[New Publication] Mitsubishi UFJ Total Reward Report April Issue: Understanding HR and Pensions Now

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (President and CEO: Hiroshi Kubota) has published the 'Mitsubishi UFJ Total Reward Report April Issue' on its website. We deliver an excerpt from this monthly magazine to everyone. ■ Regarding the content of the 2nd Meeting of the Study Group on Visualization of Operations for Corporate Pension Plan Participants by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare * On January 28, 2026, the '2nd Meeting of the Study Group on Visualization of Operations for Corporate Pension Plan Participants' was held, presenting 'initiatives and promotion for appropriate product selection in corporate DC plans' and 'organization of case studies on securing inflation resistance in DB plans.' * As inflation progresses, there is a possibility that principal-guaranteed products in corporate DC plans may not secure real purchasing power. Therefore, employers are required to carefully explain this to participants and consider reviewing the composition of investment products, including designated investment methods, as necessary. * For DB plans, it is also required to consider benefit improvements to ensure inflation resistance in participants' post-retirement lives, so that future benefit levels do not relatively decline. ■ Developing Next-Generation Business Leaders ~Key Points for Building a Pipeline for Continuous Appointment~ * Next-generation business leader development is an initiative to identify future management talent candidates at an early stage, provide planned assignments and development over the medium to long term, and connect this to continuous appointment and production of leaders. * In today's rapidly changing business environment, the roles required of management talent have expanded beyond operating and improving existing businesses to include creating new value and executing transformations, increasing the difficulty of development. * The key to making development functional is to design a consistent flow: clarifying 'who to develop,' operating to avoid fixing candidates, designing development centered on experience, and improving through visualization. ■ 20 Years of Sustainable Investment (Part 2) ~Sustainable Investment Boom, Anti-ESG, and What's Next~ * We look back at the 20-year development of sustainable investment since the publication of the Principles for Responsible Investment. Part 2 explains the sustainable investment boom since 2015 and recent anti-ESG movements. * 2015 was a year when global cooperation for improving sustainability dramatically strengthened, with the adoption of the Paris Agreement and SDGs. The movement towards decarbonization peaked with the Glasgow Climate Pact in 2021. * However, since then, due to a review of decarbonization policies from a security perspective and anti-ESG movements, sustainable investment has… Keywords: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, Corporate Pension, Defined Benefit Corporate Pension, Defined Contribution Pension, Human Resource Development, Leadership, ESG Investment, Sustainability Disclosure, Retirement Benefit Accounting, Retirement Benefit Obligation