{"id":3829,"date":"2025-08-26T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/?page_id=3829"},"modified":"2025-08-30T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:27:56","slug":"sustainable-function-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/en\/sustainable-support\/sustainable-function-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Ant Capital Partners, we are taking ongoing steps to reduce our environmental footprint as part of our commitment to sustainability. We recognize climate change as a critical issue and are promoting initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions not only from our own operations but across our entire value chain by quantifying emissions and promoting reduction measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Scope 1 and Scope 2 (Emissions from our own operations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In FY2022, we reached net-zero emissions for Scope 1 and 2, thanks to our transition to a renewable-energy-powered office building (the Marunouchi Building). *<br \/>\nWe will continue to promote energy conservation and reduce electricity usage.<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/mec.disclosure.site\/j\/sustainability\/activities\/environment\/building-list\/\">Reference: Mitsubishi Estate Group \u2013 List of Buildings Using Renewable Energy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Scope 3 (Emissions from the entire value chain)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In FY2024, we carried out a comprehensive assessment of all Scope 3 emissions to better understand our total climate impact.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of our GHG emissions are concentrated in \u201cScope 3 \u2013 Category 15 (Investments).\u201d Accordingly, we are working closely with our portfolio companies to promote emissions calculations and reductions. In FY2024, we obtained primary emissions data from approximately 40% of our portfolio companies. For companies without primary data available, we estimated emissions using carbon intensity per unit of revenue, based on their sector.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, we aim to support portfolio companies in calculating their emissions using accurate primary data and in reducing their footprint in ways that also drive business value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 GHG Emissions Summary\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0(Unit: t-CO\u2082e)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SUSTAINABILITY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Totals may not match exactly due to rounding.<br \/>\n-Scope 3 Categories 1\u20137 include emissions from upstream activities such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchased goods and services (Category 1)<\/li>\n<li>Capital goods (Category 2)<\/li>\n<li>Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2 (Category 3)<\/li>\n<li>Upstream transportation and distribution (Category 4)<\/li>\n<li>Waste generated in operations (Category 5)<\/li>\n<li>Business travel (Category 6)<\/li>\n<li>Employee commuting (Category 7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-Scope 3 Categories 8\u201314 are not applicable due to the nature of our business.<\/p>\n<p>-Scope 3 Category 15 is emissions associated with investment activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Notes on GHG Emission Calculations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calculation Period<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 1 to March 31 of each fiscal year<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope of Calculation<\/strong><br \/>\nAnt Capital Partners Co., Ltd. (Consolidated)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emission Factors Used<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calculation methods and emission factors under the \u201cGHG Emissions Accounting, Reporting, and Disclosure System\u201d (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Emission intensity database for calculating GHG emissions through supply chains (Ver. 3.5)<\/li>\n<li>LCI Database \u201cIDEA version 2.3\u201d by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), IDEA Lab, Safety Science Division<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u203bCalculations are conducted in accordance with the internationally recognized \u201cGHG Protocol\u201d and the Ministry of the Environment\u2019s relevant guidelines in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 About Scope 3 \u2013 Category 15 (Investments)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calculations are conducted in accordance with the \u201cPractical Guide for Decarbonization Based on Portfolio Carbon Analysis for Financial Institutions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>For portfolio companies with available data, Scope 1 and 2 emissions are calculated using primary data.<\/li>\n<li>For companies without primary data, emissions are estimated using revenue-based emissions intensity benchmarks for each sector, adjusted by our investment share.<\/li>\n<li>Calculations are based on the portfolio holdings as of the end of March 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Ant Capital Partners, we are taking ongoing steps to reduce our environmental footprint as part of our comm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2056,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/?page_id=3815"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3830,"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829\/revisions\/3830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antcapital.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}