sustainability

Nitta Joins the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity

Nitta has registered to join the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity, which is working to conserve biodiversity. The alliance was established as a voluntary alliance of the Ministry of the Environment, government, business and NPOs to achieve the 30 by 30 target. 30 by 30 is the G7 2030 Nature Pact agreed at the G7 summit held in the...

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Asahi Kasei Establishes $100M “Care for Earth” Investment Facility

Asahi Kasei has established the “Care for Earth” investment facility as a new initiative to achieve carbon neutrality. The company will invest $100 million globally over a five-year period through fiscal 2027 in early-stage startup companies that are working to solve problems in environmental fields such as hydrogen, energy storage, carbon management, and bio-chemicals. Since 2008, the company has been...

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Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant Participates in Blue Carbon Offset Credit Scheme

Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, participated in the Blue Carbon Offset Credit System utilizing J Blue Credits certified and issued by the Japan Blue Economy Association (JBE). In recent years, blue carbon has been attracting attention as a CO2 sink, and efforts to preserve and restore blue carbon ecosystems are underway in many areas. One such example...

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Asahi Carbon to Produce Carbon Black Using Recycled Oil as Raw Material

Carbon black manufacturer Asahi Carbon has acquired ISCC PLUS, an international certification system for sustainable products, and plans to start producing from August carbon black using recycled oil as raw material. Carbon black is a carbon material used for rubber reinforcement, coloring, and conductivity, and most of it is produced using petrochemical-derived raw material oil. As efforts to contribute to...

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Toyoda Gosei Holds Carbon Neutral Promotion Meeting With About 100 Suppliers

Toyoda Gosei held a Carbon Neutrality Promotion Meeting Toward 2030 with the participation of about 100 suppliers to support the promotion of carbon reduction activities at suppliers. Based on an open and equal relationship between the company and its suppliers, the companies are working to strengthen each other’s corporate structure through collaboration in product development, human resource development, and reduction...

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Bridgestone Earns Highest 3-Star Rating in FIA’s Environmental Certification Programme

Bridgestone has been awarded the highest three-star rating in the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) Environmental Certification Programme for its motorsports activities. The program is a certification program designed to promote sustainable motorsports activities by evaluating the environmental management systems of stakeholders in motorsports activities and mobility domains around the world, and the FIA provides three levels of certification. Bridgestone...

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