Isuzu Motors Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Isuzu Motors provides a reasonable level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It identifies a concrete piece of legislation it engages on – Japan’s national “Act on Rationalizing Energy Use” – and explains that the discussions focus on alternative fuels and low-carbon products, although it does not list any other specific bills or regulations. The company describes how it seeks to influence policy, citing direct “exchanges of views on increasing the uptake of commercial vehicles” as well as participation in “government study groups on increasing synthetic fuel uptake and promoting hydrogen fuel utilization,” and it specifies that the audience for these activities is “policymakers involved in the Green Growth Strategy in Japan.” Isuzu is also clear about the results it wants: it advocates for “infrastructure development, deregulation, and subsidy schemes” that would “increase the uptake of commercial vehicles,” “boost synthetic fuel uptake,” and “promote hydrogen fuel utilization,” stating that these aims are consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. While only one policy is named, the disclosure outlines multiple engagement channels and sets out several precise policy outcomes, demonstrating moderate transparency overall.	2

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Isuzu Motors has established an internal coordination process to ensure its policy engagement aligns with its climate strategy by having “the director responsible for external affairs represent commercial vehicle manufacturers as the Deputy Chair of Environmental Technology & Policy Committee of the JAMA,” and by debating “topics that are considered significant to the external affairs of the company” at monthly “Group Companies Technical and External Affairs Meeting[s]” attended by that director. The Manager of the Environmental Planning Group from the Sustainability Department “participates in that committee to coordinate with Isuzu Motors strategy,” and the company confirms a public commitment to conduct engagement “in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.” However, while these structures demonstrate a mechanism for aligning indirect advocacy, the company does not disclose specific procedures for reviewing or approving its direct lobbying positions, nor does it explain how it monitors or evaluates JAMA’s policy stances against its own climate objectives.	2