Press Release
June 29, 2022
SENKO Co., Ltd.
Runtec Corporation
Saitama Minami SENKO Logi Co., Ltd.

SENKO Recipient of Three Special Awards in the 23rd Logistics Environment
Award- Striving to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Shorten Working Hours for Drivers SENKO Co., Ltd. (Head office, Kita-ku, Osaka; President, Kenji Sugimoto; “SENKO”), Runtec
Corporation (Head office, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City; President, Yoshiki Kanaga; “Runtec”), andSaitama Minami SENKO Logi Co., Ltd. (Head office, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture; President,Hiroshi Sakaguchi; “Saitama Minami SENKO”) have received three special awards of the 23rdLogistics Environment Award from the Japan Association for Logistics and Transport (Chairman:Junichiro Ikeda).
<Awards ceremony held on June 27>

Left photo: From left, SENKO Director and Managing Executive Officer Toshihiro Kawai, Japan Association for Logistics
and Transport Chairman Junichiro Ikeda (“Chairman Ikeda”), Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. Yumeko Aoki
Right photo: From left, Saitama Minami SENKO Logi President Hiroshi Sakaguchi, Chairman Ikeda, Pan PacificInternational Holdings Corp. Yoshitomo Tsuji, SENKO Director and Managing Executive Officer Toshihiro Kawai

From left, Chairman Ikeda, Runtec Director and Managing Executive Officer Hideyuki Katoda

These awards were established in June 2000, and are given to organizations or companies that
contributed to the development of the logistics industry by implementing superior environmental
conservation or awareness activities, or developing innovative technologies.
SENKO, a joint SENKO and Saitama Minami SENKO effort, and Runtec were recognized for three
awards. The details of each award are as follows.

Press Release(1)

Shortening truck driving distances by relocating logistics sites/Reducing driver working hours
by introducing transportation relay points

In the past, Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. (Head office, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture; President, TatsujiOmori) temporarily stored products at nearby warehouses or moved them to other warehouses
when delivering products from their Chiba plant to the entire Kanto region (Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi,Gunma, etc.). Transporting products to the SENKO warehouse in Saitama Prefecture helped toshorten truck driving distances, and thus reduce CO2 emissions. Switching to transportation relaypoints using trailers from Osaka Prefecture to the Kanto region was also praised for reducing CO2
emissions and shortening driver working hours.
(2)

Modal shift using rail routes for mainlines between eastern and western regions

SENKO and Saitama Minami SENKO’s mixed cargo transportation for Pan Pacific International
Holdings Corp. (Head office, Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President, Naoki Yoshida) from Saitama Prefecture
to Osaka Prefecture was praised for switching from truck transportation to rail transportation,achieving a reduction in CO2 emissions and shorter driver working hours.
(3)

Modal shift to larger vehicles and rail containers

Runtec’s less-than-container-load transportation (for cold and frozen foodstuff) was switched fromtruck transportation to rail transportation from Miyagi Prefecture to Hyogo Prefecture, and switchedfrom 13.5 t chilled trucks to large 20 t trailers between Fukuoka Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture,
which was praised for achieving a reduction in CO2 emissions and shorter driver working hours.