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About Mizuho Financial Group

Mizuho Financial Group is one of three Japanese megabanks, along with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. The name Mizuho is an archaic Japanese term meaning "golden ears of rice". The Mizuho Financial Group offers a broad range of service including banking, trust banking and securities, and other business related to financial services through its group companies. Under the umbrella of the holding company Mizuho Financial Group, their major group companies include Mizuho Bank (MHBK), Mizuho Trust & Banking (MHTB) and Mizuho Securities (MHSC). Muziho Bank became a signatory of the Equator Principles in October 2003, and was the chair bank of the Equator Principles Association from May 2014 until April 2015.

[this profile covers the holding company Mizuho Financial Group, unless indicated otherwise]

Website https://www.mizuho-fg.com/index.html
Headquarters
1–5–5, Otemachi, Chiyoda–ku
100–8176 Tokyo
Japan
CEO/chair Tatsufumi Sakai
President & Group CEO
Supervisor
Financial Service Agency (Japan)
Annual report Integrated report 2017
Ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext, Osaka Securities Exchange & Tokyo Stock Exchange

Mizuho's share holder structure can be accessed here.

Related Dodgy Deals

Mizuho Financial Group has been linked to the following "Dodgy Deals", e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. Find out more about dodgy deals here. See the project or company profile for more details on the nature of the bank's link to the Dodgy Deal.

Projects - active profiles

Annova LNG Terminal United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 20 million
26 May 2016 - 26 May 2021
Part finance of USD 600 million revolving credit facilty
source: Rainforest Action Network
link

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 308 million
November 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 5 billion to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.1
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 35 million
October 2016
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 300 million to Dominion Energy
source: Dominion SEC Ex. 10.2
link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 264 million
January 2015
Participation in syndicated loan (revolving credit) of USD 7.5 billion to Duke Energy
source: Duke SEC 10.1
link

Dakota Access Pipeline United States profile

energy distribution | oil and gas
Debt – project finance
USD 235 million
2 August 2016 - 2 August 2019
source: Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. 8-K Filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, courtesy of Rainforest Action Network
link

Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) United States profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
Mizuho does not provide direct financing for the Line 3 replacement but provides revolving credit for Enbridge.
source: Greenpeace
link

Nam Dinh coal power plant Vietnam profile

energy plants - coal
Advisor
Mizuho is leading the landing banks.
source: IJ Global, 31/01/2017
link

Nghi Son 2 coal power plant Vietnam profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
13 April 2018
source: JBIC
link

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
 315 million
31 May 2017
Financed CAD 315 million as part of CAD 5.5 billion credit facility
source: Securities & Exchange Commission
link

Vung Ang II coal power plant Vietnam profile

energy plants - coal
Approached, interested
Mizuho is among the banks that plan to finance the USD two billion power plant.
source: IJ Global 23/01/2017
link
There are no active projects for Mizuho Financial Group now.

Projects - on record profiles

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline - international - profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
February 2004

Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
USD 152.11 million
June 2016
source: JBIC
Debt – corporate loan
USD 18 million
August 2012
source: Greenpeace 2014 - The true cost of coal

Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills India profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
for Vedanta in August 2007, Hindustan Zinc in August 2005

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised

Camisea pipeline project Peru profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
27 June 2008

Canadian tar sands Canada profile

oil and gas
Uncategorised
USD 184.5 million
2009
Total Tar Sands Financing
source: link

Cirebon 2 coal power plant Indonesia profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
18 April 2017
Co-financed USD 1.009 billion project finance loan
source: JBIC Press release
link

Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
Loan in March 2007 for acquisition of other mining group (Phelps Dodge)

Great Barrier Reef Coal & Gas Exports Australia profile

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
AUD 747 million
5 May 2013
source: link

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
September 2007
KazMunaiGaz paid loan early in October 2008
source: International Herald Tribune, 2 October 2008
Debt – project finance
November 2005

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea profile

oil and gas
Debt – project finance
USD 1.8 billion
15 December 2009
participating in syndicated loan of US$ 1.8 billion
source: link

Mining in Goa/ Sesa Goa India profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 66.8 million
August 2008
Debt – corporate loan
USD 75 million
April 2007

Mochovce nuclear power plant (units 3 & 4) Slovakia profile

energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 800 million
September 2007
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 350 million
April 2004

Mountain top removal coal mining United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 21 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 66 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Offshore Detention Centres Australia profile

Immigration detention
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 56.82 million
26 February 2016
Participation in corporate loan to Ferrovial
source: Report Association with abuse

Palm Oil Plantations in the Sambas District Indonesia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
March 2005

Rosemont Copper Mine United States profile

mining - non coal
Approached, interested
source: link

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation profile

oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
USD 350 million
October 2009
Participation in US$1,4bn provided by consortium of BNP Paribas, BTM, Mizuho, and SMBC
source: Project Finance International
Debt – corporate loan
USD 358 million
June 2008
Participation in loan of $1.6 billion provided by a consortium of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., and BNP Paribas, in addition to $3.7 billion loan provided by JBIC

Sasan ultra mega coal power project (UMPP) India profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
USD 200 million
August 2012
source: link

Tanjung Jati-B 2 (TJB2) coal power plant Indonesia profile

energy plants - coal
Debt – project finance
USD 1 billion
24 February 2017
Part of a syndicate of commercial banks for a total financing amount of around USD 1.7 billion.
source: link

Visaginas nuclear power plant Lithuania profile

energy plants - nuclear
Advisor
7 November 2011
Mizuho is advising the Hitachi/GE Nuclear Energy team.
source: link

Companies - active profiles

Drummond United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 8.3 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 108 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Eskom South Africa profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
USD 170 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link

IOI Corporation Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Uncategorised
USD 0.268 million
31 May 2015
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - Shareholding
source: Thomson ONE Banker
Debt – corporate loan
USD 28.29 
19 May 2015
Part of a US $ 161,67 corporate loan. Part of four participating banks, providing US $ 28,29 mln.
source: ThomsonONE Banker

Kinder Morgan United States profile

energy distribution | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 245 million
19 September 2014
Co-financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility
source: www.sec.gov
link

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) South Korea profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal | nuclear industry
Debt – corporate loan
USD 16 million
2014 - 2017
source: Coal Developers report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 121.9 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 10.3 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Equity – share owner/manager
EUR 185.6 million
source: Annual Report 2009, Kansai Electric Power Company.

Marubeni Japan profile

energy plants - coal | forestry - pulp and paper | mining - non coal | transport and infrastructure
Debt – project finance
GBP 370 million
11 August 2014
£370million - total amount of project finance
source: link
Uncategorised
31 March 2014
shares/bonds underwriter or manager - ownes 1.73% of the shares
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 6.68 billion
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report
link
Share issue – underwriter
USD 310 million
2014 - 2017
(Amount includes share and bond issuance underwriting)
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report
link

RWE Germany profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - nuclear | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 12 
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Uncategorised
EUR 55.4 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

TransCanada Corporation Canada profile

Debt – corporate loan
USD 500 million
14 December 2017 - 14 December 2018
Co financed USD 500 million credit facility to TransCanada American Investment
source: Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2017
Co financed USD 1.5 billion credit renewal
source: Data provided by Rainforest Action Network via Bloomberg Professional Services
Debt – corporate loan
December 2016
Co financed USD 5 billion revolving credit facility

Wilmar International Singapore profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 402 million
2011 - 2014
Total amount of 7 corporate loans provided by Mizuho in the period 2011-2014.
source: FoE Europe report (November 2015)
link
There are no active companies for Mizuho Financial Group now.

Companies - on record profiles

Adani India profile

energy plants - coal | mining - coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 80.5 million
2010 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Alliant Techsystems United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Mizuho's role in Alliant Techsystems can be found here:
source: link

Anglo American United Kingdom profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 43.2 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 57.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Arch Coal United States profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 21 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 61.2 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Astra Agro Lestari Indonesia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
INR 304,725 million
31 September 2013
long term loan
source: Annual Report 2013
Debt – corporate loan
INR 421.015 million
31 September 2013
short term loan
source: Annual Report 2013

BHP Billiton Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | oil and gas
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 43.1 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Uncategorised
EUR 78.7 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 54.8 million
source: International Financing Review, 26 October 2002;Euroweek - Issue: 780; Prospectus WMC Resources, 26 June 2003; International Financing Review, London, 23 April 2005; Loans - BHP Billiton, Euroweek, London, 29 April 2005; Annual Report 2005, BHP Billiton, Melbourne, September 2005; International Financing Review, London, 9 September 2004; International Financing Review, London, 26 March 2005.

EDF France profile

energy plants - nuclear
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 112.1 million
source: Thomson ONE database.
Bond issue – underwriter
EUR 349.5 million
source: Thomson ONE database; Euroweek - Issue: 744.

ENGIE France profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - dams
Uncategorised
EUR 40.5 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 27 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Glencore Switzerland profile

mining - coal
Uncategorised
EUR 39.9 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 423.7 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Jindal Steel & Power India profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 0.6 million
2010 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Lockheed Martin United States profile

arms industry and trade
Uncategorised
Info on Mizuho's role in Lockheed Martin can be found here:
source: link

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India profile

energy plants - coal | energy plants - hydro | energy plants - renewables | manufacturing | mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 250 million
30 September 2014
source: link
Debt – corporate loan
USD 125 million
2014 - 2017
source: BankTrack Coal Developers Report 2017
link
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 68.5 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
source: Euroweek - Issue: 972; Asian Development Bank, Manilla, 25 October 2006; Thomson ONE database.
Debt – project finance
source: Press release JBIC, Tokyo, 20 December 2007; Press release NTPC, New Delhi, 24 December 2007.

Rio Tinto Australia profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal | nuclear industry
Uncategorised
EUR 14 million
2005 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 31.4 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Sime Darby Malaysia profile

agriculture - palm oil
Debt – corporate loan
USD 70 million
2015

SUEK Russian Federation profile

mining - coal
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 15 million
2005 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Trafigura Singapore profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 1,003 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 155 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016.
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

Vale Brazil profile

mining - coal | mining - non coal
Uncategorised
EUR 1.6 million
2010 - 2013
shares/bonds underwriter or manager
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014
Debt – corporate loan
EUR 9.9 million
2010 - 2013
source: Banks and Coal Spreadsheet, Profundo, 2014

Vedanta Resources United Kingdom profile

mining - non coal
Debt – corporate loan
USD 66.8 million
August 2008
Debt – corporate loan
USD 75 million
April 2007
Debt – corporate loan
USD 10 million
August 2005
Loan provided to subsidiary Hindustan Zinc

Vitol Switzerland profile

commodities trading | oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Debt – corporate loan
USD 409 million
2012 - 2016
Total corporate loan between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016
Debt – corporate loan
USD 838 million
2012 - 2016
Total revolving credit between 2012 and October 2016
source: Thomson Reuters Eikon, accessed by Profundo, October 2016

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2018-12-13 | Shin Furuno - 350.org
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“A small step forward on climate change risk management, but bolder action required”

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2018-05-14 | Bloomberg
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Japanese banks betray their commitments and the environment by funding more dirty coal

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2018-04-18 | Market Forces
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2018-04-09 | Tokyo | Greenpeace Japan, Rainforest Action Network
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

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Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
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2017-10-12 | Tokyo, Japan
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2017-09-26 | Rainforest Action Network
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2017-08-01 | Environmental Paper Network
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Mizuho’s Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline Project

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2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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RBS sells further North American loan portfolio to Mizuho

2015-04-27 | Reuters
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Mizuho to Buy RBS Loans in North America for $3 Billion

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Call for banks to divest from APRIL

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2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Environmental groups condemn Japanese and French banks for financing Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia

2008-06-17 | Tokyo, San Fransisco, Moscow, Nijmegen | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

Japanese Banks Blasted for Investment Plans in Sakhalin II

Banks to Stay out of Environmentally Unsound Oil and Gas Project in Russia
2008-06-12 | Tokyo | Friends of the Earth Japan
blog
external news
our news

Sakhalin II: new environmental violations brought to light

Banks once more warned for risks of being involved
2007-06-27 | United States of America | Pacific Environment
blog
external news
our news

Who has adopted the Equator Principles?

Confusion at the EP Secretariat highlights grave flaws in implementation
2007-03-22 | Utrecht | CEDHA
blog
external news
our news

Sakhalin II: Six banks face serious decision

now that the Russian government has revoked the environmental permits
2006-09-15 | London, United Kingdom | Pacific Environment

Documents

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Type:
Year:
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to Mizuho on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
csr policies

Policy on responsible finance

(document in Japanese)
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
correspondence

Letter from FoE Japan and 170 NGOs to Japanese government, JBIC, JICA, NEXI on Japanese government must stop financing Cirebon and Indramayu coal power plants

2018-05-18 00:00:00 | FoE Japan and 170 NGOs
csr policies

Medium– and Long–Term CSR policy 2016-2018

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Reducing Environmental Burden

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Code of Conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Human Rights policy

2018-04-01 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
ngo documents

How banks contribute to human rights violations: responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
correspondence

Letter from Mizuho to Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, BankTrack on How banks contribute to human rights violations

2018-01-15 00:00:00 | Mizuho
ngo documents

The human cost of conflict palm oil - revisited

How PepsiCo, Banks and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil perpetuate Indofood's worker exploitation
2017-12-04 00:00:00 | RAN, OPPUK & International Labor Rights Forum
ngo documents

Major international banks continue to finance palm oil company Indofood despite evidence of systemic labor abuses

Forest & Finance Briefing
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
ngo documents

Banks: High Carbon, Hidden Risks

2017-09-25 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
ngo documents

Problematic pipelines: Investor risk from bank financing of tar sands pipelines

2017-09-20 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
csr policies

Anti-Money Laundering Policy

2017-08-29 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
ngo documents

In the Red

An Assessment of Bank Policies for Financing Pulp and Paper
2017-08-01 00:00:00 | Environmental Paper Network
ngo documents

Independent review 2016 ESG Performance Report of Mizuho Financial Group

2017-06-20 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
ngo documents

Japanese and Malaysian banks and investors continue to pump billions of dollars into forest-risk companies, without adequate environmental and social safeguards

2017-06-13 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
correspondence

Letter from RAN and 13 others to 14 banks that underwrote Kinder Morgan Canada IPO on warning to finance the IPO

2017-06-06 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network et al
annual reports

Integrated report 2017

2017-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
our publications

The Cirebon 2 coal power plant and the Equator Principles

2017-04-03 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Greenpeace
ngo documents

Sime Darby urged to resolve long-standing land rights conflict before stock exchange listing of its plantation division

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK & Profundo
ngo documents

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
correspondence

Letter from Mizuho Bank to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-12-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
correspondence

Letter from 500 organisations to Mizuho Bank on financing DAPL

2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
ngo documents

Protecting the Leuser Ecosystem

A Shared Responsibility
2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
annual reports

2016 Integrated Report

Annual Review
2016-09-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
bank documents

CSR Promotion Structure

2016-08-22 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
bank documents

Profile of the Muziho Financial Group 2015

2016-08-02 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
bank documents

Indonesia's Tangguh LNG Project

Example of the Equator Principles' application
2016-08-02 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
csr policies

Environmental Business Initiatives

2016-08-02 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
our publications

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
our publications

Human Rights Impact Briefing #2: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
correspondence

Letter from Mizuho to BankTrack on Drummond Human Rights Impact Briefing

2016-04-08 00:00:00 | Mizuho
annual reports

2015 Integrated Report

Includes CSR report
2016-02-29 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
our publications

Human Rights Impact Briefing #1:Labour standards violations in IOICorporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Environmental Initiatives policy

2016-02-15 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
ngo documents

Kuasa Taipan Kelapa sawit di Indonesia

in Bahasa Indonesia
2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
ngo documents

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
ngo documents

Japanese Banks' Involvements in Human Rights Violations based on 4 Cases

Executive Summary of Fair Finance Guide Japan 1st Case Study
2015-01-09 00:00:00 | Published by A SEED JAPAN, JACSES and PARC
correspondence

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
our publications

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports

2014 Annual Review

2014-07-01 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Mining

2013-08-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Offshore Oil and Gas Development

2013-08-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Thermal Power

2013-07-31 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
annual reports

2013 Annual Review

2013-07-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
annual reports

2013 Annual Review

2013-07-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
annual reports

2012 Annual Review

April 2011 - March 2012
2012-09-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
annual reports

2012 Annual Review

April 2011 - March 2012
2012-09-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
other documents

Mizuho Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-07-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
correspondence

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
our publications

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents

Mizuho cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
other documents

Mizuho cluster munitions financing

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen et. al.
ngo documents

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
bank documents

Carbon accounting

2009-06-10 00:00:00 | Mizuho

Links

Fair Finance Japan

Fair Finance guide Japan
http://fairfinance.jp/bank/banks/mizuho/

Tell Mizuho: Stop bankrolling climate change, rainforest destruction and human rights abuses

Rainforest Action Network campaign page on Mizuho

https://www.ran.org/tell_mizuho_stop_bankrolling_climate_change_rainforest_destruction_and_human_rights_abuses

Environment page Mizuho

https://www.mizuho-fg.com/csr/environment/index.html

Mizuho's CSR pages

https://www.mizuho-fg.com/csr/index.html

Initiatives for Carbon Accounting

https://www.mizuho-fg.com/csr/environment/activity/carbon.html

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

Mizuho Financial Group has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:

Investment policies

There is an overview of the CSR management that the bank has in place, on its website. Mizuho Group has also signed the Declaration on Biodiversity by Nippon Keidanren.

Year:
csr policies

Policy on responsible finance

(document in Japanese)
2018-06-13 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Medium– and Long–Term CSR policy 2016-2018

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Reducing Environmental Burden

2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Code of Conduct

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2018-04-30 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Human Rights policy

2018-04-01 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Anti-Money Laundering Policy

2017-08-29 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Environmental Business Initiatives

2016-08-02 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Environmental Initiatives policy

2016-02-15 00:00:00 | Mizuho Financial Group
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Mining

2013-08-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Offshore Oil and Gas Development

2013-08-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
csr policies

Environmental and Social Checklist - Thermal Power

2013-07-31 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank

Issues

Mizuho Financial Group and the Equator Principles

The Equator Principles are a voluntary commitment of banks to try to avoid or minimise the social, environmental and human rights impact of projects they finance. For more information on the Equator Principles see their website here and the campaign page of BankTrack here.

The Equator Principles exist already since 2003. Mizuho Financial Group adopted the Equator Principles in 2003.

Reporting on the Equator Principles

Mizuho Financial Group must report annually on its implementation of the Equator Principles. All information is supposed to be found here.

BankTrack research on the Equator Principles

Mizuho Financial Group's subsidiary Mizuho Bank adopted the Equator Principles in 2003.

Dodgy Deals

Mizuho Financial Group is involved in financing the following Equator Principles projects that BankTrack considers controversial.

Active

Dakota Access Pipeline United States

energy distribution | oil and gas
Active

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Active

Vung Ang II coal power plant Vietnam

energy plants - coal
On record

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline - international -

oil and gas
On record

Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia

energy plants - coal
On record

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

oil and gas
On record

Camisea pipeline project Peru

oil and gas
On record

Cirebon 2 coal power plant Indonesia

energy plants - coal
On record

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan

oil and gas
On record

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea

oil and gas
On record

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas
On record

Tanjung Jati-B 2 (TJB2) coal power plant Indonesia

energy plants - coal

Human rights

True leader Front runner Follower Laggard
BankTrack has assessed Mizuho Financial Group on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in June 2016. Mizuho Financial Group is assessed as a Laggard, with a total score of 3/12.
Policy: 1/3Due dilligence: 1/3
Reporting: 1/3Remedy: 0/3
For more details, see Banking with Principles? 2016 update.

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Mizuho Financial Group is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

Active

Dakota Access Pipeline United States

energy distribution | oil and gas
Active

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

oil and gas | transport and infrastructure
Active

Vung Ang II coal power plant Vietnam

energy plants - coal
On record

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline - international -

oil and gas
On record

Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia

energy plants - coal
On record

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

oil and gas
On record

Camisea pipeline project Peru

oil and gas
On record

Cirebon 2 coal power plant Indonesia

energy plants - coal
On record

Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan

oil and gas
On record

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea

oil and gas
On record

Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation

oil and gas
On record

Tanjung Jati-B 2 (TJB2) coal power plant Indonesia

energy plants - coal

Good moves

Year: