Mizuho Builds Partnership on Sustainability Solutions with LSEG

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Mizuho), one of Japan's leading global financial institutions, has formed a partnership with London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to offer sustainability solutions to the bank's corporate clients.

LSEG, a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, will help Mizuho to strengthen its offering to customers by combining LSEG's expertise in innovative ESG and other sustainability solutions with Mizuho's extensive network and knowledge as a comprehensive financial group, according to the official press release.

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David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG said: "Mizuho is a long-standing valued customer and we are delighted to expand our relationship. We look forward to collaborating with Mizuho as a strategic partner by providing our broad range of sustainability solutions and data to help expand its services."

"We are very pleased to be working with LSEG as a strategic partner. As sustainability becomes a global trend, we are confident that our collaboration with LSEG, which has accumulated a wealth of data and developed solutions on a global basis, will further strengthen Mizuho's support for our clients' efforts toward sustainability transformation,” Masahiro Kihara, President & Group CEO, Mizuho, stated.

Last month, Fazzaco reported that Mizuho's securities unit would acquire a 19.99% stake in Rakuten Securities​ from its parent Rakuten Group for 80 billion yen ($552 million) to beef up its online brokerage business.