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Aspiring for a Sustainable, Attractive, and Vibrant Tokyo Business Overview 2020 Aspiring for a Sustainable, Attractive, and Vibrant Tokyo Our bases Chubo (Central Breakwater) Tokyo Environmental Public Tokyo Metropolitan Center for Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute Service Corporation Climate Change Actions Landfill Site Management Office for Environmental Protection (in Central Breakwater Joint Government Bldg., (Headquarters) (Cool Net Tokyo) Bureau of the Environment) To Kameido Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Yotsume St. Tokyo Teleport Sta. on the Rinkai Line (Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit) Tokyo Metropolitan Center for Climate Change Actions Wangan St. Tokyo Teleport Bus Stop Toei Oedo Line Mizuho Bank Kinshi Park Tokyo Tokyo Kinshicho Sta. Metropolitan Metropolitan Eitai St. To Minami-sunamachi Arca Kit Arca East Main Bldg. No.2 Main Bldg. No.1 Telecom Center-mae Bus Stop Kinshicho Toyocho Sta. Tochomae Sta. Tokyo Metro Tozai Line Yurikamome Telecom Center Sta. Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho Shinjuku Tokyo Shinjuku North exit Toei Shinjuku Line Metropolitan Sumitomo Toyota Mobility Tokyo NS Bldg. To Kiba Assembly Bldg. Bldg. Exit No. 3 Meiji St. To Ryogoku To Kameido Honda Telecom Center Bldg. KDDI Bldg. Keio Plaza Shinjuku Kinshicho Sta. Hotel Tokyo Mitsui Bldg. Bureau of juku Sta. Waterworks, Koto Driver’s Shinjuku Tokyo Yodobashi Camera South exit License Center PARCO Shinjuku Nishi-shin Metropolitan Central Breakwater Inner Landfill Site Center Bldg. Government Sta. Rotary Nippon Rakutenchi Digital Corp. Tokyo Traffic Toei Oedo Line Tokyo Metropolitan Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Research Institute for Kinshicho Bldg. 8F Shinjuku Sta. Chubo (Central Breakwater) Keiyo St. (general road) Environmental Protection Landfill Site Management Office Shinjuku Sta. Keio Line Toei Oedo Line Riot Police Unit No. 9, (in Central Breakwater Joint Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Rinkai Tunnel Government Bldg., Yotsume St Shinjuku-nishiguchi Sta. Marui Shinjuku Sta. Odakyu Line Bureau of the Environment) Shinjuku Sta Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation JR Shinjuku Sta. Golf practice range . Seibu-shinjuku Sta. 8F, Tokyo Traffic Kinshicho Bldg., 10F, Shinjuku NS Bldg., 1-7-5 Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo 2-4-76 Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo 4-26-5 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 2-4-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS • 1 min. walk from Kinshicho Sta. on the JR Sobu Line • 7 min. walk from the west exit of JR Shinjuku Sta. • 10 min. walk from the exit No. 3 of Toyocho Sta. on the Tokyo • From Tokyo Teleport Sta. of the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid • 1 min. walk from Kinshicho Sta. on the Tokyo Metro • 6 min. walk from Shinjuku Sta. on the Toei Shinjuku Line/Keio Line Metro Tozai Line Transit or Yurikamome Telecom Center Sta., take the Toei Bus bound for Chuo-bohatei and get off at the Kankyokyoku- Hanzomon Line • 3 min. walk from Tochomae Sta. on the Toei Oedo Line chubo-godo-chosha-mae Stop • 1 min. walk from the Kinshicho Sta. South Exit Bus Terminal (Japanese) K058-02 Message from the President Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation will endeavor to address increasingly diversifying and serious environmental problems to achieve a sustainable, attractive, and vibrant city of Tokyo. In recent years, the effects of global warming have become Since its establishment in 1962, TEPSC has worked increasingly severe, ranging from life-threatening heat to together with the government to solve diversifying unprecedented rainfall, and have already had a significant impact Smart Energy environmental problems, initially focusing on the field of on our daily lives. Our traditional consumer society based on the Energy-saving measures Introduction of renewable energy waste and in recent years expanding its business to include mass consumption of resources has resulted in global Use of hydrogen energy Heat management measures measures against global warming, protection of the natural environmental pollution, including pollution by plastics of marine environment, and surveys and research. ecosystems. To create a Smart Energy City and a comfortable With the Paris Agreement coming into effect and the urban environment, Tokyo Environmental Public Service establishment of the SDGs, the momentum to pursue Corporation (TEPSC) has promoted a wide range of operations, sustainability is rapidly spreading on a global scale, and including energy conservation measures, promotion of proper Tokyo has to play a leading role as an environmentally waste disposal and sustainable resource use, conservation of the Environmental Learning Making use of facilities, advanced city. natural environment, and surveys and research that contribute to regional features, and knowledge As a policy partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government the improvement and enhancement of the environment. Natural Environment (TMG), TEPSC will continue to take the various Development of volunteer Given that the enormous impact of climate change and the urgent human resources environmental issues surrounding Tokyo seriously and need for countermeasures have once again come to the fore, we Maintenance and management of Sustainable Resource Use nature conservation areas make full use of its expertise and frontline capabilities to will use our knowledge and expertise to encourage everyone to Three Rs and Respect for the Earth's Resources solve them, with the goal of “realizing a Zero Emission change their behavior to become more environmentally conscious Tokyo that will contribute to achieving net-zero CO2 and to proactively take on the challenge of resolving diversified emissions by 2050,” as declared by TMG. and serious environmental issues, to realize a Zero Emission Tokyo Besides, we will strive to strengthen our governance that will decarbonize society as a whole. In this way, we aim to through fair and sound management of the organization make Tokyo an attractive and vibrant city able to achieve Research and aim to become a corporation that can garner greater sustainable growth. Institute for trust from the residents and businesses of Tokyo. Environmental Protection I would like to ask for your continued suggestions and Studies and research to bring about benecial changes and cooperation in this endeavor. improvements to the urban environment Norio Yamagishi President Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation TEPSC’s efforts to achieve the SDGs Adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are common goals for the global community. They consist of 17 goals and 169 targets to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. Environmental problems may arise from any social or economic activity of humans, and the SDGs underpin the importance of solving closely related economic, social, and environmental problems in an integrated manner. As a public interest organization engaged in environmental projects and services, TEPSC will contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through its activities, such as by supporting and promoting environmental initiatives by the residents and businesses of Tokyo that will lead to their realization, and by playing a pivotal role in partnership and collaboration with various entities. Transforming our world 3 Message from the President Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation will endeavor to address increasingly diversifying and serious environmental problems to achieve a sustainable, attractive, and vibrant city of Tokyo. In recent years, the effects of global warming have become Since its establishment in 1962, TEPSC has worked increasingly severe, ranging from life-threatening heat to together with the government to solve diversifying unprecedented rainfall, and have already had a significant impact Smart Energy environmental problems, initially focusing on the field of on our daily lives. Our traditional consumer society based on the Energy-saving measures Introduction of renewable energy waste and in recent years expanding its business to include mass consumption of resources has resulted in global Use of hydrogen energy Heat management measures measures against global warming, protection of the natural environmental pollution, including pollution by plastics of marine environment, and surveys and research. ecosystems. To create a Smart Energy City and a comfortable With the Paris Agreement coming into effect and the urban environment, Tokyo Environmental Public Service establishment of the SDGs, the momentum to pursue Corporation (TEPSC) has promoted a wide range of operations, sustainability is rapidly spreading on a global scale, and including energy conservation measures, promotion of proper Tokyo has to play a leading role as an environmentally waste disposal and sustainable resource use, conservation of the Environmental Learning Making use of facilities, advanced city. natural environment, and surveys and research that contribute to regional features, and knowledge As a policy partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government the improvement and enhancement of the environment. Natural Environment (TMG), TEPSC will continue to take the various Development of volunteer Given that the enormous impact of climate change and the urgent human resources environmental issues surrounding Tokyo seriously and need for countermeasures have once again come to the fore, we Maintenance and management of Sustainable Resource Use nature conservation areas make full use of its expertise and frontline capabilities to will use our knowledge and expertise to encourage everyone to Three Rs and Respect for the Earth's Resources solve them, with the goal
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