RIKEN has formulated a basic policy on the environment regarding its 5th mid- to long-term target planning period.

Basic Policy pertaining to environmental response regarding the 5th Mid- to Long-Term target period

Our aim is to be a research institute which creates a sustainable society protecting our world

As Japan's sole comprehensive research institute for natural science, RIKEN aims to create a society in which sustainability is utilized. We will accomplish this by considering a balance which maintains research activities while reducing our ecological footprint as we balance maintaining the global commons and planetary health. At the same time, we aim to realize carbon neutrality in 2050 based on the "Plan to establish actions for implementation in order for the Japanese government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to office work and projects" (Cabinet decision, Feb. 18, 2025). We will enhance environmental considerations for the use, generation, and procurement of energy at RIKEN. We will also advance a reduction of greenhouse gases, contributing to the creation of a future society that will co-exist with the earth by bringing about behavioral changes in the maintenance of livelihood at RIKEN.

Sustainability for the Future 2050 -Toward a sustainable future-

• 1.Give future generations a sustainable planet through research and innovation
  • Aim to simultaneously create scholarship needed for humanity's future and to solve societal challenges
    Overview of scientific knowledge of research fields to protect a sustainable planet and organic coordination that crosses research fields
  • Aim for high-level research to bring about a Net Zero* society
    Utilize RIKEN's research results and vitalize academia as a whole
    New value creation for industry-university-government and creation of growth opportunities
    *Note: Fixing to zero the difference between the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and the amount absorbed
• 2.Sustainable operation of RIKEN
  • Aim to be carbon neutral by 2050
    Research activities that have used renewable energy
  • Make the utmost use of research facilities and equipment and move toward research activities that minimize the carbon footprint
• 3.Deliver the power of science to the world
  • Disseminate RIKEN's outstanding research outcomes for solving societal challenges in order to protect the Global Commons