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Contributing to the SDGs through the "nona" chair
- Carbon offsetting CO2 emissions throughout the life cycle -
ITOKI CORPORATION (Head office: Joto-ku, Osaka City, President: Yoshiro Hirai) has begun an initiative to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through carbon offsetting (*1) of its "nona" chairs.
The carbon offsetting credits used are the world's first carbon credits generated in a project to conserve and restore peat marshes in Indonesia. Indonesia faces a major challenge in terms of environmental pollution countermeasures, with serious pollution caused by haze being a problem. Among these, the conservation and restoration of peat marshes has an extremely high environmental contribution, and it has been confirmed that the annual CO2 absorption is equivalent to reducing the number of private cars by 2 million. Furthermore, this project also creates communities around peat marshes, and is working to contribute to each of the 17 goals of the SDGs.
Itoki is contributing to both the environment and the SDGs by using these emission credits to offset the carbon emissions of its own products. This initiative has been introduced as one of the "All Japan Initiatives Contributing to the SDGs" led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' ODA (Official Development Assistance), and the use of the logo mark that proves this has been approved.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs logo
- Carbon offsetting is a concept that contributes to the environment by making efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as CO2, which are unavoidable in daily life and economic activities, and offsetting any amount that cannot be reduced with emission credits created from reduction and absorption activities carried out elsewhere.
Katingan District, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Peat Swamp Forest Conservation and Restoration Project (REDD+)
Overview
Indonesia's peatlands account for half of the world's tropical peatlands, and are known as the "powder keg of Planet" due to the large-scale development in the 1990s that released large amounts of CO2. This project began conservation in 2010 for one of these peatlands, the Katingan region in central Kalimantan, and has since become capable of absorbing 8 million tons of CO2 per year. The Katingan region is also home to many rare animals, and peatland conservation is closely linked to biodiversity.
This project has also made significant contributions to the local community by helping 34 communities around the peatlands establish livelihoods using rattan grown on the peatlands, promoting land use planning and capital investment in water quality conservation.
Peat bog landscape
"nona" chair
Carbon offset overview
| Eligible for offset | The entire life cycle (excluding the use stage) of all models in the "nona" chair series (excluding the high position) |
|---|---|
| Offset Amount | 69.00-82.64kg-CO2e/leg |
| Offset entity | ITOKI CORPORATION This initiative will not impose any additional burden on customers. |
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