Towards Responsible Investments and Loans

Mizuho aims to contribute to the healthy and sustainable growth of the world economy through facilitating finance and responsible investments and loans.

Basic Policies for Investments and Loans

Signing up for the UN's "Principles for Responsible Investment"(PRI)

Mizuho participates in international initiatives and initiatives that respect international standards in order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by promoting investment activities that take into consideration social and environmental factors as well as economic factors. MHTB has signed up for the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which ensure that institutional investors and pension funds, etc., incorporate environmental, social, and corporate governance issues into their decision-making processes.

Initiatives for the Equator Principles

*The Equator Principles are common standards employed by financial institutions to confirm that project finance schemes totaling US$10 million or more take their environmental and social impact into consideration.

Carbon Accounting

Mizuho has initiatives for climate change problems through project finance.

*Carbon accounting is a mechanism for evaluating businesses by calculating the volumes of greenhouse gases they generate through their business activities and converting them to their CO2 equivalent.

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