Key Sustainability Areas
Mizuho has identified and included key sustainability areas in our 5–year Business Plan and business plans for specific areas. We have also set targets/KPI based on our key sustainability areas, and we are advancing sustainability initiatives as a unified group.
Key Sustainability Areas (Materiality)
Process for identifying key sustainability areas
Efforts Related to the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability Targets and KPIs
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Industry development & innovation Environmental considerations Sound economic growth |
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Declining birthrate and aging population, plus good health and lengthening lifespans |
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Industry development & innovation |
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Diversity & Inclusion | ||||
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Percentage of management positions filled by women | General manager equivalent 1,2 | 10% | Jul–24 | 7% |
general manager and manager equivalent 1,2 | 20% | Jul–24 | 18% | |
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Percentage of management positions filled by employees hired outside Japan 3 | 65% | 64% | ||
Percentage of management positions filled by mid-career hires 5 | 15% or more | 15% | ||
Percentage of new graduates hired for management track jobs who are female 1 | 30% | 37%4 | ||
Percentage of paid annual leave taken by employees 1 | 70% | 70% | ||
Percentage of eligible male employees who take childcare leave 1 | 100% | 98% | ||
1: Japan (Total of Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities) 2: Each equivalent positions are calculated based on internal job level classification. 3: Ex–Japan (Total of Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities) 4: April 2021 5: Manager equivalent and above, Japan (Total of Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, and Mizuho Securities). |
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Environmental Burden Reduction | ||||
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4:Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Mizuho Research & Technologies 5, Asset Management One, Mizuho Private Wealth Management) 5:Former Mizuho Research Institute and former Mizuho Information & Research Institute 6: Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Asset Management One, Mizuho Private Wealth Management, Mizuho Americas) |
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Financial Education | ||||
Item・Target | Results in FY2020 | |||
Total financial education participants of 60,000 or more from FY2019 to FY2023 | 28,365 participants |
Process for Identifying Key Sustainability Areas
We identify key sustainability areas in response to the expectations and demands that a variety of stakeholders have for financial institutions (and/or Mizuho in particular) in regards to the sustainable development of the economy, industry, and society, and based on medium– to long–term impact on our corporate value, as well as the strategic importance and affinity of such areas with our strategies. In identifying these areas, we consider which issues we should focus on from the perspective of medium– to long–term risks and opportunities for our in–house companies, units, and groups, and, after deliberation by the Executive Management Committee, the identified areas are confirmed through resolution by the Board of Directors. The key sustainability areas will be revised each fiscal year and incorporated into our business plans based on changes in the business environment.
Medium– to Long–term CSR Policy (up to Fiscal 2018)