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| Green Diamonds highlights the ongoing
efforts of Mitsubishi companies to foster a greener,
more sustainable planet
and brighter, more vibrant communities through wide-ranging environmental and
social initiatives. |
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| JX Holdings, Inc.’s group company, Japan Vietnam
Petroleum Company (JVPC), a subsidiary of JX Nippon Oil
& Gas Exploration Corporation, produces associated gas
along with crude oil at the Rang Dong oil field off the south
coast of Vietnam. Previously, the associated gas was flared
at the offshore platform, but JVPC has started the project
which recovers associated gas and supplies it to power
generation plants through a subsea pipeline. The project
has an effect on reducing the CO2 emissions and has been
registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)¹ under the Kyoto Protocol in February 2006. In
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| February
2008 and April 2011,
the CDM Executive
Board has formally
approved a CERs
(Certified Emission
Reductions) issuance
of 6.63 million tons
for the emission
reductions achieved
by the project for
the period from
December 2001 to
2007. |
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■http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english/environment/
approach/index.html
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| Note 1: A mechanism defined by the Kyoto Protocol for projects where an advanced and
developing country work together on projects to reduce greenhouse gases in the
developing country. The CDM Executive Board issues CERs after verifying that the
project meets the requirements for CDM registration and after verifying the actual
reduction in the amount of greenhouse gases. |
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| In March 2013 the Kirin Holdings group launched
a new initiative — the Sri Lanka Producers Support
Project — for the company to work together with local
agricultural communities to improve further the sustainability
of local resources. Under the project the company provides
financial assistance to Sri Lankan growers of the black tea
which provides the great taste of Kirin’s Gogo no Kocha (afternoon tea) bottled drink who are seeking to acquire
Rainforest Alliance Certification¹ for sustainable agriculture. In the initial
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stages
of the project, the company will provide
assistance to tea plantations already
engaged in the Kirin Beverage Sri Lanka
Friendship Project.²
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| Note 1: Acquiring Rainforest Alliance Certification involves a stringent process requiring farms
and other growers to meet some 100 environmental and social standards. Acquisition
of Certification, however, allows the producer to use the RAC seal, which identifies that
the products are eco-friendly and have been produced from products or ingredients
sourced from certified growers, and to sell his produce at a fair price. |
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bottled drink, this program donates books to children attending schools in Sri Lanka’s
tea plantations. |
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| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has become the first
Japanese company to join the World Ocean Council¹ (WOC),
an international non-governmental organization. WOC is the
sole international, cross-sectoral industry leadership alliance
on responsible ocean use and through participation in WOC activities MHI aims to acquire firsthand knowledge of policy
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| The Sustainable Ocean Summit held in Washington DC. MHI’s attendance at the summit
marked the start of the company’s full participation in WOC activities. Attendees, from the left:
Paul Holthus, Executive Director World Ocean Council; José María Figueres, former President,
Costa Rica, Global Ocean Commissioner; Trevor Manuel, Cabinet Member, South Africa, Global
Ocean Commissioner. |
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and practical issues affecting the future of ocean industries,
deepen its relations and dealings with responsible maritime
companies and organizations, and proactively engage with
other sectors on areas of mutual value. Through these
initiatives, the company looks to expand its established
floating wind power generation, LNG production, storage
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(FLNG) facilities
and other offshore
business as well
as to create
new business
opportunities in the
maritime sector. |
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| Admiral Jonathan White, Oceanographer of the Navy,
U.S. Navy making the keynote speech. |
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■http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/
1304111644.html
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| Note 1: An international, cross-sectoral industry leadership alliance on Corporate Ocean
Responsibility, this unique coalition is working to improve ocean science in support of
safe and sustainable operations and other issues. |
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Mitsubishi Plastics Agri Dream (MPAD), a group company
of Mitsubishi Plastics, and the KAITEKI Institute (TKI), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
Corporation, in partnership with Agriculture Victoria Services
Pty., Ltd. (AVS), an affiliate company of the Department of
Primary Industry (DPI) of the Victoria State Government in
Australia, have begun a production trial using MPAD’s plant
factory. In the one-year trial designed to help alleviate the
challenges posed by frequent droughts, the plant factory
will be used to grow spinach and other leafy vegetables at
an agricultural experiment centre owned by the Department
in Knoxfield, Victoria.
If the production trial proves successful, MPAD with TKI
intends to consider establishing a new business model
that will include setting up a local subsidiary to jointly
produce, process and sell plant produce as well as look
at possibilities outside the conventional model of providing
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| Knoxfield Agricultural Experiment
Station, where MPAD and TKI will
conduct market feasibility studies
for the purpose of expanding the
business, while AVS will collect
data on nutritional components of
experimentally grown and harvested
vegetables. |
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