Endnotes
65 “Japan Impact-driven Financing Initiative,” accessed October 3, 2024, https://www.impact-driven-finance-initiative.com/ wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Impact-driven-Financing-Initiative_GSG_NAB_Japan.pdf.
66 Ibid. 67 Ibid. 68 Interview with Nanako Kudo, May 27, 2024.
69 Ibid. 70 Ibid. 71 Japan Sustainable Investment Forum (JSIF), “Sustainable Investment Balance Survey 2023,” In Japanese, March 26, 2024, https://japansif.com/2023survey-jp.pdf. 72 Andrew Putwain, “Could Japan be the next ESG investment hotspot?,” Insurance Investor , June 21, 2024, https://insurancei nvestor.com/articles/could-japan-be-the-next-esg-investment-hotspot/. 73 Fitch Ratings, “Japanese Insurers Tread the ESG Tightrope,” June 18, 2024. 74 Kazuaki Nagata, “Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas,” The Japan Times , August 19, 2024. 75 Maruha Nichiro, “Blue Bonds,” accessed October 3, 2024. 76 Mizuho Financial Group Inc., “Mizuho issues green bond-The largest ESG bond issued by Japanese financial institutions,” July 7, 2023. 77 Interview with Tadahiro Kaneko, July 4, 2024; Interview with Kotaro Sueyoshi, July 11, 2024; Interview with Miyuki Zeniya, July 18, 2024. 78 Sarah Drumm, “Japan’s Rich are Rethinking how They Invest,” EQT, July 29, 2024, https://pw.eqtgroup.com/thinq/wealth/ japans-rich-are-rethinking-how-they-invest. 79 Ibid. 80 Interview with Yuko Koshiba, July 2, 2024, and interview with Yoshiko Fujita, July 3, 2024. 81 Zinnia Lee, “How Japan’s Youngest Billionaire Shunsaku Sagami Uses AI To Disrupt M&A Brokering,” Forbes , July 8, 2024. 82 GSG NAB, “The Current State and Challenges of Impact Investing in Japan FY2023 Survey,” April 26, 2024, https://www. gsgimpact.org/media/epie3nsw/japan-np-the-current-state-and-challenges-2023.pdf. 83 Ibid. 84 GSG NAB, “The Current State and Challenges of Impact Investing in Japan FY2017-2023 Survey.” 85 GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network) “ GIINsight: Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022”, October 12, 2022, https:// thegiin.org/publication/research/impact-investing-market-size-2022/.
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