Focus Area 3: Promote Sustainability Management

Major Initiatives

• Establishment of a Sustainability Advisory Board
• Exchange opinions on sustainability with stakeholders
• Enhance alliances with cooperative organizations, such as national-level cooperatives

Related SDGs

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Reinforce Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholders of the Bank

The trust relationships with these stakeholders (those who have interests in the Bank) who are closely related to our management and day-to-day business activities were not built overnight but rather steadily over our long history since we were established.
These trust relationships are important assets for the Bank, and it is important to maintain and build even stronger trust relationships not only with the aforementioned stakeholders but also with the younger generation so that we can fulfill our fundamental mission and social responsibility with an eye to the future.
To that end, we will continue to make efforts to build a highly transparent organizational culture by emphasizing disclosure and accountability to our stakeholders.

Exchange of Opinions with Members

We are exchanging opinions with members toward implementing sustainable management for all systems. Together with national level JA Zenchu, JA Zen-Noh, JA Kyosairen and other entities, JA Group also participates in the SDG Liaison Conference that discusses the current situation on sustainability as well as initiatives toward the sustainability of the AFF industries and of regions. We are also exchanging opinions with JA Shinnoren at the prefectural level regarding JA Bank initiatives. In fiscal 2021, we exchanged opinions regarding how JA Shinnoren should respond to climate change and the nature of its disclosure. Exchanges of opinions are also under way with JForest Zenmoriren on forests and the forestry industry, and with JF Zengyoren on the fisheries industry.

Dialogues with Diversified Stakeholders

The Bank is active in dialoguing with a variety of stakeholders inside and outside Japan. We will further support clients’ sustainability-focused efforts and help them create business opportunities.