Aiphone Co Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

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Limited	Aiphone provides only a brief description of how its external engagement relates to climate commitments, indicating limited but identifiable governance elements. The company notes that it is a member of the electronics industry association JEITA and that "JEITA…策定し公表しています" a carbon-neutral action plan which Aiphone "賛同し、自社の気候変動対応に関する行動計画や戦略の策定にあたってその方針を参考としています," implying an intention to keep its external activities in line with industry climate objectives. It also states that these guidelines are used by "サステナビリティ経営推進委員会下の環境管理部会" as an indicator when formulating its own action plans, suggesting that this internal sub-committee has some oversight of the consistency between engagement and climate strategy. However, the disclosure does not explain any formal process for reviewing or monitoring lobbying positions, provides no detail on how it evaluates trade-association advocacy for alignment, and does not identify a named individual or board body responsible for climate-lobbying oversight; therefore, while some oversight structure is mentioned, the company does not disclose a comprehensive governance process for either its direct or indirect lobbying activities. View Sources	D

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Limited

Aiphone provides only a brief description of how its external engagement relates to climate commitments, indicating limited but identifiable governance elements. The company notes that it is a member of the electronics industry association JEITA and that "JEITA…策定し公表しています" a carbon-neutral action plan which Aiphone "賛同し、自社の気候変動対応に関する行動計画や戦略の策定にあたってその方針を参考としています," implying an intention to keep its external activities in line with industry climate objectives. It also states that these guidelines are used by "サステナビリティ経営推進委員会下の環境管理部会" as an indicator when formulating its own action plans, suggesting that this internal sub-committee has some oversight of the consistency between engagement and climate strategy. However, the disclosure does not explain any formal process for reviewing or monitoring lobbying positions, provides no detail on how it evaluates trade-association advocacy for alignment, and does not identify a named individual or board body responsible for climate-lobbying oversight; therefore, while some oversight structure is mentioned, the company does not disclose a comprehensive governance process for either its direct or indirect lobbying activities.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Aiphone Co. Ltd. offers only limited transparency about its climate-related lobbying. It identifies its support for the Japanese Ministry of the Environment’s “COOL CHOICE” programme, signalling alignment with a government initiative to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, but it does not indicate whether it has actually tried to influence the design or implementation of that policy or any other specific legislation. The disclosure gives no information on how, or with whom, the company might engage—there is no reference to meetings, letters, industry associations or any other mechanism, nor are any policymaking bodies or officials named. Likewise, while the company says it wishes to “contribute to decarbonisation” through environmentally friendly products, it does not articulate any concrete policy outcomes or regulatory changes it is seeking to achieve. As a result, readers gain only a high-level acknowledgement of policy alignment, without meaningful detail on the lobbying activities, methods or objectives involved.	D