Environment | Reduce CO₂ emissions
Our solutions for CO₂ reduction

Bridgestone set a focused target towards 2030: contributing to global CO₂ emissions reduction across the lifecycle and value chain (Scope 3^*1) of its products and services exceeding five times its operation’s (Scope 1 and 2^*1) CO₂ emissions^*2. Bridgestone seeks to differentiate itself and strengthen its competitiveness by providing solutions based on Dan-Totsu (the clear and absolute leader) products and services, helping its customers reduce their CO₂ emissions and become carbon neutral.

1. The target covers emissions from production sites excluding discontinued operations. Scope 1 covers all direct CO₂ emissions by a company (from boilers of manufacturing facilities, etc.). Scope 2 covers indirect energy-related CO₂ emissions (from consumption of purchased electricity, etc.). Scope 3 covers CO₂ emissions from raw material procurement, distribution, customers’ use, disposal, and recycling lifecycle stages.
2. Base year: 2020

Looking at the entire lifecycle of a tire, CO₂ emissions during product use account for the largest proportion, approximately 90% of the total^*1. As a provider of products and services that contribute to the reduction of CO₂ emissions from customer use, Bridgestone is developing and expanding fuel-efficient tires equipped with ENLITEN, an innovative tire technology that combines environmental and driving performance, and mobility solutions that provide fleet management services.

In 2024, Bridgestone continued to reduce CO₂ emissions during vehicle operation through mobility solutions that offer reduced tire rolling resistance. The result was a contribution to CO₂ reduction, combined with the activities of the entire value chain, equivalent to approximately 4.8 million tons^*2. This is 2.9 times the amount of CO₂ emissions from production activities.

Bridgestone will continue to improve monitoring of its CO₂ reduction contributions of each SBU to expand its overall CO₂ reduction activities.

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1. Source: “Tyre LCCO₂ Calculation Guidelines Ver. 3.0.1” (The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association, Inc., December 2021)
2. Calculated using Bridgestone’s proprietary calculation method based on the “Tyre LCCO₂ Calculation Guidelines Ver. 3.0.1” (The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association, Inc)

Bridgestone develops and sells various environmental products that meet diverse needs in its core business. It promotes lightweight, fuel-efficient tires with low rolling resistance and high wet grip performance, led by the ECOPIA brand, to mitigate climate change through greater vehicle fuel economy.

ENLITEN is a technology that evolves environmental performance, expands basic performance, and elevates all conventional performances in tires. It also pursues “ultimate customization” to sharpen the edge in tire performance which not only meets the apparent needs and potential wants of the markets and customers, but also further inspires markets and customers by creating new value that they may not have imagined, according to the characteristics of diverse vehicles and usage conditions.

ENLITEN will contribute to extending EV driving range, improving electricity consumption and extending vehicle battery life through reduced tire rolling resistance and tire weight. Additionally, it will enhance resource productivity and high wear resistance, thereby reducing environmental impact. Bridgestone will continue expansion of ENLITEN-equipped products to help solve issues related to electrification from the ground up.

The BWSC is the world's foremost solar car event, in which cars travel about 3,000 km (1,860 miles) from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia. It inspires bright young minds from around the world to come together to push the limits of technological innovation and find solutions for the mobility of tomorrow, such as the development of solar cars. Participants are challenged to design, build and develop the world's most efficient vehicles. In addition to supporting the competition as a title sponsor, Bridgestone supplies ENLITEN-equipped tires; these tires achieve a Material Circularity Number (recycled and renewable material ratio) of 63%.

Through the BWSC, Bridgestone will not only refine and demonstrate sustainable tire technologies, but also promote sustainability across the value chain, such as low carbon emission logistics for tire shipping, and evolve its sustainable global motorsports activities.

Bridgestone continues to grow its portfolio of mobility solutions, including fleet management solutions, that leverage mobility and tire data from approximately 1.2 million contracted vehicles. This data is connected mainly through Webfleet Solutions in Europe and Azuga in North America. It is used to drive business insights and create new value for fleet customers. In 2022, Webfleet Solutions entered into a partnership with the German startup Chargylize to support fleets in their transition to EVs. Through its use of vehicle data analysis for proposals of the EV models best suited to customers, and its support for optimal operations in areas such as electric fleet management and EV charging solutions, Bridgestone will strive to support a carbon neutral mobility society from the ground up.

Webfleet Solutions contributes to CO₂ reduction through proposals for optimal operating routes for mobility. It enhanced its CO₂ reporting tool in 2024 to provide more comprehensive and actionable insights. Certified by TÜV Rheinland, this tool now allows fleets to report on both direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2) emissions using distance- and fuel-based calculations. This enables all Webfleet customers to consistently track emissions, regardless of vehicle type. The tool offers real-time and historical data, helping fleets comply with the EU's new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). It separates direct emissions from internal combustion vehicles and indirect emissions from electricity consumed by electric vehicles, automatically calculating carbon dioxide equivalents (CO₂-eq) in line with Greenhouse Gas (GHG) protocol guidelines.

In its tire-centric solutions business for trucks and buses, Bridgestone is taking on the challenge of establishing a circular business model. This model maximizes tire value by fully using each tire until the end of its life through an integrated approach combining Dan-Totsu products and retreads. The first element is to expand Bridgestone’s lineup of products equipped with ENLITEN, which pursues "ultimate customization." Based on these competitive new tires offering enhanced durability and wear resistance, Bridgestone will increase the number of retreads for each tire, thus contributing to improved resource productivity and reduced CO₂ emissions.

In addition, Tirematics is a digital tool for monitoring tire pressure and temperature. The rollout of this service started in Europe in 2012, and it is now offered globally with enhanced service content. Tirematics contributes to safe driving and stable vehicle operation as well as to the reduction of environmental impact, including reducing CO₂ emissions during vehicle operations by preventing deterioration in fuel efficiency due to low tire air pressure.

In 2024, the contribution to CO₂ emissions reduction by mobility solutions was equivalent to approximately 390,000 tons.

Vortech® rubber tracks are a new generation of low-fuel-consumption rubber tracks that help reduce the carbon emissions of Vortech®-equipped construction machinery.

Developed by Bridgestone, Vortech® rubber tracks have been designed to provide the same or higher levels of durability and other standard performance as similar products in its class, using an optimized internal structure and tread pattern. This dramatically lowers the bending resistance that occurs when rubber tracks rotate, leading to less drive loss and contributing to improved fuel consumption, more fluid vehicle movement, and better work efficiency^*.

* Efficiency varies depending on track specifications, operating conditions, among others.