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Decarbonization

Strategy

Background and Aim

  • This is a common global issue leading up to 2050, and the real estate industry is expected to help in addressing it.
  • Our Group’s business uses a large amount of natural resources and energy, and environmental issues have an impact on business continuity.
  • Environmental issues are major issues that affect not only our Group’s business but also the lives and businesses of our stakeholders.
  • To address climate change issues, we will work to reduce total CO2 emissions by promoting energy conservation, low-carbon businesses, and a shift to renewable energy in the properties developed by the Group.
Risks Opportunities
  • Our Group’s business uses a large amount of natural resources and energy, and environmental issues have an impact on business continuity.
  • Climate change is a major issue that affects not only our Group’s business but also the lives and businesses of our stakeholders.
By linking real estate development with real estate-related services, we can help to address the common global issue of climate change through urban development and our products and services.

Global Environment Under Each Scenario

Impact on Business Models and Value Chains

Our Group is engaged in development projects mainly in our Residential Development Business Unit, Commercial Real Estate Business Unit and Overseas Business Unit, and we emit CO2 in various forms, from “raw materials” upstream to “use of products” downstream. We believe that by working in this context with construction companies to develop and introduce low-carbon materials in upstream processes, and promoting the introduction of energy-saving equipment in downstream processes, we contribute to reducing CO2 emissions throughout the supply chain, which promotes low-carbon business and energy saving. We are also proactively introducing renewable energy into the properties we operate and are working to achieve decarbonization in every aspect of our business model.

Financial Impact

Responding to the TCFD

Risk management

Key Themes for Solving Issues

  • Energy saving (our own and our customers’ processes)
  • Low-carbon business (low-carbon products)
  • Shift to renewable energy (renewable energy for our buildings and products)

Participation in Initiatives Related to Climate Change

The Group has taken part in international initiatives related to climate change, as well as industry association frameworks, and is actively working to address climate change.

Joining RE100

In January 2022, Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. joined RE100, a global initiative leading the transition to 100% renewable electricity.

Approved by Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.’s CO2 emissions reduction targets were approved by the SBT initiative on November 24, 2020.

Agreement with Recommendations Made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. and Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. are fully aware that the substantial impact of climate change on their business continuity is a major management issue, and they have, therefore, agreed to recommendations made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in order to further promote these initiatives.

Responding to the TCFD

The UN Global Compact

The Group signed the UN Global Compact in May 2019. Based on the principles of the UN Global Compact initiative, we will support a precautionary approach, such as climate change mitigation, to environmental problems, and proactively fulfill our responsibility to address environmental problems.

Endorsement of the Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment for the Real Estate Industry, Formulated by the Real Estate Companies Association of Japan

In accordance with the voluntary environmental action plan set forth by the Real Estate Companies Association of Japan, of which the Nomura Real Estate Group is a member, we support environmental targets for reducing energy consumption, improving energy independence, reducing waste, and preserving biodiversity in each of our real estate business activities. and we will promote measures to combat climate change by reducing CO2 emissions to levels above those required by law.

  • *
    Members of the Real Estate Companies Association of Japan: Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Nomura Real Estate Solutions Co., Ltd.

Business Strategies for Decarbonization

To achieve its Scope 1, 2, and 3 reduction targets, the Group is promoting energy-saving, low-carbon business, and conversion to renewable energy.

Group Initiatives to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Initiatives
Emissions in own business operations (Scope 1, 2) Use of electricity with non-fossil certificates; use of renewable energy in properties held; initiate/consider renewable energy projects such as in-house renewable power generation.
Emissions in the construction stage (Scope 3, category 1) Use of timber, which is regarded as a low-carbon building material
Emissions from customers (Scope 3, category 11) Establishment of energy conservation performance standards for new buildings completed by FY2030/3 (based on energy conservation performance (BEI) indicators).
As our Group has a large amount of GHG emissions in Scope 3 Category 11 (use of sold products), we believe that we can contribute to reducing environmental impact by promoting energy conservation in homes.

Indicators and Targets

Targets, KPIs, and Results

Target Target Value Unit FY22/3
results
FY23/3
results
FY24/3
results
FY25/3
results
Long-term target: By 2050
Achieve carbon neutrality
Scopes 1 and 2 and Scope 3*1 across the Group 0 Thousand t-CO2 2,297 2,173 2,168 2,133
Total CO2 emission reduction rate (former standards)
Mid-term target: By FY2031/3
Total reduction rate (compared to FY2020/3) (SBT-certified in November 2020)
KPIScopes 1 and 2 and Scope 3 (Categories 1 and 11)*2 across the Group 35 % Scope1,2
▲14.2

Scope3
▲39.6
Scope1,2
▲34.7

Scope3
▲41.1
Scope1,2
▲49.7

Scope3
▲35.0
Total CO2 emission reduction rate (new standards)
Mid-term target: By FY2030/3
Total reduction rate (compared to FY2020/3) (SBT-certified in April 2025)
KPIScopes 1 and 2 across the Group 60 % ▲37.38 ▲21.41
KPI Scope 3 (Categories 1, 11, 13)*3 across the Group 50 ▲38.47 ▲51.42
Introduction of renewable energy
Mid- to long-term target: By 2050
100% of power consumption in the Group will be renewable electricity
(joined RE100 in January 2022)
Across the Group 100 %
Short-term target: By FY2024/3
Renewable electricity will be used*4
All leasing properties in Japan owned by Nomura Real Estate Development 100 Achieved in FY2024/3
KPIEnergy-efficiency index for new buildings ZEH/ZEB oriented standards (BEI value)*5 Achieve the standard Achieved Achieved Achieved

Nomura Real Estate Group received SBT certification in November 2020, in the above target for the rate of reduction in total CO2 emissions.
In November 2024, the Group set a new reduction target based on the 1.5˚C scenario and has received SBT certification.

< New reduction target: 60% reduction of CO2 emissions in Scope 1, 2 and 50% reduction of CO2 emissions in Scope 3 (compared to FY2020/3). >

News Release (Japanese text only)

  • *1
    Starting with this report for the fiscal year ended March 2025, the following changes have been made to the calculation method for GHG emissions for some fiscal years.
    • Changes in activity data and emissions intensity due to a change in the useful life of properties sold by the Company from 60 years to 50 years, which is the activity data for Scope 3 Category 11.
    • Calculzation of GHG emissions after transferring the amount of electricity used by tenants of the Company’s properties from Scope 2 to Scope 3 Category 13.
    • Within the boundary of the Company’s emissions (Scope 1 and 2), properties owned by the Company with a total floor area of 150 tsubo (approximately 496 m2) or less are excluded from the calculation.
      The figures from before the revision of the standards are referred to as the “old standard,” and the figures from after the revision are referred to as the “new standard.” The GHG emissions (Scope 1 & 2) and (Scope 3) in the Company’s 21st fiscal year securities report submitted on June 25, 2025 are based on the “old standard.”
  • *2*3
    Scope 1: Direct emissions from fuel combustion, etc.; Scope 2: Indirect emissions associated with use of electricity and heat purchased by the Company; Scope 3: Indirect emissions other than those in Scopes 1 and 2. Emissions for the base year, FY2020/3, were 3,269,000 t-CO2.
    • Emissions for FY2020/3, the base year under the old standards, were Scope 1: 23,627 t-CO2, Scope 2: 126,960 t-CO2, Scope 3 (Categories 1-15): 3,367,714 t-CO2
    • Under the old standards, in Scope 3, Category 1 (emissions from construction of buildings, etc.) and Category 11 (emissions from use of sold products, etc.) are targeted, which cover approximately 92.17% of the Scope 3 emissions in FY2020/3. Scope 3 (total of Categories 1 and 11): 3,172,710 t-CO2.
    • Emissions for FY2020/3, the base year under the new standards, were Scope 1: 23,476 t-CO2, Scope 2: 59,451 t-CO2, Scope 3: 3,186,245 t-CO2
    • Under the new standards, in Scope 3, Category 1 (emissions from construction of buildings, etc.), Category 11 (emissions from use of sold products, etc.) and Category 13 (downstream leased assets) are targeted, which cover approximately 94.84% of the Scope 3 emissions in FY2020/3. Scope 3 (total of Categories 1, 11, and 13): 3,021,677 t-CO2.
  • *4
    Excludes leasing properties (including the portion used by tenants) for which Nomura Real Estate Development has concluded direct electricity supply contracts with power companies, properties that Nomura Real Estate Development owns units in or are jointly owned with other parties, and properties planned to be sold or demolished, as well as the common-use areas of some rental housing.
  • *5
    In order to achieve ZEH/ZEB oriented levels by 2030, the BEI (Building Energy-efficiently Index) value to be achieved in each year is set. The degree of achievement of the BEI value is measured.
  • *
    The BEI is based on the energy-saving standards of the Act on the Improvement of Energy Consumption Performance of Buildings (Building Energy Efficiency Act) and indicates a building’s level of primary energy consumption.

Key performance indicators (KPIs) for priority issues (materiality) up to 2030

Other Results

Item Unit FY22/3
results
(old standards)
FY23/3
results
(old standards)
FY24/3
results
(new standards)
FY25/3
results
(new standards)
Scope 1 emissions Thousand t-CO2 21 23 24 27
Scope 2 emissions 107 74 27 38
Scope 1+2 emissions 129 98 51 65
Scope 1+2 intensity
(CO2 emissions/Scopes 1 and 2 Gross Floor Area by Use)
㎏-CO2/
m2
61.9 47.9 28.0 29.0
Scopes 1 and 2 Gross Floor Area by Use
(Number of facilities)
By use Offices m2
(building)
1,456,228
(101)
1,329,031
(97)
1,194,319
(84)
1,227,093
(81)
Fitness 130,130
(48)
128,909
(49)
121,888
(32)
124,833
(33)
Retail facilities 361,993
(16)
478,423
(20)
417,095
(16)
684,510
(15)
Hotels 41,109
(10)
47,254
(10)
47,254
(10)
140,029
(34)
Logistics facilities 49,547
(1)
49,547
(1)
49,547
(1)
49,547
(1)
Parking lots 15,422
(1)
14,282
(2)
14,282
(2)
14,282
(2)
Training centers 654
(1)
654
(1)
654
(1)
654
(1)
Heating and cooling center 3,758
(1)
3,758
(1)
3,758
(1)
3,758
(1)
Total 2,058,781
(181)
2,051,858
(181)
1,848,798
(147)
2,244,707
(168)
Scope3
emissions
Category 1 Products and services purchased kt-CO2 702 698 773 816
2 Capital goods 159 111 164 519
3 Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scopes 1 and 2 24 24 18 19
4 Transportation and delivery (upstream) 4 6 7
5 Waste generated by businesses 7 11 15 12
6 Business trips 0*1 1 1 1
7 Employee commuting 1 1 1 2
8 Lease assets (upstream)*2
9 Transportation and delivery (downstream)
10 Processing of products sold
11 Use of products sold 1,214 1,170 1,054 617
12 Disposal of products sold 38 38 50 39
13 Lease assets (downstream) 13 12 31 33
14 Franchise
15 Investments 6
Total 2,167 2,075 2,116 2,068
Energy consumption*3 MWh 379,428 382,231 270,424 318,420
Energy consumption intensity
(Energy consumption/Scopes 1 and 2 Gross Floor Area by Use)
MWh/
m2
0.182 0.186 0.146 0.141
Energy consumption by facility type Facility type Offices MWh 189,086 165,019 90,327 103,272
Fitness 74,705 73,926 69,339 65,285
Retail facilities 74,607 99,849 72,058 74,059
Hotels 9,904 17,257 15,419 43,910
Logistics facilities 2,360 2,420 0 133
Parking lots 198 194 191 185
Training centers 52 61 66 66
Heating and cooling centers 28,516 23,503 23,022 32,806
Energy consumption by energy type Energy type Purchased electricity MWh 220,740 219,214 101,027 125,790
City gas 116,840 122,258 127,099 146,278
LPG 436 232 92 633
Class A heavy oil 1,303 718 509 858
Gasoline 0 1 0 0
Light oil 4 34 18 19
Kerosene 2,779 2,045 2,332 6,274
Heat 1,300
Steam 18,119 17,821 17,276 15,633
Cold water 19,208 19,908 22,067 22,930
Renewable energy (in-house power generation) 7,882 68,824 130,705 81,860
Renewable energy consumption by facility type Facility type Offices MWh 6,230 50,533 43,603 51,633
Fitness 1,348 1,283 1,356
Retail facilities 975 11,577 29,547 17,699
Hotels 677 5,223 5,363 10,859
Logistics facilities 143 190 125
Parking lots 0 185
Training centers 0 0
Heating and cooling centers 0
Solar power generation Solar power generating facility installation rate at Landport logistics facilities % 76.0 67.8 59.3 57.5
Electric power generated at Landport logistics facilities MWh 22,801 22,356 23,837 23,335
  • *1
    1 Less than 1
  • *2
    Calculation for Category 8 is included in Scopes 1 and 2. Categories with no figures indicate emission sources do not exist.
  • *3
    Figures are based on those stated in Scopes 1 and 2 Gross Floor Area by Use (Number of Facilities).

ESG Data (Environment)

Independent Third-Party Assurance Report

We have asked Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd. (hereinafter LRQA) to provide assurance on the environmental data. Please refer to the following Independent Assurance Statement for details.

LRQA Independent Assurance Statement

Initiatives

Energy Saving Initiatives

Helping Customers to Save Energy

The Group not only strives to reduce CO2 emissions from buildings but also helps condominium residents and tenant companies to save energy.
Specifically, the Group provides a system that calculates total energy consumption and a system that makes it possible to visualize the amount of energy used, realizes energy savings using the enecoQ system, and provides eco-information via a members’ newsletter.

Low-Carbon Business Initiatives

Net Zero Energy House Initiatives

The Group is developing net zero energy house (ZEH)* condominiums from the perspective of comprehensive environmental impact reduction. In 2023/3, PROUD Aobadai was selected as a Ministry of the Environment High-Rise ZEH-M Support Project. Also, in 2024/3, PROUD tower Sagami-ohno cross was selected as a Super High-Rise ZEH-M Demonstration Project of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Looking ahead, we plan to adopt ZEH and ZEB oriented standards for all new buildings by 2030. We have also been pursuing initiatives for adopting the same standards for detached housing since 2023/3.

Net Zero Energy House: Adoption Results and Future Target
FY21/3 results
FY22/3 results
FY23/3 results FY24/3 results FY25/3 results FY26/3 targets
0% 25% 48% 53% 50% or more in all detached houses
  • *1
    Net Zero Energy House (ZEH): Housing designed to achieve net zero annual primary energy consumption by greatly improving the insulation performance of the building envelope by installing highly efficient facilities and equipment to maintain the quality of the indoor environment while substantially reducing energy consumption and then introducing renewable energy.

ZEH Condominium Initiatives (Japanese text only)

Environmental Performance Assessments During Product Planning and Design

The Group provides products and services that address climate change in accordance with the Design and Construction Standards and the Quality Manual. Thermal insulation performance rating of level 5*, double-glazed windows, LED lighting fixtures, and other features are set as standard specifications for PROUD condominiums, and Environmental and Product Planning Sheets are used to improve the environmental performance.

Assessment of Environmental Performance in Condominiums

Reduction of Chlorofluorocarbons

To reduce the usage of ozone layer-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, the Group established a quality manual that requires the use of chlorofluorocarbon-free insulation and air conditioner refrigerants.
Construction partners are also required to submit a Quality Control Check Sheet during construction to confirm that only chlorofluorocarbon-free materials are used.

Yukai-full Enables Condominiums to Reduce CO2 Emissions

Nomura Real Estate Development developed an air-conditioning system, Yukai-full, that makes it possible to reduce CO2 emissions while realizing a healthy and comfortable life, and it has installed this system in more than 1,000 units.
In recognition of the simplicity of its air conditioning system and technology that combines temperature control with standardized comfort, Yukai-full was selected as one of the best 100 products in 2021/3 Good Design Awards.

News Release (Japanese text only)

Initiatives to Shift to Renewable Energy

Use of Renewable Energy in Logistics Facilities

The Group is promoting renewable energy utilization through its solar power generation business. As of 2025/3, solar panels were installed on a total of 19 buildings at Landport logistics facilities, with an annual output of 23,335 MWh per year for the entire portfolio.
In addition, each hotel of the Nomura Real Estate Group (Nohga Hotel Ueno Tokyo, Nohga Hotel Akihabara Tokyo, Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu Kyoto, and Hotel Niwa Tokyo) has acquired the Eco Mark certification from the Eco Mark Office and is promoting the use of green power by procuring all of its electricity from renewable energy sources.

Global Environmental Initiatives of Nohga Hotel Ueno Tokyo

Landport Kashiwa Shonan
NOHGA HOTEL UENO TOKYO

Solar Power Generation in Detached Housing in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

Nomura Real Estate Development, in collaboration with TEPCO Energy Partner, launched a Virtual Mega Solar project in May 2022 to install solar power generation capability at the same scale as mega solar power generation (total output 1,000 kW) in the PROUD SEASON (detached housing). This is the first initiative in Japan to introduce solar power generation with a total output of 1 MWh to detached houses for sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area (300 roofs per year on PROUD SEASON houses), and the two companies will promote this as an initiative for localized generation and consumption of electric power, to conserve and generate energy in the Tokyo metropolitan area, where there are few areas of fallow land to be utilized.

Conceptual image of Virtual Mega Solar

Introduction of Renewable Energy to Nomura-Owned Properties

News Release (Japanese text only)

Installation of EV Charging Facilities in Homes

Nomura Real Estate Development has decided to install EV (electric vehicle) charging facilities, as a general rule, in 30%*2 of the parking spaces for all PROUD Series condominiums*1 that it develops going forward. This also represents early compliance with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Revised Ordinance on the Environment to Ensure the Health and Safety of Tokyo Residents, which will make the installation of EV charging facilities mandatory from 2025 and which will contribute to more widespread adoption of clean energy vehicles in Japan.
PROUD Aobadai (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture), which opened a model room in July 2024, plans to introduce custom-made large pallets equipped with EV charging capabilities and will install EV charging facilities in over 70% (39 spaces in total) of its mechanical multi-story parking garage (hereinafter, “mechanical parking garage”). Moving forward, we will continue to actively introduce such facilities which are tailored to the characteristics of each property’s parking system, area, etc.

  • *1
    Excluding property reconstruction and redevelopment
  • *2
    As a general rule, EV charging facilities will be installed in approximately 30% of parking spaces. Although there will be some properties that fall short of 30% due to the type of parking system utilized (e.g., mechanical parking lot), charging facilities will be gradually implemented starting with applicable properties, taking into account such factors as future technological advances in the installation of charging equipment.

Switching Over to Renewable Energy

Nomura Real Estate and PowerX have signed an agreement to introduce X-PPA, an electricity supply service that utilizes storage batteries provided by PowerX, to two office buildings in Tokyo owned by Nomura Real Estate.
PowerX’s X-PPA utilizes base power sources, such as wind power and domestic wood biomass, as well as storage batteries that store electricity generated by solar power during the day.
By combining this with electricity supplied as “night-time solar power” during the evening hours, when demand for electricity is highest, this service provides an optimal power supply that meets the demand characteristics of office buildings and commercial facilities in urban areas.
By taking full advantage of the storage batteries’ ability to adjust power supply and demand, we are able to achieve an economical and stable power supply while increasing the proportion of renewable energy, thereby contributing to our decarbonization efforts.
Starting in August 2024, the Nomura Real Estate Shibadaimon Building (Minato-ku, Tokyo) and Nihonbashi-Muromachi Nomura Building (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), which are the focus of this agreement, will switch their annual electricity consumption, totaling approximately 11 GWh, to additional renewable energy sources*1 (hereinafter, “renewable energy”).

  • *1
    Contribute to increasing renewable energy use throughout society by developing new renewable energy power generation facilities.