Nomura contributes to creating a sustainable society and industrial advancement by leveraging the Group’s global network and high level of expertise to revitalize regional areas, energize various fields including agriculture and healthcare reform, as well as promote innovation.

Nomura Group has supported the development of the food and agriculture sector since establishing Nomura Agri Planning & Advisory Co. Ltd. (NAPA) in 2010. In May 2024, NAPA merged with Nomura Securities, expanding its focus to food and agriculture related industries to help resolve social issues such as climate change, decarbonization, food self-sufficiency and population growth, and to create a sustainable world. We will continue to leverage our expertise in the sustainability field to advise clients and partner with them to achieve sustainable growth for future generations. We will provide research, strategic consulting and advisory services based on the challenges and needs of our clients and deliver sustainable solutions.

The fields of healthcare and nursing care (long-term care), are highly public in nature and important as social infrastructure. These fields are not only indispensable for safe and secure living in each region, but are also attracting attention as fields that contribute to Japan's economic growth. In addition, from a global perspective, medical and health-related problems, including rising medical costs and unknown virus epidemics are universally present, and contributing to solutions to these issues will lead to the achievement of Goal 3 ("Good Health and Well-Being") and other goals of the UN SDGs. Nomura Group aims to contribute to society by further enhancing and solving problems related to healthcare and nursing care.

Leveraging the global network and expertise of Nomura Group, we provide M&A advisory services to support hospitals and nursing home owners with business succession, integration and restructuring, management consulting to address changes in healthcare and nursing care policies and regional healthcare challenges, as well as reconstruction-related consulting for deteriorating healthcare and nursing care facilities. By delivering optimal solutions to various needs in the healthcare field such as hospitals and nursing homes, we contribute to the sustainable development of the healthcare field as a social public infrastructure and the achievement of the SDGs.

In Japan, the number of companies is declining as businesses close down due to the aging of business owners and the absence of successors. Ensuring smooth business succession has therefore become a social issue of critical importance to regional revitalization. Nomura Group helps nurture projects promoting the sustainable development of regional areas from a medium- to long-term perspective.

In 2015, Nomura Group established the Nomura Institute of Estate Planning, a think tank specializing in business succession and estate planning that comprehensively studies and provides consulting for all aspects related to business succession, including laws and regulations, systems, tax schemes, real estate, financial products, and planning. The institute engages in both
We are a sponsor of take-over, a general incorporated association that promotes venture-style business succession, and support its initiatives focused on young business successors throughout Japan. Venture-style business succession refers to when business successors change a company’s business format, launch new businesses or enter new markets, or otherwise strive to create sustainable businesses and generate new value in society by attempting new challenges. Such entrepreneurial energy injects added value to business succession and increases the overall vitality of society.