Climate Lobbying Index

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Mitsui & Co. discloses a high-level commitment that its “engagement activities [are] in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” which constitutes an explicit promise to align its external advocacy with climate objectives and therefore indicates some governance of climate-related lobbying. However, the available disclosures focus almost entirely on general sustainability oversight: the company explains that “The Sustainability Committee… plan, formulate and provide proposals on basic management policies, business activities, and corporate policies and strategies related to environmental management” and that the committee is “appropriately supervised by the Board of Directors,” but these descriptions relate to business strategy and risk rather than to how lobbying activities are overseen or reviewed. None of the evidence specifies who monitors policy engagement, how direct or trade-association lobbying is assessed for climate alignment, or any mechanism for correcting misalignment; the references to board discussions of climate change and ESG-linked remuneration (“The Board of Directors strives for appropriate oversight of management including sustainability… Topics included climate change issues…”) similarly do not address lobbying governance. Consequently, while the stated Paris-alignment commitment signals limited governance, we found no disclosure of a structured process, dedicated oversight role, or audit that manages or reviews either direct or indirect lobbying activities. View Sources	1

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Limited

Mitsui & Co. discloses a high-level commitment that its “engagement activities [are] in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement,” which constitutes an explicit promise to align its external advocacy with climate objectives and therefore indicates some governance of climate-related lobbying. However, the available disclosures focus almost entirely on general sustainability oversight: the company explains that “The Sustainability Committee… plan, formulate and provide proposals on basic management policies, business activities, and corporate policies and strategies related to environmental management” and that the committee is “appropriately supervised by the Board of Directors,” but these descriptions relate to business strategy and risk rather than to how lobbying activities are overseen or reviewed. None of the evidence specifies who monitors policy engagement, how direct or trade-association lobbying is assessed for climate alignment, or any mechanism for correcting misalignment; the references to board discussions of climate change and ESG-linked remuneration (“The Board of Directors strives for appropriate oversight of management including sustainability… Topics included climate change issues…”) similarly do not address lobbying governance. Consequently, while the stated Paris-alignment commitment signals limited governance, we found no disclosure of a structured process, dedicated oversight role, or audit that manages or reviews either direct or indirect lobbying activities.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Mitsui & Co. Ltd. provides only minimal insight into its climate-related lobbying. The disclosure merely states that the company and a partner are “exploring the conditions and policies needed to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Asia Pacific” but it does not identify any actual laws, regulations, or policy proposals it has tried to influence, nor does it describe any meetings, submissions, or other channels used to reach policymakers. While the company signals a broad ambition to expand CCS capacity—citing a target of about 15 million tonnes per year by 2035—there is no indication of the specific legislative or regulatory changes it supports or opposes in order to achieve this goal. As a result, readers are left without substantive information on which policies the company engages on, how it conducts that engagement, or the concrete outcomes it seeks, indicating a very limited level of transparency.	1

Mitsui & Co Ltd

Lobbying Transparency and Governance