Hokuetsu Group ZERO CO2 2050
Hokuetsu Group Environmental Target 2030
HOKUETSU GROUP makes active use of zero-CO2 energy sources such as biomass to produce paper, a naturally recyclable material.
By advancing measures to address climate change, we have raised our zero-CO2 energy ratio to an industry-leading level.
We will endeavor to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and thereby realize a society in which people coexist with nature.
Hokuetsu Group Environmental Target 2030
In order to realize the principles of the Group Environmental Charter, we have formulated Group Environmental Target 2030 as the Group's vision 10 years into the future.
Global warming countermeasures
- Reduction of CO2 emissions by 43% (approximately 450,000 tons) compared to fiscal 2005 levels.
- Promotion of CO2 emission reductions in the logistics sector.
Forest development and management
- Procurement of all wood raw materials from forests with established proof of legality and sustainability (maintaining 100% usage rate).
- Continuance of forest management aimed at improving biodiversity and multiple functions of forests.
Resource utilization and recycling
- Reduction of water consumption.
- Promotion of effective use of recovered paper by expanding products using recovered paper.
Waste countermeasures
- Improvement of effective utilization rate of waste.
Compliance with environmental regulations and management of emissions
- Reduction of environmental load substances associated with wastewater and exhaust gases.
Environmentally friendly products / technologies
- Expansion of environmentally friendly products (development of products that solve problem on ocean plastic pollution).
- Use of raw materials and chemicals with low environmental impact.