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Daily Brief ESG: Corporate Governance in Japan Is Improving and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Corporate Governance in Japan Is Improving, but Has yet to Take Steps to Create Value


Corporate Governance in Japan Is Improving, but Has yet to Take Steps to Create Value

By Aki Matsumoto

  • % of independent directors continued a modest rise, and % of women board members still reached 10% level. 6 of 1,788 companies transitioned to Company with US type 3 Committees.
  • Growth Policy score improved as more companies included ROIC in their KPIs, and AGM Disclosures score improved as the majority of prime market listed companies joined the voting platform.
  • Scores related to the use of cash and IR Disclosures score also didn’t improve noticeably. Companies are not taking action on how to use cash to expand their corporate value.

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