Our Commitment to the Environment | Resolving environmental challenges through our business

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. aims to lower the Group's overall environmental impact and addresses environmental issues through our financial services. Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. launched the "Nomura Eco" page in January 2010. It introduces our environment-related policies, initiatives and financial products.

In 2008 Nomura International (Hong Kong) LIMITED (NIHK) agreed with Moser Baer, a leading Indian electronic devices company, to invest in subsidiary Moser Baer Solar, a photovoltaic equipment manufacturer.
Since its establishment in 2005 Moser Baer Solar has drawn on its parent's advanced expertise in producing optical disks to expand on its strengths in monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon, thin films, concentrators and other photovoltaic cell technologies. The company plans to employ these funds to expand capacity in crystalline silicon and thin-film solar verticals for which demand has risen in recent years.
This was NIHK's second investment in an Indian enterprise and its first in clean technology, demonstrating a commitment to supporting the global spread of photovoltaic technology and the expansion of environmental businesses.

Global food price inflation and Japan's declining self-sufficiency rate are major challenges for the nation which must work harder to secure sources and revitalize domestic agriculture. New agribusinesses are emerging to capitalize on opportunities over the medium- to long-term horizon.
There are considerable needs from the supply and demand sides of agribusiness and many venture businesses and regions in Japan have solid technical capabilities. But agribusiness is essentially in its early days in Japan and it needs proper government policies and systems as well as pipelines to the capital markets.
Nomura Research & Advisory Co., Ltd. (NR&A) leads our efforts to serve players in agribusiness, the environment and new energy, as well as the life sciences, all of which we believe will be growth areas this century. NR&A provides unlisted enterprises with research, arranges conferences and supplies venture capital to prepare for initial public offerings so they can expand their markets.
In fiscal 2005 NR&A launched a fully-fledged research program into foodstuffs in response to soaring prices and reforms to the Agricultural Land Act. This enabled regular private-sector companies to start farming operations. The company began holding conferences in fiscal 2008 to bring together agribusinesses , national and local government bodies, and academic institutions.
During fiscal 2008 NR&A invested in a company that can consistently grow highly nutritious vegetables in completely sealed clean rooms. The firm also funded a company that focuses on rehabilitating agriculture by building new value chains.
Sufficient scale, growth and real social needs are critical in assessing markets. For industries that satisfy strong social needs it is important to know how to enable growth in currently closed markets where underlying growth prospects are particularly high. Another essential ingredient for revitalizing agriculture and regional economic activity is to build business models that help agricultural companies generate sustainable income. In deciding whether to invest in companies NR&A focuses on whether value chain frameworks properly encompass production, processing, sales and peripheral systems.
Japanese agribusiness techniques can help resolve global food problems and Nomura Group will harness its global network and expertise to bring together local needs and develop Japanese capabilities. In a complementary focus, NR&A also invests heavily in leading-edge environmental, clean energy and life sciences companies. It is helping to create new industries by assisting companies focusing on development in such areas as LED lighting, wind power technology and new influenza vaccines.

Climate change represents one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. We are clearly entering an age without precedent. Global temperatures have risen by 0.2°C, and CO2 concentrations have also risen significantly since the early 1990s. The impact on the environment and on economies, particularly those of developing countries, could be profound.

Logo mark of the Nomura ecology focus project

The Nomura ecology focus project was launched in August 2007 to lend greater strength to our environmental conservation efforts by providing potential investors investment opportunities; fruits of industrial and technical research that will contribute to the preservation of the global environment.
Corporations are increasingly assessed for their commitment to environmental and social responsibilities in addition to their financial conditions. That is because investment decisions are increasingly made by taking into account the level of corporate social responsibility.