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Ono Pharmaceutical outlines a structured governance framework for its environmental and climate-related lobbying through industry associations, explaining that it evaluates its participation by “considering consistency with our business objectives, focus areas, and business activities, and regularly conduct[ing] careful examinations on whether there are no major contradictions between industry associations and our company’s approach to environmental conservation.” It further clarifies that “Membership in and withdrawal from initiatives and other groups, as well as policy recommendations made through initiatives, are discussed by the Environmental Committee to determine whether they are in line with our policies, and are then overseen by the Board of Directors.” This demonstrates a clear policy, monitoring process, and formal oversight bodies for its indirect lobbying activities, including attendance at “discussions for policy recommendations in the RE100.” However, we found no evidence of a formal mechanism for reviewing or managing direct lobbying efforts beyond these association engagements.
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Ono Pharmaceutical provides a moderate level of transparency on its climate-related lobbying. It identifies the principal Japanese statutes it engages with—the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures and the Act on Rational Use of Energy—and describes how its activities are designed to support and comply with those regulations. The company outlines both indirect channels (membership of the TCFD Consortium, RE100, the GX League and Decokatsu) and direct channels, such as consultations with policymakers and participation in reporting frameworks, and specifies that the target of these efforts is the national policy-making community in Japan. It also discloses the outcomes it seeks, namely the maintenance and strengthening of rules that mandate reporting of emissions and energy use and drive further reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, which it links to its own medium- and long-term environmental goals. However, it stops short of detailing additional individual policies, naming specific ministries or officials, or providing measurable legislative changes it is advocating. Taken together, the company offers solid but not comprehensive insight into its climate lobbying activities.
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