NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS INC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

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Limited	NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS INC has established high-level sustainability oversight but provides only limited detail on how it governs climate-related lobbying. For external engagement, “the Company intends to participate in engagement activities related to climate change that are consistent with its climate change strategy through industry associations and other organizations,” and it confirms a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.” Internally, it notes that “we have established the Sustainability Promotion Committee for the purpose of promoting the sustainability management of NX GROUP,” which is “chaired by the President & CEO of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC.” and includes executive officers and sustainability leads, and “reports the results of these discussions to the Board of Directors at least once each quarter.” However, the company does not disclose any specific processes for monitoring or managing its direct or indirect lobbying activities, nor does it specify how industry associations’ policy positions are reviewed or aligned with its climate commitments. We found no evidence of a formal policy to review lobbying activities or dedicated criteria for assessing participation in associations whose stances might conflict with the Group’s climate strategy. View Sources	D

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Limited

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS INC has established high-level sustainability oversight but provides only limited detail on how it governs climate-related lobbying. For external engagement, “the Company intends to participate in engagement activities related to climate change that are consistent with its climate change strategy through industry associations and other organizations,” and it confirms a “public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.” Internally, it notes that “we have established the Sustainability Promotion Committee for the purpose of promoting the sustainability management of NX GROUP,” which is “chaired by the President & CEO of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC.” and includes executive officers and sustainability leads, and “reports the results of these discussions to the Board of Directors at least once each quarter.” However, the company does not disclose any specific processes for monitoring or managing its direct or indirect lobbying activities, nor does it specify how industry associations’ policy positions are reviewed or aligned with its climate commitments. We found no evidence of a formal policy to review lobbying activities or dedicated criteria for assessing participation in associations whose stances might conflict with the Group’s climate strategy.

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Lobbying Transparency

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Moderate	Nippon Express Holdings offers a moderate level of transparency about its climate-related lobbying. It names several concrete policy processes in Japan that it has engaged with, including the revision of the Environmental Action Plan, the formulation of the Global Warming Measures Plan and work on national energy-efficiency requirements, giving readers a clear sense of which pieces of regulation it seeks to influence. The company also explains how and where it lobbies: it sits as an extraordinary committee member on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Transport Policy Committee (Environment Group) and sends secondees to the Japan Trucking Association and the Japan Warehousing Association to share views with government affairs representatives, thereby identifying both direct and association-based channels and the specific governmental bodies targeted. However, beyond stating that its stance is “neutral” and aligned with the Paris Agreement, it does not spell out the concrete policy changes, amendments or quantitative targets it advocates, leaving the desired outcomes of its lobbying largely undefined.	C