Introducing Renewable Electricity Stably over the Long Term
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced that its Kofu production site in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan achieved the goal of procuring 100% of its electricity from renewable sources.
The goal of sourcing 100% renewable electricity has been attained by applying the Renewable Energy ECO Plan1 of the Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated, and implementing a virtual PPA,2 which was concluded with ReENE, a renewable energy business operated by Tokyu Land Corporation, in April 2025 for the power consumed at Kofu site, a production site of Konica Minolta. Partial use of renewable energy has also started at Kobe site 2, a further production site, based on the same arrangement. To ensure stable procurement of renewable energy into the future, the scope of the virtual PPA will be expanded in stages.
Konica Minolta’s Efforts to Achieve “Net Zero”
As part of its material issue “Addressing Climate Change,” Konica Minolta has been working to reduce CO2 emissions throughout the life cycle and has achieved steady progress. In addition, the company enhanced its long-term environmental vision, “Eco Vision 2050,” originally formulated in 2009, by introducing a new goal in 2023 to achieve net- zero CO2 emissions across the product life cycle by 2050, raising its previous target of an 80% reduction.
Konica Minolta is also a member of RE100, a global corporate initiative committed to sourcing 100% renewable energy. To achieve its net-zero ambition, the company will further strengthen its emissions-reduction capabilities and transition to 100% renewable energy for all operations by 2050.
In 2024, Konica Minolta’s net-zero targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), supporting alignment with the Paris Agreement goals.
