Policy Statements, Proposals and Reports

Global Environment, Energy

• Second Proposal on Energy Policy (November 15, 2011)

• Policy Proposal: Towards a New International Framework for the Post-Kyoto Protocol Era (September 15, 2011)

• First Proposal on Energy Policy (Outline) <PDF> (July 14, 2011)

• Issue Papers -- Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change (December 7, 2010)

• Joint Statement at COP 16 on Climate Change, Energy, and Economic Growth (December 5, 2010)

• Towards a Truly Effective International Framework to Combat Climate Change
  -- Expectations for COP16 -- (November 16, 2010)

• Results of the Fiscal 2010 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- < Performance in Fiscal 2009 > <PDF> (November 16, 2010)

• Achieving a Low Carbon Society of Global Scale
  -- Proposals for Climate Change Policy -- (September 14, 2010)

• Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
  - Recommendation for the success of the 10^th Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity - (June 15, 2010)

• Achieving Growth through Green Innovation
  — Proposals for Japan's New Growth Strategy and Other Initiatives in the Environmental Sector — (March 16, 2010)

• Nippon Keidanren's Commitment to a Low Carbon Society (December 15, 2009)

• Major Economies Business Forum Statement <PDF> (December 15, 2009)

• Declaration of the Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change <PDF> (September 22, 2009)

• Declaration of Biodiversity by Keidanren (March 17, 2009)

• Expectations for the International Climate Conference (COP15)
  Climate Change Roundtable of Business Representatives (February 18, 2009)

• Proposal for a Post-2012 International Framework
  The Japanese Business Community's Positions on the COP 14 Agenda (November 18, 2008)

• Basic Standpoint on Climate Change Negotiations at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (March 19, 2008)

• Results of the Fiscal 2007 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2006 ] <PDF> (November 14, 2007)

• Keidanren's Proposal for a Post-2012 International Framework on Preventing Climate Change (October 16, 2007)

• Toward the Post 2012 International Framework on Climate Change <PDF> (April 17, 2007)

• Results of the Fiscal 2006 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2005 ] <PDF> (December 14, 2006)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2005 (April 19, 2006)

• Results of the Fiscal 2005 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2004 ] <PDF> (November 18, 2005)

• The Need to Develop a New International Framework to Prevent Climate Change
  -- Basic View of Japanese Industry to Achieve Ultimate Objective of UNFCCC -- (October 18, 2005)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2004 (April 18, 2005)

• Results of the Fiscal 2004 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (November 26, 2004)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2003 (April 13, 2004)

• Results of the Fiscal 2003 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (November 21, 2003)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report (March 26, 2003)

• Declaration of Nippon Keidanren on Nature Conservation (March 17, 2003)

• Results of the 5^th Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 17, 2002)

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• Results of the 4^th Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 19, 2001)

• Request for Calm and Patient Negotiations on the Issues of Global Warming (June 15, 2001)

• Regarding Results of the 3^rd Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  --Section on Global Warming Measures-- (November 2, 2000)

• On the Establishment of Targets for the Reduction of Industrial Wastes
  -- Results of Follow-up under the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment -- (December 6, 1999)

• Regarding Results of the 2^nd Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 30, 1999)

• The 1st Follow-up of Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (December 15, 1998)

• International Conference on Voluntary Business Initiatives for Mitigating Climate Change (December 3-4, 1997)

  • Program
  • Joint Statement
    to The 3rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Outline of the International Conference on Voluntary Business Initiatives for Mitigating Climate Change
  • Statement to the COP3 by TSUJI Yoshifumi, Vice Chairman, Keidanren (December 9, 1997)

• Opinion Relating to COP3 and to Measures on Global Warming (September 26, 1997)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Final Report) (June 17, 1997)

• Japan's Industry-wise Voluntary Environmental Action Plans (December 17, 1996)

• Joint Statement on Global Warming Prevention (November 1, 1996)

• Keidanren Appeal on Environment
  - Declaration on Voluntary Action of Japanese Industry Directed
  at Conservation of Global Environment in the 21st Century - (July 16, 1996)

• Keidanren Global Environment Charter (April 23, 1991)