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SDGs Booklet 2021

Daiwa Securities Groupand SDGs
Daiwa Securities Group
SDGs Promotion Original Logo

An employee designed this logo while imagining
the realization of a sustainable society. We will
share the logo across the Group and advance ourinitiatives to achieve the SDGs.

Overview of Daiwa Securities Group ( as of June 1, 2021)■ Corporate Name

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

■ Head Office

GranTokyo North Tower
9-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6751, Japan■ TEL

81-3-5555-1111■ President and CEO

Seiji Nakata
Group website

Facilitating the Flow of
Money to Beneﬁt Society

What are the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)?

Formulating “Vision 2030 ” Towards Realizing
a Sustainable Society
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainable finance attracted

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are global goals for 2030 set out inmuch attention in FY2020. The Daiwa Securities Group has recog-

the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was unanimously adopt-

nized anew our social mission of acting as a bridge between the

ed at a UN Summit in September 2015.

private and public sectors to raise funds, and aims to promote asustainable capital cycle by helping to increase understanding of

There are 17 goals (see chart below) targeting social issues across all coun-

the SDGs and ESG in asset building.

tries and comprising 169 targets. The SDGs aim to build an inclusive and sus-

Moving forward to 2030, we have formulated “Vision 2030”,

tainable society through the achievement of these goals and targets.
The SDGs encompass a broad range of issues including poverty, hunger, environmental issues and work style. The SDGs are designed not only to address

setting out the role the Daiwa Securities Group will play in helping
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
President and CEO

to realize a sustainable society. The Group will work collectively
as one to win support for our passion for the Vision and continue

issues in developing countries but also to act as a call to action for developed

to be the most reliable and trusted partner for all stakeholders.

countries, emphasizing that “no one will be left behind” in the course of their implementation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the world to seek a newstate of society, and changes are continuously occurring aroundthe globe. Companies are no exception. For the Daiwa Securities
Group to continue to be a company valued by society in the times
ahead, it is important to set out and put into practice a vision with
future trends in mind.
“Vision 2030” is a management vision newly formulated by the
Daiwa Securities Group. It outlines the goals the Group should aim
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Director, Deputy President,
and Head of Overseas and SDGs

for as we are moving forward to 2030—the target year for the SDGs.
Under the key concept of “From savings to SDGs,” all officers
and employees will unite as one and actively work on realizing theSDGs by creating a sustainable capital cycle.

12Vision 2030
Under the concept of “From savings to SDGs” the management vision “Vision 2030” is aimed
at realizing the SDGs by creating a sustainable capital cycle. We have identified priority areasand issues we will focus on.

"Vision 2030" and materiality
Priority areas

Our new Medium-term Management Plan is also a strategy for the initial three years towards

Priority issues
1. Support for household asset formation and conservation toward therealization of a prosperous 100-year life

achieving “Vision 2030” and we have set KPIs in the plan to manage and drive progress.

2. Realization of local revitalization with private funds

100 years of life

Image of “Vision 2030”
Innovation

4. Support for accelerating corporate metabolism toward the realizationof innovation that enriches society

Promoting innovation that enriches society
and realization of Self-transformation

100 years of life
Realization of a society
where everyone canspend 100 years of life
afﬂuently

Creating the future througheveryone's action

Vision 2030

From savings to
SDGs- Realize the SDGs by creatinga sustainable capital cycle -5. Reform of business portfolio to create new added value

Innovation
Green & Social
Promoting the transition to acarbon-freesociety and realizing a resilient
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3. Financial support for economic growth in Asia

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6. Leading social transformation as a one-of-a-kind financial platformer
7. Promotion of green finance to support the realization ofa carbon-free society
8. Development and provision of new financial products and services
that contribute to the realization of a sustainable society
9. Fostering human resources who can provide added value

Diversity & Inclusion

10. Building an organization where everyone can play an active role byacknowledging diverse personalities
11. Strengthening a sound and highly transparent management base
12. Leading the maintenance and development of financial and capital
markets

Foundation ofsustainable management

13. Creating a beautiful global environment that will lead to the next generation
14. Realization of a better future community/society
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The Daiwa Securities Group will focus on providing financial products and services that contribute to the resolution of environmental and social issues, with the twin goals of promoting a shift to a carbon-free society and of realizing a resilient society. The Group will also

Green & Social

proactively engage in advisory services and investments in the field of renewable energies.

Expanding the Range of SDG-relatedFunds
We are expanding our range of SDG-related funds to enable customers to make SDG investmentsthat meet their needs.
In July 2020, we launched the “Daiwa Society 5.0 Fund,” which is a fund based on the theme ofTypes of SDG Bonds

Society 5.0.

Green Bonds
For environmental projects such as renewableenergy, energy efﬁciency, and wastewater management

Social Bonds
For projects related towelfare, education, foodsecurity, and other social
issuesSustainability Bonds
For both green and social
projects

Funds

Funds

Funds

Examples of SDG-related funds
・Daiwa Society 5.0 Fund・Global Impact Fund・Alliance Bernstein Global SDGs Equity Fund・Social Issue Solving Supporting Fund・Global Mobility Service Equity Fund・Food Innovation Selected Equity Fund・Global All Bio Genome Equity Fund・Fidelity Global Medical Equipment FundFor details of the funds, please scan here.

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Daiwa Next Bank, Ltd.

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd.

“Support Term Deposits” Supporting
Society

Investment in Renewable Energy

Daiwa Next Bank donates an amount linked to the

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co., Ltd. aims to solve social issues by establishing a new energy system through investment in renewable energy.

balance of its “Support Term Deposits” to a range oforganizations providing support to Society across four
themes.
The Deposit amount stood at approximately ¥134.8
billion as of March 31, 2021. As a result, Daiwa Next

A solar power plant, which was developed in Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido, was completed in October
2020, which generates approximately 35 megawatt of electricity. It is one of the largest power plants
owned by the company.

Bank donated ¥13.19 million in April 2021 (the second
half of FY2020), which was a record-high. The cumulative total amount donated is approximately ¥41 million.
Feedback received from customers includes: “Thiswas a good opportunity to learn about social issues”
and “I hope similar initiatives will become more widespread.”
Examples of activities supported through term deposits
Environmental protection, support to sports for persons with disabilities, medical support to children,
support to children in poverty and other vulnerable
situations

Overall view of the power plant

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The Daiwa Securities Group is a leading financial services provider; as such, itwill provide solutions that cater to diversifying customer needs, with the goalof realizing a society in which ever yone can live a prosperous 100 years of

100 years of life

life.

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Daiwa Future Designers
As life plans become increasingly diversified and sophisticated with the arrival of the 100-year life

Daiwa ACA Business Succession Fund

Providing a Broader Range of Solutions
for Business Succession
Among small- and medium-sized companies in which the owner is retiring, nearly half
are believed to have no successors. The business succession problem is therefore apressing social and economic challenge for Japan.
Daiwa ACA Business Succession Fund provides a solution to this challenge by becoming a new sponsor for companies on behalf of their owners. As a new corporate
partner, the Fund helps small and medium-sized companies to pass on their excellent
technologies and services to future generations while encouraging, through businesssuccession, technological and service innovations that maintain continuity, thereby
contributing to Japan’s sustainable economic development.

9era, Daiwa Securities has introduced “Future Designers”, a financial consulting service to help eachof its customers realize their medium and long-term goals and dreams.
To meet the broad needs of customers, three planning tools are available in “Future Designers”:“Investment Planning ”, “Property Succession Planning”, and “Life Planning”.
Daiwa Securities also encourages employees to earn credentials, such as CFP® and Securities Analyst qualifications, to ensure that the employees have the knowledge needed to meet the changing
demands of customers.
Utilizing such expertise and analyses conducted with a variety of planning tools, the company
provides a range of support to customers at various life stages, from consideration on their life plans
and asset management to inheritance plans.

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The Daiwa Securities Group will promote innovation that enriches society throughthe provision of innovative financial products and services, providing new investment

Fintertech Co. Ltd.

Daiwa Food & Agriculture Co. Ltd.

Innovation

opportunities for its customers. In addition, the Group will seek to improve and inno-

Good Time Living Co. Ltd. Daiwa Securities Realty Co. Ltd.

vate by accelerating and refining its hybrid strategies.*

Providing New Value to Customers
In 2018, the Daiwa Securities Group established Fintertech developing the next-generation financial
services for the digital-native generation via the use of blockchain and other cutting-edge technologies.

CONNECT Co. Ltd.

Daiwa Food & Agriculture aims to contribute to solving social issues surrounding the agriculture

Creating the future through a single
share
CONNECT is a securities company that started
business in July 2020. It provides applications thatallow users to complete everything via their smartphones.
CONNECT offers a range of services enabling
people in the digital age to easily start to build
assets. Such services include “Hina Kabu” whichallows users to engage in small-scale, real-time
stock trading in units of one share, and “Mainichi
Toshin” which enables investment in investment
trusts in daily instalments of ¥100. Investment
game applications and point investment services
are also provided in collaboration with external
companies.
Utilizing the power of innovation, CONNECT
will continue to develop new services, aiming tobecome the securities company most valued by
the digital-native generation.
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and food sectors in Japan through the promotion of industrialization in agriculture, delivering pursuing expansion of scale and efficiency improvement.
Moreover, the Daiwa Securities Group turned Good Time Living, which operates residence facilities for the elderly, into a subsidiary in 2019. In Japan, where the population is rapidly aging, providing high-quality nursing care facilities and services is an urgent issue. We will introduce our customers and their families to reliable residential facilities for the elderly and provide a wide range of
support for their secure and fulfilling second life.
In April 2021, the Daiwa Securities Group established Daiwa Securities Realty to meet the diversifying real estate investment needs of our customers Daiwa Securities Realty will plan and develop
different forms of real estate investment products from real estate investment trusts (REITs) thatare currently provided by Daiwa Securities Group.

* Hybrid strategy
This is a strategy of expanding
our business portfolio into new
businesses expected to provide
synergies, while positioning thesecurities business as our core,
wi t h t h e aim o f d e l ive r in g awider, and more stable, revenue
base

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Image of properties marketed by Daiwa Securities
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The Daiwa Securities Group will contribute to the delivery of societies which acknowledge diverse forms of individuality, and in which everyone can flourish.

Helping to Deepen Understanding of LGBTIn addition, the Group will continue to focus on molding an organization in which each

Diversity & Inclusionof its employees can be their true selves and experience work satisfaction.

The Daiwa Securities Group addresses LGBT issues in its training for new employees, and the cumulative number of employees undergoing such training is now approximately 5,000. LGBT issues arealso covered in a Human Rights Awareness Workshop held by the Group every year for all employees in an effort to help deepen their understanding. The Personnel Department also provides sup-Developing Workplace Environments Where
Employees Can Enjoy Job
Satisfaction
To provide customers with high added-value services, theDaiwa Securities Group is fostering the development of
workplace environments where all employees can takeon challenges while achieving their maximum potential.
As an initiative to encourage women to succeed, we
have set a goal of increasing the ratio of female directors to at least 30% by 2030, with
Daiwa Securities aiming to achieve that target by FY2025.
In recognition of our continuous efforts, the Daiwa Securities Group has been selected as a “Nadeshiko Brand*” for seven consecutive years in recognition of its excellent track record in empowering women.
In FY2011, to enable employees with disabilities to handle a wide range of responsibilities, the Daiwa Securities Group broadened the scope of recruitment opportunities
to career track employees, regional career-track employees, and customer service employees. Once people with disabilities are hired, we provide support for their career advancement by, for example, creating opportunities for career track changes. To further
strengthen our support to employees, we also introduced the Daiwa LEAP Plan* in 2018.
* “Nadeshiko Brand” and “Health & Productivity Stock Selection” are awarded jointly by Japan’s Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
*The Daiwa LEAP Plan is comprehensive support that includes a leave program for outpatient treatment, subsidies for expenses incurred to start work, and the introduction of support tools according to the type of disability.

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port to employees changing gender.
Daiwa Securities has expanded some of its services for customers so that same-sex
partners of customers are deemed to be family members.
Diversity & Inclusion website

Promotion of Health and Productivity Management
To enable employees to be in better health and perform their duties more safely,
the Daiwa Securities Group started providing the internal online medical care service “Daiwa Online Care” in 2020. Viewing employees’ health from a corporate
management perspective, the Group has been actively working on initiatives tomaintain and improve their health and has been selected as a “Health & Productivity Stock Selection*” for seven consecutive years.

Initiatives at Overseas Ofﬁces
Our overseas offices are also actively promoting diversity & inclusion. For International Women’s Day
2021, DC Advisory participated in the “#ChooseToChallenge” campaign by creating a video message
from DC employees detailing how they tackle gender inequality. Participants fromacross the US, India, Europe and Japan were included.
For the video message, please scan here.

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Project

Providing Financial Knowledge
across the Generations

As a measure for tackling the issue of wealth inequality,

The Daiwa Securities Group provides opportunities for financial edu-

particularly the issue of child poverty, the Daiwa Securities

cation to help deepen financial literacy across the generations and in-Group is undertaking the “For Your Dreams—Daiwa Secu-

crease money flows in the market, helping to revitalize financial mar-rities Group Children’s Smile Project.”kets in the future.

Under the “Children’s Smile Project,” which started in 2017, the Daiwa Securities Group is operating
two funds from this fiscal year. We have recently selected recipients for these funds.

Cooperation with the “Job Museum”“Daiwa Securities Group Child Support Fund for a Bright Future”

The Daiwa Securities Group cooperates with the “Job Museum”, career
education materials for elementary school children designed to allow
children to proactively decide on their future courses to prevent career
mismatches. The book version, “Job Almanac”, meets curriculum guidelines and can be used in school classes.

This fund was created in September 2017 with the purpose of improving the environment for children
and breaking the chains of poverty. Since FY2020, we have only selected organizations entitled toreceive continuous grants. As a result of an online interview assessment by the selection committee
comprising experts, four organizations were chosen.

“Daiwa Securities Group Future Support Bonds
Child Support Group Sustainable Fund”
This fund was created in October 2020 in collaboration with the Public Resources Foundation, with
¥102.5 million contributed from the Daiwa Securities Group Future Support Bonds. The fund is designed to improve the sustainability and resilience of recipient organizations so that support can be provided to children even during times of emergency. In the first fiscal year,
eight organizations were selected.

Job Museum Kids Website JapaneseDaiwa Internet TV
We produce “Daiwa Internet TV” at our own studio and distribute economic, social and investment information free of charge in a varied andtimely manner.
Daiwa Internet TV Japanese“Children’s Smile Project” website

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Supporting Sound
Financial and Capital Markets

Expectations for the Capabilities of
Securities Companies

The Daiwa Securities Group assists companies that need

Hoping to contribute to solving issues facing society—even if only slightly—the Daiwa Securities Groupfunds and supports the efficient allocation of capital. We willconsiders and takes actions together with local communities and civil society. We invited comments

continue to support social infrastructure by contributing tofrom Professor. Youichi Nakamura , Director of Rikkyo Institute for Social Design Studies.

the creation of a more active and stable financial markets.

Towards Construction of an Empathetic Capital Society Based on Altruism
Great Expectations for the Capabilities of
Securities Companies

Securities Companies’ Roles in Society as Viewed
by the Daiwa Securities Group
Primary Market

Financial & Capital markets
Fund procurement

Companies

National
government

Issuance

What we should keep in mind about the SDGs is that we need to take in-Secondary Market

tegrated actions rather than merely seeking to achieve individual goals
within the 17 areas and 169 targets. If environmental indicators are not

Investment

Equities

Bonds

Proceeds

Returnachieved, the foundation for social and economic indicators will collapse.

Institutional
investors

To address the crisis brought about by systems generated by humankind,

Youichi Nakamura

Investment

Individual
Investors

Securitized
products

Professor, Graduate Schoolof Social Design Studies

Director of Rikkyo Institutefor Social Design Studies

collaboration among companies as well as collaboration across different
sectors will be required towards changing the frameworks on which economic activities have been based thus far.
It is no exaggeration to say that building and realizing business in the
Anthropocene that can attract investments based on new ideas beyond
short-term utilitarianism, such as the blue economy and circular economy, is increasingly becoming a top priority amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Roles of Securities Companies

I also have great expectations for the capabilities of securities companies

Protect market trust ―Work to ensure a fair and sound market
Fund procurementby companies, etc.

Support for initialpublic offerings

Assistance intrading of securities

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Assistance inasset building

Analysis and provisionof informationthat could lead to the construction of an empathetic capital society basedon altruism through means such as the “Child Support Group Sustainable
Fund,” in which I was also involved as a recipient selection member.

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