Environment
Support through Financing
Strengthening Efforts in Green and Transition finance
JBIC's Fourth Medium-term Business Plan identified the addressing of "global issues toward realizing sustainable development for the global economy and society" as its first key focus area.
Through Green finance and Transition finance, we are responding to energy transformation toward the realization of a decarbonized society.
Project Examples
Support Tools and Achievements (See our Environment page）
Environmental Guidelines
Since the formulation and publication of the JBIC Guidelines for Confirmation of Environmental and Social Considerations in 1999, JBIC has ensured that the financing of its relevant projects have been subject to the environmental and social impact considerations required under such guidelines.
Information Disclosure
Having announced its endorsement of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, JBIC discloses information based on them.
- FY2022: Annual Report 2022
See JBIC’s Initiatives Related to Climate Change (Information Disclosures Based on the TCFD Recommendations) on page 32 of Annual Report 2022. - FY2023: JBIC Annual Report 2023: Addendum
JBIC's Journey on Climate Change Issues
- In recognition of the importance of global efforts to address environmental issues, and in alignment with Japanese government policy, JBIC has been working since the 1990s to create a new finance menu and develop a governance and management systems.
- JBIC will continue to be proactive in providing financial support for efforts to tackle climate change, based on Japanese government policy.
Green Bonds
JBIC aims to contribute to realizing a sustainable society and environment through Green finance and we issue Green Bonds to raise the necessary funds for Green finance.
Participation in Sustainability Initiatives
TCFD Consortium
In October 2019, JBIC expressed its support for the objectives of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and joined the TCFD Consortium.
Japan Hydrogen Association
The Japan Hydrogen Association is a forum for various stakeholders in the public and private sectors to discuss the direction of strategies for realizing a hydrogen-based society.
Clean Fuel Ammonia Association
Clean Fuel Ammonia Association was established in April 2019 as a general incorporated association (formerly known as the Green Ammonia Consortium) to establish a value chain from the production to the use of CO2-free ammonia and for its social implementation, thereby realizing a low-carbon society.
Sustainability Leaders Council
In October 2021, the Sustainability Leaders Council was jointly established by the Eurasia Group, GZERO Media, and Suntory Holdings Limited to advance sustainability agenda in Asia. JBIC is contributing this council as a sponsoring partner.
- Click here to see the 2021 public event "Sustainability Leaders Summit (Plastics: Unlocking Sustainable Solutions)".