In an interview with NHK, Mizuho Bank's president, Katsuhiko Kato, expressed his intention to strengthen the business centered on "decarbonization."
It is said that it will support the efforts of companies in various ways, such as establishing a company to support the financing to finance the power of shopping centers operated by major distribution companies from solar power generation.
Mizuho Bank's president Kato, who took office in April after a series of system failures, said in an interview, "It is difficult for one company to make efforts toward decarbonization, but banks are the first-class companies. I would like to play a role more than ever, as a counselor who connects the technologies of the above, "he said, and expressed his intention to strengthen the business to support the decarbonization of companies.
Mizuho Bank, in collaboration with the group's securities companies, has established a company to support the financing of the shopping center operated by the major distribution company Aeon from solar power generation, and the entire group over the next five years. The policy is to support the efforts of companies in various ways, not just financing, such as setting up an investment limit of 50 billion yen for companies developing decarbonized technology.
In the financial industry, companies such as investing in companies and projects with technologies that contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society, and providing loans called "transition loans" to companies working on the transition to decarbonization. The movement to support decarbonization is accelerating.