Environment | Reduce CO₂ emissions
CO₂ reduction across our operations

The Bridgestone Group has set a new target in Milestone 2030 to reduce its absolute CO₂ emissions (Scope 1 and 2^*1) by 50%, compared to 2011 by 2030. The Group has set an interim goal of reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30% or more by 2023, compared to 2011.

In 2021, the Group continued its efforts to improve energy efficiency and introduce renewable energy sources, and achieving a 25.0% reduction compared to 2011.

^*1 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, and after-use of lifecycle stages.

Independent Assurance Statement (243KB)
Actual calculation (86KB)

Wuxi Plant (China) and Pune Plant (India) began using electricity generated by large-scale, solar power generators installed on the facilities’ roofs with electricity suppliers in 2018.

In addition, large-scale solar power generation (2MW) has begun operating at Aiken Plant (United States) in 2020.

In Japan, since 2019, four Bridgestone Group tire manufacturing facilities (Torisu, Tochigi, Kitakyushu and Kurume), Chemical & Industrial Products Technology Center (Yokohama) and Global-Manufacturing Education Center (Tokyo) have introduced solar photovoltaic power generation systems.

For more details on renewable energy use, see “ESG Data.”

Bridgestone Costa Rica (BSCR) introduced a biomass boiler to produce heat for its San Jose Plant in 2014. The company successfully reduced CO₂ emissions for the facility by approximately 50% by replacing oil with wood pellets as fuel for the boiler. This BSCR initiative is helping the Republic of Costa Rica achieve carbon neutrality.

In addition, Bridgestone India Private Limited Pune Plant installed and started to use Biomass boiler to cover 100% of the Plant’s steam demand in 2021.

Even as the manufacturing volumes grow in response to demand, the Bridgestone Group will continue to work to reduce its energy consumption to achieve the CO₂ emissions reduction goals. Since 2009, Bridgestone’s Technology Center has proactively conducted energy surveys to identify energy losses and areas for improvement at plant facilities. The Group is also continuously developing the ability of the personnel to recognize and implement energy-saving opportunities. In Milestone 2030, the Group aims to improve our energy efficiency by 0.5% per year, and it will continue to promote these activities throughout the Group.

In Milestone 2030, Bridgestone Group set a target to reduce CO₂ emissions across the lifecycle and value chain (Scope 3) of its products and services exceeding five times its operation’s (Scope 1 and 2) CO₂ emissions by 2030 (base year 2020). In 2021, the contribution to CO₂ reduction combined with the activities of the entire value chain is equivalent to approximately 1.6 million tons^*. This is 0.5 times the amount of CO₂ emissions from its operations.

* 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’s CO₂ emissions are verified by LRQA Limited, a third-party institution, to ensure the accuracy and transparency of this information.

Independent Assurance Statement (243KB)
Actual calculation (86KB)

Bridgestone Americas Headquarters

In 2018, the Bridgestone Americas headquarters tower in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Many Bridgestone products used in the 48,588 square-meter, 31-story building helped secure the LEED certification.

For more information, please see news release.

B-Innovation, an innovation center located within Bridgestone Innovation Park (Kodaira City, Tokyo) has been awarded LEED® GOLD certification in 2022. Multiple sustainability features has evaluated including: the building design which achieved an energy reduction of 24.2% from the energy efficiency standard stipulated by LEED, the use of a solar power generation system, and the reuse and recycling of more than 50% of construction waste, etc.

For more information, please see news release.

The Bridgestone Group is enhancing initiatives of Milestone 2030 and supplier engagement for realizing carbon neutrality and a circular economy and for advancing its Sustainability Business Framework that ensures the link between sustainability activities and business across the entire value chain.

To accelerate the initiatives, the Group obtained approval from Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) that its CO₂ reduction targets for 2030 are consistent with the level requested by Paris Agreement (holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels) in January 2023.

The near-term targets approved by SBTi are following,

• Bridgestone Corporation commits to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 28% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.*
• Bridgestone Corporation commits that 92% of its suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services will have science-based targets by 2026.

* The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.