ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

Environmental Initiatives

We proactively work on environmental initiatives and realizing the followings, placing them the common tasks for human beings and the essential matters for the company activity and continuation.

  1. 1) Structuring low-carbon society globally.
  2. 2) Establishment of recycling society.
  3. 3) We keep in mind to reduce the stress to environment, and make a effort to maintain and improve the global environment in every services.

Concrete examples

Drive Green 5S Activity

Kawasaki Kisen Group has started a new environment management system “DRIVE GREEN NETWORK” connecting a whole group company for the more sustainable progress and improvement of enterprise value. This activity is that each Kawasaki Kisen Group has their own purpose for environmental activity, to aim for acquiring the environmental authentication by grouping these activities. We place this “DRIVE GREEN 5S Activity” as part of “DRIVE GREEN NETWORK”, aiming for improvement of service quality and compatibility of environmental activity of the globe.

“5S” means an activity that promotes to make a base of workplace management, and it comes from the first letter of the Japanese words; “SEIRI(sorting)” “SEITON(set in order)” “SEISOU(cleaning and check)” “SEIKETSU( cleanliness)” “SHITSUKE(sustaining the Discipline)”. We reduce all sorts of waste, unreasonableness and inconsistency in our services through this “DRIVE GREEN 5S Activity”, and we aim for the improvement of service efficiency and business operations, and also aim for service quality which our customer feel satisfied with all the more and the added value of a company.

Beach Cleanup Activities

More than 70% of ocean pollution of plastic originates from land, and the annual discharge of 8 million tons of plastic waste into the ocean is a global problem. As goal 14 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development," we regularly participate in beach cleanup activities by the Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Group to raise awareness of marine environmental issues.

Plastic Bottle Cap Collection Activities

We have been collecting plastic bottle caps since 2019. Plastic bottle caps, which are thrown away as trash every day, are collected in a special in-house box and collected by a recycling company. The collected caps are processed into plastic material called pellets, which are sold to plastic molding and processing companies, and the funds raised from this process are used to purchase vaccines. The caps are not incinerated like general waste, which helps to reduce CO2 emissions and environmental impact.

Amount of plastic bottle caps collected and CO2 (generated when caps are incinerated as garbage) reduction
2019: 64.00 kg collected (27,520 caps) CO2 reduction: 201.6 kg
2020: 70.00 kg collected (35,000 caps) CO2 reduction: 220.5 kg
2024: 88.00 kg collected (44,000 pieces) CO2 reduction: 277.20 kg
(*The activity was suspended from 2021 to 2023 due to the spread of the COVID-19.)

Recycling of empty disposable contact lens cases

We support the "Eye City Eco Project," which recycles empty disposable contact lens cases, and through our efforts to collect empty contact lens cases within the company, we contribute to reducing CO2 emissions from plastic waste and promote activities to conserve limited resources by remanufacturing them.

The “K” Line Group Environmental Awards

This awards to ensure that all executives, employees, and crew members working for the “K” Line Group are committed to preserving the environment and contribute to sustainable business activities.
These awards are designed to highlight outstanding initiatives along these lines, and to share them throughout the “K” Line Group, to expand the scope of our environmental preservation activities. We have been applied every year since 2016 and received the award of excellence 2016 and 2024 for our business improvement activities, which also contributed to the environment.

2016: Award of Excellence
Reduction of CO2 emissions through electronic storage of documents
2024: Award of Excellence
Reuse of Imported Cargo Cushion Packaging Materials

Through this award, we will continue to actively engage in environmental activities.

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