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Environmental Initiatives

Environmental Initiatives

Recently, natural and environmental issues have become major social issues at local and global scales. Based on the corporate philosophy "to create new systems and values using information technology and contribute to the realization of a prosperous, happy society," I-NET is proactively working on efforts to minimize the impact of its business activities on the environment, aiming to pass down a better environment to the next generation, as a company that is a public organ of society.

Promotion System

The I-NET Group has established governance policies and an execution structure to address environmental issues including climate change.
This allows us to deliberate and decide on important policies and measures for responding to climate change, leading to improvements and new initiatives.
In April 2022, the Group established an SDGs Promotion Office within I-NET to further advance ESG management.
We have also established an SDGs Promotion Council chaired by our Representative Director and Executive President.
The Council meets twice a year to report on and discuss SDG activities, working actively on SDG initiatives across the Group.
The SDGs Promotion Council discusses and decides on initiatives, risks, opportunities, policies, and disclosures related to climate change. It also monitors progress and reports resolutions and progress status to the Board of Directors.
The SDGs Promotion Office operates the SDGs Promotion Council and conducts specific examinations of group-wide initiatives, risks, opportunities, policies, and disclosures. It then extends resolutions into business activities through each business division and follows up on their implementation.

Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Introduction of Renewable Energy-Derived Electricity (Off-Site PPA Service)

Beginning on January 1, 2024, renewable energy-derived electricity generated on the rooftops of the i-Missions Park Kazo and i-Missions Park Yoshikawa Minami facilities in Saitama Prefecture has been utilized for a portion of the electricity used at the1st Data Center.This is part of the off-site PPA service provided by Itochu Enex Co.
Electricity generated from renewable energy sources significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to that generated from fossil fuels, and also has a smaller impact on the environment. We are actively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by switching to renewable energy sources for the electricity consumed by our data centers.

＜Photographs of power plants＞

1.i-Missions Park Kazo Solar Power Plant

2.i-Missions Park Yoshikawa Minami Solar Power Plant

Installation of a Solar Power Generation System at the 2nd Data Center

In March 2025, the Company installed and commenced operation of a solar power generation system for internal consumption at the 2nd Data Center in Yokohama City.
This system contributes to reducing environmental impact by using renewable energy to cover part of the Company’s electricity demand.
This initiative is one of the concrete measures we have taken to achieve our long-term goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the Group’s entire value chain by 100% by 2040.
Moving forward, we will continue our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of our business activities, including the use of renewable energy.

Introduction of Electric Vehicles

We have introduced electric vehicles (EVs) in order to reduce our environmental impact and work for a sustainable future. We have also installed EV charging facilities in the parking lot of our data center. By using these vehicles for data center-related operations, we are practicing environment-friendly business activities.

Eco-Friendly Data Centers with Environmental Considerations

In managing data centers, consideration for the environment is an important initiative.
I-NET's data centers strive to conserve electricity by eco-friendly measures using the natural power of water and wind.
I-NET has also acquired the Rank A of Yokohama City Environment-conscious Building System (CASBEE Yokohama).
We have achieved eco-friendly data centers with increased environmental considerations for the environment along with durability.

Eco-friendly measures that utilize locations

I-NET's data centers are located on high grounds. The wind blows underneath the platforms on which HVAC outdoor units are placed even during the summer.
We increase the operational efficiency of the outdoor units, reducing the electricity consumption of HVAC units by utilizing this wind and having the outdoor units take in cool air even during the summer.

Utilizing waste water

We design concrete rooftops with inclines from the design stage, achieving cooling effects by running water on the concrete when reflections are strong in the summer. We control the electricity consumption of HVAC units by implementing efficient HVAC operation.

Structures with HVAC efficiency improvement considerations

The interiors of the colocation rooms feature flat ceilings with a floor height of 5m, which was the first in Japan at the time of construction. We reduce the electrical load of the HVAC units by fluently and softly circulating the air toward HVAC units along the ceiling.

Reducing electricity with energy conservation systems

Energy recovery ventilators and air-cooled packaged air conditioners (PAC) are installed in I-NET's data centers. Energy recovery ventilators exchange heat when ventilating the exhausted air of colocation rooms with the incoming outdoor air, ensuring that the outdoor air temperature is close to that of inside the rooms. This contributes to reducing HVAC electricity consumption according to the seasons.

環境マネジメントシステム

Activity to the Environment

I-NET Corp. built the environmental management system in the Data Centers (the 1st Data Center, the 2nd Data Center), acquired the certification of ISO14001 and has tried to reduce the environmental load.
As the natural environmental problem in the community and the earth becomes severe and detrimental topics these days, preservation of the global environment becomes urgent and pressing challenges common to human being. The strongly-built and high level secured Data Centers of our company operate as information infrastructure of industry and the society without stopping for 24 hours a day, for 365 days a year.
We considered minimizing the influence to the preservation of environment as one of our social responsibilities through the operation of our Data Centers and established the environmental policy to carry out the activities for environment load reduction.

Environmental Declaration

Kanagawa Renewable Energy Power User

I-NET’s 2nd Data Center has been certified as a "Kanagawa Renewable Energy Power User" under the "Kanagawa Renewable Energy Power Utilization Support Project*," which promotes the expansion of renewable energy use in Kanagawa Prefecture.

*) "Kanagawa Renewable Energy Power Utilization Support Project" is a system established to promote the use of electricity derived from renewable energy within Kanagawa Prefecture. It aims to raise awareness of renewable energy power plans and certifies and publicly announces companies and organizations that have switched to renewable energy power.

Participation in Initiatives

Response to TCFD recommendations

In August 2023, we endorsed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The TCFD recommends that companies disclose their climate change initiatives across the four areas of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets.

TCFD website

Information disclosure based on TCFD recommendations

Participation in TCFD Consortium

The TCFD Consortium was established as a forum for discussion of effective corporate disclosure of information and its use by financial institutions and others in making appropriate investment decisions. Companies and financial institutions that advocate the TCFD recommendations work together to pursue initiatives.

TCFD Consortium website

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