Lobbying Governance
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Iino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd has established a structured governance process for its lobbying activities to ensure alignment with its overall climate change strategy, centralized in its “Safety and Environment Committee (SEC), which is chaired by the company president.” Under this process, “when our staff receive the information about activities and contents of law and regulations related to climate change from JSA, it is shared with the relevant departments… Then these matters [are] discussed at SEC and the decision on countermeasures to be made there,” which provides a mechanism for monitoring both its own policy submissions and its engagement through the Japanese Shipowners’ Association. The company confirms that “Through this process, we ensure that our both direct and indirect activities that influence policy are consistent with our overall climate change strategy,” and further states that it supports association positions that it deems beneficial, noting “Policy proposal made by JSA is basically helpful in terms of our shipping industry’s benefit. So we are agreement with their policy.” However, the company does not disclose any publicly available audit or third‐party review of its lobbying alignment, nor does it explain how it would address potential conflicts between its climate goals and association positions, suggesting there are gaps in transparency around evaluation criteria and corrective actions.
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