Asene Co., Ltd.
ASENE and SBI Holdings Jointly Establish New Company “Carbon EX” Aiming to be No. 1 in Japan and Asia by establishing Japan’s first* carbon credit/emissions exchange as a major financial institution group
Asene Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kohei Nishiwada; hereinafter “Athene”) and SBI Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and President: Yoshitaka Kitao; hereinafter “SBI”) announced that it has jointly established a new company, Carbon EX Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Carbon EX”, known as Carbon EX), which aims to open a carbon credits and emissions trading exchange. Kohei Nishiwada, CEO of ASUENE, and Shunsuke Takeda from the SBI Group will serve as Co-Representative Director and Co-CEO.
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About Carbon EX
Carbon EX is a private trading system ( It was established in June this year as a new company of SBI that also has knowledge and know-how of PTS) management.
Carbon EX is a voluntary project in which sellers such as credit creators and traders such as overseas and Japanese
forest/nature-derived credits, carbon capture and storage technology, renewable energy and energy saving, and purchasers such as large companies participate. We are preparing to open a carbon
credit/emissions exchange that handles a wide range of carbon credits and ESG products, such as carbon credits, J-credits, and non-fossil certificates, as the first major financial institution group in Japan. In addition, by linking the exchange with “Aszero”, we will maximize the added value for customers and create a new industry for Net Zero.
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Carbon EX Company Profile
Company name: Carbon EX Co., Ltd.
Representative Director: Co-CEO Kohei Nishiwada, Co-CEO Shunsuke Takeda Location: 1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established: June 2, 2023
Capital: 100 million yen (including capital reserve)
Shareholder composition: Asene Co., Ltd. 50%, SBI Holdings Co., Ltd. 50% URL: https://carbonex.co.jp
Comments from both companies
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“The increase in natural disasters caused by global warming poses the risk of devastating human suffering and economic loss, and as companies are required to take further measures against climate change, attention to carbon credits will continue to grow. This time, the knowledge and expertise of Asene Co., Ltd., which has knowledge in this field, and the SBI Group, which has developed various financial service businesses and has knowledge and know-how of private trading system (PTS) operation, will be brought together. By integrating and working to establish a new carbon credit and emissions trading exchange, we will contribute to the realization of climate change countermeasures and a sustainable society through our business, as well as the realization of the national goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. I will continue
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Company name: Asene Co., Ltd.
Business: CO2 emissions visualization, reduction, and reporting cloud service “Aszero”
ESG evaluation cloud service “ESG Cloud Rating (ECR)”
Operation of “Carbon EX”, a carbon credit/emissions exchange Capital: 2,526,810,000 yen (including capital surplus)
Representative: CEO Kohei Nishiwada
Shareholders: Management, Incubate Fund, Environmental Energy Investment, STRIVE,
Pavilion Capital (Singapore government/Temasek fund),
Salesforce Ventures, SBI Investment, GMO VenturePartners, Sony Innovation Fund, GLIN Impact Capital, Axiom Asia Private Capital, etc. Founded: October 2019
Address: CIC TOKYO, Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15th Floor, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
URL: https://earthene.com/corporate/
SBI Holdings Company Profile
Company name: SBI Holdings Co., Ltd.
Representative: Yoshitaka Kitao, Chairman and President
Date of establishment: July 8, 1999
Head office: 1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
URL: https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/
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