(Japanese)
November 18, 2025
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Keidanren Nature Conservation Council (KNCC)
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Keidanren Nature Conservation Council (KNCC)
Questionnaire survey on corporate biodiversity actions in Japan
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[ Table of Contents ]
Overview of the survey
Executive summary
- (1) Companies are increasingly mainstreaming biodiversity into corporate management as compared with FY2023.
- (2) Many companies are taking biodiversity actions that contribute to GBF, with increased quality.
- (3) Rapidly increasing number of companies have progressed in terms of the TNFD information disclosure.
- (4) Many companies take biodiversity actions driven by social needs and business needs. They are facing various technical barriers, which, however, have gradually been overcome.
(1) Mainstreaming biodiversity into corporate management
- Awareness of biodiversity
- Organizational structure to promote biodiversity actions
- Targets for biodiversity actions
- Biodiversity information disclosure
- Budgets and funding for biodiversity-related actions
(2) Contribution to GBF
- Contribution to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- [Reference] Percentage of companies with initiatives corresponding to each GBF target (by industry sectors)
- Biodiversity efforts in upstream and downstream value chains
- Examples of biodiversity actions related to each GBF target
- [Reference] Contribution to the SDGs through biodiversity conservation
(3) Taking up the TNFD recommendations
- Extent of value chains and scope of assessment
- Human rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
- Initiatives on LEAP approach
(4) Drivers and barriers for biodiversity actions
- Drivers for biodiversity actions
- Barriers for biodiversity actions
- Integrating biodiversity and climate actions