The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is an international business association led by the CEOs of leading companies. They are working toward a sustainable future by demonstrating leadership and collaborating among member companies, both within the same industry and across different industries, to address social issues that cannot be solved by the efforts of a single company alone.
NRI was accepted as a member in January 2019.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

 

TNFD is an international organization established in June 2021 to examine the framework for private companies and financial institutions to properly assess and disclose risks and opportunities related to natural capital and biodiversity. The TNFD Forum is an organization that brings together companies, organizations etc. that supports the examination of frameworks by TNFD. The Forum shares the latest information on TNFD and provides expert insights to assist in the development of information disclosure framework.
The NRI Group supports the principles of the TNFD and has been participating in the TNFD Forum since January 2023.

TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) Forum

Science Based Targets (SBT) are greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by companies for the next 5 to 15 years in accordance with the Paris Agreement (an agreement that aims to limit global temperature increase well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing means to limit the increase to 1.5°C) adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). These targets must be consistent with reduction scenarios based on climate science (IPCC).
SBTi is an initiative that requires companies to set SBTs and is jointly managed by CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The validity of the targets set by companies is evaluated, and SBTi certification is granted.
The NRI Group's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets were certified by SBTi for the 2°C target in September 2018 and the 1.5°C target in February 2021.

Science Based Targets initiative

It is an international initiative managed by The Climate Group, an international NGO, in partnership with CDP. Member companies declare and publicly announce their goal to use 100% renewable energy for the electricity consumed in their business activities by 2050.
NRI became a member in February 2019.

Renewable Electricity 100 (In Japanese only)

It is a joint letter from the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and We Mean Business urging companies to set a goal to limit future temperature increase to 1.5°C.
NRI signed it in May 2020.

Business Ambition for 1.5°C

The Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) is a network to strengthen the dissemination of information and exchange of opinions among diverse entities other than non-state actors, including companies, local governments, organizations, and NGOs that are actively working to address climate change, in support of the Declaration “Joining the front line of global trend for decarbonization from Japan”.
NRI has been participating since June 2018.

Japan Climate Initiative

 

GX stands for "Green Transformation". With a view to achieving Japan's 2050 carbon neutrality goal, this is a framework for collaboration among industry, government, and academia aimed at creating a virtuous cycle between the economy and the environment. The initiative focuses on taking bold steps to quickly transition to a carbon-neutral society and foster a group of companies capable of succeeding in international business. On February 1, 2022, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published the “GX League Basic Concept” and began discussions in April 2022 aimed at full-scale operation of the GX League starting in April 2023.
NRI endorsed the "GX League Basic Concept" in February 2022.

GX League

 

This is an international campaign launched by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in June 2020, calling on non-governmental actors such as companies, local governments, investors, and universities worldwide to commit to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and take immediate action toward that goal.

Race to Zero

The Japan Information Service Industry Association (JISA) recognizes that efforts to address global warming should be undertaken by all industries from a long-term perspective. In 2007, JISA established a voluntary action plan titled "Measures for Global Warming Mitigation in the Information Service Industry" to focus on CO2 reduction over a five-year period from FY 2008 to FY 2012. This plan has been promoted as the “JISA Voluntary Action Plan for CO2 Reduction” since 2008. Although this plan ended in FY2012, but a new plan, the “2nd JISA Voluntary Action Plan for CO2 Reduction,” was formulated with updated reduction targets for FY2020 and is currently being promoted. Following the change in the name of the government initiative from “Voluntary Action Plan for CO2 Reduction” to “Low-Carbon Society Action Plan,” JISA also changed the name of its plan to “JISA Low-Carbon Society Action Plan” and has been in place ever since.
The "JISA Low-Carbon Society Action Plan" sets targets for offices to reduce electricity consumption per floor area by 2% in FY2020 from the base year (FY2006), and for data centers to reduce the 'total power consumption of the entire center'/'total power consumption of IT equipment in the entire center' by 5.5% in FY2020 from the base year (FY2006).
NRI has been cooperating and participating in this initiative since the formulation stage of “Measures for Global Warming Mitigation in the Information Service Industry."

JISA Low-Carbon Society Action Plan (In Japanese only)