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  • June 5, 2024

    Rengo Revises Indicators and Targets of Eco Challenge 2030

    Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it has revised the indicators and targets of three core issues—creation of a carbon-free society, creation of a recycling-oriented society, and water risk management—under Eco Challenge 2030, its environmental target for FY2030, to further strengthen its initiatives for these three core issues. The company has also budgeted an estimated 70 billion yen for environmental investment to achieve these targets.
    With "Less is more." which means generating more value with less resources, as the key concept for environmental management and packaging manufacturing, the Rengo Group will advance initiatives toward achieving the targets of Eco Challenge 2030 to seek the realization of a sustainable society and further improvement of the Group's value.

    Revisions to Indicators and Targets of Eco Challenge 2030

    Creation of a carbon-free
    society
    The applicable gases and scope have been expanded, and Rengo Group companies in Japan will unite as one to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    Creation of a recycling-oriented
    society
    The Rengo Group will undertake the effective use of resources, raising the target for the percentage of recovered paper utilized for paperboard together with increasing use of unused materials.
    Water risk management A new target for reducing water usage has been established, and Rengo Group companies in Japan will unite as one to reduce water risk.

    Eco Challenge 2030 (excerpt showing revisions)

    Core issue Item Indicator FY2031
    Target
    Creation of a
    carbon-free
    society
    Greenhouse
    gas emissions
    reductions
    [Before]
    CO2 emissions derived
    from fossil energy
    (compared to FY2014)
    · Scope
    Rengo (non-consolidated) and
    consolidated subsidiaries
    in Japan subject to the
    Act on the Rational Use of
    Energy*1

    [After]
    Greenhouse gas emissions*2
    (compared to FY2014)
    · Scope
    Rengo (non-consolidated) and
    consolidated subsidiaries in Japan
    (excluding non-manufacturing
    sites such as offices and
    warehouses)
    46% reduction
    Creation of a
    recycling-oriented
    society
    Effective use of
    resources

    Percentage of recovered paper
    utilized for paperboard
    · Scope
    Paperboard manufacturing
    sites of Rengo (non-consolidated)
    and consolidated
    subsidiaries in Japan

    [Before]
    98% or more

    [After]
    99% or more
    * By FY2028
    [New] Increase use of unused
    materials
    · Scope
    Paperboard manufacturing
    sites of Rengo (non-consolidated)
    and consolidated subsidiaries
    in Japan
    [New]
    Aim to procure
    unbleached
    pulp derived from
    domestic unused
    materials
    * By FY2028
    Water risk
    management
    Water risk
    evaluation
    and risk
    reduction
    [New]
    Water usage per unit
    production*3
    (compared to FY2022)
    · Scope
    Manufacturing sites of Rengo
    (non-consolidated) and
    consolidated subsidiaries
    in Japan*1
    [New]
    22% reduction

    *1 Excluding subsidiaries of consolidated subsidiaries in Japan
    *2 Adjusted greenhouse gas emissions based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures
    *3 Water usage ÷ sales