Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Okasan Securities Group provides a detailed picture of its climate-policy advocacy. It identifies several specific Japanese measures it has engaged on, including the 2023 “GX推進法,” the complementary “GX脱炭素電源法,” the overarching “GX基本方針,” as well as the longer-term “GX2040ビジョン” and related carbon-pricing proposals, showing clear transparency about the exact legislation and strategies it seeks to influence. The company also explains how it lobbies: it participates in the government-backed “GX推進機構,” takes part in the 700-member “GXリーグ,” and contributes to government expert working groups that design the carbon-credit market and other transition instruments—demonstrating multiple, concrete channels of engagement and identifiable government targets, although without naming individual ministries or officials. Finally, the disclosures spell out the objectives it pursues: securing the adoption of a growth-oriented carbon-pricing scheme, supporting Japan’s goal of a 46 % emissions cut by 2030 and full carbon neutrality by 2050, and ensuring that the transition balances economic growth, energy security and the deployment of new decarbonisation technologies. Collectively, this information reflects a strong level of transparency across all key dimensions of the company’s climate-related lobbying activity. | 3 |