Basic Policy
NEC regularly discloses the latest information on its sustainability activities via its sustainability website. Furthermore, it discloses information, with reference to international guidelines such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), while addressing the needs of sustainability professionals, including ESG research institutions, news media, universities, and NPOs/NGOs.
This report, NEC ESG Databook 2026, serves as an annual report on NEC Corporation’s and the NEC Group’s sustainability philosophy, strategies, and initiatives in fiscal year 2026.
Scope of This Report
This publication focuses on initiatives during fiscal year 2026 (April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026), but also covers certain events and activities outside that period.
Terminology Used in This Report
The Company or NEC Corporation: NEC Corporation NEC Group: NEC Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries in and outside Japan.
Information Disclosure Framework
NEC publishes an Integrated Report, an ESG Databook, and an Annual Securities Report as disclosure materials for investors.
In the Integrated Report, NEC presents a comprehensive picture of its financial and non-financial initiatives (ESG/future financial) from the perspective of management for sustainability, with a focus on initiatives for addressing materiality.
As a supplement to the Integrated Report, the ESG Databook provides more detailed disclosure of sustainability-related initiatives and achievements classified from an ESG perspective.
Reference Guidelines
With the aim of conforming with international reporting initiatives, NEC reports on its sustainability activities using the following guidelines as references. In addition, the report was created with reference to the four thematic areas of the ISSB and SSBJ.
- The Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Standards
- United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26000
- Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “Guidance for Collaborative Value Creation”
- International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ)
Third-party Assurance
The environmental and social data published in NEC ESG Databook 2026 (PDF) has been verified by a third party. Applicable environmental data is denoted with a ✓. Relevant social data is provided in the corresponding notes.
Date of Issue
September 2026
Contact for Inquiries about This Publication
Sustainability Strategy Planning Office
Stakeholder Relations Department
Corporate Strategy and Sustainability Promotion Division
NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan
Email: nec_sus@dmsig.jp.nec.com