Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Japan Post Insurance provides a high level of transparency on its climate-policy lobbying. It openly names two specific government initiatives it has worked on—the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “クライメート・トランジション・ファイナンスに関する基本指針” (Basic Guidelines on Climate Transition Finance) and the Ministry of the Environment’s “ゼロカーボンシティ” programme—describing the purpose and scope of each. The company also explains how it engages: it submitted requests to METI for regular updates of the technology roadmap, urged institutional measures to make transition finance workable for high-emitting sectors, encouraged local governments to sign onto the Zero Carbon City commitment, and assessed the municipalities that made such declarations. These disclosures clearly identify both the mechanisms used (written requests, advocacy and evaluations) and the policymaking targets (METI, the Ministry of the Environment and individual municipalities). Finally, the firm is explicit about the outcomes it is seeking: more frequent roadmap revisions, concrete institutional support for transition finance, and wider municipal participation to speed decarbonisation. Together, these details demonstrate strong transparency across the breadth of its climate lobbying activities. | 3 |