I N F O R M AT I O NCompany Name: Shinsei Bank, Limited
Name of Representative: Katsuya Kawashima
President and CEO(Code: 8303, TSE Standard Market)

Received “Excellence Award” at the 8th Sustainable Finance Grand Prize
Tokyo (Friday, December 23, 2022) --- Shinsei Bank, Limited (“the Bank”) received the “Excellence Award”
at the 8th Sustainable Finance Grand Prize selected by Research Institute for Environmental Finance(“RIEF”) .
The Sustainable Finance Grand Prize is selected by experts in both the environment and finance sectors,
based on both quantitative and qualitative assessments, for financial institutions and assessments thathave contributed to the development of environmental finance and sustainable finance throughout theyear in Japan. This year, 13 companies and institutions have won the awards.

Since February 2020, the Bank has been promoting sustainable financing for corporate customers under
the new concept of “Sustainable Impact” *1 in order to accelerate financial support for customers to resolve
social and environmental issues. Our sustainable finance initiatives are characterized by theestablishment of an in-house evaluation system to support customers’ initiatives through the evaluations
while accumulating the know-how within the Bank.*2
The Bank has so far provided finance to corporate customers for a variety of projects, including renewableenergy, green buildings, hospitals, nursing care facilities, and facilities for people with disabilities, after
visualizing the impact created by projects and companies through sustainable finance assessments. In
recognition of these efforts and track records, the Bank received the Excellence Award.
The Shinsei Bank Group is committed to “offer financial functions toward the resolution of environmentaland social challenges” to realize the “Medium-Term Vision of the Shinsei Bank Group.” We will actively
provide finance to businesses and companies addressing social issues with positive impacts throughcontinuous engagement/dialogue with those customers.
*1 Sustainable impact is a bank-specific concept that combines the concepts of social impact, which aims tohave a positive impact on society in general, including the environment, society, and the economy, from theperspectives of sustainability and ESG/SDGs.
*2 For an overview of Shinsei Bank’s sustainable finance, please refer to the following site.

https://www.shinseibank.com/institutional/en/sustainable_finance/end******

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