The entire world must work together to achieve the Paris Agreement and the 1.5°C target, and government and policy will play an extremely large role in this. As such, the Company is involved with and contributes to the formulation of policy recommendations by actively participating in government initiatives, as well as economic organizations and trade associations and their activities. Organizations with a particularly strong relationship with the Company and influence over climate change policy are government bodies the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE), and trade associations the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ). Through collaboration and advocacy with these government bodies and trade associations, we are working to ensure that policy, technological innovation, the orientation of society and customer needs are aligned toward the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2050. [...] As Keidanren Chair of the Committee on Environment and PAJ Vice President, participate in deliberations of various councils, including those where energy and climate change issues are discussed, and proactively make policy recommendations [...] As Chair of the Carbon Neutrality Promotion Expert Committee, lead discussions on carbon neutrality in the petroleum industry.