Dai-ichi Life takes the wheel in Japan’s drive for ESG

Dai-ichi Life is ramping up environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in Japan, and as part of these plans intends to more than double its investments into social-related investments and screen all assets for sustainability in two years. The insurer, which had ¥39.18 trillion ($353.66 billion) of investment assets as of December 2020, is seen as a frontrunner in the ESG space in Japan. It signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment in 2015, widely se…