YKK outlines progress towards net zero
26/11/2025
‘This is YKK 2025’ is structured around five themes: climate change, material resources, water resources, chemical management, and respect for people, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Key achievements include:
• Cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 57% from FY2018 levels, and lowered Scope 3 emissions by 14%
• Boosted renewable energy usage to 61% of total power consumption
• Transitioned 45 global sites to 100% renewable energy, including full conversion in the China region, and added seven new solar sites for a total of 34
• Reduced total water intake by 7.5% compared with FY2018
Koichi Matsushima, president of YKK Corporation, said: “With our Net-Zero commitment and the ONE YKK vision, we are taking bold steps to transform our business, empower our people and lead the way toward a circular economy.”
Image: A collaboration between YKK and University of Fukui’s Fukumira Design Factory at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, to showcase its Eco-Dye zip technology, a dyeing method that uses carbon dioxide in a supercritical fluid state instead of water
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