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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.

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 report Annual report 2021
Ownership

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

Complaints and grievances

Norinchukin Bank does not operate a complaints or grievances channel for individuals or communities that might have been affected by the bank's finance.

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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Policy Assessments

Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
Details
Norinchukin Bank
2021-03-04
JPN
2020
13
0
0
1.000000001E+36
0
Japan
Profile
Reporting period
2020
PF deals under EP
13
Project names reported
0
% Project names reported
0
20210304
Last update: 2021-03-04
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-the-norinchukin-bank-2019-2020/

Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. Where there is no percentage presented the EPFI has not reported having financed any project transactions in that reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

News

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Year:
blog
external news
our news

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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Year:
csr policies
2022-10-04 00:00:00

Human rights policy

2022-10-04 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2022-10-04 00:00:00

Environmental policy

2022-10-04 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2022-03-31 00:00:00

Revision of the Policy on Environmental and Social Considerations in Financing and Investment Activities

2022-03-31 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
annual reports
2021-11-02 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

2021-11-02 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
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
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/

Policies

Voluntary standards

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 Banking (PRB)
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
  • Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
  • 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
2022-10-04 00:00:00

Human rights policy

2022-10-04 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2022-10-04 00:00:00

Environmental policy

2022-10-04 00:00:00 | Norinchukin Bank
csr policies
2022-03-31 00:00:00

Revision of the Policy on Environmental and Social Considerations in Financing and Investment Activities

2022-03-31 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

Projects

on record

Batang Coal Power Project Indonesia

Coal Electric Power Generation
on record

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

Coal Electric Power Generation

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