<Upper-Intermediate> Lesson No.21
Sustainable Finance Product Structuring Proposal / サステナブルファイナンス商品の組成提案
0.Greetings & Ice-break (2min.)|挨拶と導入
0-1 Greetings
Let’s practice a short small talk that you can use to greet a business partner and start building a good relationship.
講師との挨拶を兼ねて、ビジネスパートナーと信頼関係を築くための短いスモールトークを練習してみましょう。
[Tips / 会話のヒント]
・Can you hear me clearly?
私の声はクリアに聞こえますか?
・How's your day going so far?
今日はどんな一日でしたか?
・Talk about one small topic (Work, Weather, News, Hometown, Sports event, etc.)
軽い話題について話しましょう(仕事、天気、ニュース、地元、スポーツイベントなど)
0-2 Introduction
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn about the following situation. Have you ever experienced something similar?
本日のレッスンでは以下のようなシチュエーションについて学びます。同様のシチュエーションを経験したことがありますか?
- If you have experience, please tell us what it was like, what was difficult, or what you learned.
経験があれば、どんな内容だったか、難しかったことや学んだことなどを教えて下さい。
- If you don’t have experience, try to imagine yourself handling that situation in English.
What do you think would be challenging?
経験がなければ、英語でその状況に対応しているところを想像してみましょう。どんなことが難しそうですか?
Situation / シチュエーション
Proposing sustainable finance product structuring to overseas pension funds strengthening ESG investment policies.
ESG投資方針を強化する海外年金基金にサステナブルファイナンス商品の組成を提案する場面です。
1. Read (2 min)|型を学ぶ
Let's read the following key sentences aloud!
下記の文章や単語を順番に音読しましょう!
1-1 Basic phrases
1.We design products that integrate...(...を統合した商品を設計する)
2.We assess your beneficiaries' long-term interests(受益者の長期的利益を評価する)
3.We define clear ESG standards aligned with...(...に沿った明確なESG基準を定義する)
4.We establish impact measurement methodologies to...(...するためのインパクト測定手法を確立する)
5.We utilize a multi-layered screening process(多層的なスクリーニングプロセスを活用する)
6.We exclude sectors that conflict with...(...と矛盾するセクターを除外する)
7.We will disclose impact metrics in...(...でインパクト指標を開示する)
1-2 Essential words
1.assess(評価する)
2.define(定義する)
3.establish(確立する)
4.utilize(活用する)
5.exclude(除外する)
6.conflict(矛盾する)
7.monitor(監視する)
8.disclose(開示する)
9.demonstrate(実証する)
10.accommodate(対応する)
2. Try (3 min)|ロールプレイ練習
Let’s practice the role-play.
ロールプレイの練習をしましょう!
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
Proposing sustainable finance product structuring to overseas pension funds strengthening ESG investment policies.
ESG投資方針を強化する海外年金基金にサステナブルファイナンス商品の組成を提案する場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Thank you for meeting with us today. We are looking to enhance our ESG investment policy and need your expertise in structuring sustainable finance products. Could you outline your approach to designing ESG-aligned securities for institutional investors like us?
(本日はお会いいただきありがとうございます。私たちはESG投資方針を強化しようとしており、サステナブルファイナンス商品の組成についてあなたの専門知識が必要です。私たちのような機関投資家向けにESG適合証券を設計するアプローチを概説していただけますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Certainly. We design products that integrate environmental, social, and governance criteria into every stage. First, we assess your beneficiaries' long-term interests. Second, we define clear ESG standards aligned with international frameworks. Third, we establish impact measurement methodologies to track performance. This ensures both financial returns and ESG objectives are achieved.
(承知しました。私たちは環境、社会、ガバナンス基準をすべての段階に統合した商品を設計します。第一に、受益者の長期的利益を評価します。第二に、国際的枠組みに沿った明確なESG基準を定義します。第三に、パフォーマンスを追跡するインパクト測定手法を確立します。これにより財務リターンとESG目標の両方が達成されます。)
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That sounds comprehensive. However, we need to understand the specific ESG criteria you will impose on the underlying assets. Could you elaborate on how you classify investments as truly sustainable?
(それは包括的に聞こえます。しかし、原資産に課す具体的なESG基準を理解する必要があります。投資を真にサステナブルと分類する方法について詳しく説明していただけますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
We utilize a multi-layered screening process. We exclude sectors that conflict with ESG principles, such as fossil fuels and tobacco. Then we assess remaining candidates using third-party ESG ratings and our proprietary scoring model. We also monitor ongoing compliance through quarterly reviews. This rigorous methodology ensures only assets meeting your standards are included.
(私たちは多層的なスクリーニングプロセスを活用します。化石燃料やタバコなどESG原則と矛盾するセクターを除外します。次に第三者ESG評価と独自のスコアリングモデルを使用して残りの候補を評価します。また四半期レビューを通じて継続的なコンプライアンスを監視します。この厳格な手法により、基準を満たす資産のみが含まれることを保証します。)
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
I appreciate the detail. Now, regarding impact measurement, we are concerned about transparency. How will you demonstrate the actual environmental and social outcomes to our stakeholders?
(詳細に感謝します。さて、インパクト測定に関して、透明性を懸念しています。ステークホルダーに対して実際の環境的・社会的成果をどのように実証しますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
We will disclose impact metrics in annual reports using standardized frameworks like GRI and SASB. Key indicators include carbon reduction, renewable energy capacity, and social benefit metrics. We also provide quarterly dashboards with real-time data. This transparency allows your stakeholders to validate progress and ensures accountability throughout the investment lifecycle.
(GRIやSASBのような標準化された枠組みを使用して、年次報告書でインパクト指標を開示します。主要指標には炭素削減、再生可能エネルギー容量、社会的便益指標が含まれます。また、リアルタイムデータを含む四半期ダッシュボードも提供します。この透明性により、ステークホルダーは進捗を検証でき、投資ライフサイクル全体を通じて説明責任が確保されます。)
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That addresses our transparency requirements well. One final question: can you accommodate our need for both competitive returns and strict ESG compliance? We cannot compromise on either aspect.
(それは透明性要件に十分対応しています。最後の質問です。競争力のあるリターンと厳格なESGコンプライアンスの両方に対する私たちのニーズに対応できますか?どちらの側面も妥協できません。)
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Absolutely. Our track record demonstrates that ESG-aligned portfolios can deliver comparable or superior returns. We achieve this by identifying companies with strong governance and sustainable business models, which tend to be more resilient long-term. We will customize the portfolio to balance your return targets with ESG criteria. This dual focus is central to our investment philosophy.
(もちろんです。私たちの実績は、ESG適合ポートフォリオが同等以上のリターンを提供できることを実証しています。強力なガバナンスと持続可能なビジネスモデルを持つ企業を特定することでこれを達成します。これらは長期的により強靭である傾向があります。リターン目標とESG基準のバランスをとるようポートフォリオをカスタマイズします。この二重の焦点が私たちの投資哲学の中心です。)
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Excellent. Your proposal demonstrates both technical expertise and alignment with our values. Please submit a detailed product blueprint by next month so we can proceed with internal review. We look forward to collaborating with you on this initiative.
(素晴らしい。あなたの提案は技術的専門知識と私たちの価値観との整合性の両方を示しています。来月までに詳細な商品設計図を提出してください。そうすれば内部レビューを進めることができます。このイニシアチブであなたと協力することを楽しみにしています。)
3. Use (4 min)|ロールプレイ & 実践(空欄補完)
Let's perform the role-play and fill in the blanks by translating the Japanese into English!
空欄の日本語を英語に訳しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
Proposing sustainable finance product structuring to overseas pension funds strengthening ESG investment policies.
ESG投資方針を強化する海外年金基金にサステナブルファイナンス商品の組成を提案する場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Thank you for meeting with us today. We are looking to enhance our ESG investment policy and need your expertise in structuring sustainable finance products. Could you outline your approach to designing ESG-aligned securities for institutional investors like us?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Certainly. We design products that integrate environmental, social, and governance criteria into every stage. First, we [評価する] your beneficiaries' long-term interests. Second, we [定義する] clear ESG standards aligned with international frameworks. Third, we [確立する] impact measurement methodologies to track performance. This ensures both financial returns and ESG objectives are achieved.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That sounds comprehensive. However, we need to understand the specific ESG criteria you will impose on the underlying assets. Could you elaborate on how you classify investments as truly sustainable?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
We [活用する] a multi-layered screening process. We [除外する] sectors that [矛盾する] with ESG principles, such as fossil fuels and tobacco. Then we assess remaining candidates using third-party ESG ratings and our proprietary scoring model. We also [監視する] ongoing compliance through quarterly reviews. This rigorous methodology ensures only assets meeting your standards are included.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
I appreciate the detail. Now, regarding impact measurement, we are concerned about transparency. How will you demonstrate the actual environmental and social outcomes to our stakeholders?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
We will [開示する] impact metrics in annual reports using standardized frameworks like GRI and SASB. Key indicators include carbon reduction, renewable energy capacity, and social benefit metrics. We also provide quarterly dashboards with real-time data. This transparency allows your stakeholders to validate progress and ensures accountability throughout the investment lifecycle.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That addresses our transparency requirements well. One final question: can you accommodate our need for both competitive returns and strict ESG compliance? We cannot compromise on either aspect.
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Absolutely. Our track record [実証する] that ESG-aligned portfolios can deliver comparable or superior returns. We achieve this by identifying companies with strong governance and sustainable business models, which tend to be more resilient long-term. We will customize the portfolio to balance your return targets with ESG criteria. This dual focus is central to our investment philosophy.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Excellent. Your proposal demonstrates both technical expertise and alignment with our values. Please submit a detailed product blueprint by next month so we can proceed with internal review. We look forward to collaborating with you on this initiative.
4. Challenge (7 min)|応用実践
Let's perform the role-play and fill in the blanks by translating the Japanese into English!
空欄の日本語を英語に訳しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
*Let's practice this part repeatedly until we can speak it smoothly.
このパートはスムーズにスピーキングできるようになるまで繰り返し練習しましょう。
Situation / シチュエーション(Reference again)
Proposing sustainable finance product structuring to overseas pension funds strengthening ESG investment policies.
ESG投資方針を強化する海外年金基金にサステナブルファイナンス商品の組成を提案する場面です。
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Thank you for meeting with us today. We are looking to enhance our ESG investment policy and need your expertise in structuring sustainable finance products. Could you outline your approach to designing ESG-aligned securities for institutional investors like us?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Certainly. [私たちは環境、社会、ガバナンス基準をすべての段階に統合した商品を設計します。] [第一に、受益者の長期的利益を評価します。] [第二に、国際的枠組みに沿った明確なESG基準を定義します。] Third, we establish impact measurement methodologies to track performance. This ensures both financial returns and ESG objectives are achieved.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That sounds comprehensive. However, we need to understand the specific ESG criteria you will impose on the underlying assets. Could you elaborate on how you classify investments as truly sustainable?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
[私たちは多層的なスクリーニングプロセスを活用します。] We exclude sectors that conflict with ESG principles, such as fossil fuels and tobacco. Then we assess remaining candidates using third-party ESG ratings and our proprietary scoring model. We also monitor ongoing compliance through quarterly reviews. This rigorous methodology ensures only assets meeting your standards are included.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
I appreciate the detail. Now, regarding impact measurement, we are concerned about transparency. How will you demonstrate the actual environmental and social outcomes to our stakeholders?
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
We will disclose impact metrics in annual reports using standardized frameworks like GRI and SASB. Key indicators include carbon reduction, renewable energy capacity, and social benefit metrics. We also provide quarterly dashboards with real-time data. This transparency allows your stakeholders to validate progress and ensures accountability throughout the investment lifecycle.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
That addresses our transparency requirements well. One final question: can you accommodate our need for both competitive returns and strict ESG compliance? We cannot compromise on either aspect.
🧑🎓【Student / Securities Sales】:
Absolutely. Our track record demonstrates that ESG-aligned portfolios can deliver comparable or superior returns. We achieve this by identifying companies with strong governance and sustainable business models, which tend to be more resilient long-term. We will customize the portfolio to balance your return targets with ESG criteria. This dual focus is central to our investment philosophy.
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
Excellent. Your proposal demonstrates both technical expertise and alignment with our values. Please submit a detailed product blueprint by next month so we can proceed with internal review. We look forward to collaborating with you on this initiative.
\ If you have some extra capacity, give it a try(余力があればやってみましょう)/
5. Real-world application (5 min)|実務応用
Let's speak freely with the phrases and flow we learned today. If you can, imagine your real job—it makes practice more effective.
本日学習した単語やフレーズ、会話の流れを思い出しながら、自由に話してみましょう。可能であれば、自身の実務を想像しながら話すと効果的です。
Situation / シチュエーション
A pension fund is seeking to enhance its ESG investment policy and requires expert guidance on structuring sustainable finance products.
The securities sales professional must propose product design, ESG criteria, and impact measurement methodologies that align with both beneficiary interests and ESG objectives.
年金基金がESG投資方針を強化しようとしており、サステナブルファイナンス商品の組成について専門的な指導を必要としている。
証券営業担当者は、受益者の利益とESG目標の両方に合致する商品設計、ESG基準、インパクト測定手法を提案しなければならない。
👨💼【Teacher / Pension Fund Director】:
We are looking to strengthen our ESG investment approach. Could you explain how your firm structures sustainable finance products that meet both our return expectations and ESG compliance requirements?
(私たちはESG投資アプローチを強化しようとしています。貴社がリターン期待とESGコンプライアンス要件の両方を満たすサステナブルファイナンス商品をどのように組成するか説明していただけますか?)
🧑🎓【Student / Your Role】:
(Free Speaking based on today's lesson)
Hints / ヒント
1. Outline the product design approach
2. Explain the ESG screening methodology
3. Describe impact measurement frameworks
4. Clarify how returns and ESG goals align
※This is not a role-play. Please speak until you finish your thoughts.
このパートはロールプレイ形式ではありません。最後まで通して話してみましょう。
6. Wrap-up (2 min) |レッスンの振り返り
Let's review today's lesson with your teacher!
今日のレッスンについて講師と振り返ってみましょう!
6-1 Comments from student
・Good points / 良かったところ・上手くできたところ
・Things to work on / 今後強化したいところ
6-2 Feedback from teacher
・Good points / 良かった点
・Things to work on / 今後の強化ポイント
・What to review / 復習ポイント
*6-3 Questions from student (if any)
Japanese translation(日本語訳)
1. Read (2min)(型を学ぶ)|基本フレーズ
2. Try (4min)(ロールプレイ練習)|型を使った練習
Let’s practice the role-play.
ロールプレイの練習をしましょう!
3. Use (7min)|応用
Let’s perform the role-play and filling in the missing English!
英語を補完しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
4. Challenge (7min)|実践
Let’s perform the role-play and filling in the missing English!
英語を補完しながら、ロールプレイを実践してみましょう!
5. Wrap-up (3min) – レッスンの振り返り
"Let’s review today’s lesson with your teacher!”
「今日のレッスンについて講師と振り返ってみましょう!」
5-1. Comments from Student
- Good points / 良かったところ・上手くできたところ
- Things to work on / 今後強化したいところ
5-2. Feedback from Teacher
- Good points / 良かった点
- Things to work on / 今後の強化ポイント
- What to review / 復習ポイント
5-3. Question from Students (If any)
