ESG and Sustainability

Nippon Life is a leading mutual life insurance company with over 130 years of history in Japan. Since our founding, we have been making significant efforts to maximize social benefits and fulfill our responsibilities to policyholders. With this long-term mindset, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability are at the core of all aspects of our strategy and operations.

At NLGIA, we strongly believe that incorporating ESG factors into our research and investment processes will improve our long-term investment performance, while also allowing us to fulfill our responsibilities to develop and support a sustainable society.

Depending on the asset class, attributes, and objectives, we implement and incorporate a variety of methodologies from ESG thematic investing to ESG integration and engagement. For example, we have established Nissay SDGs Global Select Fund. Managed by a Nippon Life subsidiary from Tokyo, the Global Select Fund is one of the major ESG products in the Japanese mutual fund market. That Fund significantly contributes to promoting ESG investing and raising awareness of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals among Japanese retail investors.

We believe that dialogue with our stakeholders is a critical means by which we share our values and promote a sustainable society. When we have conversations with investee companies or external fund managers, we discuss ESG topics and encourage them to enhance their disclosure and transparency around ESG matters. Additionally, we share and exchange our thoughts and expertise on ESG with the investment community in order to promote ESG investing, for a better society and future, for everyone.

For more details on Nippon Life Group’s ESG investment plans, please visit  Responsible Investment – Nippon Life Insurance Company

As social and environmental situations are changing dramatically throughout the world, NLGIA places sustainability as the cornerstone of its business management strategies to respond to diverse needs of clients over a long period of time.

Through dialogue with various stakeholders, we acknowledge our responsibilities and expectations from society and will contribute to the establishment of sustainable society through all our business activities. As a critical subsidiary investment advisory company of the Nippon Life Group, we have identified our key sustainability issues and are continuously working toward improvement.

We have a Sustainability Working Group, consisting of NLGIA employees, to consider potential steps toward further developing a sustainable business and society, as well as to propose tangible action plans to NLGIA management. We believe that employee engagement is critical for NLGIA to ensure sustainable growth and to maintain a positive and fulfilling work environment. In addition, our employees are encouraged to actively participate in volunteer activities that contribute to the community and support causes that they care about.