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...
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...
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...
Lanxess has developed the Product Carbon Footprint Engine, a tool that automatically calculates the carbon footprint of its products. The tool uses existing data accumulated by the company’s divisions to calculate the emissions generated from the extraction of raw materials to the shipment of products to factories, following a cradle-to-gate approach in the product lifecycle. In addition to carbon emissions...
Bridgestone has started solar power generation at its two Japanese tire plants in Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). This is the first large-scale solar power generation through PPAs at Bridgestone’s plants in Japan. The total generating capacity is 5.8 MW, which will supply power for tire production at the two plants and contribute to a reduction of...
Bridgestsone has received SBT certification from the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for the CO2 reduction targets it has set for 2030. SBTi is a set of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by companies for the next five to ten years, consistent with the levels required by the Paris Agreement. The SBTi has certified Brdgestone’s mid-term CO2 reduction targets...
