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Mizuho head office in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Photo: Lombroso via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)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]
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1–5–5, Otemachi, Chiyoda–ku
100–8176 Tokyo
Japan
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| CEO/chair |
Tatsufumi Sakai President & Group CEO |
| Annual report | Integrated report 2017 |
| Website | https://www.mizuho-fg.com/index.html |
| Ownership |
listed on NYSE Euronext, Osaka Securities Exchange & Tokyo Stock Exchange
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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.
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Annova LNG Terminal United States
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States
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Cirebon 2 coal power plant Indonesia
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Dakota Access Pipeline United States
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Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project (L3RP) Canada
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Nghi Son 2 coal power plant Vietnam
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Tanjung Jati-B 2 (TJB2) coal power plant Indonesia
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Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada
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Vung Ang II coal power plant Vietnam
There are no projects active for Mizuho Financial Group now.
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline - international -
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Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia
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Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills India
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Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador
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Camisea pipeline project Peru
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Canadian tar sands Canada
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Grasberg gold and copper mine Indonesia
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Great Barrier Reef Coal & Gas Exports Australia
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Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan
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Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea
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Mining in Goa/ Sesa Goa India
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Mochovce nuclear power plant (units 3 & 4) Slovakia
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Mountain top removal coal mining United States
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Offshore Detention Centres Australia
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Palm Oil Plantations in the Sambas District Indonesia
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Rosemont Copper Mine United States
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Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation
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Sasan ultra mega coal power project (UMPP) India
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Visaginas nuclear power plant Lithuania
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Drummond United States
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IOI Corporation Malaysia
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Sime Darby Malaysia
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Trafigura Singapore
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TransCanada Corporation Canada
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Vitol Switzerland
There are no companies active for Mizuho Financial Group now.
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Adani India
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Alliant Techsystems United States
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Anglo American United Kingdom
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Arch Coal United States
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Astra Agro Lestari Indonesia
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BHP Billiton Australia
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EDF France
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ENGIE France
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Glencore Switzerland
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Jindal Steel & Power India
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Lockheed Martin United States
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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India
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Rio Tinto Australia
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RWE Germany
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SUEK Russian Federation
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Vale Brazil
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Vedanta Resources United Kingdom
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Wilmar Group Singapore
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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.
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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.
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Equator Principles
Implementation and reporting
Mizuho Financial Group is reporting on the implementation here.
Contact and complaints
Equator Principles Dodgy Deals
Projects
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Cirebon 2 coal power plant Indonesia
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Dakota Access Pipeline United States
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Tanjung Jati-B 2 (TJB2) coal power plant Indonesia
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Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada
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Vung Ang II coal power plant Vietnam
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline - international -
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Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia
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Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador
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Camisea pipeline project Peru
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Kashagan oil project Kazakhstan
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Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project Papua New Guinea
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Sakhalin II oil and gas project Russian Federation
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