Environment

• We are aware that it is our social responsibility to take into account environmental issues as we try to maintain a balance between economic development and environmental preservation.
• In compliance with laws and ordinances relating to the environment, we will engage in energy and resource conservation efforts that include separating and collecting garbage by type, and using recycled materials.
• In addition to supporting environmental protection organizations and our customers' programs for dealing with environmental issues, we will offer financial products and services that contribute to environmental preservation.

Environmental preservation is vitally important for the survival of humanity and a vast range of other living creatures, and needs to be tackled at the global level.

Based on this awareness and in the belief that the maintenance and preservation of the environment are the foundations for the sustained development of society and the economy, Mizuho has laid out its basic policies for the environment in The Mizuho Code of Conduct. Under its basic policies, the Mizuho Group promotes consistent and comprehensive environmental initiatives including those to address climate change and the conservation of biodiversity.