TOKYO -- Japanese companies are forming an alliance this month to disclose the risks posed by climate change to their businesses, taking a step toward greater transparency in an area where corporate Japan has lagged its Western peers.
New group to add nearly 100 companies to international transparency effort

Western Japan was flooded by a typhoon last summer that damaged and disrupted business throughout the region. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Japanese companies are forming an alliance this month to disclose the risks posed by climate change to their businesses, taking a step toward greater transparency in an area where corporate Japan has lagged its Western peers.