Fourth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan

「In fiscal 2025, the final year of the Fifth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan, the company raised its original target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions from 550,000 tonnes, a 25% reduction from fiscal 2013, to 500,000 tonnes, a 32% reduction, and achieved the revised target.」

「In fiscal 2025, the final year of the five-year plan, the company expects to achieve its target of 550,000 tonnes of Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions, a 25% reduction from fiscal 2013. It also aims to achieve the fiscal 2030 milestone target of 370,000 tonnes, a 50% reduction,」

「In fiscal 2025, the final year of the five-year plan, the company expects to achieve its target of 550,000 tonnes of Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions, a 25% reduction from fiscal 2013. It also aims to achieve the fiscal 2030 milestone target of 370,000 tonnes, a 50% reduction,」

「To achieve the NGK Group Environmental Vision, the company formulated the Fifth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan as its environmental activity target for fiscal 2021 through fiscal 2025.」

「For fiscal 2021, the company achieved its target of 700,000 tonnes of emissions, a 20% reduction from the previous peak of 870,000 tonnes in fiscal 2019, equivalent to a 4% reduction from the 2013 base year. For fiscal 2025, the company has set a target of 550,000 tonnes, a 25% reduction from fiscal 2013, and for fiscal 2030, designated as a milestone, an emissions target of 370,000 tonnes, a 50% reduction from the same base year,」

「Based on the Environmental Vision announced in April 2021, the company is advancing initiatives centered on contributing to carbon neutrality, a circular society, and harmony with nature. It is developing and providing products and services that contribute to achieving a carbon-neutral society, and applying them to the group's business activities as well, with a focus on achieving ahead of schedule the goal of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.」

「From the perspective of environmental management, as the Fourth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan launched in fiscal 2016 approaches its final year in fiscal 2020, the company will continue to focus on developing and disseminating products and services that contribute to reducing environmental impact, as well as developing and introducing production technologies that reduce environmental impact, with the aim of achieving its targets.」

「From the perspective of environmental management, the company is making steady progress toward its fiscal 2020 targets, including the sales ratio of environmentally beneficial products and CO2 reductions, under the Fourth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan launched in fiscal 2016,」

「Under the Fourth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan, the company is linking its New Manufacturing Structural Innovation initiative with reductions in environmental impact, working to reduce CO2 emissions and other emissions on a global scale, and seeking to increase sales of environmentally beneficial products, particularly products related to automotive exhaust-gas purification.」

「As another initiative, the company formulated the Fourth Five-Year Environmental Action Plan as a new environmental activity target for fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2020. Through its business activities, the company aims to contribute to the development of a low-carbon society, a circular society, and a society in harmony with nature, while pursuing sustainable growth.」