Sustainability
Finance

Guided by its concept of “a world where all things, information and minds are connected” to contribute to the creation of a sustainable society, SoftBank aims to help resolve social and environmental issues and enhance its corporate value by utilizing its robust business infrastructure and technologies such as 5G, IoT and AI. SoftBank Corp. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) identified six priority issues (materiality) that the Group should focus on, and strengthen our efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sustainability Finance is a means of raising funds to pursue the initiatives listed above, and an opportunity to proactively communicate the Group's initiatives to all of our stakeholders including debt investors, customers, shareholders, business partners, employees, people of local communities, administrative bodies and industry organizations. The Group will contribute to the wellbeing of people and society under our corporate philosophy of “Information Revolution — Happiness for everyone.”

For more on SoftBank's sustainability initiatives, please visit these websites.

Sustainability Report 2021 (PDF: 14.8MB/111 pages)
ESG Data Book 2022 (PDF: 11.7MB/23 pages)
Materiality (Priority Issues)

Sustainability Bond

Name	17th series Unsecured Bond “HAPS Bond” (with inter-bond pari passu clause)	18th series Unsecured Bond “HAPS Bond” (with inter-bond pari passu clause)
Term	7-year	10-year
Maturity Date	January 26, 2029	January 27, 2032
Amount of Issue	JPY 15 billion	JPY 15 billion
Interest Rate	0.51%	0.62%
Issue Date	January 27, 2022
Use of Proceeds	HAPS business research and development and other HAPS-related costs
Credit Ratings	AA− (Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.) A+ (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.)
Framework	Sustainability Bond Framework (in Japanese) (PDF: 648KB/8 pages)
Press Release	SoftBank Corp. to Issue Sustainability Bond (HAPS Bond)
Third-Party Review	Opinion from the independent external organization Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (in Japanese) (Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.)