Hachijuni Bank Ltd/The – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Hachijuni Bank discloses a defined internal process to ensure that any ???????????????????????? (collaboration with external organisations such as policymakers and industry associations) is reviewed through ??????????????????????????, indicating that the same climate-related approval rules applied internally are also used for external advocacy activities. The statement explains that the Sustainability Committee ????? (deliberates) on how the bank will engage externally, checks for inconsistencies with ?????????????, and then reports the deliberations to both the Board of Directors and a Sustainability Meeting so that ????????????????????? (the Board can exercise oversight). This shows a mechanism for monitoring lobbying alignment and identifies specific governance bodies responsible for oversight, which indicates a moderate level of governance. However, the disclosure does not provide detail on how the bank assesses the positions of particular industry associations or takes corrective actions where misalignment is found, and it does not mention the publication of any lobbying-alignment review or audit, so the scope and transparency of the process remain limited. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Hachijuni Bank discloses a defined internal process to ensure that any ???????????????????????? (collaboration with external organisations such as policymakers and industry associations) is reviewed through ??????????????????????????, indicating that the same climate-related approval rules applied internally are also used for external advocacy activities. The statement explains that the Sustainability Committee ????? (deliberates) on how the bank will engage externally, checks for inconsistencies with ?????????????, and then reports the deliberations to both the Board of Directors and a Sustainability Meeting so that ????????????????????? (the Board can exercise oversight). This shows a mechanism for monitoring lobbying alignment and identifies specific governance bodies responsible for oversight, which indicates a moderate level of governance. However, the disclosure does not provide detail on how the bank assesses the positions of particular industry associations or takes corrective actions where misalignment is found, and it does not mention the publication of any lobbying-alignment review or audit, so the scope and transparency of the process remain limited.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Hachijuni Bank provides only limited insight into its climate-related lobbying. It does identify a single piece of legislation it engaged with – the Banking Act Enforcement Amendment, linked to climate-adaptation and resilience – showing some willingness to disclose which policy it addressed. Beyond naming that law, however, the bank offers no information on how it sought to influence the measure, such as meetings held, letters submitted, or the public authorities it approached. Likewise, it cites broad ambitions of supporting adaptation, resilience, and a low-carbon society without spelling out the specific changes or targets it advocated. As a result, stakeholders are left with only a basic understanding of the policy involved and little clarity on the methods or concrete outcomes the bank pursued.	D