Announcement of a plan for Keidanren “Decarbonized Society” December 9th, 20:37
Keidanren Chairman Nakanishi announced a plan for a “decarbonized society” that effectively reduces carbon dioxide emissions at a press conference on the 9th, and wants to appeal to the world the innovative environmental measures that Japanese companies are working on. Said.
This initiative, named “Challenge Zero”, was developed by Keidanren to encourage active action as an economic community in response to the government's long-term strategy for combating global warming.
Specifically, Keidanren collects efforts to call on companies to develop and disseminate innovative technologies that substantially reduce or substantially reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There is an aim to accelerate technological innovation by bringing in ESG investment that emphasizes joint development and environmental measures by domestic and foreign companies.
Keidanren said that instead of the conventional “low carbon”, in the future, “Decarbonization” will be promoted by companies, and Mr. Nakanishi said, “COP25 is now open, I want to appeal to the public and the public that Japanese companies are working on thorough carbon reductions. "