Participation in Initiatives

The PRB (Principles for Responsible Banking), advocated by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and launched in September 2019, is a framework for encouraging banks to carry out business activities aligned with the socially-oriented goals set out in initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. We formulated the Group’s business strategies in line with the six Principles for Responsible Banking and will undergo initiatives that mitigate negative impacts upon the environment, society, and the economy and expand the positive impacts.

TCFD is a private sector-led task force established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to enhance corporate financial disclosures relating to climate change. TCFD announced its final recommendations in June 2017 to help businesses disclose information on climate-related risks and opportunities and stabilize financial markets by facilitating a smooth transition to a low-carbon society. The Group discloses and disseminates information following TCFD recommendations and strengthens our efforts to reduce climate-related risks to create sustainable societies with a virtuous cycle of environmental and economic activities.

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is a collaboration between financial institutions worldwide to enable harmonized assessments and disclosures of greenhouse gas emissions financed by loans and investments.　As a PCAF participant, we will leverage the knowledge and database available in PCAF to drive our efforts further towards the measurement and disclosure of our financed emissions.

GX (Green Transformation) League is a group of companies actively engage in GX; aiming for GX through cooperation in the government,academic, and economic spheres to discuss for the transformation of the overall economic and socialsystem, and practice to create new markets as a whole. We are planning to take on the challenge of quickly transitioning to carbon neutrality and to work with a variety of stakeholders to accelerate the transformation.

The TNFD Forum is an organization that shares information related to the TNFD, an international initiative to develop and provide a framework for the disclosure of nature-related financial information, and provides technical assistance in formulating the framework.
As a "Regional Value Co-Creation Group," we actively promote the initiatives for the environment and other natural capital to protect nature in Central and Southern Kyushu to achieve the realization of a sustainable society.

This is a code of conduct for financial institutions wishing to fulfill the roles and responsibilities required to shape a sustainable society. The Group will do our business in accordance with these principles.