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)
Vice Chairman of Sekisui House is a director of the Real Estate Companies Association of Japan
Sekisui House Vice Chairman Yosuke Horiuchi
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Vice Chairman of Sekisui House is a director of the Real Estate Companies Association of Japan
Sekisui House Vice Chairman Yosuke Horiuchi
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sekisui House is an executive member of JCLP. Executive Member scored as 7 (Japan Specific).
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InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
(1 = weak, 10 = strong)
Sekisui House is an executive member of JCLP. Executive Member scored as 7 (Japan Specific).
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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: Seikisui House appears to have limited engagement with climate change, particularly on the energy transition. However, the company has stated top-line support for net-zero by 2050 and energy efficiency measures in Japan. Sekisui House retains memberships to industry associations actively engaged on climate policy, including Keidanren.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Sekisui House’s top-line communications on climate change appear broadly positive. In its 2021 Sustainability Report, published in August 2021, Sekisui House recognized climate change as an “imminent and significant risk to the survival of society”. In the same report, CEO Yoshihiro Nakai supported Japan’s 2050 Carbon Neutral Declaration, in line with IPCC science. In 2021, Sekisui House signed a joint statement as a member of the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) supporting Japan’s NDC target to be increased from 26% to at least 45%. In its 2021 Sustainability Report, Yoshihiro Nakai also supported the need for ambitious national climate policy in Japan. The company does not appear to have specified a position on the Paris Agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: Sekisui House appears to have limited engagement with specific climate-related regulations, with limited disclosures on its corporate website. In its 2021 Sustainability Report, published in August 2021, the company supported the widespread adoption of Zero Energy Houses (ZEH), an energy savings initiative in Japan. Sekisui House also stated support for energy efficiency legislation, including Japan’s Energy Conservation Law, in its 2020 CDP response. In its 2019 Sustainability Report, Chairman Toshinor Abe supported ambitious renewable energy targets in Japan without reference to specific items of regulation.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Sekisui House has very limited engagement on the energy transition. However, in its 2021 Sustainability Report, the company supported the decarbonization of the building and construction sector.
Industry Association Governance: Sekisui House does not appear to disclose its industry association memberships on its corporate website. Sekisui House’s 2020 CDP response disclosed memberships to three groups, but with limited detail on their climate positions. The company has not published an audit of its industry associations and alignment on climate change. Sekisui House is a member of several industry associations actively engaged on climate policy, including Keidanren, which has been broadly unsupportive of ambitious climate action.