GRI Guidelines Index | GRI Guidelines (G3)

"-" stands for N/A. "AR" are the items described in the Annual Reports, Financial Statements, and documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

1. Strategy and Analysis

table1 : 1. Strategy and Analysis

Item	Indicator	Report Page	Link
1. 1	Statement from the most senior decision maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy.	P2-5	Message from CEO
1. 2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)

2. Organizational Profile

table2 : 2. Organizational Profile

Item	Indicator	Report Page	Link
2. 1	Name of the organization.	Inside cover	Nomura Group
2. 2	Primary brands, products, and/or services.	AR	Annual Reports
2. 3	Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.	Inside cover AR	Nomura Group
2. 4	Location of organization's headquarters.	Inside cover	Nomura Group
2. 5	Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.	Inside cover	Nomura Group
2. 6	Nature of ownership and legal form.	Inside cover	Nomura Group
2. 7	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).	Inside cover AR	Nomura Group
2. 8	Scale of the reporting organization, including: number of employees; net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations); total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and quantity of products or services provided.	AR	Annual Reports
2. 9	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including: the location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organizations).
2. 10	Awards received in the reporting period.

3. Report Parameters

table3 : 3. Report Parameters

Item	Indicator	Report Page	Link
Report Profile
3. 1	Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.	Inside cover
3. 2	Date of most recent previous report (if any).	Inside cover
3. 3	Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.).	Inside cover
3. 4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.	Inside cover
Report Scope and Boundary
3. 5	Process for defining report content, including: determining materiality; prioritizing topics within the report; and identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report.	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
3. 6	Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers).	Inside cover
3. 7	State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report.	Inside cover
3. 8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations.
3. 9	Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report.	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
3. 10	Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods).
3. 11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.
GRI Content Index
3. 12	Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report.	P54-55	GRI Guidelines
Assurance
3. 13	Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s).

4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement

table4 : 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement

Item	Indicator	Report Page	Link
Governance
4. 1	Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight.	P18 AR	Corporate Governance
4. 2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement).	P18 AR	Corporate Governance
4. 3	For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.
4. 4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body.
4. 5	Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance).	AR	Annual Reports
4. 6	Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.	P18-19	Corporate Governance
4. 7	Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics.
4. 8	Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation.	P2-5 P48-53	Message from CEO Processes & Approach Materiality (Incorporation into Management) Basic Principles & Code of Conduct
4. 9	Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles.	P22-23 P50-51	Building a solid CSR management system Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
4. 10	Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance.
Commitments to External Initiatives
4. 11	Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.	P18-23	Corporate Governance
4. 12	Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses.
4. 13	Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: has positions in governance bodies; participates in projects or committees; provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or views membership as strategic.	Inside cover
Stakeholder Engagement
4. 14	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.	P1
4. 15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.	P22-23 P50-51	Building a solid CSR management system Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
4. 16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.
4. 17	Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.

5. Management Approach and Performance Indicators

table5 : 5. Management Approach and Performance Indicators

Item	Indicator	Report Page	Link
Economic
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Economic Performance
EC1.	Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.	P31	Breakdown of Community Involvement Expenditure
EC2.	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change.	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
EC3.	Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.	P39 AR	Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.'s Child Care and Family Nursing Care Support Annual Reports
EC4.	Significant financial assistance received from government.
Aspect: Market Presence
EC5.	Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.
EC6.	Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation.
EC7.	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation.
Aspect: Indirect Economic Impacts
EC8.	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in kind, or pro bono engagement.	P10-13 P28-31	Expanding financial and economic education Relationship with Society
EC9.	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.
Environmental
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P42 P50-51	Our Commitment to the Environment Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Materials
EN1.	Materials used by weight or volume.	P45	Environmental Performance
EN2.	Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.	P45	Environmental Performance
Aspect: Energy
EN3.	Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.	P45	Environmental Performance
EN4.	Indirect energy consumption by primary source.	P45	Environmental Performance
EN5.	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.	P43-45	Efforts toward Global Environmental Conservation
EN6.	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.
EN7.	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.	P43-45	Efforts toward Global Environmental Conservation
Aspect: Water
EN8.	Total water withdrawal by source.	P45	Environmental Performance
EN9.	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.
EN10.	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.
Aspect: Biodiversity
EN11.	Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
EN12.	Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
EN13.	Habitats protected or restored.
EN14.	Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.
EN15.	Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.
Aspect: Emissions, Effluents, and Waste
EN16.	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.	P45	Environmental Performance
EN17.	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.
EN18.	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.	P43-45	Efforts toward Global Environmental Conservation
EN19.	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.
EN20.	NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.
EN21.	Total water discharge by quality and destination.
EN22.	Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.	P44-45	Reducing Paper Consumption Environmental Performance
EN23.	Total number and volume of significant spills.
EN24.	Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.
EN25.	Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff.
Aspect: Products and Services
EN26.	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.	P44-45	Reducing Paper Consumption Environmental Performance
EN27.	Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.
Aspect : Compliance
EN28.	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations.
Aspect : Transport
EN29.	Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce.
Aspect : Overall
EN30.	Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.
Social Performance Indicators
Labor Practices and Decent Work
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P36 P50-51	Relationship with Employees Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Employment
LA1.	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.	P41	Number of Employees Number of Employees by Age Group Number of Female Managers Seniors, Persons with Disabilities, Foreign Nationals at Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
LA2.	Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.
LA3.	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.	P38-39	Supporting unity among diverse personnel and various working styles
Aspect: Labor/Management Relations
LA4.	Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.	P38	Holidays and Employee Unions
LA5.	Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements.
Aspect: Occupational Health and Safety
LA6.	Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.
LA7.	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work related fatalities by region.
LA8.	Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.	P38-39	Commitment to the Health and Safety of Employees
LA9.	Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.
Aspect: Training and Education
LA10.	Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.	P37 P41	Training and Development The Nomura Group Education and Training Expenses
LA11.	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings.	P36-37	Encouraging employees to demonstrate their capabilities
LA12.	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.
Aspect: Diversity and Equal Opportunity
LA13.	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.	P41	Number of Employees Number of Employees by Age Group Number of Female Managers Seniors, Persons with Disabilities, Foreign Nationals at Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
LA14.	Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.
Human Rights
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P40-41 P50-51	Respect for human rights Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Investment and Procurement Practices
HR1.	Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening.
HR2.	Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken.
HR3.	Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained.	P40-41	Respect for human rights
Aspect: Non-discrimination
HR4.	Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken.
Aspect: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
HR5.	Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights.
Aspect: Child Labor
HR6.	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor.
Aspect: Forced and Compulsory Labor
HR7.	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor.
Aspect: Security Practices
HR8.	Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations.
Aspect: Indigenous Rights
HR9.	Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.
Society
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P50-51	Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Community
SO1.	Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting.
Aspect: Corruption
SO2.	Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption.
SO3.	Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures.	P19-20	Nomura Securities Compliance Structure
SO4.	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.	P16-17	Regaining Trust
Aspect : Public Policy
SO5.	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying.
SO6.	Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country.
Aspect: Anti-Competitive Behavior
SO7.	Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes.
Aspect: Compliance
SO8.	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations.
Product Responsibility
	Disclosure on Management Approach	P24 P50-51	Relationship with Customers Materiality (Incorporation into Management)
Aspect: Customer Health and Safety
PR1.	Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures.	P6-7 P24-27	Working Together With Clients Relationship with Customers
PR2.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.
Aspect : Product and Service Labeling
PR3.	Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements.	P24 P26	Initiatives to address the enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Provision of Information (Eliminating information asymmetry)
PR4.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes.
PR5.	Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.	P24-25	Implementing customer-oriented management
Aspect : Marketing Communications
PR6.	Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
PR7.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.
Aspect : Customer Privacy
PR8.	Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.
Aspect: Compliance
PR9.	Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.