Since August 2023, Tobu Bus Nikko has been operating demonstration buses that use biofuel derived from waste cooking oil on routes in the Nikko area, including the Oku-Nikko area, which has been selected by the Ministry of the Environment as a Leading Decarbonization Area. The demonstration will use B5, a biofuel blend that meets national diesel fuel standards, in three buses to test its effects on vehicle equipment and fuel efficiency, etc.
In the future, biofuel created by refining waste cooking oil generated at Tobu Group facilities in Tochigi Prefecture, will be used in buses, etc., in the Nikko area, with the aim of creating a locally produced, locally consumed energy cycle.

KAJIMA, Toshi Kankyo Engineering, Tobu Railway, and Tobu Town Solamachi are promoting a locally produced, locally consumed resource recycling initiative that uses waste cooking oil from restaurants and other establishments in the “Tokyo Solamachi®” commercial facility.
This waste cooking oil is collected by Toshi Kankyo Engineering and recycled into “B100” 100% biodiesel fuel, and since September 2023, this has been reused as fuel for generators at the KAJIMA JV construction site in the Tobu Railway Isesaki Line (near Tokyo Skytree Station) continuous, multilevel, intersecting architecture project. This is a “new type of locally produced, locally consumed resource recycling model” that covers the entire process from the recovery of renewable energy to its reuse in the same region. We estimate that the use of approximately 4,000 liters of B100 during the period of the project will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 10 tons.

Tobu Railway, Tobu Department Store, CoCooking, and Alpha Locker System started a demonstration test in March 2024 to reduce food waste at the Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Store and nearby stores by listing food items near their expiration dates on a special website and delivering them to lockers at Ikebukuro Station on the Tobu Tojo Line.
In this demonstration test, we collaborated with CoCooking, which operates the food sharing service “TABETE” to reduce food loss, to test a service in which products near their expiration dates at the Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Store and nearby stores are displayed on a dedicated website, and products purchased through this website can be picked up at lockers at Ikebukuro Station.
This is the first initiative by a railway company in Japan to resell food waste products in stations using unmanned lockers. This service will not only reduce food loss, which has been an issue in the past, but also contribute to enhancing convenience for customers.
This demonstration test aims to increase the added value of Tobu Group facilities and create a new business, as part of the “TOBU Open Innovation Program,” a business co-creation program utilizing open innovation that Tobu Railway has been conducting since 2021. Going forward, the Company will continue working with external companies as we aim to increase value along railway lines through our business co-creation program.

Tobu Railway holds the Accident Prevention and Disaster Prevention Liaison Conference twice a year to share examples of safety initiatives with partner companies involved in railroad construction work related to engineering and electricity, and to help prevent accidents and disasters.
Awards are given for accidents and disasters that have been prevented, and we work together with our partner companies to promote accident prevention.
In addition to the above, we are implementing the following initiatives to prevent accidents and disasters.

In addition to certifying the employees of our cooperating companies with the qualifications established by the Company, we regularly conduct training for qualified employees to prevent similar accidents based on safety rules and standards and incidents, and check their technical skills.

As part of the safety efforts at each of the high-rise construction sites (Tokyo Skytree, Noda, Kusakabe), regular joint patrols of the construction sites are conducted in a manner that transcends the relationship between client and contractor. After the patrol, we hold a safety meeting to exchange opinions on what we noticed during the patrol and what we feel should be shared in order to raise safety awareness.

Symphonia Tobu, a special subsidiary that promotes the employment of people with disabilities, collaborates with welfare service facilities for the disabled along our railway lines, and sells sweets and other products made at these facilities at the “Tobu Fan Festa” held once a year.
In addition, the Company accepts people with disabilities from special schools and employment support organizations along our railway lines for on-the-job training and the dual system of special education.
We are working to build cooperative relationships with related organizations along our railway lines, and to further expand this circle of cooperation in order to realize a “society where everyone can have a rewarding career” and a “society where we can work together in partnership.”

Tobu Railway is also working on environmental considerations for printed materials. For printed materials, it is necessary to consider "paper," "ink," "printing method," and "disposal after use," for which the cooperation of printing companies is essential. Each of these factors is related to “forest resources,” “air quality,” “water pollution,” “workplace environment,” and “recycling.” Printing companies are aware of these issues and are responding to them.
These efforts have been recognized, including being awarded the “GP Environmental Grand Prize” from the Japan Federation of Printing Industries (JFPI), and in 2024 we received the “GP Environment Grand Prize Gold Prize Award,” which is awarded to companies that have won the GP Environment Grand Prize four times.
We will continue to work together on environmental issues.