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| Overall Assessment |
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| Strong |
BIPROGY Inc provides a detailed picture of its climate-policy advocacy. It identifies two concrete policy arenas—the Energy Supply Structure Sophistication Act and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s GX League Basic Concept—demonstrating clarity about the specific legislative and programmatic frameworks it seeks to influence. The company also explains how it engages: it acts as the government-appointed third-party responsible for certifying and tracking non-fossil certificates under the Act, and it participates in METI-led discussions and pilot projects to shape the GX League design, explicitly naming the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and related agencies as its interlocutors. Finally, BIPROGY sets out the results it wants from these efforts, including improving the reliability and traceability of non-fossil certificates, broadening access to tracking-enabled certificates for electricity retailers and RE100 participants, cutting corporate and value-chain emissions, expanding the GX market for consumers, and helping craft rules for new GX market formation, all in support of Japan’s 2050 carbon-neutral objective. This combination of clearly named policies, described engagement channels and targets, and explicit desired outcomes shows a strong level of transparency in the company’s climate-related lobbying disclosure.
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| Overall Assessment |
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| Limited |
BIPROGY’s disclosures indicate very limited governance over its lobbying and political engagement activities, with no evidence of climate-specific oversight or alignment processes. The company states that "Expenditures for donations to political groups and other organizations require advance approval through the prescribed system (ringi seido)", and reports that "In fiscal 2022, there were no expenditures for political donations or lobbying activities", which suggests that oversight is limited to a basic sign-off for spending rather than active monitoring of policy advocacy. While the company answered "Yes" when asked if it has a public commitment to conduct engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, it does not disclose any mechanism to ensure lobbying alignment with that commitment. We found no evidence of a specific individual or formal body tasked with overseeing lobbying activities, no described process for reviewing direct lobbying efforts, and no indication of how indirect lobbying through economic organizations is assessed against the company’s climate objectives. The absence of these details indicates that BIPROGY’s governance framework for lobbying lacks defined oversight or alignment measures, particularly with respect to climate-related policy engagement.
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