Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | Nisshin Seifun Group discloses the specific Japanese climate regulations it engages with, naming the Global Warming Countermeasures Act, the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and the Fluorocarbon Emission Control Law, as well as related minimum-efficiency and emissions-reduction requirements, demonstrating solid transparency about the policies covered by its lobbying. It explains some of the ways it interacts with government, such as submitting periodic energy-use and medium- to long-term plans to the competent authorities and carrying out statutory inspections and leak-reporting regimes required by the fluorocarbon law, but it refers only to “relevant authorities” or “the ministry” without identifying the ministries or officials approached, so the lobbying mechanism and targets remain only partially clear. The company states that it supports these laws and that its engagement is aligned with the Paris Agreement, yet it does not spell out the specific changes, amendments or quantitative objectives it seeks, leaving the desired outcomes broadly defined. Overall, the disclosure provides a moderate level of transparency, strong on the policies addressed but less detailed on the exact lobbying channels and the concrete policy results the company aims to achieve. | 2 |