Green Finance Initiatives

NBF has established a green finance framework with an aim to obtain green finance.

Outline of Green Finance Framework

１．Use of Procured funds

NBF will use the procured funds to acquire assets that meet the eligibility criteria (“Eligible Green Assets”), or to repay the loans taken out/redeem the investment corporation bonds (including green bonds) issued for the acquisition.

２．Eligibility Criteria

Assets that have already received or are expected to receive any of the following certifications given by third-party certification bodies are considered eligible.

• Five, four, or three stars in the DBJ Green Building Certification
• Five, four, or three stars in the BELS assessments
• S, A, or B+ grade in the CASBEE for real estate certification

３．Evaluation and Selection of Projects

Candidate projects are selected by NBF and the Real Estate Investment Department of Investment & Finance Group of NBFM. Final selection is made with the decision of the President after deliberation at the Investment Review Meeting consisting of general managers or higher ranked personnel of each department and deliberation at the Executive Board.

４．Management of Procured funds

The funds procured by NBF are managed under the portfolio approach. As long as there is an outstanding balance of green finance, the Investment & Finance Group of NBFM ensures that the outstanding balance of green finance will not exceed the total acquisition price of Eligible Green Assets each year. Unappropriated funds are managed in cash and cash equivalents.

５．Reporting

NBF discloses the following items once a year on its website.

• Property names of Eligible Green Assets and the total acquisition price
• Amount of eligible green debt
• Outstanding balance of green finance
• Types and ratings of green building certifications given to Eligible Green Assets*1
• Energy-based CO2 emissions, etc.*2

• Please click here to see types and ratings of green building certifications given to Eligible Green Assets.
• Please click here to see energy-based CO2 emissions, etc.

as of June 30, 2021

Total acquisition price of Eligible Green Assets	1,105.8 billion yen
Amount of green eligible debt	1,105.8 billion yen
Outstanding balance of green finance	5.0 billion yen

Status of appropriation of funds from NBF’s green finance is as follows.

Green finance	5.0 billion yen
Green bonds	5.0 billion yen
Green loans	-

Summary of Investment Corporation Bonds

Name of Investment Corporation Bonds	Nippon Building Fund, Inc. No.20 Unsecured Investment Corporation Bonds (with special pari passu conditions among specified investment corporation bonds) (Green Bonds) (hereinafter referred to as “Green Bonds”)
Date of Payment	March 22,2021
Date of Redemption	March 19,2026
Term(Years)	5 years
Total Amount of Bonds to be Issued	5 billion yen
Interest rate	0.15％
Specific use	Acquisition of Osaki Bright Tower, Nagoya Mitsui Main Building, and Nagoya Mitsui New Building. (Osaki Bright Tower, Nagoya Mitsui Main Building, and Nagoya Mitsui New Building are the Eligible Green Projects aligned with the Eligibility Criteria defined in "Submission of Amended Shelf Registration Statement for Issuance of Green Bonds")

• NBF has obtained a second-party opinion from Sustainalytics as a third-party evaluation of the Green Finance Framework. Please refer to the following URL on the details of the second-party opinion.