Sustainability
Since our founding in 1925, this has underpinned everything we do.
Our mission to help create a truly enriched society through our expertise in the capital markets.
As a leading financial services group, we recognize the important role we have in resolving environmental and social issues such as climate change and widening social inequalities.
We believe that role is to help build a sustainable world through our business.
By striving for further growth, and through partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, we aim to strengthen our capabilities to solve social issues.
We are committed to building a sustainable future for all.
Drive Sustainability.
Nomura Babcock & Brown with SDGs
NBB operates an operating lease business, primarily on aircraft, which is a unique asset class with a long life-cycle and there is a liquid secondary market for used engine and other parts of aircraft. We are deeply involved in “Sustainable Business” , from leasing new aircraft to selling and re-leasing used aircraft after the expiration of leases. In light of our vision to achieve sustainable growth by helping solve social and environmental issues, we have decided to set out three materiality and identified eight key areas where we will focus our SDG initiatives.
Three Primary Focuses
1.Contribution to the society with recycling energy and low-carbon
- Contributing to a better environment by arranging and financing “state-of-the-art” equipment with lower environmental impact
- Supporting SDGs efforts by airline company to shift toward biofuels and renewable energy
2.Seek creative and new business model through Digital Transformation (“DX”)
- Initiatives to revitalize industry by creating a new businesses through the DX
- Building alliance and partnerships with other companies as well as cross-divisional efforts among Nomura Group companies through DX initiatives
3.Enhance talent management program and development of HR with enhancement of “better” working environment
- Improving the working environment by enriching various employee training programs through well-coordinated talent management effort.
- Promotion of “Diversity and Inclusion” initiatives, including women and senior employees, participating actively in workplace for a better future
- Contributing to job satisfaction of all the employees, through productive and efficient working environment with diversified workstyles promotion
Committed to the area of focus where NBB will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, outlined in our SDGs policy, through our core business in aircraft leasing.
Case Study of NBB’s Initiatives
In July 2021, NBB closed operating lease transactions utilizing Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (“EETC”) with British Airways (“BA”), which involved 7 aircraft, including one Airbus A350, three Boeing B787-10, and three Airbus A320neo aircraft. One of the unique features of these transactions is that BA has incorporated an “ESG clause”, whereby BA is incentivized and committed to maintain a certain emission target throughout the life of the lease period for each aircraft. BA has been an industry leader in ESG efforts and is the first airline that has committed to achieving carbon-zero emission by 2050. We believe that NBB’s involvement in this deal with BA will not only contribute to reduce environmental impact but will also support its SDGs by providing ESG financing for fuel-efficient and “state-of-the-art”products, and we are very proud to be involved in these transactions in association with BA.
