Inclusion in major ESG stock indexes

Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the world’s first ESG stock index, is jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland. Companies with excellent sustainability are selected for inclusion on the index based on economic, environmental, and social assessment.
DJSI World ranks the top 3,500 companies in the world by market capitalization. NRI has been selected for six consecutive years since September 2018.

Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index

The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the world’s first ESG stock index, is jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC in the United States and RobecoSAM AG in Switzerland.
Companies with excellent sustainability are selected for inclusion on the index based on economic, environmental, and social assessment . DJSI Asia Pacific ranks the top 600 companies in the Asia-Pacific region by market capitalization.
NRI has been selected for eight consecutive years since September 2016.

MSCI ESG Leaders Index*

This index, developed by MSCI in the United States, consists of companies that are highly appraised for their ESG efforts. NRI has been selected for nine consecutive years since June 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 selected for 18 consecutive years since September 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 selected for eight consecutive years since July 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 selected for eight consecutive years since July 2017.

FTSE 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 selected for seven consecutive years since July 2017.

FTSE 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 selected for three consecutive years since March 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 selected for six consecutive years since September 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 selected for twelve consecutive years since August 2012.

Nadeshiko Brand

Nadeshiko Brand is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) to introduce TSE-listed enterprises that are outstanding in terms of encouraging women’s success in the workplace as attractive stocks to investors who place emphasis on improving corporate value in the mid- and long-term . NRI has been selected for six consecutive years from 2017 to 2022.

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 selected from 2023.

（This information is current as of 01/May/2024）

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 recognized by this program for four consecutive years 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 )

Kurumin Mark

Platinum Kurumin Certification

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 01/May/2024）

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 five data centers it owns and manages.

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 five of the data centers owned and managed by NRI 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 01/May/2024)

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 (FY2023)

(This information is current as of June 24, 2024)

Awards

FY2023

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

NRI was selected for the fifth consecutive year as an A List company, the highest rating given by CDP, an international non-profit organization on global environmental issues, in its FY2023 climate change survey (CDP Climate Change Questionnaire).

What's New

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

NRI was listed, as a company proactively engaged in climate change initiatives throughout the supply chain, on the Leaderboard of the 2023 “Supplier Engagement Rating” (“SER”), an environmental issue-related information disclosure platform published by CDP.

What's New

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

As of 2023, 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 was awarded the highest rank of AAA for the third consecutive years.

FY2022

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

NRI was selected for the fourth consecutive year as an A List company, the highest rating given by CDP, an international non-profit organization on global environmental issues, in its FY2022 climate change survey (CDP Climate Change Questionnaire). This is in recognition of NRI's climate change strategy, response, and information disclosure, which are suitable for a global leader.

ESG assessment scores and Inclusion in ESG stock indexes

ESG assessment scores

Inclusion in ESG stock indexes

（This information is current as of 01/May/2024）