TOWING Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; CEO: Kohei Nishida; hereinafter "TOWING") has initiated a joint development and cultivation demonstration project for environmentally sustainable turfgrass using the high-performance biochar "Soratan (Soratan)," in collaboration with Fuji Mi Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture; President: Masanobu Yamamoto; hereinafter "Fuji Mi Kogyo"), a leading landscaping and greening company, and Nichino Ryokuka Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo Ward, Tokyo; President: Nobuhiko Nagai; hereinafter "Nichino Ryokuka"), a turfgrass manufacturer. This initiative aims to respond to growing decarbonization demands across the landscaping and greening supply chain by applying the J-Credit scheme methodology "AG004 Application of Biochar to Farmland" to greening materials, thereby generating carbon credits. Additionally, the project seeks not only carbon sequestration in farmland through the application of high-performance biochar "Soratan" but also improvements in turfgrass quality and productivity via soil enhancement, along with an economic evaluation of the overall initiative. The three companies are collaborating to build a new model that creates added value for both agriculture and the environment, targeting the first-ever※ application of the J-Credit system to greening turfgrass in Japan. Turfgrass cultivation site 1. Background ■ Rising Demand for Decarbonization in the Greening Materials Industry In recent years, demand for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (carbon footprint) over the entire lifecycle of materials used in construction, landscaping, and urban greening has rapidly increased. Even in public and private construction projects, the adoption of decarbonization-conscious materials is increasingly becoming a key criterion in bidding and evaluation processes. In response to this trend, Fuji Mi Kogyo and Nichino Ryokuka have formulated a strategy to reduce GHG emissions across their en