“K” LINE Group Environmental Awards 2025 Ceremony held on June 4, 2025.

The awards were established to honor and give recognition to outstanding environmental-preservation activities undertaken by both executives and employees working throughout the “K” LINE Group. This year marks the 11th awards ceremony since the establishment of the awards in 2015. We accepted many entries from our group companies both in Japan and overseas. The activities of eight companies — one “Grand Award” , four “Excellence Awards” and five “Special Award” were selected from such standpoints as “Creativeness,” “Challengingness,” “Contribution to the environment,” “Consistency” and “Spillover Effect” and they received the awards from our President.

Awardees of the “K” LINE Group Environmental Awards are as follows:

(Grand Award) 

• Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact and Costs through the Implementation of Solar Panels and Energy-Saving Devices 
  CLK Cold Storage Company Limited*¹

  CLK operates refrigerator/freezer warehouse in Vietnam. In 2021, the company installed its first set of solar panels, and in 2022, additional panels were added. In its ongoing efforts to explore new environmental conservation and cost-saving measures, the company achieved further reductions in CO2 emissions and costs by introducing energy-saving equipment in September 2024.

  <CO2 Reduction Achievements>
  Solar panels
  CO2 Emissions Reduced: Equivalent to 589 tons (November 2021 – December 2024)
  Energy-saving devices
  CO2 Emissions Reduced: Equivalent to 12 tons (October 2024 – December 2024)

(Excellence Award) 

•  Advanced Digitization of Marine Trailer Management on the Shimizu/ Oita Route
  Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

  By utilizing GPS technology, Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen has enabled real-time management of vehicle location, cargo status, and trailer availability, leading to improved dispatch efficiency.This initiative is also expected to help accommodate increasing demand for Ro-Ro vessel transport amid a shortage of truck drivers.

•  Implementation of Reuse and Recycling through Changes in Disaster Preparedness Stockpile Management Scheme 
  Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.,

  General Affairs Group,During the replacement of emergency stockpiles, “K”Line General Affairs Group implemented reuse, donation, and recycling of supplies. In addition, the management method was revised to a centralized company-wide system, contributing to reduced ordering workload and more efficient use of storage space.

•  Contracts to Promote the Use of SAF in Air Cargo Transport
  “K”Line Logistics, Ltd.

  As a freight forwarder,“K”Line Logistics encourages shippers to participate in SAF programs, thereby contributing to the reduction of their Scope 3 emissions and supports CO2 reduction across the entire supply chain.

• Tree planting with local Community and Cost Savings through Waste Reduction, etc. 
  K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd. (KCST)*²

  Carried out a variety of environmental initiatives, including tree-planting with students,promoting reusable materials in warehouse operations, reducing waste, and conducting regular clean-up activities around its facilities.

(Special Award) 　*Accumulation 10 entries

• “K” Line America, Inc.
• “K” Line (Korea) Ltd.
• K Line (China) Ltd.
• K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd.
• “K” Line Logistics, Ltd.

The “K” LINE Group will continue to broadly share environmental preservation activities being addressed within our Group companies via the presentation of these annual “K” Line Group Environmental Awards in order to demonstrate the environmental preservation activities by the entire Group. Through this emphasis on continuing to aggressively contribute to environmental preservation and biodiversity protection, we will successfully accomplish our mission, i.e., “Passing on a sustainable society and this blue and beautiful ocean to the next generation” as expressed in “K” LINE Environmental Vision 2050.

*1 CLK Cold Storage Company Limited
Joint-venture established in 2015 by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. , Cool Japan Fund Inc. and Japan Logistic Systems Corp.
With state-of-the-art, energy-saving Cold Storage facilities in the suburbs of
Ho Chi Minh City, it provides high-quality, high-value-added, Japanese-style services.

*2 K Line Container Service (Thailand) Ltd. (KCST)
KCST own three warehouses and an inland container depot in Thailand.
KCST provide Import/Export Customs Clearance, Land Transportation, Warehousing,
Machinery Installation, Container Depot Operation.

＜Shots from the ceremony＞