June 16, 2015
On June 15, "K" Line honored first "K" Line Group recipients with its Environmental Award.
Under the direction of "K" Line Environmental Vision 2050, as our long-term environmental
management vision toward 2050, we founded "K" Line Group Environmental Award in order to recognize
group-wide efforts for environmental conservation and biological diversity to assure sustainable operations for all
executives and employees of both "K" Line and "K" Line Group.
As a result of the wide range of participation by the national and international in-house divisions and the group
companies, there were many applicants. Activities that were judged as the finalists and who were selected as recipients
in the first awards ceremony are as summarized below.
Company Sustainability Report ("K" Line (Nederland) B.V.)
(Outline) "K" Line (Nederland) B.V. issued its own Sustainability Report that gives clear and
detailed information about their environmental preservation efforts and activities.
White Sand Beach - Lembeh Island - Beach cleaning (LNG Carrier Tangguh Palung)
(Outline) The ship's officers and crew are involved in volunteer activities for beach cleaning on
Lembeh Island in Indonesia while the ship is anchored at the harbor.
(Nitto Total Logistics Ltd)
(Outline) Voluntary cleaning up activities are being done in collaboration with partner companies at
lunch time and before office opening hour. So far the activities have been carried out 48 times with
participation of 600 people in total.
The "K" Line Group is positively committed to continuous engagement in worldwide
environmental conservation and contributing to marine and global environmental protection in order to
hand on this blue and beautiful ocean to the next generation, set up in "K" Line
Environmental Vision 2050" with the goal of achieving consistent growth and corporate value
improvement that are incorporated as part of the "K" Line Group's new medium-term
management plan "
Value for our Next Century."
