Environment

In the 1970s, when awareness of the possible crisis-level impact of industrialization and population growth on the planet was rising, and the United Nations and other global forums were beginning to discuss environmental issues, we made a full-scale entry into the wastepaper recycling business based on the growing recognition that promoting the use of wastepaper as a recycled resource was essential to ensuring a stable supply of paper for the future. Since then, we have been committed to contributing to environmental conservation through our business activities, and to finding a way to link those efforts to the group’s mission of “carving a better future for society and the environment”—a mission we still uphold today.
To fulfill this mission, the group has identified “climate change,” “biodiversity,” “resource recycling,” and “environmental impact” as material issues related to the environment and has strengthened its efforts to address these global environmental problems. In particular, as part of our response to climate change, we have set “Japan Pulp & Paper Group Medium- and Long-term Reduction Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” Focusing on the Paper Manufacturing & Processing segment, we are further improving production efficiency, transitioning to renewable energy, and promoting energy conservation to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. To this end, we regularly disclose real-time updates on our progress.