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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Chiba Bank presents a moderate level of transparency around its climate lobbying activities. It specifies its engagement with Japan’s GX実行会議 (GX Implementation Council) and the GX実現に向けた基本方針 (Basic Policy for Advancing GX), demonstrating clear identification of the specific policies it lobbied. In describing how it lobbies, the bank explains that its Executive Director participates as a member of the GX実行会議, engaging directly with senior officials such as the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, and the Minister of the Environment, providing insight into its lobbying channel and targets. The bank also clearly states its support for the Basic Policy for Advancing GX and its alignment with the Paris Agreement, outlining two distinct outcomes it seeks from its policy engagement. While the disclosure names precise policies, describes a key mechanism and target, and defines its goals, it is limited to a single forum and two initiatives, suggesting room for broader disclosure of its range of lobbying activities.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	Chiba Bank Ltd confirms that it has “a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” answering “Yes” to that question, which indicates a stated promise to align its advocacy with the Paris goals. However, the company does not disclose any specific governance processes for its lobbying activities: there is no description of how direct or indirect lobbying is monitored or managed, no oversight structures or named individual or body responsible for reviewing lobbying alignment, and no evidence of trade association reviews or board sign-off of lobbying plans. We found no evidence of any procedure for ensuring its lobbying aligns with its climate commitments, nor any internal or external audit of its policy advocacy.	1