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Norinchukin Bank, head office Tokyo. Photo: Google Maps/Earth Streetview

About Norinchukin Bank

The Norinchukin Bank (also known as Nochu Bank) is a Japanese cooperative bank, headquartered in Tokyo. It was founded in 1923 by the Japanese government to support its agricultural industry. It provides funding for agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives. The bank is also one of Japan’s largest institutional investors and invests in bonds, securitisation products, stocks, private equity and real estate, also through its overseas branches in New York, London and Singapore. The Norinchukin Bank adopted the Equator Principles in 2017, and is profiled as part of BankTrack's Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.

Website https://www.nochubank.or.jp/en/
Headquarters
13-2, Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
100-8420 Tokyo
Japan
CEO/chair Kazuto Oku
President and CEO
Supervisor
Financial Service Agency (Japan)
Annual reports Annual report 2020
CSR report 2020
Ownership

The Norinchukin Bank is owned by its members: Japanese agricultural cooperatives, Japanese fishery cooperatives, Japanese forestry cooperatives, and related federations, as well as other agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organisations that have invested in the bank.

Related Dodgy Deals

Norinchukin Bank 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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New BankTrack Equator Principles reporting tracking tool launched

2020-09-21 | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
blog
external news
our news

Japanese Banks ill-Equipped to Reform Banking Practices in Line with the Paris Agreement

2017-10-12 | Tokyo, Japan
blog
external news
our news

Japan's Norinchukin Bank adopts the Equator Principles

2017-05-01 | Tokyo | The Equator Principles Association
blog
external news
our news

US court opens door over Libor claims

2016-05-24 | New York | The Financial Times

Documents

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annual reports
2020-11-03 00:00:00

Annual report 2020

2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2020-11-03 00:00:00

CSR report 2020

2020-11-03 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2019-10-28 00:00:00

Environmental policy

2019-10-28 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2019-10-28 00:00:00

Human rights policy

2019-10-28 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2019-07-31 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2019-07-31 00:00:00

CSR report 2019

2019-07-31 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2018-11-20 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2018-11-20 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2018-05-31 00:00:00

UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Transparency Statement

2018-05-31 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2017-11-21 00:00:00

CSR Report 2017

Japanese only
2017-11-21 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2017-08-08 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

2017-08-08 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2017-07-12 00:00:00

CSR Report 2016

Japanese only
2017-07-12 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2017-07-10 00:00:00

Code of Ethics

2017-07-10 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2017-04-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2016

2017-04-30 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2016-04-30 00:00:00

Annual report 2015

2016-04-30 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank

Links

Fair Finance Guide Japan

Including Norinchukin Bank

http://fairfinance.jp/bank/banks/nochu/

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Norinchukin Bank

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

https://environmentalpaper.org/norinchukin-bank/

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Voluntary initiatives

Norinchukin Bank has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Business for Social Responsibility
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Equator Principles
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • United Nations Global Compact

Investment policies

The Norinchukin Bank's web page on corporate social responsibility can be accessed here.

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csr policies
2019-10-28 00:00:00

Environmental policy

2019-10-28 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2019-10-28 00:00:00

Human rights policy

2019-10-28 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2018-05-31 00:00:00

UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Transparency Statement

2018-05-31 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2017-07-10 00:00:00

Code of Ethics

2017-07-10 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

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

Coal Electric Power Generation
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Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia

Coal Electric Power Generation

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