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Makoto Takashima, chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, speaks during an interview in Tokyo last month. Takashima assumed the post of chairman on Thursday. | BLOOMBERG
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Helping big polluters transform into greener enterprises is one of the biggest challenges facing Japanese banks, and simply cutting off funding for “brown” companies could jeopardize those transition efforts, said the head of the country’s banking group.
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SMBC Launches Sustainability-Linked Loan for Overseas Japanese Customers
February 5, 2021 GMT
TOKYO (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 5, 2021
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”) (President and Group CEO: Makoto Takashima) announced today the launch of Sustainability-Linked Loan (“SLL”) financing for its overseas Japanese customer’s ESG (※1) and SDGs (※2) related activities.
The objective of SLLs is to promote and support environmentally and socially beneficial economic activities by linking corporate loan terms with a customer’s performance against mutually-agreed, sustainability performance targets (“SPTs”) consistent with a customer’s sustainability strategy. The objective of the SLL is to incentivize customers to improve their sustainability performance.
Japan: Withdraw from Coal Power Plant Project in Vietnam
Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister of Japan
Taro Aso, Minister of Finance
Hiroshi Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Tadashi Maeda, Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Atsuro Kuroda, Chairman and CEO, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Takehiko Kakiuchi, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Corporation
Mareshige Shimizu, President and CEO, Chugoku Electric Power Co.
Kanetsugu Mike, President and CEO, MUFG Bank
Koji Fujiwara, President and CEO, Mizuho Bank
Makoto Takashima, President and CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Masaru Hashimoto, President, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Appeal for Japanese government and private sector to withdraw from Vung Ang 2 coal power plant project in Vietnam