Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Limited | Aichi Financial Group provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. The disclosures show that the bank aligns itself with broad frameworks – for example, it says it "has expressed support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)" – and references involvement in the Ministry of the Environment’s "地域ぐるみでの脱炭素経営支援体制構築モデル事業," but it never identifies any specific piece of legislation or regulation it has tried to influence. Its description of lobbying mechanisms is similarly high-level: the company notes collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment’s Chubu Regional Environmental Office, the signing of a cooperation agreement ("環境省中部地方環境事務所との連携協定書の締結"), and the holding of joint seminars, yet it does not detail concrete mechanisms such as submissions, formal meetings, or letters to policymakers, nor does it name individual decision-makers targeted. Finally, the company articulates only broad aspirations such as contributing to "regional decarbonization" and using ESG finance to "support the transition to a decarbonized society," without spelling out the specific policy changes or quantitative goals it seeks. As a result, while the disclosures acknowledge some engagement with government on climate issues, they stop short of providing the specificity needed to assess the substance, tactics, or desired outcomes of its lobbying activities. | 1 |