NSG: Aozora Bank : Provides Positive Impact Finance Based on 's ESG Framework Loan (Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.)

November 29, 2024 Aozora Bank, Ltd. ＮＥＷＳ ＲＥＬＥＡＳＥ Aozora Provides Positive Impact Finance Based on Aozora's ESG Framework Loan TOKYO November 29, 2024 - Office: Tokyo) ('Aozora' or 'the Bank') today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Munehiro Hosonuma !"#%&'( the 'Financing') based on Aozora's ESG Framework Loan. Positive Impact Finance (PIF) is designed to comprehensively analyze and assess the impact of corporate activities on the environment, society and economy with the aim of providing continued support for the development and expansion of positive impact or the mitigation and control of negative impact, based on the PIF Principles and implementation guidelines established by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). "Aozora Positive Impact Finance" obtained a second opinion from Rating and Investment Information, Inc. on June 1, 2023, which states that the Bank's PIF assessment system is in compliance with the PIF Principles. NSG developed new group-wide guiding principles, "Our Vision," in 2018 on the occasion of the 100 th anniversary of its founding, with "changing our surroundings, improving our world" set forth as the group's mission. In addition, NSG has identified six materiality issues based on the "NSG Group Basic Policy on Sustainability," to work on achieving both "sustainable corporate growth over the medium to long term" and "contribution to the realization of a sustainable society." The Financing will support NSG's initiatives to realize a society that can grow sustainably by setting and continuously monitoring objectives and KPIs as PIF. Aozora will further promote responses towards solutions to social challenges by supporting customers in their sustainability initiatives. Aozora Bank, Ltd. 6-1-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8660, Japan ℡ 03-6752-1111 7%%8.(9: 8 !''".#; (9/ +4;; 9 !%1=101> 7!"#-%,&&(: //3 )*+*+,-..* / +01*2))03' ℡ 04*)561*++++ Attachments Original document Permalink Disclaimer Aozora Bank Ltd. published this content on November 29, 2024 , and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on November 29, 2024 at 02:05:08.883 .