Nomura Holdings, Inc. has invested in Greenphard Energy Co., Ltd., an advanced electricity solution company based in Minato City, Tokyo. The investment is part of Nomura’s sustainable innovation investment scheme.
Under the scheme, Nomura invests its own capital in unlisted companies tackling long-term social issues and projects that seek to transform entire value chains, pursuing both social impact and financial returns to directly contribute to building a sustainable society.
Founded in 2021, Greenphard Energy is a start-up company that develops and provides advanced solutions combining Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automatically optimise control of refrigeration, cold storage, and HVAC systems.
This helps businesses reduce electricity consumption and costs in factories, warehouses, office buildings, and data centres. By replacing aging equipment and facilities and adopting Greenphard’s solutions, businesses can also lower their environmental impact by reducing the use of CFC substitutes, which have high global warming potential.
Nomura will support the adoption of Greenphard’s energy solutions and help create a regional Demand Response program to improve energy efficiency and supply-demand coordination.
