September 22, 2021
Zeroboard Inc.
NAGASE & CO., LTD.

Zeroboard Inc. and NAGASE & CO., LTD. Enter Business Alliance for Expansion of CO2Visualization ServiceSupporting Decarbonization of Companies Through Technology and a Trading Firm Network

Zeroboard Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Michitaka Tokeiji) and NAGASE& CO., LTD. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kenji Asakura) have agreed on abusiness alliance for sales and expansion of zeroboard, a cloud service developed by Zeroboard Inc. forcalculating and visualizing CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions to support the decarbonization of companies.
Zeroboard Inc. will develop and improve zeroboard, and manage its database, while NAGASE will sell theservice mainly to the chemical industry, collect information on customer needs, and develop and provide
CO2 emissions reduction solutions.
With countries around the world aiming to reduce overall CO2 emissions to zero and achieve carbon
neutrality, companies are expected to be aware of not only their own emissions, but of all CO 2 emissions
along the supply chain for their business. However, companies are faced with issues such as the laborburden of collecting data on CO2 emissions from multiple locations, the cost of implementing specialized
solutions, and the difficulty of acquiring primary data on emissions throughout the supply chain*1.
zeroboard is a SaaS cloud service developed with the goal of improving the efficiency of calculating yourcompany’s CO2 emissions, as well as visualizing CO2 emissions along the supply chain. The main featureof the service is using APIs to enable sharing CO2 emissions data among all the companies along thesupply chain. With an easy-to-use interface and a low-cost entry model making it simple for SMEs to adopt
the service, zeroboard helps with labor burden and cost issues.
In the future, in addition to working towards increased adoption of zeroboard through sales of the service,
mainly in the chemical industry in which NAGASE has a large international and domestic network, efforts
will be made to further improve the service and expand its database. Starting in the 2022 fiscal year, bothcompanies will collaborate on expanding the business, such as by using the database for a business-tobusiness matching platform providing CO2 emissions reduction solutions, and by proposing efficientenvironmental data calculation methods responding to changes in the external environment.
Through this business alliance, Zeroboard Inc. and NAGASE will contribute to the realization of adecarbonized society by supporting the decarbonization of business operations.

■Features and Functions of CO2 Emissions Calculation and Visualization Cloud Service zeroboard•Data linkage between user companies•Calculate CO2 emissions (Scope 1-3)*2 based on theGHG Protocol*3 through simple data entry•Reporting

functionsforintegrated

reportsandenvironmental regulations•Monthly fee structure matching different company sizes

This service will be exhibited at the 1st Decarbonisation Expo (Booth No. 1-3), being held at Tokyo Big
Sight from Wednesday, September 29 to Friday, October 1, 2021.
*1: Data collected directly by the business carrying out the calculations.
*2: Categories for calculating/reporting CO2 emissions by businesses (Scope 1: Direct CO2 emissions from your company’s businessactivities, Scope 2: Indirect CO2 emissions from the use of electricity, heat, and steam provided by another company, Scope 3: CO 2emissions along the supply chain other than those listed above)*3: International standard for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions■ About Zeroboard Inc.
(1) Company Name

Zeroboard Inc.

(2) Head Office

Minato-ku, Tokyo(3) Representative

Representative Director: Michitaka Tokeiji(4) Established

August 2021

(5) Business Overview

Development and provision of CO2 emissions calculation and visualization cloudservice zeroboard, electricity/environmental value consulting, branding/campaign
support(6) URL

https://zeroboard.jp■ About NAGASE & CO., LTD.
(1) Company NameNAGASE & CO., LTD.

(2) Head OfficeChuo-ku, Tokyo(3) Representative

Representative Director and President: Kenji Asakura(4) Established

June 1832(5) Business Overview

Import/export and domestic sales of chemicals, plastics, electronics materials,cosmetics and health foods(6) URL

https://www.nagase.co.jp

◆Inquiries<Inquiries About CO2 Emissions Calculation and Visualization Cloud Service zeroboard>
Zeroboard Inc. Mail: info@zeroboard.jp<Inquiries About Business>
Corporate Sustainability Office, Corporate Communication Department, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
Tel: +81-3-3665-3206

Mail: nagasesustainability@nagase.co.jp<Inquiries About Press Release>
Public Relations & Branding Office, Corporate Communication Department, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
Tel: +81-3-3665-3640