Marui Group Co Ltd

Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance
Overall Assessment Analysis Score
Moderate Marui Group discloses a basic internal process intended to keep its policy engagement aligned with its climate strategy, stating that for direct advocacy "ã€ ç›´æŽ¥å ”åƒ ã€‘…ESGå§”å“¡ä¼šç­‰ã §ã ®å ±å‘Šãƒ・共有…㠮プロセスã«ã‚ˆã£ã ¦…é©å®œæ–¹å‘性ã®ä¸€è‡´ã‚’ç¢ºèª ã•ã‚‹" and, for engagement through industry bodies, "〠業界団体を通ã—㠦〠…ESGå§”å“¡ä¼šç­‰ã §ã ®å ±å‘Šãƒ・共有…㠮プロセスã«ã‚ˆã£ã ¦…é©å®œæ–¹å‘性ã®ä¸€è‡´ã‚’ç¢ºèª ã•ã‚‹", indicating that its ESG Committee reviews reports on both direct and trade-association activities to check consistency with its climate objectives. The company also confirms that it has "a public commitment…to conduct…engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement." This shows a named internal body overseeing alignment and a stated commitment to Paris-aligned lobbying, suggesting a moderate level of governance. However, Marui does not disclose the frequency or depth of these reviews, provide criteria for assessing trade-association positions, or publish any detailed lobbying-alignment report, so the transparency and robustness of the process remain limited.

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Lobbying Transparency
Overall Assessment Analysis Score
Limited Marui Group provides some insight into its climate-related public-policy engagement by naming one concrete initiative—the P2P electricity-trading platform demonstration project conducted under Tokyo’s Zero Emission Tokyo program—and explaining that its subsidiary Marui Facilities is participating to test a post-FIT renewable-energy trading model. The company explains the basic mechanism of its involvement (participation in the demonstration project) and the policy objective it hopes to achieve (creating a blockchain-based trading scheme that both rewards sellers for environmental value and helps buyers lower their footprint). However, it does not identify any specific government bodies or decision-makers it seeks to influence, limits its disclosure to a single policy initiative, and outlines only a broad desired outcome rather than detailing concrete legislative or regulatory changes it is advocating. As a result, the company’s transparency on climate-policy lobbying remains limited.

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