United States, consists of companies with relatively high ESG rankings in each industry from among the top 500 Japanese companies by market capitalization. NRI has been continuously selected since 2017.

MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index*

This index, developed by MSCI in the United States, calculates scores in a multifaceted way based on disclosed corporate information and data about the employment of female workers disclosed according to the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. It chooses companies in each industry that are recognized for encouraging women’s participation . NRI has been continuously selected since 2017.

FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Index

This index, developed by FTSE Russell (a member of the London Stock Exchange Group), is composed of Japanese companies with excellent ESG performance . NRI has been continuously selected since 2017.

FTSE JPX Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

This index, developed by FTSE Russell (a member of the London Stock Exchange Group), is composed of Japanese companies with excellent ESG performance in each sector. NRI has been continuously selected since 2022.

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

This environmental index, developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States, gives greater weight to constituents with high carbon efficiency and sufficient disclosure of carbon emissions information. NRI has been continuously selected since 2018.

Sompo Sustainability Index

This index consists of approximately 300 Japanese companies with excellent ESG performance. It evaluates environmental practices through the Buna no Mori Environmental Questionnaire conducted by Sompo Risk Management Inc. , and social and governance practices through the Integrex Survey conducted by Integrex Inc. NRI has been continuously selected since 2012.

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

A gender diversity index developed by Morningstar in the United States.
Companies that have a gender diversity policy permeated in their corporate culture and companies that promise equal opportunities to employees regardless of gender are selected. NRI has been continuously selected since 2023.

(This information is current as of August 31, 2026)

Third-party assessments

Eruboshi (Highest level)

Among the companies that formulate action plans and submit notification that plans have been determined, the Eruboshi certification is given by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to companies that meet a certain standard and showed excellence in initiatives to promote women’s participation and advancement in the workplace based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. NRI received Eruboshi certification (Level 3, the highest level ) in 2017.

Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program (White 500)

The Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program recognizes organizations with particularly outstanding strategic health and productivity management program efforts for maintaining their employees’ health from a management perspective. It was established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in FY 2016. NRI has been continuously recognized since February 2017 in the large enterprise category (White 500).

Certification according to the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Kurumin Mark, Platinum Kurumin Certification )

Platinum Kurumin
Certification

Kurumin Mark

This certification is awarded to companies that support parenting according to the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children. The Kurumin Mark is for companies that have formulated and submitted action plans in line with the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and that met specific criteria, including achieving goals according to the action plan. Among these, the special Platinum Kurumin Certification is given to companies that are engaged in higher-level efforts.
NRI received the Kurumin Mark for five consecutive terms since 2007, and NRI received Platinum Kurumin Certification in 2018.

Certification according to the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Kurumin Mark, Platinum Kurumin Certification )

(This information is current as of August 31, 2026)

Third-party certifications related to management systems

Quality management system (ISO 9001)

NRI received ISO 9001 certification, an international standard for quality management systems, in January 2002 for information system building projects at or above a certain scale.

IT service management system (ISO/IEC 20000) 

NRI received ISO/IEC 20000 certification, an international IT service management system standard, for all three data centers it owns and manages in Japan.

Information security management system (ISO/IEC 27001)

All of NRI’s data centers and many of its systems businesses have received ISO/IEC 27001 certification, an international information security management system standard for improving operational quality in information systems.

Information technology — Security techniques — (ISO/IEC 27017)

ISO/IEC 27017
Registered mark

ISO/IEC 27001
Registered mark

NRI Cloud, the IT solution infrastructure operated by NRI, has been granted ISO/IEC 27001 certification as well as ISO/IEC 27017 (which adds a distinctive cloud service perspective to ISO/IEC 27001), an international standard for information security management systems. NRI Cloud is an original IT solution infrastructure used to operate systems developed by NRI for individual financial institutions and companies, as well as services provided for joint use, in finance and a range of other fields.

Management and Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval Program

Three of our data centers (Tokyo Data Center I, Yokohama Data Center II , and Osaka Data Center II) have received the Management and Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval, a global standard for data center operation determined by the Uptime Institute, a private-sector organization in the United States. This ensures a world-class level of trust. Our Tokyo Data Center I was the first organization in Japan to receive this certification (in December 2014).

Privacy Mark

NRI has received PrivacyMark certification (for conformance to personal information protection management systems) regarding its management of personal information, including social security “my number.”

Environmental management system (ISO 14001)

All three of the data centers owned and managed by NRI in Japan have received ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems. Our major offices are also implementing NRI-EMS, NRI’s original environmental management system.

(This information is current as of August 31, 2026)

Third-party assurance for environmental and social data

We have received third-party assurance from Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC for some of our environmental and social data to ensure the trustworthiness of our reported numbers.
The assured indexes are marked with ✔ in「ESG Databook」.

• Independent practitioner’s assurance report (FY2025)
• Scope of Data Collection and Method of Calculation for Environmental and Social Information(FY2025)

(June 12 2026)

Awards

Selected for the first time in the “S&P The Sustainability Yearbook -2025 Rankings” as a company of the top 1%

Every year, S&P Global in the United States evaluates the sustainability of major companies around the world based on three aspects: economic, environmental, and social. It then publishes “The Sustainability Yearbook,” which compiles a list of highly rated companies by industry. NRI was selected as acompany of the top 1% of companies in the IT services industry.

What's new

NRI Selected as an "A List" Company, the Highest Rating, in the CDP Climate Change Survey for the Seventh Consecutive Year

CDP is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) established in the UK that promotes environmental disclosure. It operates a global disclosure system enabling investors, companies, nations, regions, and cities to manage their environmental impacts, focusing its main activities on encouraging action through the surveying, evaluation, and disclosure of environmental initiatives by companies and local governments.
In the FY2025 Climate Change Survey, NRI was selected as an "A List" company—the highest rating—for the seventh consecutive year.

What's new

NRI Selected to Leaderboard for Seventh Consecutive Year in CDP Supplier Engagement Rating

As a company proactively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the entire supply chain and collaborating with business partners, NRI was selected as a "Supplier Engagement Leader"—the highest rating in CDP's "Supplier Engagement Rating". This marks the seventh consecutive year that NRI has earned the highest rating in this evaluation.

What's new

Awarded the Highest Rank of AAA* in the MCSI ESG ratings for the fourth Consecutive Year^＊

As of 2025, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. received an MSCI ESG Rating of AAA

MSCI's ESG ratings are based on an analysis of industryspecific environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and a company's ability to manage those risks relative to its peers, and are rated on a seven-point scale from AAA to CCC. NRI has received the highest rating of AAA continuously since 2021.

Awarded "Prime" Status in ISS ESG Corporate Rating

ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of US-based Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)—a global leader in proxy advisory services—evaluates corporate initiatives from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspectives. NRI has been awarded and maintained "Prime" status since 2021 in recognition of its strong ESG initiatives within the industry.

Ranked 2nd in the world in U.S. TIME magazine's "WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES OF 2026

This ranking is created jointly by TIME magazine and Statista, a German statistical data company. Based on evaluations across more than 20 ESG indicators, NRI was ranked 2nd globally in FY2026.

ESG Ratings History and Inclusion in ESG stock indexes

ESG Ratings History

Inclusion in ESG stock indexes