JETRO Award Winner - Asia DX
Collaboration with a Logistics Platform Startup in Vietnam Improving Logistics Efficiency and Reducing GHG Emissions with Digital Tech
To improve logistics efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Vietnam through digital transformation (DX), NAGASE & CO., LTD. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kenji Asakura) has entered a business agreement with LOGIVAN VIETNAM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD., a startup with a business-to-business logistics platform business in Vietnam.
To reduce GHG emissions, they will collaborate with the zeroboard GHG emissions calculation and visualization cloud service developed by Zeroboard Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Michitaka Tokeiji). This project to improve logistics efficiency and reduce GHG emissions in Vietnam was selected as a winning project for the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) Promotion Program for joint projects between ASEAN and Japan.
The logistics infrastructure in Vietnam is inadequate, with inefficient deliveries being made by sole proprietorships and small scale businesses, as well as being behind on digitalization. Corporate logistics are said to account for 10% of Scope 3 GHG emissions, and with Vietnam having committed to carbon neutrality at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), reducing those emissions is an urgent task for the country. By working together with LOGIVAN, which runs a platform business including a matching app for shippers and transport operators, NAGASE, which is expanding its businesses in Vietnam (mainly chemicals, plastics, and food), will work towards reducing costs and GHG emissions by digitalizing logistics data in order to optimize factors such as routes and loads.
The service will initially be implemented mainly for NAGASE’s Vietnamese subsidiary Nagase Vietnam Co., Ltd and its clients. At the same time, by calculating and visualizing GHG emissions for client companies’ activities as a whole through cooperation with zeroboard, optimal solutions will be provided for reducing GHG emissions. NAGASE and Zeroboard Inc. are supporting decarbonization efforts by businesses by providing zeroboard not only in Japan, but in other Asian countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. Through efficient and precise visualizations of emissions, and proposals for reduction based on issues unique to each country and region, a sustainable cooperative framework will be made aiming for carbon neutrality in Japan and abroad.
This program is carried out based on contributions to the AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in the FY2021 supplementary budget, with JETRO acting as the program secretariat by calling for submissions, selecting projects, and providing support to implement projects. This program supports pilot projects contributing to solving societal issues in ASEAN countries, taking advantage of the technology and knowhow of Japanese companies while collaborating with ASEAN companies.
