OERM Donates Carbon Credits Generated through CO2 Reductions at Yorii Plant

TOKYO, Japan - February 15, 2021 - ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation (“OERM”) announced today that it has donated carbon credits equivalent to 14,210 t-CO₂ based on the Saitama Prefecture Target-Setting Emissions Trading Program, to assist the prefecture’s Zero Carbon Saitama initiative. 

The first term of the Target-Setting Emissions Trading Program, which is based on the Saitama Prefecture Global Warming Strategy Promoting Ordinance, ran from fiscal 2011 to 2014. Over this period, OERM’s Yorii Plant advanced waste treatment facility exceeded its CO₂ emissions reductions targets by 14,210 t, and the donation is equivalent to this excess.

Going forward, OERM will continue to contribute to the realization of a recycling-oriented and sustainable society.

For information regarding Saitama Prefecture’s initiatives, please visit the Saitama Prefecture website.
For further information regarding the Zero Carbon Saitama initiative, please visit the following webpage (in Japanese): https://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/a0502/zerocarbon-saitama.html

Contact Information:
Investor Relations and Sustainability Department
ORIX Corporation
Tel: +81-3-3435-3121

About ORIX:
ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is a financial services group which provides innovative products and services to its customers by constantly pursuing new businesses.
Established in 1964, from its start in the leasing business, ORIX has advanced into neighboring fields and at present has expanded into lending, investment, life insurance, banking, asset management, automobile related, real estate and environment and energy related businesses. Since entering Hong Kong in 1971, ORIX has spread its businesses globally by establishing locations in 34 countries and regions across the world.
Going forward, ORIX intends to utilize its strengths and expertise, which generate new value, to establish an independent ORIX business model that continues to evolve perpetually. In this way, ORIX will engage in business activities that instill vitality in its companies and workforce, and thereby contribute to society. For more details, please visit our website: https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/
(As of September 30, 2020)

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