Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Hitachi Construction Machinery provides a high level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It names several identifiable policy initiatives it works on, including the “Carbon Neutral Action Plan for the Construction Machinery Industry,” the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “GX League” emissions-trading scheme, forthcoming “minimum energy-efficiency requirements” for construction equipment, and programmes covering “sales subvention of low fuel-consumption machines such as hybrid and electrical excavators” as well as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s designation system for low-fuel-consumption machinery. The company also discloses how and where it seeks to influence these measures: it “exchanges views of fuel efficiency performance of construction machines with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,” participates in sub-committees of the Japan Construction Machinery Manufacturers Association to compile and submit requests to both ministries, submits formal opinions to METI on the GX League market rules, and promotes new technology “by using NETICE of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.” Finally, it is explicit about the concrete outcomes it wants, such as establishing an emissions-trading market, securing “sales subvention of low fuel-consumption machines,” and “obtain[ing] the advantages in public works by approval of our low fuel consumption machines,” alongside the broader objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. By clearly identifying the policies, the channels of engagement and the specific policy results it seeks, the company demonstrates comprehensive disclosure of its climate lobbying activities. | 4 |