Cosmo Oil Marketing and Kanuma City Sign Comprehensive Regional Partnership Agreement to Achieve Zero-Carbon City

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Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd. (President: Naoki Takayama, hereinafter "Cosmo Oil Marketing"), a group company of Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. (President: Shigeru Yamada), is pleased to announce that it signed a "Basic Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership for the Realization of a Zero-Carbon City" (hereinafter "this Agreement") with Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture (Mayor: Shoichi Matsui) on March 25. As the first initiative under the agreement, starting April 1, Cosmo Oil Marketing will supply its renewable energy-derived electricity plan, "Cosmo Denki Business Green" (*1), to public facilities in Kanuma City. This is expected to enable Kanuma City to reduce its annual CO2 emissions by approximately 870 tons. From the agreement signing ceremony on March 25 (from left: Kanuma City Mayor Shoichi Matsui, Cosmo Oil Marketing President Naoki Takayama) 【Main Contents of the Agreement】 Under this agreement, the parties will collaborate and cooperate on the following items: (1) Promotion of a zero-carbon city (2) Promotion of a regional circular and symbiotic society (3) Environmental education for citizens Furthermore, to achieve the above objectives, measures will be advanced in the following areas: (1) Initiatives for energy circulation within the region (2) Initiatives related to the recycling of waste cooking oil (3) Initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of official city vehicles (4) Initiatives to supply low-carbon energy to city facilities, etc. 【Initiatives of Both Parties】 With the formulation of the 5th Kanuma City Environmental Basic Plan, Kanuma City aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal year 2030 by 46% compared to fiscal year 2013 (Regional Policy section). This agreement promotes initiatives to achieve this goal, and aims to achieve a "zero-carbon city" with "effectively zero carbon dioxide emissions" by 2050. To further promote Kanuma City's transition to a zero-carbon city, Cosmo Oil Marketing will proceed with concrete discussi

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