Announced details
Offsetting greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of rice served at Hidakaya restaurants in Tochigi Prefecture, reducing methane emissions from paddy fields, and decarbonizing the supply chain
17 t-CO2 in paddy-field J-Credits planned for initial issuance; approximately 8.3 t of rice for which credits will be retired
HIDAY HIDAKA, Tokyo Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions entered into a services agreement concerning this initiative. Capital and personnel relationships are not disclosed.
Tokyo Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions provide decarbonization solutions, including environmental consulting and carbon-offset city gas, under the IGNITURE solutions business brand, whose value propositions are decarbonization, optimization and resilience. Other information, including locations, capital and years of establishment, is not disclosed.
Certification and issuance under the J-Credit Scheme
The credits are issued following review and certification, but the name of the institution is not disclosed. Materials from the Ministry of the Environment are cited as the source.
Hidakaya restaurants in Tochigi Prefecture. Individual locations are not disclosed.
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
Ministry of the Environment, “Emission Factors for Calculating Organizational Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Including Those Across the Supply Chain, Ver. 3.6” (March 2026)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Tochigi Prefecture paddy-field J-Credits, Tochigi Paddy Field Project, IGNITURE |
| Counterparty | Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corporation |
| Counterparty overview | Tokyo Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions provide decarbonization solutions, including environmental consulting and carbon-offset city gas, under the IGNITURE solutions business brand, whose value propositions are decarbonization, optimization and resilience. Other information, including locations, capital and years of establishment, is not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | HIDAY HIDAKA, Tokyo Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions entered into a services agreement concerning this initiative. Capital and personnel relationships are not disclosed. |
| Contract Date | 2 September 2026 |
| Applicable area | Offsetting greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of rice served at Hidakaya restaurants in Tochigi Prefecture, reducing methane emissions from paddy fields, and decarbonizing the supply chain |
| Award/certification name | Certification and issuance under the J-Credit Scheme |
| Awarding / certifying body | The credits are issued following review and certification, but the name of the institution is not disclosed. Materials from the Ministry of the Environment are cited as the source. |
| Location | Hidakaya restaurants in Tochigi Prefecture. Individual locations are not disclosed. |
| Location scale | Rice equivalent to approximately 83,000 standard-size servings of fried rice |
| Quantitative Effects | 17 t-CO2 in paddy-field J-Credits planned for initial issuance; approximately 8.3 t of rice for which credits will be retired |
| Source | Ministry of the Environment, “Emission Factors for Calculating Organizational Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Including Those Across the Supply Chain, Ver. 3.6” (March 2026) |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The initiative aims to promote decarbonization and regional revitalization through food, decarbonize HIDAY HIDAKA's supply chain, circulate funds to methane-emissions reduction activities in paddy fields, and contribute to sustainable agriculture in the regions where the credits are generated.