November 24, 2022
Basic Agreement Concluded with Mitsubishi Estate on Cooperation to Reuse Used
Cooking Oil in Domestic Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Japan’s first large-scale production of SAF, which will be partially sourced from used cooking
oil from the Marunouchi area, to start in fiscal 2024
JGC Holdings Corporation
REVO International Inc.
JGC Holdings Corporation (Representative Director, Chairman and CEO: Masayuki Sato; “JGCHoldings”) and REVO International Inc. (President: Tetsuya Koshikawa; “REVO International”)
announced today the conclusion of a basic agreement with Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (“MitsubishiEstate”), on mutual cooperation to reuse cooking oil (“used cooking oil”) used at restaurants and otherestablishments in the Marunouchi area (Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho) operated andmanaged by Mitsubishi Estate as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), etc. This is the first time1 that anintegrated real-estate company is participating in an initiative to encourage tenants in a commercial
area that it operates and manages to cooperate toward the reuse of used cooking oil asSAF, etc.
SAF refers to sustainable aviation fuel using raw materials other than fossil fuels. SAF made from
100% used cooking oil can achieve CO2 emission reductions of about 80% across the entire value
chain, from collection of the raw material to production and combustion of SAF, when compared toconventional aviation fuel. In order to accelerate the introduction of SAF, which is expected to havethe highest CO2 reduction effect in the future, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT) is also mounting efforts toward decarbonization in the aviation field, including
partnering with the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry to establish a public-private council to promote the introduction of SAF in April of this year
as a venue for the government and private sector to discuss technical and economic challenges andsolutions.
JGC Holdings has been working with REVO International and Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., to conduct
commercialization studies aimed at building a domestic supply chain from collection of used cooking

1According to research by Mitsubishi Estateoil to production, transport, and supply of SAF. The new company SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY LLC
established on November 1 of this year is targeting domestic supply of SAF sourced entirely fromused cooking oil generated in Japan on a level of about 30,000 kiloliters annually. A domestic SAF
production facility is expected to begin operating between the second half of fiscal 2024 and thebeginning of fiscal 2025. This endeavor has been adopted as a subsidized project by Japan’s New
Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)2.
According to the recently concluded basic agreement, JGC Holdings and REVO International will
receive used cooking oil provided by buildings operated and managed by Mitsubishi Estate (about 150tons annually) 3 . They will also work with Mitsubishi Estate to educate restaurant tenants on theenvironmental merits of SAF and call for their cooperation with collection, among other cooperative
efforts by the three companies. Future aims are to expand this initiative beyond the Marunouchi area
to hotels operated by Royal Park Hotels and Resorts Co., Ltd., a member of the Mitsubishi EstateGroup, as well as to related facilities inside airports.
JGC Holdings and REVO International are accelerating their efforts in collaboration with business
partners, local governments, and others to build a supply chain from collection of used cooking oil toproduction, transport, and supply of SAF. These efforts include a basic agreement concluded withKansai Airports in June of this year on cooperation to supply used cooking oil generated by restaurants
and other sources at the three airports operated by the Kansai Airports Group (Kansai International
Airport, Osaka International Airport, and Kobe Airport).
Used cooking oil is also recyclable as a raw material for the sustainable diesel engine fuel C-FUEL,a form of used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME)4. Mitsubishi Estate will therefore begin reusing itfor C-FUEL in March 2023, first as fuel for trucks to collect used cooking oil. While contributing to a
decarbonized society through the utilization of SAF, it will aim to create a recycling scheme for further
utilization of C-FUEL in the Marunouchi area in the future.

2

NEDO website: https://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/FF3_100312.html
Figure for total of 23 properties in fiscal 2019; amounts for some properties are estimates.
4
A biodiesel fuel derived from waste cooking oil3

【Concept image of recycling】■Role of Each Company〇Mitsubishi Estate Group
The Mitsubishi Estate Group will supply used cooking oil from complexes andcommercial facilities in the Marunouchi area and other districts that it operates
and manages, in addition to educating restaurant tenants on the environmental
merits of used cooking oil and requesting their cooperation with collection. It will also aim to expand
the initiative to hotels operated by Royal Park Hotels and Resorts Co., Ltd., along with related facilities
inside airports.
〇JGC Holdings CorporationJGC Holdings Corporation will build the entire supply chain for a business to produce SAF from usedcooking oil (joint venture with Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., and REVO International).
Used cooking oil collected by REVO International will be delivered to SAFFAIRE SKY
ENERGY LLC, which will manufacture SAF from the received used cooking oil.
〇REVO International Inc.
REVO International will collect used cooking oil from restaurants and otherestablishments as a valuable resource rather than a waste product and deliver it toSAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY LLC. It will also ensure the traceability of the used cooking
oil by managing its collection status, including the amount of used cooking oil purchased fromrestaurants as well as the amount delivered to SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY LLC.

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