Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Iwatani Corporation provides a moderate level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying, clearly identifying key policies and outlining several engagement approaches while omitting some operational details. The company specifies its involvement with the Japanese government’s Hydrogen Society Promotion Act (May 2024) and alignment with Japan’s Basic Hydrogen Strategy (June 2023), and it references participation in the Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain Commercialization Demonstration Project funded by the Green Innovation Fund. On mechanisms, Iwatani describes indirect and direct channels through industry bodies and government partnerships: it holds membership in the Japan Hydrogen Association, which delivers policy proposals to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, co-operates with national and local governments under subsidy programs of the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act, and works alongside the Hydrogen Council and other regional councils. Finally, the company is explicit about the outcomes it is pursuing, including establishing a hydrogen energy-based society by ensuring stable, low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen supplies, securing government subsidies to bridge price differentials and build facilities, expanding domestic hydrogen production capacity, and developing large-scale green hydrogen production in Australia. | 3 |