text: **Participation in global initiatives**
  
  Recent years have seen a growing range of international initiatives to deal with threats to the sustainability of the global environment. 
  Recent years have seen a growing range of international initiatives to deal with threats to the sustainability of the global environment. 
  As a global citizen, the SMFG Group, mindful of its societal influence as a financial institution, follows the guidelines and principles of 
  As a global citizen, the SMFG Group, mindful of its societal influence as a financial institution, follows the guidelines and principles of 
  the following initiatives and organizations: 
  the following initiatives and organizations: 
  
  United Nations 
  Global Compact 
  The 10 principles advocated by 
  the United Nations in the areas of 
  human rights, labor standards, the 
  environment, and anti-corruption 
  measures  The United Nations Environment 
  Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) 
  The global partnership between the UNEP and 
  financial institutions who are signatories to the 
  UNEP FI Statements seeks to identify, promote, and 
  ensure best environmental and sustainability prac- 
  tice at all operational levels of financial institutions  Carbon Disclosure Project 
  (CDP) 
  An initiative to measure, manage 
  and alleviate climate change by 
  encouraging sustained dialog 
  with institutional investors and 
  business leaders on this issue 
  
  Equator Principles 
  
  A set of guiding principles for man- 
  aging social and environmental 
  issues in project finance, based on 
  the guidelines of the International 
  Finance Corporation (IFC) 