Minoru Kikuchi

Mizuho Bank Ltd. engages in financial service business. It offers services such as buying and selling of securities, lending, deposits, securities investment, domestic exchange settlement, foreign exchanges transaction, and corporate bond trustee and register services. It also deals in buying and selling of gold, public bond underwriting, sale of public bonds, lottery, trust agent, and consulting services. The company was founded on May 7, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601, ADR: DSEEY) in Japan. Founded in 1959, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo and manages investment trusts for private investors and provides investment advisory and discretionary asset management for institutional investors and overseas asset management companies. Daiwa Asset Management is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the business of financial instruments trading services which includes underwriting securities and its related business. It also provides the online trading, brokerage, purchase and sale of securities and acts as an agent or perform agency functions. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of business finance and leasing services. It operates through the following business segments: Domestic Leasing, Real Estate, Transportation, and Overseas Businesses. The Domestic Leasing Business segments provides vendor finance, including leasing, installment sales and rental service, to small and medium-sized enterprises. It also offers financial services for wide range of machinery equipment, including construction machines, trucks and machine tools as well as Industrial Technology (IT) equipment and medical equipment. The Real Estate Business segment handles real estate leasing for properties, such as commercial facilities, office buildings, logistics facilities, factory buildings, hotels, health care facilities and other buildings. The Transportation Business segment offers leasing and trading aircraft, focusing on commercial jet aircraft of the types. The Overseas Business segment provides vendor finance mainly for construction machines, trucks and machine tools as well as IT and medical equipment by collaborating with manufacturers and dealers. The company was founded in February 1963 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten Mobile, Inc. engages in the provision of communications services, including mobile telecommunications and energy solutions. The company was founded on January 10, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Aozora Card Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides credit card issuing service. The company is based in Chiyoda-ku, Japan. Aozora Card Co. was acquired by Rakuten Group, Inc. from Aozora Bank Ltd. on September 30, 2004 for $67.53 million.

Part of Sumitomo Corp., Sumitomo Corporation Europe Holding Ltd. is a web app called Carbonprime that helps supply chain partners share, manage, and monetize primary emission data. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was the first to demonstrate that supply chain emissions can be accurately measured and managed based on a decentralized flow of primary data. Carbonprime's approach allows commercial partners to collaborate on mitigation strategies with transparency and accuracy while maintaining privacy. The CEO of the company is Masato Ishida.