ENEOS Co., Ltd.
ENEOS and Eco-Pork begin joint study to realize sustainable pig farming industry using ICT, IoT, and AI technologies
ENEOS Holdings Co., Ltd., Eco-Pork Co., Ltd.
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ENEOS Holdings Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Tomohide Miyata, hereinafter referred to as “ENEOS”) and Eco-Pork Co., Ltd.
(Representative Director: Takashi Kambayashi, hereinafter referred to as “Eco-Pork”) are working to create a decarbonized and
recycling-oriented society based on the pig farming industry. We would like to inform you that we have agreed to work together to realize this and have begun joint discussions.
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◆Aimed worldview:
Through the efforts of both parties, we aim to contribute to the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Green Food System Strategy, which contributes to reducing
environmental impact, and to build a sustainable pig farming model. Source: Created by processing Green Food System Strategy (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/kanbo/kankyo/seisaku/midori/attach/meadri_guruguru_960px.jpg The pig farming industry faces challenges such as rising utility costs such as feed, electricity and gas, a labor shortage due to a lack of successors, and a high environmental impact. GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) derived from domestic pigs are estimated to be
approximately 1.74 million tons/year*, so reducing the environmental impact is of great significance. Additionally, in order to ensure a stable food supply into the future, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has formulated the Green Food System Strategy, which aims to achieve both improved productivity and sustainability in the food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries through innovation. Recommended.
Based on this background, by bringing together Eco-Pork’s pig farming DX utilizing ICT, IoT, and AI and ENEOS’s accumulated energy supply know-how and environmental value management knowledge, we will contribute to the pig farming industry. We have begun this joint study with the belief that we can contribute to resolving issues and realizing the Green Food System Strategy.
In order to further solidify this joint study, ENEOS Innovation Partners LLC (President: Toru Naganuma), a wholly-owned company of ENEOS, will invest in Eco-Pork, and ENEOS and Eco-Pork will work together to develop strategies. We have concluded a partnership agreement.
By combining the strengths of both companies, ENEOS and Eco-Pork will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society starting with the pig farming industry, with the aim of achieving a carbon-neutral and decarbonized society by 2050.
* In-house calculation (CO2 emissions) based on the 2023 Japan Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
https://cger.nies.go.jp/publications/report/i165/i165.pdf
-Summary of joint study-
◆Aimed worldview (title image)
Through the efforts of both parties, we aim to contribute to the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Green Food System Strategy, which contributes to reducing
environmental impact, and to build a sustainable pig farming model. ◆Eco-Pork’s advanced technology
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(From left in the photo) Pig farm management support system Poker, AI pig camera (exterior view), AI pig camera (weight estimation function) We are promoting pig farming DX by utilizing ICT, IoT, and AI. Pig farming management support system “Porker” has a productivity improvement of 7% in the first year on average for farmers who introduced it.
◆ENEOS’s environmental value management know-how
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ENEOS https://www.hd.eneos.co.jp/
“Supporting the normal of today and leading the normal of tomorrow. ” is our determination to realize our group philosophy, and we continue to take on the challenge of achieving both a “stable supply of energy and materials” and “the realization of a carbon-neutral society.” In order to achieve this goal, we launched the Future Business Promotion Department and ENEOS Innovation Partners in 2019 as an organization to create discontinuous businesses as new energy, materials, and services are required, and we have invested in over 40 startups. We are promoting open innovation.
Eco-Pork https://eco-pork.com/
With our corporate philosophy of “passing on the meat culture to the next generation,” we aim to use data to make the pig farming industry, which is a 40 trillion yen market worldwide, sustainable. We develop and sell “Porker,” a pig farming management tool that visualizes everything about pig farming using data, and related IoT devices. As of November 2023, “Porker” has an approximately 11% share of domestic pig farms and accumulates data on 1.6 million pigs annually. Tokyo Metropolitan Government “FY2020 1st Innovative Service
Commercialization Support Project”, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry “Global Startup Ecosystem Strengthening Project (FY2021)”, “J-Startup Impact (FY2023)”, Agriculture and Forestry Selected for the Ministry of Fisheries’ “FY2020/FY2023/FY2020/FY2025 Smart Agriculture Demonstration Project” and “Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Creation Promotion Project (Phase 3 Fund) 1st Public Call”. It has been adopted.
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