Nissan's contribution Renault,Nissan,Mitsubishi Motors Contents CEO message CSO message Feature Nissan sustainability to the SDGs Alliance Editorial policy of E : Environment S : Social G : Governance ESG Data collection GRI Contrast table Index for investors this report ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PHILOSOPHY GRI102-16 Environmental Principles Nissan’s Environmental Philosophy: A Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature Nissan’s Corporate Environmental Principles were established to realize its Corporate Vision:“Enriching People’s Lives.” In addition to deepening our understanding of the environment, we conduct We provide customers with innovative products and promote the effective all of our operations, including production and sales, with consideration use of energy and resources by diversifying our sources and making active for people, society, nature and the Earth, as a means of contributing to the use of renewable energy and recycled materials. These are just some of the building of a better society. ways in which Nissan is striving to achieve“a Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature.” Ultimate Goal To this end, we have clearly defined our environmental principles and vision, We will manage the environmental impact caused by our operations and including our ultimate goal:“To reduce the environmental impact and products to a level that can be absorbed by nature and pass on rich natural resource consumption of our corporate operations and vehicles throughout capital to future generations. their lifecycle to a level that can be absorbed naturally by the Earth.” This means endeavoring to leave as small an ecological footprint as possible. What We Want to Be: A Sincere Eco-Innovator Nissan’s Environmental Philosophy: Sincere: Proactively address environmental challenges and reduce our impact A Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature on the environment. ・More efficient mobility Sunlight ・Expansion in distance travelled Eco-Innovator: Develop a sustainable mobility society through innovative technology in products and services. ・Higher efficiency ・Renewables Energy Social & Emissions & waste economic activities Within levels nature can absorb Resources ・Reduced use ・Recycling * Based on Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development, Thermal radiation by Herman E. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020 001 Nissan's contribution Renault,Nissan,Mitsubishi Motors Contents CEO message CSO message Feature Nissan sustainability to the SDGs Alliance Editorial policy of E : Environment S : Social G : Governance ESG Data collection GRI Contrast table Index for investors this report GRI102-12 GRI102-15 GRI103-1 Nissan’s Understanding of Environmental Issues dependency, water use and other issues. We decide which environmental priorities we address and our level of Environmental and social issues are attracting more and more attention in engagement based materiality assessments in light of social trends and recent years. With the world’s population expected to reach 9 billion by consultations with various stakeholders. 2050, society faces problems in areas such as poverty and hunger, energy, climate change and various conflicts. To address these issues, the United * Click here for more information on how Nissan supports the SDGs. Nations adopted a resolution in September 2015 titled“Transforming Our https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/ENVIRONMENT/GREENPROGRAM/FRAMEWORK/ World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” The Agenda contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, and there are GRI102-29 GRI103-2 GRI103-3 high expectations that corporations as well as nations will play a major role in realizing the SDGs. Nissan supports the SDGs, as it recognizes the growing Nissan’s Strategic Approach to Environmental importance of delivering safe, secure and sustainable mobility for all and Issues providing value to society. The auto industry is dependent on the global environment in complex and To positively contribute to the resolution of global environmental issues, diverse ways, while also having significant impact on the environment. Nissan Nissan believes in the importance of listening to various voice from society is tackling a range of issues to promote sustainability by advancing measures and undertaking an assessment process to identify priority issues. These to mitigate climate change and conserve energy, preserve air quality and materiality assessments involve analyzing latent opportunities and risks, other natural capital, use mineral resources efficiently, properly manage determining material issues that are of mutual relevance to Nissan and our chemical substances, efficiently allocate scarce resources and promote good stakeholders and drafting mid and long term environmental strategies. health. We are also improving our business to reduce our dependence on In assessing environmental materiality, we applied the methods of the fossil fuels. Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR),* developed by the World As a global automaker, we take active steps to identify the direct and indirect Resources Institute (WRI) in cooperation with the World Business Council for environmental impacts of our activities, working with business partners Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Meridian Institute based on the and society to minimize the negative impacts of our products and services U.N. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA). As a result, we specified three throughout their lifecycle. We acknowledge that our activities and efforts priority areas on which we should focus as an automaker: Procurement of must be continuously improved and advanced; we seek to provide greater Energy, Procurement of Material Resources and Usage of Water Resources. value to society by delivering sustainable mobility for all while alleviating A fourth area that is linked directly to people’s health—Air Quality— environmental impacts associated with climate change, natural resource was cited as being within the scope of consideration, as the swelling of NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020 002 Nissan's contribution Renault,Nissan,Mitsubishi Motors Contents CEO message CSO message Feature Nissan sustainability to the SDGs Alliance Editorial policy of E : Environment S : Social G : Governance ESG Data collection GRI Contrast table Index for investors this report urban populations and economic development are often accompanied by Materiality Analysis (Environment) and SDGs Comparison deteriorating air quality. These were analyzed internally in terms of opportunities and risks for Nissan Materiality SDGs Nissan Principal Approach with reference to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, centered on Fuel economy Lower vehicle emissions, improve in-cabin air quality the SDGs, as well as the discussions at the World Economic Forum, the Paris Transition and physical risks induced by climate change Reduce water consumption and manage water quality Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) and other Electrification global agendas. Through direct discussions with international environmental Introduction of renewable energy Reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles and corporate activities experts, investors and NGOs/NPOs, as well as through separate dialogues at facilities Promotion and development of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2X) electric with our Alliance partners, we subsequently identified environmental MaaS (Mobility as a Service)* power management materiality for Nissan. Moreover, Comparison between this environmental Energy efficiency at facilities Expand autonomous drive and other technologies materiality and the objectives of the SDGs showed that Nissan’s approach Reduce, reuse, recycle Resource efficiency contributes to the realization of the SDGs. Effective use of resources Chemical substance management Reduce CO2 emissions from Material sourcing vehicles and corporate activities * Click here to read“Ecosystem Services and the Automotive Sector,” a report outlining the Appropriate management of Emissions from products, in-cabin conclusions of the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review conducted by Nissan. chemical substances air quality https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/DOCUMENT/PDF/ENVIRONMENT/SOCIAL/ecosystem_services_ Human health Reduce water consumption and_the_automotive_sector.pdf and manage water quality Emissions from facilities Water use at facilities Collaborations with stakeholders Wastewater and landfill manage- such as local governments and NGOs ment Ecosystem services and biodiversity Stakeholder engagement Occupational health and safety * MaaS: Car sharing and other mobility services that do not require actual car ownership. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020 003 Nissan's contribution Renault,Nissan,Mitsubishi Motors Contents CEO message CSO message Feature Nissan sustainability to the SDGs Alliance Editorial policy of E : Environment S : Social G : Governance ESG Data collection GRI Contrast table Index for investors this report GRI102-15 Scenario Analysis to Strategies for 2050 Society ・ Based on the degree to which the automobile sector was impacted and the timeline, items with a more substantial impact were screened from the Nissan's environmental efforts have achieved continuous results by main drivers. consistently reaching milestones back-casted from our Long-term Vision. ・ Changes, conditions, and effects were adjusted in each scenario to However, compared to the time when we formulated the Long-term Vision provide guidance based on qualitative evaluation of the