Keidanrenʼs Climate Actions
6 th July, 2021

Hiroyuki TEZUKA

Chair, Global Environmental Strategy WG, KeidanrenKeidanren Environmental Initiatives
n Keidanren promotes proactive initiatives in the areas of (1) climate change,(2) biodiversity, and (3) resource circulation based on the “Keidanren Global
Environment Charter” adopted in 1991.
Climate Change
Today’s Topicu Keidanren Carbon Neutrality Action Planu Challenge Zerou Contributing to Avoided Emissions through the Global
Value Chains (GVCs)
u Actions by the Business Community on Long-term
Global Warming Countermeasures up to 2050Resource Circulationu Voluntary Action Plan for
Establishing a Sound MaterialCycle Societyu Contributing to the UN SDGs
through Measures Addressing
Plastic Waste Issues “TORIKUMI”

Biodiversityu Declaration of Biodiversity byKeidanrenu Initiatives based on theKeidanrenʼs Declaration ofBiodiversity

Keidanren Global Environment Charter(April 23, 1991)
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Basic Approach to Climate Changen In order to link climate actions to green growth, it is necessary to simultaneously promote(1) energy conservation and (2) low-carbon/decarbonized energy supply.
n In the medium-term, it is critical to improve and deploy existing energy-efficient/lowcarbon technologies; In the long-term, it will be essential to develop and promote thespread of innovative technologies.
Factor decomposition for CO2 emissions (Kaya Identity)

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Energy supplyGDP

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Low-carbon/decarbonized energy

×CO2 emissions
Energy supply

Improvement and spreadof existing technologies
Global CO2 emissions

CO2emissions

Energy conservation

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Economic activities

GDP/population

Development and spreadof innovative technologies

Future outlook based on
current technologies<Present day><Medium-term><Long-term>3

Keidanren Carbon Neutrality Action Plan
Contributing to long-term global warming countermeasures on a global scale
through efforts based on four pillars.
Long-term vision toward carbon neutrality by 2050

PhaseⅠ

Efforts toward 2020

Pillar1

Pillar3
Pillar4

PhaseⅡ

Efforts toward 2030

Emission reductions from domestic business operations

Setting up
2020 target
Pillar262 industries
participate

Setting up
2030 target

Strengthening co-operation with other interested groups（Contribution through low-carbon / energy-saving products and services）

Towards significant global GHGemission reductions

VisonforCN2050

Promoting contribution at the international level（Deploying and supporting products and technologies on a global scale, including developing countries)

Development of innovative technologies toward
carbon neutrality by 2050
PDCA
（Verification by the Third Party Evaluation Committee)

The 2nd and 3rd pillars
can significantly
contribute tomitigation indeveloping countries
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Challenge ZeroIn June 2020, Keidanren launched “Challenge Zero” (“Challenge
Net Zero Carbon Innovation”) to strongly accelerate business actions
towards carbon neutrality through innovation.
188 participants&393 challenges(as of 28 June, 2021)

https://www.challenge-zero.jp/en/
Through “Challenge Zero”, Keidanren, in cooperation with theJapanese government, publicizes and encourages the following
three actions for innovation that companies are taking.
1. Development of net-zero emission technologies (including transitiontechnologies)
2. Dissemination and implementation of net-zero emission technologies
3. Finance companies that are engaged in the above challenges

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