Japan banking sector: ESG: Overview of governance at financial institutions (2026)

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Japan banking sector: ESG: Overview of governance at financial institutions (2026)

ss taking into consideration including the changes in the recognizing its special role as a Trust Bank Outline of Policy for the Voting Right Exercise Standards of two different types: (i) equities held traditionally to

basic policy that its Group banks (2), taking into the standards of globally operating environment surrounding Japan’s group that is both an investor and a Holding Policy-Oriented Stocks maintain and strengthen relationships with existing

account shareholding risk, capital efficiency and financial institutions and our proactive Corporate Governance Code and the provider of solutions to increase corporate Outline of Process for verifying the appropriateness of the customers (traditional equity investments); and (ii)

international financial regulations, shall reduce the response to global regulation. potential impact on our financial value, is also working to make effective use holdings of policy-oriented stocks equities acquired and held to support investee

amount of shares held for the purpose of strategic (2) We determine “the rationale to position associated with stock market of its management assets for sustainable companies in enhancing their corporate value

investment (3), following sufficient consultation hold” as a case where the volatility risk. growth by using the investment capacity *1Policy-oriented stocks are classified as (1) policy investment through dialogue with their senior management as a

with the relevant corporate business clients. shareholding will contribute to ・ We consider cross-shareholdings created by divestitures to make impact stocks and (2) strategic investment stocks according to the shareholder in the course of conducting our