A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
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.
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Hitachi is Vice Chair of Keidanren
HIGASHIHARA Toshiaki. Director, Representative Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, President & CEO
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Hitachi is Vice Chair of Keidanren
HIGASHIHARA Toshiaki. Director, Representative Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, President & CEO
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi’s President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara serves as vice chair of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
Toshiaki Higashihara
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi’s President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara serves as vice chair of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
Toshiaki Higashihara
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President and CEO of Hitachi Metals is a Director of JISF
Hitachi Metals President and CEO Mitsuaki Nishiyama
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Metals is a direct member of JISF
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
President and CEO of Hitachi Metals is a Director of JISF
Hitachi Metals President and CEO Mitsuaki Nishiyama
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Metals is a direct member of JISF
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Hitachi is a partner company in BusinessEurope
not specified
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Hitachi is a partner company in BusinessEurope
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Hitachi is a partner company in the Corporate Advisory and Support Group
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Hitachi is a partner company in BusinessEurope
not specified
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Hitachi is a partner company in BusinessEurope
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Hitachi is a partner company in the Corporate Advisory and Support Group
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Hightech (subsiduary of Hitachi) is a member
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Hitachi Hightech (subsiduary of Hitachi) is vice chair of JFCT
Takashi Iizumi
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Hightech (subsiduary of Hitachi) is a member
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
CEO of Hitachi Hightech (subsiduary of Hitachi) is vice chair of JFCT
Takashi Iizumi
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Direct member
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of KEF
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Direct member
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of KEF
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Construction Machinery Japan Co and Hitachi Industrial Products are members
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of JIVA
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Hitachi Construction Machinery Japan Co and Hitachi Industrial Products are members
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(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Member of JIVA
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.
Climate Lobbying Overview : Hitachi’s top line positions on climate policy appear to be broadly positive, but the company appears to have limited engagement with specific climate-related regulation since 2017. Hitachi’s positions on the energy transition are mixed - whilst showing strong support for renewables in multiple markets, there is also evidence of continued support for coal. Hitachi retains memberships to industry associations which have lobbied against climate policy such as Keidanren, Business Europe, and National Association of Manufacturers.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Hitachi appears to have broadly positive top-line messaging on climate change. Hitachi announced on its website accessed in March 2021, that it supports business alignment with the Paris Agreement and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5℃ above preindustrial levels. At a Japanese Cabinet Office meeting in November 2020, Hitachi’s former CEO Hiroaki Nakanishi called for broad but urgent government regulation to achieve decarbonization in various sectors. In December 2020, Nakanishi also signaled an openness to discuss carbon pricing, in a shift from his previous opposition to carbon pricing in 2018. However, in a February 2019 report by Hitachi Consulting, Hitachi suggested that industry, rather than governments, should lead action on climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Hitachi appears to have limited transparent engagement with specific climate-related regulation in recent years. On its website in June 2021, the company broadly welcomed pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions announced by the United States, the UK, and other governments. In its 2021 CDP response, Hitachi gave limited disclosure on engagement with policymakers, focusing on financial and policy assistance for infrastructure exports. Hitachi also disclosed Chairman Nakanishi’s participation in the Future Investment Council (Cabinet Secretariat of Japan), but did not detail the company’s position on climate-related issues. In addition, although Hitachi supports public-private corporation to increase investment into infrastructure , it has not declared a clear position on renewable energy legislation in the Council of Economic Advisers at Cabinet Office in November 2020.
Positioning on Energy Transition : Hitachi appears to have a mixed position on the energy transition. It has made statements that suggest support for a low-carbon energy transition, particularly for renewable energy, in the 2020 Hitachi Integrated Report. Hitachi appears to support government policies, such as the Revision of Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures and Basic Energy Plan in Japan, and suggested that they are opportunities for energy sector businesses in its investor presentation in June 2021. During high-level meetings with the Japanese government in 2020, Hitachi CEO Hiroaki Nakanishi frequently supported upgrades to electricity infrastructure and restarting the nuclear power plants. Hitachi also advocated for the government to hold discussions to improve the ratio of renewable energy introduction, in a consultative meeting in December 2020. The Hitachi CEO, however, strongly opposed proposals to phase out coal power and to end government assistance to international coal projects in the original draft of Japan’s Long-Term Strategy under the Paris Agreement, as reported in April 2019 . Industry Association Governance: Hitachi Global disclosed a list of its industry associations memberships in its website, accessed on 2020. Hitachi retains memberships and leadership roles in industry associations negatively engaged on climate policy lobbying, including Keidanren and JEMA.
Hitachi is also a partner company in Business Europe, which has vocally advocated against renewable energy and energy efficiency targets in the EU. In the US, Hitachi is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers which has engaged negatively with various forms of US climate-related policy and regulation while strongly supporting the ongoing role of fossil fuels in the US economy. A subsidiary of Hitachi is a member of the National Mining Association, which has actively opposed various strands of climate legislation whilst strongly promoting coal in the energy mix.