Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. provides a high degree of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It names multiple identifiable measures it seeks to influence, including the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) rules for CO₂ emissions from ships, the EU-MRV regulation, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS), MARPOL Annex VI air-pollution limits, and forthcoming IMO Market-Based Measures. The company also describes how it engages: it “kept direct engagements through consultation, meeting and workshop with Japanese Government, which is a member of the IMO,” and “directly engaged with policy makers in the IMO, for example, through our participation in the Sessions of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), held in London three times per two years.” These statements reveal several concrete mechanisms—consultations, workshops, bilateral meetings and formal committee participation—and identify specific targets, namely the Japanese Government and IMO delegates. Finally, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha spells out the outcomes it pursues. It states, “We have advocated that EU regional regulations must go in line with global IMO regulations,” supports a “global MRV regulation to be developed and adopted in the IMO which applies to all vessels uniformly,” and aims “to let the procedure to collect and verify the data more simple and economical.” By disclosing the policies, the methods of engagement and the precise policy changes it seeks, the company demonstrates comprehensive transparency about its climate-related lobbying activities.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd states that it "has a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement" and that it "was a core member of the discussions that led to the development of" the Japan Shipowners’ Association’s "virtually zero GHG emissions by 2050" target, which it notes is "in line with the 2050 target of the K Line Environmental Vision." However, we found no evidence of any formal governance process for lobbying, as the company does not disclose any monitoring or management procedure for its direct or indirect lobbying activities, nor does it identify a responsible individual or formal body to oversee alignment of its engagement with its climate commitments.	1