Participation in Initiatives

The United Nations Global Compact is a voluntary initiative whereby signatory companies and organizations act as upstanding members of society, participating in the creation of a global framework for achieving sustainable growth.

The Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) is a framework operated by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) to ensure that signatory banks’ business practices align with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

PRB Report（PDF: 2.3MB）PDF

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is an international initiative aimed at developing and implementing a method to measure and disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the portfolio of financial institutions.

Climate Action 100+ is an initiative for institutional investors’ groups in different regions of the world to engage with high greenhouse gas emitting companies to realize carbon neutrality.

The NZBA is a banking initiative launched by UNEP FI that aims to reduce GHG emissions to net zero by 2050 through investment and loan portfolios. Alliance members are required to set interim targets for the nine highest emitting sectors by 2030 at the latest to achieve Net Zero by 2050. The alliance also requires periodic disclosure of these targets thereafter.

This is an initiative of companies and organizations which adopt and take the initiative to achieve the plural items among 7 items of, and/or agree with the whole idea and purpose in the “Declaration of Biodiversity by Keidanren and Action Policy (Revised Edition)”

The TNFD Forum is an organization that supports discussions by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)—an initiative to construct a framework for appropriate evaluations and disclosures of risks and opportunities regarding natural capital and biodiversity.

The JCLP is an organization established in 2009 as a unique Japanese business group that recognizes industries must feel a sound sense of urgency and take proactive measures to achieve decarbonized societies.

The 30by30 Alliance for Biodiversity is a coalition of volunteers from the government, businesses, NPOS, and other organizations that work toward becoming nature-positive by 2030, aiming to conserve and protect at least 30% of the land and sea area in Japan by the same year. The alliance works to expand national and other parks, register and conserve areas protected by satoyama landscapes, company-owned forests, and other entities in an international database as part of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECM), and actively share the efforts taken by these entities.

The PBAF is an international initiative that aims to standardize the criteria in calculating and assessing dependencies and impacts on biodiversity in the financial sector.

The JBIB is an initiative in which diverse companies share information, conduct joint research on biodiversity conservation from an international perspective, and engage in dialogue with other companies and stakeholders based on the outcomes obtained. Participating companies aim to raise the level of their own initiatives and take serious measures to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.