Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara) and Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Kei Umeda) have been selected to receive financing under the Bank of Japan’s funds-supplying operations to support financing for climate change responses (“Climate Response Financing Operations”).
At Mizuho, we have set long-term sustainable finance and environmental finance targets* and are also enhancing our financial product development and offerings in order to direct capital towards environmental conservation and the achievement of the SDGs.
Going forward, we will utilize the Bank of Japan’s Climate Response Financing Operations to provide finance that further supports our clients’ initiatives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Japan.
* Sustainable finance & Environmental finance targets
FY2019 – FY2030 total: JPY 25 trillion (of which, JPY 12 trillion in environmental finance)