Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Chooses Upcoming IHI Transition Bond Issue as One of its 2021 Climate Transition Finance Model Projects

IHI Corporation announced today that it has decided to issue transition bonds in fiscal 2022.

Companies issuing transition bonds use the proceeds to fund efforts to tackle climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions as part of long-term strategies to help decarbonize economies. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry selected IHI’s offering as one of its 2021 Climate Transition Finance Model Projects.

IHI’s transition bonds will finance initiatives to reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations and support endeavors to lower Scope 3 emissions from upstream and downstream processes.

IHI developed a Transition Bond Framework (see note 1) for this issuance. The transition strategy under that framework encompasses roadmaps for a range of sectors. These include chemicals, electricity, and gas (for the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry), and marine transportation and aviation (for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). The strategy also covers international scenarios, including for the International Energy Agency and the International Air Transport Association. IHI obtained a second-party opinion from Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., relating to conformity assessments, including for the International Capital Market Association’s Climate Transition Finance Handbook 2020 (see note 2).

IHI Group has positioned climate change as a central business challenge in keeping with its Corporate Philosophy “Contribute to the development of society through technology” and “Human resources are our single most valuable asset”. It pledged in IHI Group ESG Management, which it announced in November 2021, to achieve carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by 2050.

Bond Issue Overview

1．Issue size	Up to ¥20 billion
2．Issuance timeframe	Between April and June 2022
3． Third-party evaluation entity	Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.
4. Proposed fund uses	Initiatives for Zero Emission Mobility: Promote the realization of environmentally friendly mobility through technological development and product development related to electrification and electrical systemization Initiatives for Ammonia Exclusive Firing and Establishment of an Ammonia Value Chain: Expanding the use of ammonia to realize early CO₂ reductions, and aiming to make power generation carbon neutral by developing green ammonia production technologies Realization of carbon recycling : Efficiently recycle carbon derived from non-fossil carbon sources, and aim to make fuel and raw materials carbon neutral by converting carbon into valuable resources, etc.
5. Structuring Agent (see note 3)	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
6. Lead manager	Mizuho Securities, as well as other entities to be determined

See appended PDF, titled IHI Corporation Transition Bond Framework
PDF
See the link of evaluation from Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.
https://www.jcr.co.jp/en/greenfinance/green/
A structuring agent advises issuers on developing transition bond frameworks and on securing second-party opinions and other external third-party evaluations.

Schedule
IHI will announce the issue date as soon as possible after comprehensively assessing market demand and interest rate trends to determine terms and conditions.

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