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Consultation and support desk to start taking measures

  • Carbon Neutral Support Service

    Experts will use their advanced Energy knowledge and experience in a variety of fields to support companies in their activity to become carbon neutral (Energy Conservation Center CN Solutions Team)

  • Carbon Neutral Consultation Service

    Experts provide advice on carbon neutrality and decarbonization to SMEs and small business operators. Consultations are available online and in person (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation)

emission amount calculation assistance

  • CO2 Check Sheet

    The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is offering a free CO2 checklist, a tool that allows Energy to easily visualize their energy usage and CO2 emission amount.

  • CO2 emission amount Calculation Support

    You can receive support for calculating CO2 emission amount up to 3 times free of charge. We will visit your factory and explain the key points of calculation, as well as help you identify Issue and Settings goals. (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation)

  • IT Introduction Subsidy (Regular Category)

    The program targets initiatives that contribute to improving productivity, such as the introduction of emission amount calculation tools and Energy management systems that make emission amount visible and manage Energy usage (Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan).

Support for reduction measures tailored to business

  • Business Restructuring Subsidy (Green Growth Framework)

    Subsidies are provided for expenses required to restructure businesses in the green sector (building costs, machinery and equipment, system construction costs, etc.) (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan)

  • SHIFT Business

    Promoting the Settings of reduction targets at factories and business establishments, formulating reduction plans, and combining equipment renewal, electrification, fuel conversion, and operational improvements (Environmental Innovation Information Organization)

Support for greenhouse gas reduction measures

  • Hands-on assistance

    Experts are dispatched periodically to assist in the formulation and implementation of CO2 reduction plans. After inspecting the site, the experts will hold dialogue with managers and support projects led by companies (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan)

  • Energy saving diagnosis

    Subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises. Experts visit factories, buildings, offices, stores, hospitals, welfare facilities, schools, lodging facilities, etc. to find hints on reducing Energy waste and saving energy. They propose upgrading to more efficient equipment with high cost-saving effects, and offer subsidies that can be used for equipment upgrades (Environmental Co-Creation Initiative).

  • Energy saving optimization diagnosis

    In addition to reducing Energy usage through "energy saving diagnosis," we aim to achieve "cost reduction" and "decarbonization" simultaneously by combining "renewable energy proposals" (Energy Conservation Center)

  • Energy Saving Help Squad

    A community-based energy conservation support organization for small and medium-sized enterprises. Supports small and medium-sized enterprises in their energy conservation efforts, from understanding the current situation to making improvements, through advance interviews and meetings, energy conservation diagnosis and support. (Environmental Co-Creation Initiative *There is an organization that serves as a consultation desk in each prefecture.)

  • ESG leasing promotion project to build a carbon-free society

    Support for the introduction of decarbonization equipment through leasing companies for small and medium-sized enterprises that meet certain requirements (Japan Environmental Finance Corporation)

  • Energy conservation subsidies

    Support for updating facilities to ones with higher Energy efficiency (Environmental Co-Creation Initiative)

  • CEV subsidy

    Supporting the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), etc. (Next Generation Vehicle Promotion Center)

  • Solar panel installation subsidy

    Supporting the introduction of solar power generation facilities (Subsidies for projects supporting the introduction of consumer-led solar power generation and storage batteries with renewable Energy sources) (JPEA Photovoltaic Power Promotion Center, Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association)

  • LED Introduction Subsidy

    Subsidies are available in various regions, such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's "LED Lighting Tower Energy Saving Promotion Subsidy" and the Osaka Prefectural Government's "Subsidy for Promoting the Introduction of LED Lighting by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" (Please check the implementation status for 24) (Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Reconstruction Corporation, Osaka Prefecture, etc.)

  • Review of electricity supplier coefficients and plans

    [Reference material] List of Emission factor by electric power company A list of CO2 Emission factor by electricity is published by electric power Company (Ministry of the Environment/Greenhouse Gas emission amount Calculation, Reporting and Publication System)

  • Immediate energy saving measures

    [Reference Material] 160 Major Initiatives for Energy Conservation (Status of Formulation of "Voluntary Action Plans for Electricity Measures" Appendix 1) (Keidanren)

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