In terms of recent noteworthy initiatives, the working group spent more than a year from the draft stage analyzing the impact of the electrical and electronic industry in the lead up to the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the new global framework with a target year of 2030, at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD/COP15) held in Montreal, Canada in December 2022. The working group compiled the results of the analysis as GBF23 Target Guidance and held a guidance seminar for member companies (as a member of the working group, Casio also participated in the process).

Casio also showed the working group members around Casio Forest, a project it is conducting based on an agreement with the Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The forest is a case study of Nature-based Solutions(NbS), which are attracting attention as a way to build a nature-positive world by 2030, as sought by the GBF. Across 25,000 hectares of forest managed by the Bureau of Waterworks as a source of tap water, about 4,000 birdhouses have been installed to encourage breeding of wild birds, aiming to prevent damage caused by pests and diseases. Casio has also implemented this initiative in the Casio Forest, which is part of the water source forest.

The Biodiversity Working Group of Japan’s four electrical and electronic industry associations has collected data on the initiatives of electrical and electronic companies. This data is provided to the Nijyu-maru Project (Double 20 campaign) of the Japan Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Casio’s initiatives are registered in these databases, along with those of other companies.