Responding to Climate Change

Our CO2 emissions have been steadily decreasing since fiscal 2019.

We believe that we are making a significant contribution to the realization of a sustainable society through our primary business activities, which include aluminum production, scrap steel handling, and ELV collection. In the future, we aim to become carbon neutral by transitioning to renewable energy and contributing to resource recycling.

Contribution Amount

Manufacturing from recycled raw materials uses less energy than the process of making new materials from scratch. We consider this difference in energy consumption as the amount of contribution we make.
Direct emissions from our factories and offices have been hovering around 6,500 tons of CO2 per year, however, our avoided emissions (contribution) are equivalent to 600,000-tons.

Contribution of Recycled Aluminum to Society

The CO2 load of recycled aluminum is 1/30 of that of smelted aluminum, contributing to a reduction of 9 tons of CO2 emissions per ton of aluminum.

(Source: Aluminum Association 2050 Vision)

Contribution of Steel Scrap to Society

The CO2 load of electric furnace steel from steel scrap is 1/4 that of blast furnace steel, contributing to a reduction of 1.5 tons of CO2 emissions per ton.

(Exhibit: Mitsubishi Research Institute/ Ministry of the Environment Subcommittee on Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme, Iron and Steel Federation)

Contribution of Recycled Parts from End-of-life Vehicles

Usable parts recovered from end-of-life vehicles are used as recycled parts, and the remaining aluminum and steel scraps are used to create vehicles.

(Source: Green Point System)