Relationship with the Environment | Our Environmental Impact

The majority of our impact on the environment comes from the power consumed at our offices. We have separated employee work areas from areas where customers visit. By doing so, we can reduce unnecessary power usage from lighting fixtures and air conditioning, while at the same time keeping our customer areas comfortable.
We work to recycle and reduce our consumption of paper used in stationary and pamphlets, as well as furnishings and supplies, and are also proactive with regards to green procurement, where products with limited environmental impact are purchased.

Environmental Action Plan and Targets

Nomura Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Tokyo, and has submitted an Anti-Global Warming Action Plan covering fiscal 2005 through fiscal 2009 to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. We used this opportunity to unify the environmental measures carried out at our offices throughout Japan by establishing a nationwide action plan in fiscal 2005.

Environmental Activities Working Group

Until now Nomura Group has carried out a range of environmental conservation-related activities, primarily led by the headquarters in Tokyo. Having felt a need for coordinated and comprehensive initiatives for the Group as a whole, we have formed an Environmental Activities Working Group, with representatives from Nomura Holdings, Inc.'s Corporate Citizenship Department and from Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.'s General Services, Regional IT Strategy and Administration Support Departments, as well as from Nomura Business Services Co., Ltd. and Nomura Facilities, Inc.
The Working Group's task is to examine and design Group-wide measures and plans which can be implemented by Nomura Group companies working together.

Environmental Activities Working Group

Steering Committee

• Nomura Holdings, Inc. Corporate Citizenship Department
• Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. General Services Department
• Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Regional IT Strategy Department
• Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Administration Support Department
• Nomura Facilities, Inc.
• Nomura Business Services Co., Ltd.

Initiatives

• Reducing paper usage
• Facility management/planning
• Identifying Group management issues

Fiscal 2006 Objectives and Results

Table:Fiscal 2006 Objectives and Results

Programs	Policy	Target	Fiscal 2006 Results	Comments
Global warming prevention	Reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Nihonbashi Headquarters	20% reduction vs. FY2001	28% reduction vs. FY2001	Seek further cuts at Nihonbashi HQ
	Study how to reduce domestic office energy consumption	Track results for all domestic offices	From branches sampled, grasped the predicted value of energy consumption at all branches	Studying measures to cut energy consumption at all branches
Promotion of green purchasing	Increase "green" procurement ratio	75% "green" procurement	55.8%	Continuing to train purchasing officers
	Establish Group guidelines	Policy-making / staff training		Not yet achieved, Discussions ongoing.
Waste management /reduction	Promote recycling (Headquarters)	Recycle 90% of waste	93.6%	Goal achieved
	Promote paper recycling	Recycle ratio of 98%	98.5%	Goal achieved
Management systems	Strengthen Group promotion system	Build global network of Group offices and companies	Established Environmental Activities Working Group	Studying initiatives to raise employee awareness
	Group environmental training

• Initiatives to achieve 2007 targets to focus on the FY2006 goals not achieved.