 Shareholders in Mizuho Financial Group Inc on Thursday rejected a motion for it to align its business to the Paris Agreement, the global pact to fight climate change and its effects. The annual general meeting of Japans third-largest bank by assets was the first time a climate motion had been put to shareholders of a listed company in Japan. The proposal, brought by Japanese non-profit organisation Kiko Network and backed by six Nordic funds including Nordea Asset Management, sought to rein in the banks financing for coal projects in Asia. 