Environmental Business Initiatives

The group believes it is important to reduce the environmental burden it generates through its own business activities, and to reduce the environmental impact of society as a whole through the financial products and services it offers as part of its core business. From this perspective, individual group companies are developing businesses that contribute to the environment according to the nature of their own operations.

Broadly speaking, Mizuho's environmental businesses can be divided into three categories. The first is finance – proactively providing funds to businesses that will contribute to a reduction in the environmental burden. The second is consulting, surveys and research using the rich experience and advanced knowledge of the group, centered on the think tank MHIR. The third is the development and sales of environmentally–friendly products. Looking ahead, we intend to engage in wide–ranging environmental business centered on these three sectors.