ORIX Corporation

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
0 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
0 out of 5
Commodity 
0 out of 5
Scope 
0 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
1 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
0 out of 5
Scope 
0 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
0 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
1 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
1 out of 5
Policy strength 
0 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
0 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Asset manager, Bank, Insurance company
HQ 
Japan

Collective commitments

Banking Environment Initiative member
No
New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No

150 Financial institutions

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

Profile 

Orix are a financial services company headquartered in Japan offering solutions to both private and commercial customers. Their services include investment, life insurance, asset management, corporate finance, leasing and retail banking. As of 2017, Orix’s total assets amount to more than 11 trillion JPY. They are among the top 65 shareholders in Forest 500 companies, with more than 5 billion USD worth of shares across a broad range of forest risk sectors.

Other financial institutions

Westpac

Score
3 out of 5

Standard Chartered

Score
3 out of 5

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation

Score
2 out of 5

Lloyds Banking Group

Score
2 out of 5

United Overseas Bank

Score
2 out of 5

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Score
1 out of 5

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