Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) has hosted its first internship for Syrian graduate school students, welcoming three participants and providing them with experience and skills for working in a professional environment in Japan. The interns are members of the programme Japanese Initiative for the future of Syrian Refugees (JISR), which is implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The programme was introduced to Nikko AM through its relationship with UNHCR.
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM), today received Gold, the highest rating in the PRIDE Index 2019, in recognition of its endeavours to create a workplace that is inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and other sexual minority individuals.
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) has been certified as carbon neutral for the first time, after entering into a carbon offset programme with the UK-based international organisation Carbon Footprint Ltd.
Nikko AM’s Corporate Sustainability Department aggregated the travel and financial data from the Firm’s global offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, New York, and London.
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) today published its first annual report presenting activities aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
At the shareholder meetings of 2,287 Japanese companies in which Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) held voting rights between July 2018 and June 2019, the Firm cast 3,701 negative votes against 23,930 proposals.
We hereby announce the below officer personnel changes decided in accordance with the approval of the transition of Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee on the Board. The changes were approved at an extraordinary general shareholders meeting held on 21 June, 2019.