International Business Time: Climate Change News: Amid Pandemic, Japan’s Megabanks Must Lead On Sustainability
“The path out of the current COVID-19 pandemic is still shifting, with long-term economic recovery perhaps even harder to predict. Massive amounts of money will be spent in the coming…
MUFG Falls Behind Peers in New ESG Finance Policy Announcement
MUFG’s policy revisions “disappointing,” says Rainforest Action Network Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), released a revised Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) financing policy today, but fell short…
Reuters: MUFG puts oil sands, Arctic drilling on ‘restricted transactions’ list
““MUFG’s recognition of tar sands and Arctic oil & gas as high risk sectors deserve some credit, but the newly adopted policies fail to establish clear no-go zones for financing,”…
SMBC Misses Critical Opportunity to be a Climate Leader
SMBC’s New Climate Policy Falls Well Short of Mizuho’s All Eyes Now on Largest Bank MUFG Tokyo – Today, Japan’s third-largest bank – Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group, TYO:…
The Bank You’ve Never Heard of That’s Bankrolling Deforestation AND the Climate Crisis
Around the world, our greatest protection against the climate crisis is going up in flames. Forests are our greatest line of defense against worsening climate chaos, but they’re being destroyed…
Japan’s Largest Bank MUFG/Union Bank Protested Over Harmful Financing
Environmentalists call on MUFG to stop lending to Conflict Palm Oil, fossil fuel expansion ahead of annual shareholder meeting San Francisco, CA – Today, a group of activists protested outside…
Japan’s largest bank MUFG adopts new policies to protect forests and the climate, but controversies abound
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group and the world’s fifth largest bank by assets, has just released an updated Environmental and Social Policy Framework that will govern…