CSR Promotion Structure

In order for Mizuho to promote CSR in a unified manner, Mizuho Financial Group, the holding company, assumes the role of promoting CSR activities of the entire group. The President and CEO of MHFG overseas initiatives for the CSR activities of the entire group, and, internally, MHFG has established the CSR Committee (a Business Policy Committee), which deliberates on general matters concerning CSR, the Environmental Issues Committee, which narrows down and discusses themes, and the Social Contribution Committee. Furthermore, to ensure that all staff members are fully aware of group policies and measures deliberated by the CSR Committee and to share information and exchange opinions among Mizuho group companies, liaison meetings for the CSR promotion personnel of the 12 key group companies are held on a regular basis.

In addition to ensuring that CSR policies and measures permeate the 12 key group companies, the CSR Promotion Office, Corporate Communications, which is responsible for the operational functions of the CSR Committee, plans and formulates CSR initiatives, makes suggestions to related divisions and departments regarding those initiatives, manages the progress of plans for the initiatives, collects CSR information, and disseminates information to parties both inside and outside the Mizuho group. An Environmental Issues Committee and a Social Contribution Committee have been established at the key group companies, and the personnel responsible for promotion of CSR activities at each company prepare plans, manage progress, and coordinate with related divisions. Depending on the content of the plans, moreover, CSR activities are undertaken through collaboration within each division, department and group.

The key group companies formulate CSR plans based on Mizuho group policies and measures deliberated by the CSR Committee, and they report the progress of those plans semi-annually to the CSR Promotion Department. The CSR Promotion Department compiles the reports from the 13 companies, including MHFG, and reports them or submits them for deliberations to the CSR Committee and the like. In this way, we have created a management structure that enables the PDCA cycle to function within each Mizuho group company and within Mizuho as a whole. Furthermore, with regard to our CSR activities, we strive to improve the contents of our initiatives by emphasizing communication with stakeholders and maintaining relations with them in our daily activities, as well as by summarizing our annual CSR activities and incorporating outside opinions through the stakeholder dialog and third-party opinions.

CSR Promotion Structure

• *1Key group companies: Mizuho Bank (MHBK), Mizuho Corporate Bank (MHBC), Mizuho Securities (MHSC), Mizuho Trust & Banking (MHTB), Mizuho Investors Securities (MHIS), Trust & Custody Services Bank (TCSB), Mizuho Asset Management (MHAM), DIAM Asset Management (DIAM), Mizuho Research Institute (MHRI), Mizuho Financial Strategy (MHFS), and Mizuho Private Wealth Management
• *2Mizuho' philanthropic foundations: Mizuho Education Welfare Foundation, Mizuho Welfare Foundation, Mizuho International Foundation, Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of the Sciences, and Mizuho Scholarship Foundation