Weathernews Inc

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Weathernews Inc has disclosed detailed information on its climate-related lobbying activities, illustrating a strong level of transparency across policy, mechanism, and desired outcomes. It identifies specific policy instruments, notably the national Climate Change Adaptation Plan revised in October 2021 and the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, and notes its participation in COP27 to advance those objectives. The company describes concrete mechanisms—entering a formal collaboration agreement with Japan’s Ministry of the Environment to produce live-streamed video programming and participating in a COP27 panel discussion with the ministry—highlighting both the methods and the targeted governmental entity. It also specifies measurable outcomes it seeks, including doubling public awareness of climate adaptation efforts in Japan by 2026, supporting the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals, and promoting Japanese technologies and services to contribute to a climate-resilient global economy.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
None	Weathernews Inc discloses no internal oversight or accountability measures for lobbying activities and explicitly declines to adopt a climate-alignment commitment, stating “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years” when asked about alignment with the Paris Agreement. We found no evidence of any policy to govern direct or indirect lobbying, any process to monitor or manage lobbying alignment, or any individual or formal body responsible for overseeing its lobbying activities.	0