ORIX Corp

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	ORIX Corp provides a relatively detailed picture of which climate-related rules it engages with and how it approaches policymakers. It explicitly names multiple Japanese policy instruments—including the “Eco-Lease Promotion Project for Households and Corporations,” the “Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming” (and its 2005 amendment), the “Act on the Rational Use of Energy,” the national “Feed-in Tariff program of renewable energy,” and its role in developing the “Principles for Financial Action Towards a Sustainable Society.” The company also describes a variety of engagement channels, such as formal reporting of greenhouse-gas data to government, submitting “questionnaires and request forms” to “industry organizations and related ministries,” and participating in policy-development working groups convened by the Japan Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. These disclosures identify both the mechanisms used and the specific government targets involved, demonstrating a high level of transparency about process. By contrast, ORIX generally states that it seeks to “promote renewable energy” and help create “a sustainable low-carbon society,” but it does not spell out concrete legislative changes, quantitative targets, or other precise outcomes it is pursuing through its lobbying activity, leaving the objectives of its engagement relatively broad.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Limited	ORIX Corp discloses only a high-level pledge that its stakeholder engagement will be “conduct[ed] … in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement” and notes that “each segment conducts engagement with related stakeholders” after setting group-wide GHG-reduction targets, signalling an intention to align advocacy with its climate strategy. However, beyond this declaration there is no publicly available description of how lobbying positions are reviewed, what mechanisms test alignment, who is responsible for oversight, or whether indirect lobbying through trade associations is monitored; the company does not disclose any board or executive ownership, any scheduled reviews or audits, or any corrective actions for misaligned positions. Consequently, the disclosure indicates only a limited commitment rather than a defined governance framework for climate-related lobbying.	1