East Japan Railway Co

East Japan Railway Co has implemented a structured process to ensure its policy engagement aligns with its climate strategy: the Corporate Planning Department circulates internal environmental measures through "the Sustainability Strategy Committee, which is the supreme decision-making body engaging in environmental issues," then "each organization then confirms whether their engagement activities are in line with our climate change strategy or not, and reports the results to the Corporate Planning Department," guaranteeing that "our policy engagement do not conflict with our climate change strategy across multiple business units and regions." It also affirms a "public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement," answering "Yes" to that question. Direct engagement is overseen by the Sustainability Strategy Committee, which meets twice yearly to "discuss actions that we must take to realize a decarbonized society," and then "engage with multiple ministries to gain support to achieve our climate commitment and execute the transition plan." While these disclosures demonstrate clear processes and accountability for direct policy engagement, we found no evidence of any mechanism for aligning indirect lobbying through trade or industry associations, nor of any external audit or dedicated public report on lobbying activities.