Nippon Express selected as designated cargo agent for Tokyo metropolitan government project to promote SAF use

Nippon Express Co. Ltd. announced Aug. 15 that it was selected earlier this month as a designated cargo agent for the “Project to Promote SAF Use in Air Cargo Transport for Corporate Compliance with Scope 3 Requirements,” a Tokyo metropolitan government-subsidized project.

The project seeks to reduce CO2 emissions across companies’ entire supply chains.

The subsidies it grants cover the additional cost of using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for air-cargo transport through designated cargo agents until the end of March 2025.

The NX Group has positioned expanded SAF use as one of its initiatives to develop and strengthen sustainable solutions—a material issue for the group—and it has been providing customers with the NX-Green SAF Program as well as participating in the SAF Flight Initiative offered by All Nippon Airways.

In recognition of such efforts to encourage wider use of SAF, Nippon Express has been selected as a designated cargo agent for this project.

In tackling climate change, the NX Group aims to reduce in-house emissions group-wide (scopes 1 and 2) by 50 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, and in May 2023 submitted a letter of commitment to obtain certification under the Science Based Targets initiative.

Its goal is to help bring about carbon-neutral societies by 2050 (scopes 1, 2 and 3).

Going forward, the group will continue sharing its stances on environmental conservation with its stakeholders and pursue efforts focused on material issues to achieve the NX Group sustainability vision.