Shionogi & Co Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Shionogi & Co Ltd discloses a formal mechanism to align its external engagement with climate goals, noting that it “政府系主催のセミナー、日本製薬団体連合会や日本製薬工業協会が行っているカーボンニュートラル行動計画WGなどに参加し、気候変動問題に関する情報を収集し、その内容について中央EHS委員会や省エネ委員会に報告し、必要に応じて気候変動戦略の修正等を行っている,” which demonstrates a structured review and update process. It further commits to indirect policy advocacy by joining the “気候変動イニシアチブ（JCI）にも加盟している” and publicly recording “メッセージへの賛同をコーポレートサイト上で公表している,” showing alignment of its association-based lobbying. However, the company does not disclose any framework for overseeing direct lobbying with policymakers nor identify a specific individual responsible for lobbying oversight, indicating that its governance of direct policy advocacy remains opaque. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Shionogi & Co Ltd discloses a formal mechanism to align its external engagement with climate goals, noting that it “政府系主催のセミナー、日本製薬団体連合会や日本製薬工業協会が行っているカーボンニュートラル行動計画WGなどに参加し、気候変動問題に関する情報を収集し、その内容について中央EHS委員会や省エネ委員会に報告し、必要に応じて気候変動戦略の修正等を行っている,” which demonstrates a structured review and update process. It further commits to indirect policy advocacy by joining the “気候変動イニシアチブ（JCI）にも加盟している” and publicly recording “メッセージへの賛同をコーポレートサイト上で公表している,” showing alignment of its association-based lobbying. However, the company does not disclose any framework for overseeing direct lobbying with policymakers nor identify a specific individual responsible for lobbying oversight, indicating that its governance of direct policy advocacy remains opaque.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Shionogi discloses a moderate level of detail about its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies the two Japanese statutes that frame its engagement – the “温対法 (Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures)” and the “省エネ法 (Act on the Rational Use of Energy)” – and explains that its activities centre on the mandatory carbon-reporting and energy-efficiency requirements embedded in those laws. The company describes both indirect and direct avenues of influence, noting its support for Japan Climate Initiative messages to the national government and its own “義務的に炭素報告” carried out through “direct collaboration with policymakers,” thereby making clear who it seeks to influence and how. On desired outcomes, Shionogi states that it “supports these policies with no exceptions,” aims to secure “CO2 emission reductions” and “energy usage reductions” in line with the Paris Agreement, and backs more ambitious national targets for 2035 and carbon-neutrality by 2050. While it stops short of spelling out detailed legislative amendments or naming the specific ministries or parliamentary fora it contacts, the disclosure nevertheless provides concrete laws, mechanisms and objectives, offering a clear but not exhaustive picture of its climate lobbying activities.	C