The FGI Group strives to address various social issues, including threats to the global environment, with climate change at the top of the list, as well as economic disparity, by investing in businesses and providing financial solutions based on structured arrangements. This approach serves a dual purpose in that the Group will be part of the effort to realize a sustainable society while at the same time ensure its own sustainable growth. Toward this end, the Group will pursue businesses that underpin achievement of SDGs.
- Renewable energy projects
- Metsä business
- Business succession support, business revitalization services
- Facility upgrades, urban redevelopment projects
- Metsä business
- Support for people with disabilities
- Increase human capital
- Corporate governance
Environment, Society
Activities
Invest in and provide financial arrangements for renewable energy, such as solar, hydro and wind power generation facilities
Photo provided by Sharing Energy Co., Ltd.
Arranged project financing for installation of residential, roof-mounted distributed photovoltaic systems
In October 2024, FGI arranged project financing for the installation of 2,126 roof-mounted distributed solar power generation systems owned by Sharing Energy Co., Ltd., based on future revenues from electricity sales.
The project received a “BBB” rating from Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I), for this project, which enabled the company to raise ¥2 billion from financial institutions.
Project financing specifically for installation of residential, roof-mounted distributed photovoltaic systems and the achievement of a rating are firsts in Japan.
Activities
Support to help companies deal with specific business issues
Address challenges by acting as buyer for companies facing business succession issues
Amount of private equity fund arrangement for business succession investment
Further details are available under “Investment” on the “Our Business” page.
Activities
Investment and financial arrangement for facility upgrades and urban redevelopment projects
Tsuruoka project
(Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, 2017~)
Arranged financing for a large-scale upgrade project involving several facilities, including a hotel. Entrusted with asset management.
Wakkanai Building Project
(Wakkanai, Hokkaido, 2015~)
Arranged changes to scheme based on Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures to address issues with existing scheme for special purpose company with commercial complex under redevelopment. Entrusted with asset management.
Nagaoka Project
(Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, 2023~）
Formulated real estate securitization business scheme for Komehyappyo North Building at Komehyappyo Place, an urban redevelopment project promoted by the city of Nagaoka as a hub of regional revitalization. Was entrusted with asset management.
Ethical Choice is Moominvalley Park's original brand
The Ethical Choice logo is applied to comprehensive efforts to develop in-facility production environments, foods, products, materials and services based on ethical and sustainable choices (selection) that place no burden, neither tangibly nor intangibly, on the human body or the environment.
Ethical Choice debuted with “Apron Many Times"
The Reusable Bib comes with the Kids Meal Bucket available at Moominvalley Park. It is a tangible expression of coexistence with nature, made of Paptic®, a resource-efficient material produced from renewable wood fibres by Paptic Ltd., that is durable to allow reuse but flexible and soft to the touch. The idea behind this product is for children wear the bib while enjoying their meal at Moominvalley Park and then use the bib again at home.
To learn more about Ethical Choice, please visit the Metsä official website
Photovoltaic power generation system at Metsä
A solar carport, with installed capacity of 744.625kW, was built in the above-ground parking area at Metsä to supply power to Moominvalley Park.
Also, FGI and Moomin Monogatari, Ltd., concluded a disaster agreement with the Saitamaseibu Fire Bureau that provides for the use of part of the Metsä parking lot and access to electricity generated by the photovoltaic power generation system installed in the parking lot if, in the event of a large-scale disaster, an operating base is set up at the nearby Hanno Hidaka Fire Station for support teams coming to assist from outside Saitama Prefecture.
Activities
・Sponsor Tonttu Festival*
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Event organized by Decent Work Lab, a non-profit organization the undertakes activities to realize decent work for all.
Festival to promote social inclusion, where people enjoy diversity, understand differences and, as necessary, provide mutual support.
2024 Tonttu Festival
The event, themed "Gather and Enjoy," was held at Metsä Village on October 26th and 27th, 2024.
It featured an exciting stage, workshops, sports, and a variety of engaging activities designed for both children and adults.
To learn more about Tonttu Festival
(Tonttu Festival website)
A strength of the FGI Group is the know-how needed to create products and structures by connecting the various insights and capabilities of management and staff, along with a corporate culture that draws on these qualities to successfully embrace challenges that deliver innovation. Management recognizes that sustainable growth of the Group into the future requires securing human resources with expertise in special fields and developing their skills further, and an improvement in communication and engagement. FGI has prepared several measures to expand human capital.
Activities
Securing human resources
・Take robust approach to recruit human resources with high-level knowledge, techniques and experience irrespective of nationality, gender identification or other personal characteristics.
・Encourage employees to take advantage of childcare leave, expand cafeteria space, promote digital transformation (DX) and pursue other measures to create comfortable working environment.
Human resources development
・Establish programs, such as financial assistance and incentive programs, to help individuals acquire specialized knowledge necessary to the execution of their work.
・Implement personnel evaluation based on individual results and utilizing a target-oriented management system while clarifying behavioral traits required for each position and assessing results based on the ability and aptitude of each employee.
Improving communication and engagement
・Get involved in various meeting opportunities to better understand the unique perspectives of human resources, each of whom brings different knowledge, experience and background into play, and encourage everyone to acquire a multifaceted viewpoint. This process will underpin good communication among employees and build a strong bond between employees and FGI and other companies within the FGI Group, ultimately fostering enthusiasm for the job and promoting deeper engagement.
Governance
Activities
・Transition to company with Audit and Supervisory Committee, raise outside director ratio above 50% (December 2019–)
・Appoint female directors (December 2019–)
・Establish corporate governance guidelines (February 2021)
・Introduce evaluation system for Board of Directors (fiscal 2021)
Relevant information
Corporate Governance
