Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has announced a policy to set greenhouse gas reduction targets for each industry by 2030.
By showing the goal, the aim is to encourage banks and other lenders to take measures toward decarbonization.
This was revealed in an interview with NHK by Hironori Kamezawa, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Mitsubishi UFJ has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050, not only for its own company but also for its business partners, but in order to steadily promote this, each industry is in the middle of 2030. It is a policy to set goals.
Of these, for the energy industry, such as electric power companies and gas companies, which emit a large amount of emissions, we will announce reduction targets ahead of next spring.
By showing goals, the company encourages bank lenders to introduce equipment that leads to reductions and develop new technologies.
President Kamezawa said, "Although investment and financing for technological innovation involves risks, we will accelerate our efforts by discussing with the lenders and firmly lending to those that are meaningful in reducing carbon dioxide. I want to. "
In addition, President Kamezawa expressed his intention to support small and medium-sized enterprises, which are behind in efforts compared to large enterprises, by developing a service that measures emissions from factories and gives advice on reduction measures. I did.