March 11, 2025

Commitment to Obtain Validation From SBTi

CKD Corporation (Head Office: Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, President and CEO: Katsuhito Okuoka) announced today that it has expressed its commitment to the SBT Initiative*² (SBTi)—an organization that certifies Science Based Targets (SBT), which are greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that are scientifically consistent with the targets set by the Paris Agreement*¹—and aims to obtain validation within two years.

SBT is an international initiative in which companies set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets based on scientific evidence, which are assessed and validated by SBTi in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. The reduction targets are required to be set to cover all business activities, including not only a company’s direct emissions but also indirect emissions from other companies and customers.

CKD will continue to contribute to the preservation of the global environment by clarifying and complying with the requirements of environmental laws and regulations, and by developing and delivering to our customers unique and environmentally friendly products, utilizing the automation and fluid control technologies we have developed over the years. Doing so, we aim to achieve carbon neutrality and promote the prevention of environmental pollution. We will continue to contribute to the preservation of the global environment going forward.

*1: An international agreement on climate change reached at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris in 2015. The stated goal is to keep the global average temperature increase well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial times, and to strive to limit it to 1.5°C.

*2: An initiative established by CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to assess corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets.