Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Water Access and Sanitation
• Water Quality
• Water Use Efficiency
• Water Resources Management
• Water-Related Ecosystems

Environmental Achievements

• Increased global population using safely managed drinking water services by 687 million since 2015.
• Increased global population using safely managed sanitation services by 911 million since 2015.
• Increased global population with a basic hygiene service by 637 million since 2015.
• 58% of household wastewater safely treated in 2022.
• 60% of water bodies assessed in 97 countries have good ambient water quality.

Social Achievements

• Improved water use efficiency by 9% between 2015 and 2020.
• Increased percentage of countries with procedures for local community participation in water management.

Governance Achievements

• Increased percentage of water sector ODA channeled through recipient governments (from 60.2% to 71.8% between 2015 and 2021).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• 2.2 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water in 2022.
• 3.4 billion people lacked safely managed sanitation in 2022.
• 1.9 billion people lacked a basic handwashing facility with soap and water in 2022.
• Significant quantities of industrial and domestic wastewater discharged without safe treatment.
• Lack of water quality data for over 3 billion people.
• High and rising water stress in parts of the world.
• Lack of formal mechanisms for coordinated action on water management in 50% of countries.
• Only 32 countries out of 153 sharing transboundary waters have 90% or more of their transboundary waters covered by operational arrangements.
• Over 85% of the planet’s wetlands have been lost.
• Decrease in water- and sanitation-related official development assistance (ODA) between 2015 and 2021.
• Low alignment between donor funds and national water sector plans.

Mitigation Strategies

• Improved wastewater collection coverage and rigorous national-level monitoring and reporting programs.
• Enhance farming management practices and improve wastewater treatment rates.
• Strengthening the links between water and climate.
• Develop IWRM Action Plans.
• Update legal frameworks to reflect progressive, coordinated water management.
• Increase international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Droughts
• Flooding

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 6

The report details progress towards achieving the targets of SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation).

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Solid Waste Management
• Recycling
• Environmental Protection
• Public Health

Environmental Achievements

• Closed all unlined landfills in the state that were contaminating groundwater.
• Significant methane emissions from decaying waste are now either captured as an energy resource or flared, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Social Achievements

• Held 14 meetings and took testimony from over 50 stakeholders.
• Improved understanding of the economic, environmental and public health costs of different types of solid waste.

Governance Achievements

• Recommendations for updating solid waste management laws and programs.
• Recommendations for creating a dedicated fund to support the Solid Waste Bureau.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Changing market conditions for recyclables.
• Challenges faced by the state and municipalities in running recycling programs and solid waste management.
• Deep budget cuts at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services’ Solid Waste Management Bureau.
• Falling prices for recyclables.
• Increasing solid waste disposal tonnage.
• Landfills filling up.
• Increasing amounts of waste that is difficult and expensive to handle.
• Lack of adequate ways of measuring waste diversion.
• Insufficient resources committed to solid waste management.
• Contamination in recyclables.
• Lack of in-state MRF for single stream recycling.
• Lack of commercial composting facility permitted to take meat and dairy.
• Difficulties in permitting new landfills.
• Public opposition to new landfills.
• Limited landfill capacity.
• High transportation costs for recyclables.
• Consumer confusion about what is recyclable.

Mitigation Strategies

• Recommendations for updating solid waste management laws and programs.
• Recommendations for creating a dedicated fund to support the Solid Waste Bureau.
• Recommendations for improving education and outreach on recycling.
• Recommendations for instituting disposal bans.
• Recommendations for incentivizing businesses that recycle.
• Recommendations for improving food safety regulations to reduce food waste.
• Recommendations for reactivating the Long-Range Planning and Community Assistance Section of the Bureau.
• Recommendations for municipalities to consider pay-as-you-throw programs.
• Recommendations for updating state procurement policies.
• Recommendations for revising composting rules.
• Recommendations for incentivizing coordination between packaging designers, brand owners, manufacturers and waste management/recycling companies.
• Recommendations for decreasing transportation costs and storage shortages for recycled materials.
• Recommendations for decreasing the amount of plastic waste.
• Recommendations for the DOT to use glass aggregate in its projects.
• Recommendations for recognizing and encouraging entities that reduce, reuse and recycle products.
• Recommendations for regulating and reducing single-use plastics.
• Recommendations for healthcare organizations to reduce waste.
• Recommendations for municipalities to work with Regional Planning Commissions.
• Recommendations for school districts to adopt better waste management systems.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Recommendations for state to increase purchase of products with high recycled material content.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Capturing methane from landfills for energy.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
• Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
• Goal 13 (Climate Action)

The report's focus on reducing waste, improving recycling, and managing landfill capacity contributes to these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Processed glass aggregate (PGA)

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Achieved most of the 2019 interim milestones of the “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050.
• Improved CO2 emission efficiency by 50% compared with 2008 (beyond the IMO target of 40%).
• Delivered “K” LINE’s first LNG-fueled car carrier, CENTURY HIGHWAY GREEN, in March 2021.
• World’s first CO2 capture plant on a vessel installed on coal carrier CORONA UTILITY in August 2021.
• Approximately 25% to 30% reduction in CO2 emissions, compared with heavy-oil fueled vessels (LNG-fueled car carrier).

Social Achievements

• Awarded Kurumin 2020 certification, recognizing us as a childcare support company.
• KMDS CO., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary, achieved Kurumin 2021 certification.
• Established onboard internet environments enabling individuals to contact their families and friends.
• Introduced a range of support systems including mental health consultations and the Employee Assistance Program (EPA).

Governance Achievements

• Promoted the active development of our governance structure by connecting the sustainable increase of corporate value with corporate governance reform.
• Increased the number of outside directors from three to four (40% of all directors).
• Established the Nomination Advisory Committee and Remuneration Advisory Committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Insufficient efforts to reduce GHG emissions.
• Possibility of 4°C warming scenario and the intensification of physical risk.
• Securing maritime technical personnel.
• Cyberattacks.
• Maintaining and improving operational safety levels and crisis management capabilities.

Mitigation Strategies

• Formulated road maps for how the Group should prepare for the anticipated negative (risks) and positive (opportunities) aspects of both the “below 2°C warming scenario” and the “4°C warming scenario”.
• Aiming to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
• Dispatching maritime technical personnel to various maritime universities and schools to participate in lectures and roundtable discussions.
• Strengthening “response” and “recovery” to prevent attacks and quickly detect the occurrence of abnormalities in the event of a security incident.
• Implementing information security measures from three perspectives: information management, cybersecurity, and physical security.
• Prepared an Emergency Response Manual, which sets out the accident response measures to be taken in the event of an emergency, and continually improve accident responses by holding regular drills for responses to large-scale accidents.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• “K” Line Group Companies Purchasing Policy
• “K” Line Group Companies CSR Guidelines for Supply Chain

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Natural disasters

Transition Risks

• Stricter regulations (carbon tax)
• Customer actions to realize low or zero-carbon emissions

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products
• New energy supply and transportation businesses

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: International Integrated Reporting Framework, GRI Standards, ISO 26000, UN Global Compact, Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2018 (Ministry of the Environment of Japan), Guidance for Integrated Corporate Disclosure and Company-Investor Dialogue for Collaborative Value Creation (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan)

Certifications: ISO 14001

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• LNG-fueled ships
• LPG-fueled ships
• Seawing automated kite system
• Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions

Awards & Recognition

• CDP 2021 Climate Change A List
• Nikkei SDGs Management Survey (4.0-star rating)
• Kurumin certification
• Daiwa Investor Relations Co. Ltd. Excellence Award
• EcoVadis Bronze rating

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
• Green Cleaning
• Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• 76% of U.S. State Governments have an established EPP policy.
• 27 states have mandatory EPP policies requiring green cleaning and third-party certified products.
• 15 states require EPP in K-12 schools.
• 3 states have EPP policies applying to institutions of higher education.

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Identifying all active sustainability policies due to variations in reporting and accessibility.
• Limited scope of analysis to government and educational institutions.

Mitigation Strategies

• Comprehensive search using keywords across state and city government websites and university sites.
• Acknowledging potential for missing policies not appearing in searches.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Use of third-party certified cleaning products

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Green Seal, ECOLOGO, EPA Safer Choice, DfE

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Energy Efficiency
• Sustainable Transportation
• Green Public Procurement
• Building Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Established Climate Action Mandate for public sector bodies (excluding local authorities, commercial semi-state bodies, and schools)
• Established Climate and Sustainability Champions within public sector bodies
• Established Green Teams within public sector bodies
• Established Climate Action Unit (CAU) Network to facilitate peer learning and capacity building

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% and improving energy efficiency by 50% by 2030 across the public sector
• Decarbonizing the public building stock by 2050
• Transitioning to sustainable transportation in the public sector

Mitigation Strategies

• Implementation of the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate
• Development of Climate Action Roadmaps by each public sector body
• Green Public Procurement initiatives
• Promotion of sustainable travel policies and fleets
• Strategic approach to building management and retrofitting
• Leveraging SEAI's Public Sector Partnership Programme
• Utilizing funding from the National Development Plan

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Green Public Procurement (GPP)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: EMAS (European Eco-Management and Audit System)

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed