June 3, 2022

YKK AP Endorses the Japan Climate Initiative Message
Calling for Acceleration of the Adoption of Renewable Energy
and the Strengthening of Climate Change ActionYKK AP Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hidemitsu Hori) announced thatthe company has endorsed the Japan Climate Initiative*1 (“JCI”) message calling on companies,local governments, organizations, NGOs, and others to endorse its appeal to the Japanese
government to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and strengthen climate changeaction.
The message endorsed at this time by YKK AP says that despite the current energy crisis,
now is the time to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy without obscuring climatechange action.
(Message details – JCI news release: https://japanclimate.org/english/news-topics/jcimessage-re-release/)YKK AP has established the following vision for the company in 2050: “To achieve zeroenvironmental burdens through the entire lifecycle within our business activities.” YKK AP isundertaking the development and sales of products such as windows and doors with highthermal insulation performance that contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions, as well as
the reduction of environmental burdens at the procurement, manufacturing, and logistics
stages.
YKK AP established an environmental target of reducing its CO2 emissions by 50% from 2013
levels by 2030. As part of its initiatives toward the achievement of carbon neutrality in 2050,
the company launched the Carbon Neutral Project, formulating a carbon neutral technology
roadmap under the themes of “energy-saving equipment,” “process conversion,” “energycreation,” “renewable energy procurement,” “logistics,” and “products and materials.” “Energycreation” refers to promotion of the adoption of captive renewable energy sources on in-housepremises. Up to now, solar, and small hydroelectric power have been adopted at six sites (inJapan and overseas) for the generation of a total of 2,100 kW. In FY2021, the company
achieved the annual reduction of 930t of CO2 emissions. Such energy creation will be expanded
to a total of 12,300 kW by FY2024. YKK AP will accelerate adoption of renewable energy withthe target of reducing 8,300t of CO2 from FY2020 levels.
Through the endorsement of the aforementioned message, the company will promote thefurther utilization as well as operational improvement of renewable energy, thereby advancing
its climate change action and launching its challenge to achieve zero environmental burdens.

1Solar panels for self-captive renewable energy:
Kurobe Ekko Plant (on left); YKK AP CO., LTD. Shenzhen Factory (on right)*1 JCI is a network that was launched in 2018 to strengthen the dissemination and exchange of informationby companies, local governments, NGOs, and others proactively undertaking climate change action.
URL: https://japanclimate.org/english/<Reference>YKK AP’s Environmental Activities■ Environment Report 2021: Climate Change (Toward Achievement of Carbon Neutrality in 2050)
https://www.ykkap.co.jp/company/jp/sustainability/environment/report2021/(in Japanese only)■ Revision of the GHG emissions reduction target toward FY2030
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) certification obtained
https://www.ykkapglobal.com/en/newsroom/releases/20210219

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