We have expanded the list of climate policies we assess company engagement with to incorporate land-use related policy, referring to legislative or regulatory measures to enhance and protect ecosystems and land where carbon is being stored. Assessments under this category are currently underweighted in terms of their contribution to the overall company metrics. This weighting will be progressively increased over the next 6 months.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO is Honorary Chairman of Keidanren
CEO Fujio Mitarai
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO is Honorary Chairman of Keidanren
CEO Fujio Mitarai
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chairman & CEO of Canon Inc. is Chairman of CIGS
Fujio MITARAI
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Managing Director, Executive Vice President & CFO of Canon Inc. is Director of CIGS
Toshizo TANAKA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Chairman & CEO of Canon Inc. is Chairman of CIGS
Fujio MITARAI
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Senior Managing Director, Executive Vice President & CFO of Canon Inc. is Director of CIGS
Toshizo TANAKA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Canon is a member of non-climate change related committee
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Canon is an Executive Director of JEITA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Canon is a member of non-climate change related committee
not specified
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Canon is an Executive Director of JEITA
In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Climate Lobbying Overview:
Canon appears to have limited direct engagement with climate and energy policy, both in Japan and globally. The company CEO Fujio Mitarai is the Chair of the Canon Global Institute of Global Studies (CIGS) which actively promotes materials that appear to deny and misinform on climate change science. CIGS has also opposed key policies related to renewables, energy transition and the GHG reduction targets in Japan.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy:
Canon’s top-line messaging appears to show a mixed position on climate action. Canon’s CEO Fujio Mitarai showed some recognitions of the science of climate change in a Nikkei Business interview in October 2020.
According to Canon's website accessed in October 2022, it is unclear if the company supports a need for drastic action in line with IPCC, as it does not place GHG emissions reductions within a clearly defined timeframe.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations:
Canon appears to take mixed positions on climate-related regulations. Canon appears to acknowledge the risk of climate regulations without stating a clear position towards climate regulations in its Sustainability report published in July 2021. In the same report, Canon has stated that it has implemented energy efficiency standards within its organization, however it is unclear if they support legislative energy efficiency standards or targets.
Positioning on Energy Transition:
Canon appears to be concerned with transitioning its own operations including utilizing renewable energy, with some unclarity whether if the company is supporting the broader transition to a low carbon economy.
Industry Association Governance: Canon has not disclosed a full list of industry association membership in its corporate reporting, neither has it published a review of its alignment with industry associations on climate policy. In its CDP response from 2021, Canon disclosed its membership to Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA) but failed to disclose others found by InfluenceMap to have opposed progressive climate policy such as Keidanren. In the same CDP response, Canon only disclosed one policy position or an arbitrary/small number of policy positions.