Risk of Delays in Developing New Products and Technologies
First written in FY2019. 4 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 3 of 22 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「To lead a seamless transition to the carbon-neutral society set out in the Carbon Neutrality Roadmap 2050, the Company is advancing decarbonisation, with the introduction of RNG and e-methane (synthetic methane) as the main focus for gas and the expansion of renewable energy as the main focus for electricity. To promote their wider adoption, it also aims to realise the development of innovative methanation technologies under the Green Innovation Fund project to achieve substantially higher efficiency than before, establish continuous manufacturing and construction technologies for floating offshore wind foundations, and develop cell stacks for water electrolysis to produce low-cost green hydrogen.」
Specifies RNG, e-methane, renewable energy, innovative methanation, floating offshore wind power and water-electrolysis cell stacks as development areas in response to the risk of delays in technology development. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「To lead a seamless transition to the carbon-neutral society set out in the Carbon Neutrality Roadmap 2050, the Company is advancing decarbonisation, with the introduction of e-methane (synthetic methane) as the main focus for gas and the expansion of renewable energy as the main focus for electricity.」
Links the response to the risk of delays in technology development to specific measures, including the introduction of e-methane, expansion of renewable energy, in-house development and open innovation, and progress management. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Accordingly, to pursue the "CO2 Net Zero" goal set out in Compass2030, the Company aims to develop and commercialise environmentally friendly, highly safe and appropriately priced new technologies in decarbonisation technologies for gas and electricity, including innovative methanation, low-cost hydrogen production and floating offshore wind power.」
Specifies methanation, hydrogen production and floating offshore wind power as priority development areas in response to the risk of delays in technology development. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Accordingly, to pursue the "CO2 Net Zero" goal set out in Compass2030, the Company aims to develop and commercialise environmentally friendly, highly safe and appropriately priced new technologies in decarbonisation technologies for gas and electricity, including innovative methanation, low-cost hydrogen production and floating offshore wind power.」
Specifies methanation, hydrogen production and floating offshore wind power as development areas in response to the risk of delays in technology development. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「To lead the way toward "CO2 Net Zero" under Compass2030, the Company is steadily pursuing the development and commercialisation of environmentally friendly, highly safe and appropriately priced new technologies. In addition to in-house development, it is strategically leveraging open innovation, while focusing on speed and intellectual property management and periodically visualising development status and managing progress.」
Reframes the response to the risk of delays in developing new products and technologies to include CO2 Net Zero, open innovation and intellectual property management. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「The Company is developing environmentally friendly and highly safe new products and technologies. However, if it cannot develop and commercialise them in a timely manner, it could lose competitiveness against other energy sources and this could affect its business operations.」
Explicitly identifies the risk of losing competitiveness against other energy sources if the development and commercialisation of new products and technologies are delayed.