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Participation in External Initiatives

Isuzu is actively working toward the realization of a sustainable society through its participation in and endorsement of sustainability initiatives.

Participation in the United Nations Global Compact

Participation in the United Nations Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact is a worldwide framework for companies and organizations to act as good corporate citizens and achieve sustainable growth by exercising responsible and creative leadership. Companies and organizations that sign the UN Global Compact are required to support and implement the Compact’s 10 principles in the 4 areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.
Isuzu is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and a member of the Global Compact Network Japan, a local network in Japan.

Adoption of Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) Recommendations

Adoption of Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) Recommendations

The TCFD is a task force established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international organization of central banks and financial regulators from major countries, to provide a framework for climate change-related information disclosure. The TCFD's recommendations encourage companies, organizations, and others to disclose information on climate-related risks and opportunities.
In Japan, companies and financial institutions that support the TCFD proposal have established the TCFD Consortium to discuss effective information disclosure and how to link disclosed information to appropriate investment decisions by financial institutions and others.
In April 2021, Isuzu endorsed the TCFD proposal and joined the TCFD consortium to disclose information in line with the TCFD framework.

Participation in the GX League

GX League

The Green Transformation League (GX League) is a platform for collaboration between companies (GX companies) and industry, academia, and government to achieve the challenging objectives of sustainable growth for present and future societies and carbon neutrality by 2050 and to drive social transformation founded on sustainability. Isuzu participated in the establishment of the GX League in May 2023 and will collaborate with industry, academia, government, and other stakeholders who share the same vision to promote the transformation of economic and social systems to achieve carbon neutrality.

Establishment of the Carbon-Neutral LNG Buyers Alliance

Carbon-Neutral LNG Buyers Alliance

Isuzu and 14 other companies have established the Carbon-Neutral LNG Buyers Alliance in March 2021. This alliance was created to realize the spread of carbon-neutral LNG and increase the value of its use by bringing together Tokyo Gas, which procures and supplies carbon-neutral LNG, and the companies that purchase it to realize a sustainable society. The use of carbon-neutral energy is an important climate change countermeasure and means of contributing to SDGs and ESG corporate management.
The Alliance members aim to contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society by 2050, and are working to make carbon-neutral LNG widely known throughout the world, to improve its reputation among investment institutions, and to establish its position in various domestic systems.

Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay(Zero-emission Bay)

Tokyo Bay Zero-Emission Innovation Council (Zero Emi Bay)

Based on the Environment Innovation Strategy (decided by the Cabinet Office's Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council on January 21, 2020), the organization plans and promotes research, development, and demonstration projects by industry, academia, and government stakeholders in the Tokyo Bay area, and aims to make the Tokyo Bay area the first zero-emission innovation area in the world.
Isuzu participates in this council. Isuzu participates in this council and promotes consideration of activities to achieve zero emissions.

GREEN OIL JAPAN

GREEN OIL JAPAN

The declaration sets the goal of establishing the biofuel business as an industry by introducing biofuel produced at the demonstration plant to mobile vehicles on land, sea, and air, and expanding the number of supporters who produce and use biofuel throughout Japan by 2030. The declaration aims to contribute to the realization of the SDGs through the achievement of these goals. Isuzu has endorsed the declaration since its inception in 2018.

Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity

Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity

The Keidanren Biodiversity Declaration Initiative is comprised of companies and organizations that work on the items that comprise the Keidanren Declaration of Biodiversity and Action Guidelines (revised version) formulated by the Nippon Keidanren and the Keidanren Committee on for Nature Conservation, or that agree with the overall intent.
Isuzu endorses the initiative and publishes its policies and examples of initiatives.