ARE Holdings Inc

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

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Strong	ARE Holdings Inc provides a detailed picture of its climate-related lobbying. It identifies the exact legislation it engages on, including the Law for the Promotion of Recycling of Used Small Electronic Devices and the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law, and explains the climate-relevant elements of each, demonstrating clear disclosure of the policies it lobbies. The company also spells out how it seeks to influence those laws: the Chief Executive serves on a sub-committee of the Central Environmental Council convened by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment, it works through the National Industrial Resource Recycling Federation to approach the National Diet and the Ministry of the Environment’s Waste Regulation Division, and it undertakes direct collaboration with the Ministry to develop proposals—showing multiple, well-defined mechanisms and named government targets. Finally, the company is explicit about the outcomes it wants, such as mandatory labelling of products containing small rechargeable batteries, segregation requirements during disposal to reduce fire risk and facilitate recycling, and amendments to the Waste Management Law to embed decarbonisation objectives in industrial waste standards. Together these disclosures reflect a strong level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying activities.	3

Lobbying Governance

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Strong	ARE Holdings Inc discloses a structured process to keep its policy advocacy aligned with its climate objectives, stating that its quarterly Sustainability Committee "四半期毎に開催されるサステナビリティ委員会で関係者が一堂に会して双方の情報を共有することで確認しています". The company specifies that the committee compares its 2050 carbon-neutral ambition and 2030 50 % reduction target with the activities of "環境省や経済産業省といった政策立案者の行動、或いはAREが所属する公益社団法人全国産業廃棄物連合会の活動", evidencing coverage of both direct engagement with policymakers and indirect lobbying through its trade association. It also makes clear that "万一矛盾が生じた場合は、どのようなアクションを取るか当該委員会で議論することになっています", demonstrating a defined escalation and corrective-action pathway. This recurring, committee-level oversight indicates strong governance of climate-related lobbying activities, though the disclosure does not name individual accountability or publish the outcomes of these reviews, limiting transparency compared with leading practice.	3