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設立の背景Background
In order to achieve carbon neutrality by balancing greenhouse gas emissions and absorption, and ultimately bringing them to zero, the global transition to a circular economy, which reduces the consumption of natural resources and minimizes environmental impact, is being demanded. In Japan, the formation of a "circular society" has been promoted for many years through the "Basic Law for the Promotion of a Circular Society" enacted in 2000.
Moreover, the "Fifth Basic Environment Plan," approved by the Cabinet in 2018, proposed the concept of a "regional circulation symbiosis sphere," where each region forms a self-sufficient and decentralized society, complementing and supporting resources according to regional characteristics. Currently, in the "Sixth Basic Environment Plan," which is under discussion by the Ministry of the Environment, the direction for achieving a circular economy by utilizing regional resources such as circular resources and renewable resources to reduce the input of natural resources and the final disposal of waste is being outlined.
- “Regarding the Basic Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society”
- It was established based on the Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society to comprehensively and systematically promote measures related to the formation of a sound material-cycle society.
On the other hand, due to economic growth and population increases, there are concerns about the intensification of global competition for limited resources. In fact, supply constraints of goods and resources, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation in Ukraine, have highlighted the importance of securing resources stably within one's own country or neighboring regions, as well as efficiently utilizing and recycling them. Through resource circulation, the risk of supply disruptions for goods and resources is being controlled, and there is a growing momentum to link this to a "virtuous cycle of environment and growth." Against this backdrop, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) formulated the "Growth-Oriented Resource Self-Sufficiency Economic Strategy" in March 2023.
For Japan, a "resource-poor country" that relies on importing many resources, the transition to a circular economy that sustainably utilizes resources can become an opportunity for economic growth and strengthening industrial competitiveness.
In the context of accelerating investment competition towards realizing Green Transformation (GX) globally, our council sees the circular economy as a way to overcome challenges in the changing business environment, such as addressing carbon neutrality and resource constraints. We aim to create an internationally competitive resource circulation market in collaboration with government agencies.
Secretariat
General Incorporated Association, Resource Circulation Promotion Council Secretariat
1-2-2 Yurakucho, Toho Hibiya Building 15F, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006
Email:contact@rrc.or.jp