Promoting Sustainability
Our Sustainability Committee is a management-level decision-making entity that plays an integral role in Nomura Group’s sustainable growth strategy and our aim to contribute to resolution of social issues.
Nomura implements sustainability initiatives in collaboration with Group offices and companies in Japan, Asia ex-Japan, EMEA, and the Americas. We conduct appropriate disclosure of our various initiatives through the Nomura Report and our website with the aim of raising our Group’s corporate value.
Framework

Sustainability Committee
The Sustainability Committee is chaired by our Group CEO and comprises the same members as the Executive Management Board. The Committee is positioned within the Executive Management Board, the highest decision-making body at the executive level, enabling strategic implementation of our ESG and sustainability initiatives. In order to create a framework for swift decision making on matters of sustainability, five subcommittees are established under the Sustainability Committee - Wholesale Sustainability Forum, Climate Risk and ESG Working Group, TCFD Working Group, Environmental Activities Working Group and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Working Group.
The Sustainability Committee is further supported by a Sustainability Council, which has senior leaders including the Division Heads, overseeing the group sustainability initiatives.
Nomura Group executives in charge of businesses and corporate affairs make up the Sustainability Committee. The Committee is responsible for developing business policies on sustainability-related risks and opportunities for the entire Nomura Group and approving and deciding on related activities. The activities of the Sustainability Committee are reported to the Board of Directors and the Executive Management Board as the occasion demands.
The Committee also examines the operations of specific businesses that contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. Nomura Group requires the Sustainability Committee to hold two or more meetings each fiscal year. By holding meetings jointly with the Executive Management Board, which has the same chairman and members as the Sustainability Committee, a more flexible management system is in place to facilitate strategic decisions.
Sustainability Committee Members
Chairperson | Kentaro Okuda | Representative Executive Officer, President and Group CEO |
Vice Chairperson | Tomoyuki Teraguchi | Representative Executive Officer, Deputy President |
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Toshiyasu Iiyama | Executive Officer, Public Policy and Regulatory Engagement, Head of China Committee and Chief Health Officer (CHO) | |
Takumi Kitamura | Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Investor Relations | |
Sotaro Kato | Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) | Yosuke Inaida | Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) |
Toru Otsuka | Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) | |
Christopher Willcox | Executive Officer, Head of Wholesale | |
Michio Okazaki | Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) | |
Go Sugiyama | Head of Retail | |
Yoshihiro Namura | Head of Investment Management | |
Chie Toriumi | Head of Content Company, Group Sustainability Officer and Financial Education | |
Hajime Ikeda | Head of Digital Company and Retail Division Marketing | |
Satoshi Kawamura | CEO and President of Nomura Holding America Inc., CEO and President of Nomura Securities International, Inc. | |
Jonathan Lewis | Chief Transformation Officer (CTO), CEO of Nomura Europe Holdings plc | |
Kenji Teshima | Representative Director and President of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co., Ltd. and Leading Deputy Head of China Committee | |
Auditor | Shoji Ogawa | Director, Member of the Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee |
Management Status of the Committee
Number of Meetings | 6 (from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022) |
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