Asuene Co., Ltd.
Asuene USA enters into a business partnership with ITA, which supports Japanese companies expanding into the United States.
Supporting decarbonized management of American companies through ASUENE, a cloud that visualizes and reduces CO2 emissions and is strong in the manufacturing industry
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Asuene USA (Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, USA) is an overseas subsidiary of Asuene Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and CEO: Kohei Nishiwada, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and ITA Inc. (Headquarters: Shika, Illinois) In April 2024, we entered into a business partnership agreement with Go, President: Shinichiro Kishioka (hereinafter referred to as “ITA”). The two companies will support the decarbonized management of American companies by providing the CO2 emissions visualization, reduction, and reporting cloud service “ASUENE” and decarbonization solutions to their business partners.
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Background of the business alliance
In March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized disclosure rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose Scope 1-2 GHG emissions. Additionally, in California, where ASUENE USA is located, two climate-related disclosure laws, the “Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB253)” and “Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risks (SB261),” will be enacted in October 2023. has been adopted, and movements toward decarbonization are accelerating across the United States.
Both regulations affected not only U.S.-based companies but also target Japanese companies, and Japanese companies were faced with the problem of not knowing what to do and how to proceed with the regulations.
Therefore, ITA, which has a customer base of Japanese manufacturers and provides support for expansion into the United States, and Asuene, which is strong in supporting decarbonized management in the manufacturing industry, have entered into a business partnership agreement. We provide “ASUENE” mainly to American manufacturing companies and calculate CO2 emissions including the supply chain. Business partnership details
ASUENE boasts the No. 1* implementation track record in Japan and Asia for CO2 visualization services, and is currently being used by more than 5,000 companies, mainly major companies (as of the end of December 2023, according to our research). . ASUENE is particularly adept at visualizing and reducing CO2 emissions for manufacturing companies, and provides one-stop solutions for decarbonization globally. ASUENE USA also provides the ASUENE platform and consulting services to help local companies promote decarbonized management and solve disclosure issues.
On the other hand, ITA provides support for Japanese manufacturers to expand into the United States and supply chain support after support for expansion, and is particularly strengthening support that leads to improved ESG in order to expand the ecosystem of each company. By proposing ASUENE to companies expanding into the United States and subject to climate-related information disclosure, we will contribute to decarbonized management, mainly among Japanese companies. Through this partnership, our company and ITA will support companies from Japan to the rest of the world to achieve net zero.
About ITA
Company name:ITA Inc.
Representative: President Shinichiro Kishioka
Founded: December 1980
Address: 150 Pierce Rd., Suite 550, Itasca, IL 60143
Website: https://www.itaoffice.com/
About “ASUENE”
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・Scan invoices, etc. with AI-OCR, reduce customer work hours, and easily visualize CO2
・Extensive track record in SX* consulting
・Reporting support for various initiatives (CDP, TCFD, SBT, etc.) based on the GHG Protocol*
・With the product-specific CFP* function, it is possible to calculate CO2 emissions for each product/service.
・Providing one-stop decarbonization solutions such as CO2 credit offsets and clean electricity procurement
・The validity of the system has been guaranteed through third-party verification of the international standard ISO14064-3 for GHG emissions calculation.
Asuzero service site: https://earthene.com/asuzero
About “ASUENE ESG”
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・Highly reliable ESG evaluation of supply chain companies possible ・Reduction of man-hours for ESG evaluation in supply chain procurement ・Consulting for disclosure of securities reports
・Maximize recognition and customer attraction through awards and PR Asuene ESG service site: https://earthene.com/rating
Asuene Company Profile
Company name: Asuene Co., Ltd.
Business: CO2 emissions visualization, reduction, and reporting cloud service “ASUENE”
ESG evaluation cloud service “ASUENE ESG”
Operation of carbon credit/emissions exchange “Carbon EX”
Capital: 2,526,810,000 yen (including capital surplus)
Representative: Kohei Nishiwada, Representative Director and CEO Shareholders: Management, Incubate Fund, Environmental Energy Investment, STRIVE, Pavilion Capital (Singapore Government/Temasek affiliated fund), Salesforce Ventures, SBI Investment, GMO
VenturePartners, Sony Innovation Fund, GLIN Impact Capital, Axiom Asia Private Capital, etc.
Founded: October 2019
Address: 4th floor, WeWork, KDX Toranomon 1-chome Building, 1-10-5 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
URL: https://earthene.com/corporate/
* No. 1 in Japan/Asia: Survey target (CO2 emissions visualization service, survey content: Survey on the cumulative number of companies that have introduced CO2 emissions visualization services of each survey target company, survey method: Interview survey, time of survey target :As of the end of July 2023, survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research Co., Ltd.)
*Scope1-3: The scope of calculation and reporting of CO2 emissions by businesses is classified as follows:
Scope1: CO2 emissions directly emitted by the company’s business activities Scope 2: Indirect CO2 emissions generated from the use of electricity, heat, and steam supplied by other companies
Scope 3: CO2 emissions from upstream and downstream supply chains related to business activities other than those listed above SX: SX: Abbreviation for Sustainability Transformation. Initiatives for companies to switch to management policies that emphasize sustainability
* GHG Protocol: International/global standard for accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
* CFP: Abbreviation for Carbon Footprint of Products. A system that converts and displays the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions in each process of a product or service’s life cycle, from its creation to its disposal, into CO2 emissions.
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