Supporting business creation, regional development and resolving regional issues through the SDGs
First written in FY2020. 4 of 7 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Basic Strategy 2: Regional Development Strategy [Priority Measures] ① Contribution to resolving regional issues and community development ② Startup and business-creation support」
Initiatives addressing regional issues, regional development, business creation, and the SDGs and ESG were organized as an independent basic strategy of the new medium-term management plan, the “Regional Development Strategy.” - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The cumulative amount of sustainable finance executed from fiscal 2021 through fiscal 2024 was ¥1.1592 trillion.」
The cumulative amount of sustainable finance executed, including environmental finance and support for business creation, reached ¥1.1592 trillion against the ¥2 trillion target through fiscal 2030. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Our Group is strengthening sustainability initiatives unique to a regional financial group, including resolving regional issues through environmental finance and support for business creation, based on the Group Sustainability Declaration, our policy for sustainability initiatives, as set out below.」
The policy on resolving regional issues, the SDGs and ESG has been formalized as the Group Sustainability Declaration and organized around initiatives through environmental finance and support for business creation. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「This is to bring leasing capabilities into the Group as part of efforts to strengthen the Group’s comprehensive capabilities.」
The conversion of KYUSHU LEASING SERVICE CO.,LTD. into an equity-method affiliate indicates efforts to expand the financial functions of the regional financial group. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「The social environment is changing rapidly, including changes in working styles and lifestyles, the acceleration of digitization and DX, and growing awareness of the SDGs and ESG, particularly decarbonization. Regional economies likewise require a diverse range of responses, including adapting to the new normal and pursuing sustainability initiatives.」
The scope of regional issue resolution, the SDGs and ESG has explicitly expanded to include responses to decarbonization and sustainability, in particular. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「We will develop new initiatives unique to a regional financial institution, such as incorporating ESG factors into our Group’s businesses and supporting our business partners’ ESG efforts.」
The policy of resolving regional issues and advancing the SDGs has been given concrete form through incorporating ESG factors into the business and supporting business partners’ ESG initiatives. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「We will contribute to the further development of a vibrant Kyushu and Fukuoka by strengthening support for business creation, including through the establishment of new funds, actively engaging in regional development, and strengthening initiatives to resolve regional issues from the perspectives of regional revitalization and the SDGs.」
In addition to the existing objective of contributing to the regional economy, support for business creation, regional development, regional revitalization and the SDGs, and social contribution activities were systematized as specific priority measures for the first time.