Minako Takaba

Senior Manager, Japan - Energy Transition

Minako is Senior Manager, Japan – Energy Transition at AIGCC. She is responsible for developing and implementing AIGCC’s energy transition initiatives across all programs in Japan. She collaborates closely with policymakers, domestic and international investors, and other stakeholders to achieve AIGCC’s mission of energy transition.

She joined AIGCC in January 2025, bringing 17 years of experience in ESG and sustainable investment from her roles at an ESG rating agency and asset management companies.

Before joining AIGCC, Minako held leadership positions in ESG and sustainable investment at asset management companies. She worked as a Sustainable Investment Officer at Asset Management One for three years and as a Senior ESG Investment Manager at Nomura Asset Management for one year.

Prior to these roles, she developed her career as an ESG analyst at MSCI ESG Research in Japan starting in 2007. Over her 13 years at MSCI, Minako served as Head of ESG Japan Research Executive Director, overseeing ESG ratings and research with Japan coverage and was involved in developing ESG indices and ESG knowledge sharing with investors in Japan.

Minako is one of the founding members of the Sustainable Investment Forum Japan and is a Co-Head of Women in ETF Japan Chapter

投資家の気候変動移行の現状 2025 -日本

Report | 気候変動に関するアジア投資家グループ(AIGCC) | 2025年4⽉

本レポートは、AIGCC の「アジアにおける投資家の気候変動移行の現状 2025 年報告 書」より、日本における主要な機関投資家の気候変動対策進捗の概要を抽出し、報告す るものです。

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日本の投資家はアジアの中で最も気候変動対策が進展

30 April 2025

AIGCC(アジア投資家気候変動グループ)の最新の分析によると、日本の投資家は気候変動リスクと機会の管理において、アジアの他地域をリードする潜在的な能力を有していることが明らかになった。本分析は、合計1,846兆円(12.4兆米ドル)の運用資産額に相当する、35の有力な日本の機関投資家を対象に実施された。

Japan – State of Investor Climate Transition 2025

Report | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | April 2025

A summary of climate progress by Japan’s most significant institutional investors, from AIGCC’s State of Investor Climate Transition in Asia 2025 Report.

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In Depth Investor Briefing: AIGCC Investor Climate Transition (Tokyo)

In Depth Briefing | Nissay Asset Management, 1 Chome-6-6 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005 | 30 April 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) presents an exclusive event on the Investor Climate Transition, with support from MSCI and Nissay Asset Management. This session will take place at Nissay Asset Management's venue in Tokyo.