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Japan's MUFG Bank joins GHG reduction initiative

  • Mercados: Emissions, Natural gas, Oil products
  • 16/03/21

Major Japanese bank MUFG has joined Poseidon Principles, a global bank initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping, bringing the number of the group's Japanese signatories to five.

MUFG Bank, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said today it has become a signatory to the Poseidon Principles as part of its efforts to realise a sustainable environment and society. The bank has pledged to support the shipping industry's initiative in GHG reductions and disclose its annual assessment of the climate alignment of its shipping finance portfolio.

The Poseidon Principles were launched in 2019 by some of the world's major banks as a framework to quantitatively assess if the signatories' lending portfolios are in line with the International Maritime Organization's 2050 goal to reduce the global shipping industry's GHG emissions by 50pc from 2008 levels.

Japanese asset manager Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank last year became the first Japanese financial institution to join the global bank initiative. Four others, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Lease and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, both from the same Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Shinsei Bank, joined last month.

The Poseidon Principles now has 24 signatories, including MUFG Bank, jointly representing around $165bn in shipping finance.


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