Nippon Paper Group

Issue 4 of 12

Let's Think About SDGs

Hi there again!
Wow, climate change!
That's a BIG question.
What can WE do about it?

Issue 4 Goal 13 Climate Action

There are two major measures to cope with climate change: mitigation and adaptation.
1. Mitigation measures: To suppress emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming
2. Adaptation Measures: To adjust society's activities to tolerate the effects of global warming

Here we introduce examples where our products are useful for adapting to climate change.

Carrying on from issue 2, we are looking at SDGs related to Nippon PaperGroup business. This issue deals with Goal 13 "Climate Action".

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Dealing with urban temperature rise (including measures againstheat islands)

Sale of materials for greening walls (13.1)■ Goal 13 "Climate Action" and its Background●Countermeasures against climate change: Mitigation and adaptation

Panel 1(Goal)
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts

Our Company, together with seed and seedling company,
Sakata Seed Co., Ltd. makes wall surface greening materials
which protect* concrete-walled city buildings against heat,based on highly water-resistant paper (Sikra Pak), which canbe recycled after use. It is becoming popular as a lightweightand easy-to-process material.

For the SDG 13 goals
and targets. See .. ..
https://bit.ly/2UionJSTargets (SDG 13 targets related to our group)● 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards
and natural disasters● 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies andplanningBackground
Climate change, due to increased emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and othergreenhouse gases, will have a serious impact on our lives, such as severe droughts,
frequent typhoons, abnormal weather and rising sea levels.
For these reasons, efforts to both suppress greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt
to extreme weather due to climate change are required worldwide.

See Panel 1

Working with forests and woods
against climate change

Panel 2

Look at Panel 1
for more about
adapting toclimate change

CCC

Carbon Atoms

C

During photosynthesis,
CO 2 is absorbed andoxygen is released.
The carbon staysin the tree.

OCCC

See Panel 2

Utilizing wood biomass fuels
Our Group uses black liquor, (a byproduct of pulp making) and building
waste, as fuels

See Panel 2

Negative Impact
By using fossil fuels,
emitting CO2.

Production

Shipping

Decreasing Example
Energy saving in production process
Reduction of CO2 emissions fromproduction process by energy
conservation and concentration offacilities

End-of-life
Pulp Waste

BoilerRecycling
Paper
Products

Construction
Wood Waste
Harvesting

Nursing

Pulp
Building
Material

Let's find out more inabout it in Panel 2Sales and Usage

3

Discarded products and byproducts
are used as fuel. When woodproducts are burned, the CO 2
originally absorbed by the plant isreturned to the atmosphere. This isconsidered as carbon neutral,
because, unlike burning fossil fuels,
it does not increase total CO2 .

Planting

Wow, it looks like forests
and wood biomass play aBIG role in fighting
climate change doesn't it?

Value Chain

Raw Material
Procurement

OC* Value chain: the entire sequence of activities or parties that provide or receive value in the form of products or service

Absorption andfixation of CO2 inour own forest

BlackLiquorCO

See our value chain* below for examples of our Group's initiatives.

Absorption of CO2,using non-fossil fuels,etc.

PointCarbon Dioxide (CO 2 )(Gray for Carbon, LightBlue for Oxygen)

OO

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Increasing Example

Listen, as they tell
the story of forests,trees, wood, andclimate change!!

CO

If carbon atoms
could talk.. ..

Hi!
We combine with oxygen in the atmosphereand make CO 2 , which causes climatechange.
But forests absorb CO 2 , and that leads tothe prevention of climate change.

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Our Group's environmental charter clearly states a commitment to "Act to counter global warming".
Specifically;(1) converting to non-fossil energy(2) conserving energy in each of our production and logistics processes(3) managing proprietary forests properly to ensure CO 2 absorption/sequestration.

Increasing
ExampleWallpaper greening system
by Sakata Seed

* by blocking direct sunlight from reaching the concrete and by cooling the wall due to the transpiration effect of plants.

■ Nippon paper group and Goal 13

Positive Impact

Wall base greeningby Sikra Pak

Separation CollectionRecycling Disposal

Point

1When trees grow,CO 2 is absorbed andcarbon is fixed within
the wood.

LogPoint

2

Even after trees are cut, carbon
remains in wood products suchas building timber and paper.

Left-overwood

Wood
Chips

Decreasing Example
Energy saving in the delivery process
Transporting large long-distance shipments more efficiently byrail or ship. Shortening transport distances by delivering
products directly to customers, in collaboration withdistributors.

Remember!!! In order to contribute to SDGs, it is important to think about how wecan strengthen our positive effects and reduce our negative effects! We'd love to>>>hear your ideas and opinions - so, please complete the WEB questionnaire.
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