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Mitsui & Co.
In the fields of mineral and metal resources, energy, machinery and infrastructure, chemicals, iron and steel products, lifestyle-related industries, and next-generation functional promotion, the company is leveraging its worldwide sales bases to develop a diverse range of businesses, including sales of a wide variety of products and supporting logistics, finance, and the establishment of international project projects. In 2020, the company will become the first sogo shosha to set a goal of achieving "Net Zero Emission" by 2050 and establish an Energy Solution Division with the aim of solving climate change issues in society.
In 2020, MCC invested in LanzaJet, a U.S. company that owns the technology to produce SAF from ethanol, and has since been engaged in SAF production business worldwide utilizing LanzaJet's SAF production technology. In Japan, in order to contribute to the decarbonization of the aviation industry and to secure a stable supply of fuel, we are considering establishing a domestic SAF production business in cooperation with various companies by leveraging our strengths as a general trading company, such as building a supply chain in addition to LanzaJet's technology. In the long term, we will also take on the challenge of using the gas fermentation technology of LanzaTech, a U.S. company in which we have also invested, to produce ethanol of high environmental value from domestically produced raw materials and utilize it as a raw material for SAF. With our mission "to create the future of the world" in mind, we will combine our strengths as a general trading company with advanced technologies to promote and expand the use of SAF, and contribute to the development of the Japanese aviation industry and the realization of a sustainable society.
