Sustainability Management

MUFG has launched a medium-term business plan covering the next three years from FY2024. We have integrated the contribution to address social issues into our management strategies and positioned this as one of the three pillars of the medium-term business plan, and will further strengthen our initiatives in this area.

MUFG has previously established priority issues in our sustainability management to realize a sustainable environment and society. We have revised such priority issues considering environmental changes, expectations from society, and importance to our business. (April 2024)

Pursuing economic and social values is the key to improving corporate value. We identified ten priority issues under the subheads “Sustainable Society,” “Vibrant Society,” and “Resilient Society” and set specific targets as KPIs to strongly promote initiatives for solution of social issues.

MUFG Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking have been selected as counterparties of Funds-Supplying Operations to Support Financing for Climate Change Responses (Climate Response Financing Operations) at the Bank of Japan. The following include the criteria for eligible investment or loans for Climate Response Financing Operations by MUFG Bank and MUFG Trust and Banking.

MUFG is one of the few issuers in Japan with a track record of issuing green, social, and sustainability bonds as one of the largest financial institutions in Japan. The proceeds from bonds issued by MUFG will be used for sustainability-related financing.

 

Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds

In these rapidly changing times, all of our stakeholders are overcoming challenges to f­ind a way to the next stage, toward sustainable growth. We at MUFG will make every effort to help realize these goals. This will be our unchanging purpose now, and into the future.

MUFG will continue to actively engage in constructive dialogs with stakeholders in order to gain new insights and deepen mutual understanding. We strive to build a relationship of trust and cooperation with our stakeholders by responding appropriately to their concerns and issues, and to help MUFG achieve sustainable growth and enhance its corporate value over the medium to long term.

The ideal state is for MUFG to embody our purpose, — “Committed to empowering a brighter future.” —, and it should be consistent across the mid- to long-term, regardless of the era. In today’s world of deepening division, conflict, and diversification, MUFG group companies also have the unique ability to build meaningful bridges connecting our diverse stakeholder communities. With these abilities, MUFG intends to play a cohesive societal role by bringing various stakeholder communities together through financial empowerment. This concept is central to embodying our purpose through the current MTBP.

MUFG is also focusing on capability building for employees to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In addition to awareness for all employees, measures are being developed according to employees' duties, such as knowledge accumulation and strengthening engagement.