NEC Releases Third Edition of TNFD Report

TOKYO, Japan, September 29, 2025 -(JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation(NEC; TSE: 6701 )has actually released the 3rd edition of its report summing up service dangers and chances associated with natural capital, lined up with the suggestions of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

In developing this report, NEC considerably improved the comprehensiveness of website analysis by leveraging the knowledge and knowledge of its specialized workers and including it into generative AI and agentic AI. Particularly, NEC examined regional threats associated with water facilities at each analysis website– dangers that were tough to comprehend utilizing traditional generic tools. Interaction products were instantly produced and the number of websites subject to comprehensive analysis were broadened to around 2,000 (* 1). This allowed discussion with regional stakeholders based upon real conditions. Moving forward, NEC prepares to additional deepen engagement with upstream partners in the worth chain.

NEC TNFD Report, Third Edition URL: https://www.nec.com/en/global/sustainability/eco/pdf/NEC-tnfd-en.pdf

Recently, need for international disclosure of info on sustainability has actually quickly magnified. This needs business to have specific understanding and manage substantial work. NEC, with the awareness of a sustainable society as its Purpose, is actively participated in this field.

Given that releasing Japan’s very first TNFD report in the IT market in July 2023, NEC has actually continued its proactive activities, consisting of releasing the 2nd edition of its TNFD report in June 2024 (* 2), which shows the TNFD Final Recommendations v1.0. NEC likewise adds to the advancement of global plans, taking part in activities that consist of the development of IT sector assistance for usage by the World Economic Forum (* 3) and teaming up with TNFD’s Nature Data Public Facility (NDPF, (* 4)). Insights got from these experiences are woven into this report. This TNFD report leverages generative AI and agentic AI. Dealing with NEC itself as “client zero,” the business initially completely makes use of sophisticated innovations internally, then uses the resulting knowledge and insights to assist fix client obstacles. This is utilized not simply for disclosure functions, however as a tool for decreasing threats and taking full advantage of chances.

< img src ="https://www.nec.com/en/press/202509/images/2903-01.png" alt width ="650" height ="366">Advantages of Utilizing Generative AI and Agentic AI

Introduction of the Third Edition

1. Deepening and Expanding Nature-Related Risk Assessment

– For around 2,000 NEC Group websites and upstream worth chain places, performing quantitative analysis of water shortage and flood/storm threats through partnership with specific organizations, and allowing water-related regional threat analysis utilizing generative AI and Agentic AI.
– Visiting websites situated in locations needing attention and taking part in discussion with regional stakeholders (Practicing the Landscape Approach).
– Analyzing the effects of future natural situations on organization operations utilizing generative AI.
– Organizing the hierarchy of upstream worth chain sectors (mining, product production, part production) and establishing future examination methods.

2. Organizing an Opportunity Framework Leveraging NEC’s Strengths

– As a part of the customer absolutely no technique, incorporating generative AI and Agentic AI services into seeking advice from services, and envisioning ecological details in business IT systems.
– Introducing 5 styles that produce worth for fixing ecological obstacles through collaborations with other sectors, leveraging NEC’s innovations such as trust innovations and product informatics.

Moving forward, NEC will integrate thorough examinations of supply chain dangers into its next mid-term ecological strategy, the “Eco Action Plan,” beginning in 2026, and drive its execution. Insights from the generative AI established this time will be used to reporting works under sustainability disclosure requirements (SSBJ) and reactions to external studies.

NEC will take the lead in taking on numerous difficulties to recognize data-driven nature-related management. Through its own useful experience, the business will add to consumers and society by sharing insights gotten through consulting and other services.

(* 1) Conventionally, regional danger evaluations have actually needed around 40 hours per website. By leveraging Agentic AI, synchronised evaluation of numerous websites can be performed within about one hour. Using Agentic AI is anticipated to yield effectiveness gains comparable to roughly 80,000 hours compared to traditional techniques for examining regional threats throughout approximately 2,000 websites.
(* 2) NEC releases TNFD Report (2nd Edition)
https://www.nec.com/en/press/202407/global_20240729_02.html
(* 3) Nature Positive Transitions: Sectors: Reports assembled by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with Oliver Wyman that overview actions that each sector must require to shift towards a nature-positive economy. NEC is teaming up with other leading worldwide business to produce the IT sector report.
(* 4) TNFD Nature Data Public Facility
https://tnfd.global/enhancing-market-access-to-global-nature-data/

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation has actually developed itself as a leader in the combination of IT and network innovations while promoting the brand name declaration of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC allows companies and neighborhoods to adjust to quick modifications occurring in both society and the marketplace as it offers the social worths of security, security, fairness and performance to promote a more sustainable world where everybody has the possibility to reach their complete capacity. For additional information, go to NEC at https://www.nec.com.

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