## Figure II-8-1-4 Promotion of Activities through the Green Logistics Partnership Conference

## Substance of activities by the Green Logistics Partnership Conference

- In order to promote the reduction of $ CO_{2} $ emissions of the logistics sector, meeting to promote exchange and sharing of the recognition of the importance of green logistics in those connected to the shipping and logistics business.

- Organized by: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Japan Federation of Freight Industries, Japan Institute of Logistics Systems Supported by: Japan Federation of Economic Organizations

- Established: April, 2005

- Membership: 3,331 members (as of January, 2015) --- Logistics Companies, Cargo Owners, each of the industry associations, think tanks, research institutes

- Introduction and commendation of excellent businesses as well as holding discussions regarding Green Logistics aimed towards the expansion of voluntary efforts in the private sector aimed at reducing $ CO_{2} $ emissions.

## Summary of the Awarded Enterprises

[Purpose] By awarding the achievements of the efforts made in the logistics sector for global warming countermeasures that produced remarkable results, promote the popularization and expansion of green logistics as well as motivating the voluntary efforts of businesses.

[Types of Awards] Ministers Award, Director-Generals Award, and a Special Award have been created.

Ministers Award --- Award from Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award; Award from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-Generals Award --- Award from Ministry of Logistics Deputy from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Secretariat; Award from Ministry of Commerce and Distribution Safety Deputy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Secretariat Special Award --- Award on the level of the Ministers Award and the Director-General Awards for particularly superior initiatives (created in 2013)

Example of a case awarded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (In 2014)

Initiative Name: “Distribution Solution for Efficient Shipping and for Minimizing Environmental Impact through Unified Management of Information regarding People, Vehicles and Goods”

Companies: Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.; Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Tower Skytree Co., Ltd.; Tobu Town Solamachi Co., Ltd.

Initiative Name: “Realizing Environment-friendly Customer Deliveries through Modal Shift of Using Railways and Ships Combinations”

Companies: Kobe Modal Shift Promotion Council; Oji Transportation Co., Ltd.; Zenkoku Tsuun Co., Ltd.; Japan Freight Railway Company; Nestle Japan Ltd.

◇Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd's Ishinomaki factory reduced CO $ _2 $ during disaster recovery time by changing the survey line layout and through the modal shift from using trucks to using Japan Railway containers for the delivery of waste paper. (Waste Paper Transport Modal Shift Promotion Council, Nanko Unyu Co., Ltd.; Japan Freight Railway Company; Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.)

◇Promotion of modal shift to woody biomass fuel based on the round-trip transport of waste material efforts (Hokkaido JR Butsuryu Co., Ltd.; Hoku Netsu Corporation; Japan Freight Railway Company)

Source) MLIT

## (6) Promoting low carbonization of railways, ships, and aviation

### a. Initiatives contributing to further enhance environmental performance in the railway sector

Although the railway has little environmental burden in comparison to other modes of transport, in order to further reduce environmental burden, we are promoting the technological development of next generation hybrid trains as well as introduction of equipment which contributes to low carbonization and energy saving to railway related facilities and railway vehicles in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment.

### b. Initiatives for energy conservation and low carbonization in shipping

Efforts for conserving energy are being promoted in coastal shipping through comprehensive measure for eco-friendly ship transportation such as the dissemination of energy-saving ships and by subsidizing the deployment of new technologies and facilities that contribute to energy conservation and low carbonization of ships. For international shipping, in addition to supporting the world's leading marine environment technology development since 2013 with the goal of further decreasing $ CO_{2} $ emissions from ships, MLIT is leading the discussion to develop international frameworks such as stepwisely strengthening ships energy efficiency regulations and ship fuel consumption data collection system ("visualization" of fuel consumption in actual voyages) in international shipping, in order to jointly promote the establishment of international frameworks and technology development and dissemination.

### c. Initiatives to reduce $ CO_{2} $ emissions in aviation

We are advancing the implementation of area navigation (RNAV), which enables shortening flight time and distance and the User Preferred Route (UPR) method, which allows the flight to have the most efficient altitude desired by the pilot, as well as enhancing aerial traffic systems by implementing the Continuous Descent Operation (CDO) which sustains minimal engine output by continuously descending without leveling out at any point during descent. We also promote the use of ground power units (GPU) for airplanes and ecological cars such as Ground Service Equipment (GSE).