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Japanese perspective Takejiro Sueyoshi CEO Green Finance Organization Japan Special Advisor to UNEP FI 25 th October 2016 0 Natural Capital Round Table in Tokyo Photo credit Secretariat at Principles for Financial Action for the 21 ID: 524824

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Investing in and building environmental assets: Japanese perspective

Takejiro SueyoshiCEO, Green Finance Organization JapanSpecial Advisor to UNEP FI25th October, 2016

0Slide2

Natural Capital Round Table in Tokyo

(Photo credit: Secretariat at Principles for Financial Action for the 21

st

Century)

“What are the

risks

and

opportunities

of Natural Capital to Japanese

Corporations and Financial Institutions?”

1Slide3

Satoyama landscape & Satoumi

seascape

Satoyama

is a properly managed land by people. It has a

mosaic feature

of different land uses, woodland, grassland, paddy field, farmland, irrigation, and human settlements.

People used to live in

good harmony with nature.

2Slide4

Japan’s Import Dependent Economy

About

50%

of total material inputs into Japan’s Economy are imported from

overseas

.

(Source:

http://www.cjc.or.jp/data/pdf/book2016.pdf

)

Heavily dependent on

Energy and

Food import.

Yet, due to limited conservation activities

in overseas countries,

Japan is exposed to significant

supply chain risks

.

3Slide5

What are the implications?

Supply chain risk managementRisk assessment tools - how, and how much impact?

Risk map - where?

New

business opportunities

Who to reveal

hidden value

of nature from

multidimensional

aspects?Who to finance, private and/or public? Any innovative financing solution?

What are the existing Japanese

Best Practices

?

Corporations -

Oji Paper, AEON,

and

Suntory

Financial Institutions -

SMBC, DBJ, SMTB,

and

Green Finance Association

4Slide6

Case of

Oji Paper

Promoting biodiversity conservation and Supply of Eco-friendly Products

(

Source

:

http://

www.ojiholdings.co.jp/content/files/english/ir/annual/e_2015_all.pdf

)

Forest Management

FM Certification

Manufacturing/Processing

COC

ertification

Sales

COC

ertification

Oji Group’s Integrated Management

Case of Retail sector:

AEON

promoting sustainable fishing by certifications

Case of Beverage sector:

Suntory

(Source:

https://www.aeon.info/export/sites/default/common/images/en/environment/report/e_2016pdf/16_eng.pdf

)

(Source:

http://www.suntory.com/csr/environment/forest/index.html

)

(Source:

https://www.aeon.info/export/sites/default/common/images/en/environment/report/e_2016pdf/16_eng.pdf

)

committing to “Water Sustainability” and reducing environmental impact

They signed long-term contracts with forest owners and in 2003 began water resource cultivation and preserve biodiversity in their natural water sanctuary.

5Slide7

Food and Agriculture Assessment

Loans and Private Placement BondsNADESHIKO Loan and Private Placement Bond

Green Bond in 2015.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Case of

Financial sector:

Development Bank of Japan (DBJ)

Environmentally Rated Loan Program

since 2004.

Sustainability Bond

issued in 2015 investing only into projects with a high value for the environment and society.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

Environmental Rating Loans

with the Evaluation of Natural Capital Preservation

(

Source

:

http://smth.jp/en/csr/report/2015/NC-E-all.pdf

)

6Slide8

Green Bank Congress 2016

Participants:

UK Green Investment Bank plc (UK)

Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Australia)

Connecticut Green Bank (USA)

Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (Malaysia)

Green Finance Organisation (Japan)

Energy Action Network, Vermont (USA)

Organisation

for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The Coalition for Green Capital (USA)

The Natural Resources Defense Council (USA)

Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (Korea)

Green Climate Fund

Bank of Japan (Japan)

Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan)

Climate Action Network International

Climate Works

7Slide9

Launched :

May 2013Mission: To accelerate green finance towards a low carbon society in Japan by supporting renewable energy projects

Funding source:

Climate Chang Mitigation Tax

Fund Scale

:

15.3b JPY (approx. 153 mil USD)

Green Fund of Japan

8Slide10

Support projects which

reduce CO

2

emissions

and

revitalize local communities

Create a new stream of private green capitals

a low carbon society in Japan

We aim to…..

9Slide11

Loan

Debt

Financial Structure

Invest

Financial institutions

etc

Sponsor

Invest

Green Fund

Climate Change Mitigation Tax

Green Fund

Equity

A funding structure

Equity

Low Carbon Project

* Our investment is limited to 1/2 of the total

equity amount.

*

10Slide12

More Opportunities in Green SMEs

for Regional Economy (re)vitalization

Renewable energy

Green infrastructure

Mitigation bank

Relocation

Eco tourism

Biodiversity and genetic resource

A country of

“Blessing Nature”

Kikuchi Gorge, Kumamoto

..more room to build

“environmental assets”

11Slide13

Thank you very much!

شكرا جزيلاご清聴、有難うございました。

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