November 25, 2024 Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Akihiko Ogino, President and CEO (Securities Code: 8601 TSE Prime and NSE Premiere) Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Received the Highest rating of "AAA" in the MSCI ESG Rating for three consecutive years As of November2024, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. received an MSCI ESG Rating of "AAA" for three consecutive years. MSCI ESG ratings analyze the degree to which a company is managing its ESG risks and grade it on a 7-point scale from the highest AAA rating to the lowest CCC rating. Also, we are included in MSCI's ESG stock indices, "MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index" and "MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)". Daiwa Securities Group will continue to work with stakeholders to create a prosperous future and enhance corporate value through financial and capital markets under the management vision "Vision 2030". End (Reference) Daiwa Securities Group's Sustainability initiatives : https://www.daiwa-grp.jp/english/sustainability/?cid=ad_eir_ensdgspress *MSCI is a financial services provider headquartered in New York, U.S.A. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and provides a range of tools that support the investment decision-making of institutional investors around the world, including large public pension funds, asset management firms, and hedge funds. *THE USE BY DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC. OF ANY MSCI ESG RESEARCH LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES ("MSCI") DATA, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT, RECOMMENDATION, OR PROMOTION OF DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC. BY MSCI. MSCI SERVICES AND DATA ARE THE PROPERTY OF MSCI OR ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, AND ARE PROVIDED 'AS-IS' AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. MSCI NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI. Attachments Original document Permalink Disclaimer Daiwa Securities Group Inc. published this content on November 25, 2024 , and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on November 25, 2024 at 07:11:55.338 .