Kokusai Kogyo answers urgent global call-to-action “Business Ambition for 1.5℃” campaign

August 5th, 2020

Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Kokusai Kogyo) has committed to set science-based emissions reduction targets – across the entire value chain – that are consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels in June 2020, thereby joining the “Business Ambition for 1.5℃” campaign. The campaign is led by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)¹ in partnership with the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the We Mean Business² coalition.

On July 27, 2020, Kokusai Kogyo signed the “Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better” statement, organized by UNGC and SBTi, urging governments to align their COVID-19 recovery efforts with the latest climate science.

▼List of companies committed to the “Business Ambition for 1.5℃” campaign
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/companies-taking-action/
▼“Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better” statement
https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/recover-better-statement/
▼List of signatories to the “Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better” statement
https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/recover-better-statement/uniting-business-and-governments-to-recover-better

1: The SBTi, which is a collaboration between CDP, the UNGC, World Resources Institute and WWF, independently assesses and validates corporate climate targets against the latest climate science.
2: We Mean Business coalition is a global nonprofit coalition of international organizations, think tanks and NGOs working with businesses and investors to take action on climate change.