Zeroboard, THE HYAKUGO BANK,LTD, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance join forces to support decarbonized management
Zeroboard Zeroboard Inc.(Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Michitaka Tokeiji ; hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), which develops and provides the CO2 emission amount calculation and visualization cloud Service"zeroboard ," has entered into a collaboration agreement on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, with THE HYAKUGO BANK,LTD(Tsu City, Mie Prefecture; President and CEO: Toshiyasu Ito) and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company(December-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shinichi Hirose) with the aim of promoting carbon neutrality for companies and ultimately contributing to the realization of a decarbonized society.
Background and purpose of the collaboration
The Paris Agreement aims to keep the rise in global temperature since the Industry Revolution well below 2 degrees Celsius, and to continue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Japan also aims to achieve carbon neutrality (net-zero greenhouse gas emissions) by 2050, and requires joint public-private efforts to realize a decarbonized society.
To realize such a society, it is important for companies to simultaneously achieve drastic emissions reductions and growth. Formulating a vision and plan to strengthen the company's competitiveness while responding to the demand for decarbonization will have a major impact on survival and growth.
Therefore, in response to the decarbonization management support provided by THE HYAKUGO BANK,LTD to companies, such as goal Settings and strategy formulation, and the various decarbonization solutions provided by Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company, we will provide the CO2 emission amount calculation and visualization cloud Service"zeroboard." By utilizing each company's expertise, we will work to promote carbon neutrality for local companies and local governments.
3. Main collaboration Contents
(1) Promoting carbon neutrality among local companies and local governments.
(2) Creating a forum for the exchange of information and opinions between businesses.
(3) Support for businesses that are working to achieve decarbonization.
(4) Support for the introduction of the CO2 emission amount calculation and visualization cloud Service"zeroboard."
4. Tripartite Initiatives (1) THE HYAKUGO BANK,LTD
We are actively supporting businesses that contribute to environmental conservation and reducing the environmental impact, including renewable Energy generation businesses, and in the future, our branches and headquarters will work together to fully implement decarbonization management support for companies. In addition, our company has declared its support for the TCFD(Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures), and will work to solve environmental Issue, including climate change, and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
(2) Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company
We have established the Green Transformation (GX) Task Force, a group-wide organization that supports our customers' efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and transition to a decarbonized society, and are examining insurance products and Service that will lead to the spread of renewable Energy . In addition, as a founding member of the TCFD, we contributed to the formulation and publication of the TCFD recommendations, and disclose information based on the TCFD recommendations.
(3) Zeroboard Inc.
We develop and provide " zeroboard ," a cloud Service for calculating and visualizing CO2 emission amount . " zeroboard " is a cloud Service that calculates the amount of CO2 emitted by corporate activity and visualizes the scope classification ( Scope 1 to 3) of the GHG Protocol, an international standard for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas emission amount .
■ THE HYAKUGO BANK,LTD press release:
https://www.hyakugo.co.jp/news/pdf/20211217_02.pdf
■ Details of zeroboard
https://www. zeroboard.jp/service/ zeroboard
