Credit Saison Co Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

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None	Credit Saison Co Ltd’s disclosures focus on climate risk assessment processes, with a “Climate Change Strategy WG” and “Sustainability Promotion Committee” meeting monthly to “monitor policies for the handling of risks and the seizing of opportunities” and reporting to the Board of Directors, which “supervises and receives reports from the Sustainability Promotion Committee as necessary.” However, we found no evidence of any processes or structures to oversee, monitor, or align the company’s lobbying activities—direct or indirect—with its climate strategies or policy positions. The company also confirms that it does not have a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” yet, although it “plans to have one in the next two years.” View Sources	E

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Credit Saison Co Ltd’s disclosures focus on climate risk assessment processes, with a “Climate Change Strategy WG” and “Sustainability Promotion Committee” meeting monthly to “monitor policies for the handling of risks and the seizing of opportunities” and reporting to the Board of Directors, which “supervises and receives reports from the Sustainability Promotion Committee as necessary.” However, we found no evidence of any processes or structures to oversee, monitor, or align the company’s lobbying activities—direct or indirect—with its climate strategies or policy positions. The company also confirms that it does not have a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” yet, although it “plans to have one in the next two years.”

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Credit Saison provides only limited insight into its climate-policy lobbying. It indicates that it works with Gunma Prefecture and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on forestry-based carbon absorption projects and says these activities are aligned with Gunma Prefecture’s “Five Zero Declaration,” the prefecture’s 2021-2030 Earth Warming Countermeasure Implementation Plan and the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Beyond identifying those public bodies, however, the company does not describe the specific channels it used to influence policy—such as meetings, submissions, letters or participation in consultations—nor does it name the individual officials or units it approached. The objectives it describes are high-level (increasing CO₂ absorption, enhancing biodiversity and supporting regional sustainability goals) and stop short of setting concrete legislative or regulatory changes it is seeking. As a result, its disclosure sheds only a narrow light on what policies it tries to shape, how it engages decision-makers and the precise outcomes it is pursuing.	D