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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. SDGs report ����

Our strategy for achieving SDGs	�	Social Contribution Activities	���
Our strategy for achieving SDGs	Financial Education and Research
Message from CEO	�	For Your Dreams - Daiwa Securities Group	���
Daiwa Securities Group's Management Vision	�	Children's Smile Project
"Vision ����" and Materiality	Why Daiwa Securities Group is Working	���
Statements	��	to Support Children
Structure of SDGs Promotion	��	Disparity in children's environments	���
Daiwa Securities Group SDGs Declaration	��	Daiwa Securities Group Future Support
Stakeholder Engagement	��	Bonds Child Support Group Sustainable
Initiatives through Business Activities		Fund	���
Role and Social Responsibilities of	��	Daiwa Securities Group Child Support	���
the Securities Business	Fund for Bright Future
Action through Product Development	��	Basic Policy for Social Contribution Activities	���
and Distribution	Support for culture and the arts	���
SDGs Finance	��	Contribution through Foundations and NPOs	���
Issuance of Green Bonds	��	Kopernik Program	���
Providing Analysis/Proposals on the Economy,		Corporate Citizenship Initiatives	���
Society, and Investment Information	��	Environmental Initiatives
Support for Creating Our Future Society	��	Environmental Management / Initiatives	���
For the Development of Financial and	��	for Environmental Load Reductio
Capital Markets	The Daiwa Securities Group Net Zero
Corporate Governance	��	Carbon Declaration	���
Corporate Governance	Response to Climate Change (Disclosure	���
Compliance	���	Based on the TCFD Recommendations ����)
Prevention of corruption	���	Governance	���
Risk Management	���	Strategy	���
Environmental and Social Policy Framework	���	Risk Management	���
IT Strategy and Management of Systems Risk	���	Metrics and Targets	���
Addressing social issues	���	ESG Information Index	���
Respect for Human Rights	Participation in Initiatives	���
Providing Quality Service to Customers	���	Third-Party Evaluations	���
Supply Chain Management	���	GRI Content Index	���
Engagement with Shareholders and Investors	���	Editorial Policy	���
Workforce Statistics	���
Hiring Initiatives	���
Diversity and Inclusion	���
Human Resource Development and	���
Skill Enhancement
Work-Life Balance	���
Health Management	���
Communication with Employees	���

Please refer to the SDGs site (https://www.daiwa-grp.jp/english/sdgs/) for the latest information.

Index	Daiwa Securities Group Inc. SDGs report ����

* This report is current as of November ��, ����.
* Detailed data related to SDGs and ESG are collected separately in SDGs Data Edition.
SDGs Data Editionhttps://www.daiwa-grp.jp/english/sdgs/data/pdf/daiwa_sdgs_data_����	.pdf

• As a digest version of the SDGs Report, we also publish "SDGs Booklet," a compact and easy-to-understand summary of our way of thinking about the SDGs and the details of various initiatives.

SDGs Booklet

https://www.daiwa-grp.jp/english/sdgs/data/pdf/daiwa_sdgs_en_booklet_����sec.pdf

SDGs report 2022

Our strategy for	Initiatives through	Corporate	Addressing	Social Contribution	Environmental	Others
achieving SDGs	Business Activities	Governance	social issues	Activities	Initiatives

April
Formulation of "Medium-Term Management Plan (FY	-FY	)
'Passion for the Best'	"

In our Medium-term Management Plan "Passion for the Best" , the basic policy is to "provide high value-addedsolutions through our No. quality consulting capabilities" and "provide new value as a hybrid comprehensive securities group." We aim to be a "pioneer in the nancial and capital markets that creates the future," which creates a virtuous cycle of expanding customers' assets and growing the companies that drive the Japanese economy.

May Announcement of "Daiwa Securities Group SDGs Declaration (Passion

for SDGs

)"

The SDGs Promotion Committee has clearly stated that we will actively promote initiatives that contribute to the SDGs through our Group business in the "Daiwa Securities Group SDGs Declaration (Passion for SDGs )."

	Daiwa Securities Group SDGs Declaration (Passion for SDGs	)

May Announcement of SDGs Materiality and SDGs Promotion Action Plan

In order to promote the SDGs in the entire Group, we believe that not only top-down promotion but also bottom-up e orts by employees are important, and we solicited a wide range of SDGs-related initiatives and ideas from employees. When soliciting ideas, we incorporated two perspectives: Forecasting that considers what we can do now, and Backcasting that considers what we can do

based on the "ideal image" of the Group in ,	the deadline for achieving the SDGs. As a result, for Forecasting we gathered more
than ,	ideas not only from the headquarters departments, but also from branch oces in Japan, Group companies, and overseas
bases. In the Backcasting approach, about	volunteers gathered through internal recruitment and made a proposal for the
realization of the Group's "Vision ".

We identied issues from this bottom-up initiative, and summarized them by collating them with the demands from society, which we uncovered through communication with stakeholders and the knowledge of outside experts. Then, after discussions at the SDGs Promotion Committee, we nalized the "Daiwa Securities Group's Priority Issues (SDGs Materiality)."

Furthermore, from this bottom-up initiative, we identied the matters that should be focused on to solve the priority issues, and

compiled the "Passion for SDGs

-Daiwa Securities Group Action Plan-."

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SDGs report 2022

Our strategy for	Initiatives through	Corporate	Addressing	Social Contribution	Environmental	Others
achieving SDGs	Business Activities	Governance	social issues	Activities	Initiatives

May

Announcement of SDGs Promotion KPIs for FY

We have only years left before , the deadline for achieving the SDGs. Aiming to build a "Daiwa version of an SDG value chain" that generates a sustainable ow of funds, in order to accelerate the initiatives of our SDGs promotion action plan, we have set SDGs promotion KPIs for each action theme for this scal year, and have started trial operation. Based on these KPIs, we monitored the status of progress and made revisions if necessary, aiming for full-scale operation in the following scal year and beyond.

April
Announcement of the management vision "Vision	"and the
Medium-term Management Plan (FY	-FY	) "Passion for the Best"
Moving forward to , we formulated and announced the management vision "Vision "	in May	for all executives and

employees to share what Daiwa Securities Group wants to be and what the Group should be, and to work as one on the creation of

shared values. "Vision "		takes as its core concept "From savings to SDGs" and, through this Vision, the Group intends to realize the
SDGs by creating a sustainable capital cycle.
The Medium-term Management Plan "Passion for the Best"	maps out strategies for the rst three years toward the realization of
"Vision ".
Daiwa Securities Group will continue to contribute to the creation of a sustainable and prosperous society.
		Daiwa Securities Group's management vision "Vision	" and Materiality

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