On October 31st, NIPPON EXPRESS Holdings (NXHD) held the "NX Sustainable Solutions Forum 'Carrying the Future - Reducing Scope 3 Emissions Together with Our Customers'" at Otemachi Place in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Approximately 140 people, mainly corporate sustainability managers, attended the forum, where the latest trends and specific solutions for reducing CO2 emissions across the entire supply chain were presented.
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The NX Group aims to reduce its own CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2 of the GHG Protocol) by 50% by 2030 compared to 2013 levels, and in May 2023, it submitted a commitment letter to obtain certification from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The Science-Based Targeting (SBTi) is a joint framework established by organizations such as the WWF and the United Nations Global Compact. It supports companies in setting Science-Based Targets (SBTs), which are goals aligned with scientific knowledge, and grants SBT certification to companies that are deemed to meet these standards.
In June 2025, the NX Group obtained certification for its SBT short-term targets, accelerating its efforts to reduce emissions in line with international standards.
Furthermore, while striving to reduce CO2 emissions in our own operations, we are also focusing on creating products and services that contribute to reducing our customers' CO2 emissions. The forum was held with the aim of sharing these efforts with our customers and co-creating solutions to advance Scope 3 (greenhouse gas emissions from other companies related to the activities of our company) reductions.
In the keynote speech, Masahiko Shibata, Principal of the Sustainability Consulting Department 2 at Mizuho Research & Technologies, spoke on the topic of "The Importance of Scope 3 Reductions and SBT Certification: Decarbonization Management in the Supply Chain." He emphasized that Scope 3 reductions are an unavoidable theme in global supply chains and that collaboration with business partners is key to maintaining competitiveness.
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In the presentations by company representatives, Hiroko Kishida, Executive Officer in charge of Sustainability Promotion at NXHD; Kohei Nishiwada, Founder and CEO of Asuene; and Seiji Akiyama, General Manager of Network Product Planning at Nippon Express, introduced approaches to information disclosure and examples of visualizing greenhouse gas emissions in supply chains.
In the panel discussion, Toru Hikima, Executive Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines; Toshio Tashiro, Executive Officer and Head of the Sustainability Promotion Office of Narita International Airport; Norifumi Minamura, Manager of the Product Planning Team 2 at Tiger Corporation; and Kenichi Takeo, Head of the Environmental Technology Office, Carbon Neutrality Promotion Department, Sustainability Management Promotion Headquarters, Taisei Corporation, took the stage to discuss implementation methods, supply chain collaboration, data utilization, and the possibilities of fuel and transport mode transitions for achieving sustainable logistics, based on advanced case studies from the shipping, aviation, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
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Participants in the forum shared comments such as, "I gained a good understanding of the importance of calculating and reducing Scope 3 emissions and the value of SBT certification" (electronics manufacturer), "I learned about the importance of environmental impact analysis based on backend data and the developments in Europe such as SBT" (logistics company), and "I reaffirmed that the proportion of primary data is important when disclosing Scope 3 emissions, and that collaboration between companies is necessary for this" (rental company).
