UPDATER Corporation’s sustainable project, TADORi, announced in April that it would utilize its self-developed blockchain system, “TADORi CHAiN – Tsunagu β,” to track the carbon dioxide emissions generated during the denim...
Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, will begin experimenting with decarbonization activities related to mobility through the app CO2CO2. Pronounced as co-two-co-two, the CO2CO2 app visualizes transportation in terms of carbon emissions, focusing on...
The climate clock is a visual countdown of the time we have left to take action before climate change reaches a tipping point that will result in damages that lasts for centuries. It is why the countdown has been coined “the most important number in...
What is sustainable travel? We use the word “sustainability” a lot, but can you define it? It’s not easy, is it? The United Nations defines sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to...
The best way to tackle the problem of global warming and increasing carbon emissions is to look at the carbon cycle, or in a more straightforward sense, where carbon should be. Remember, carbon is not the enemy, but it is more about putting carbon...
CEO Panasonic, Yuki Kusumi, announced earlier this week its “Panasonic GREEN IMPACT” plan with two main targets. All its operations will aim for zero carbon by 2030. Panasonic also wants to reduce carbon emissions on the customer side through energy...
In 2015, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, a set of six environmental challenges that the company aims to achieve by 2050. The focus of these targets is to reduce CO2 emissions and become carbon neutral...
R Plus Japan, Ltd. is a new joint venture company launched by 12 cross-industry partners that aims to achieve a sustainable society by solving plastic waste issues. Member partners are within the plastics supply chain in Japan: Toyo Seikan Group...
Climate change feels like an overwhelming issue for most of us. Though it could have potentially devastating future consequences, and we are likely feeling some of its effects now, it can be hard to know exactly what we can do to fight it. What...