Nippon Life prioritises ESG engagement over divestment
Japan's largest life insurer has made more than 90% of its carbon-heavy investees disclose their greenhouse gas reduction targets through active engagement.
Japan’s largest life insurer, Nippon Life Insurance, regards engagement via dialogue with investee companies as the most important factor in keeping track of ESG-related information as well as making more accurate forecasts of future performance.
“[Using] various information sources, we identify material ESG factors for each sector and each investee. Because material ESG factors clearly vary by sector and investee company, the key point is in how to obtain more relevant informatio…
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