Forest Resources

Policy and Commitment
Targets and Performance
Initiatives
Memberships and Collaborations

Policy and Commitment

For the construction industry, forest resources are not simply a source of materials but are important resources that affect sustainability across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. Through the advancement of timber construction and wood-based building technologies and the promotion of forest-related businesses, Shimizu works to create a circular use of forest resources, a key social issue, through four steps: nurturing forests (forest conservation and management), protecting forests (revitalizing forestry and creating new industries), connecting forests (regional development and energy utilization), and using wood (advancing timber construction and wood-based building technologies and actively utilizing timber).

Targets and Performance

Targets and results related to forest resources are shown in the table below. Among these, for the number of timber and timber hybrid structure construction projects, only actual results are reported.

FY2022
results		 FY2023
results		 FY2024
results		 Target value
(Target year)
Number of timber and timber hybrid structure construction projects 3 projects 4 projects 4 projects Only actual results reported
Usage rate of foreign-sourced non-certified formwork plywood –* 45% 37% 0% (2030)
  • No data available as this initiative began in FY2023.

For formwork plywood used at construction sites, we have set a target of reducing the use of foreign-sourced plywood that has not received forest certification to zero by 2030.

Goal to eliminate the use of non-certified foreign plywood (“Zero” use target)

Initiatives

The following introduces initiatives under the four categories of nurturing forests (forest conservation and management), protecting forests (revitalizing forestry and creating new industries), connecting forests (regional development and energy utilization), and using wood (advancing timber construction and wood-based building technologies and actively utilizing timber).

Planting and Growing Trees to Replace What is Used: the Shimizu Meguri no Mori Project

Aiming to promote circular use of timber by having timber users themselves take the lead in restoring forest resources, we have leased forest areas in Kawaba Village, Gunma Prefecture (3 hectares) and Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture (3.8 hectares) and are working to cultivate forests that will produce timber used in our own business operations.

Shimizu Meguri no Mori project

Creating New Value through the Use of Timber in Buildings

From the perspectives of forest circulation, CO2 reduction, and regional revitalization, promoting the use of timber is attracting increasing attention. We are advancing the development of technologies that enable the construction of large-scale timber structures and are actively promoting the use of timber in buildings.

Anesis Chayagasaka, our first seismic-isolated mid-rise apartment building with a timber hybrid structure

Shinshu Wood Power, Shinshu Wood Chip

In the upstream Chikuma River region, a major production area for Shinshu larch, we established a woody biomass power plant that uses unused logs, contributing to forestry, climate change mitigation, and regional revitalization.

Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture

Initiatives at Tokyo Mokkoujou Arts & Crafts Furnishings

Since its establishment in 1884, the workshop has preserved sophisticated woodworking techniques that have been refined and sustained by skilled craftsmen.

Tokyo Mokkoujou Arts & Crafts Furnishings

Acquisition of FSC® CoC Certification at Tokyo Mokkoujou Arts & Crafts Furnishings

Tokyo Mokkoujou Arts & Crafts Furnishings has obtained FSC® CoC certification and processes and distributes wood products using the world’s most trusted forest certification system.

Participation in Industry Platforms

  • Platinum Forest Industry Initiative, Platinum Vision Network
  • Working Team for the Promotion of Timber and Wood Construction, Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
  • Committee for the Study of Medium- and Large-Scale Timber and Wood Construction, Association of New Urban Housing Technology
  • Special Research Committee on Academic and Technical Issues for the Social Implementation and Mainstreaming of Mid- and High-Rise Timber Buildings, Architectural Institute of Japan
  • Timber Structures Subcommittee, Japan Structural Consultants Association
  • Research group of the Building Research Institute, National Research and Development Agency: Study on the social implementation of timber hybrid structures utilizing specific compartments
  • team Timberize
  • Gifu Prefecture Forest Technology Development and Dissemination Consortium
  • Wood Solution Network

Memberships and Collaborations

Collaboration for Forest Conservation: Partnership with the Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture

In August 2019, we entered into a partnership agreement with the Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture, which has expertise across a wide range of fields related to forests and timber, to promote coexistence between forests and people.

To help realize a regionally circular society that makes use of the diverse functions of the natural environment, we cooperate in areas such as promoting the forest, forestry, and timber industries, including development of human resources involved with forests and wood, and maintaining the public-benefit functions of forests as social infrastructure.

Going forward, we will jointly promote initiatives that contribute to national land conservation, such as forest restoration and the implementation of green infrastructure through forest regeneration, and will connect the creation of a sustainable society that begins with forests to our business activities.

Forest Conservation Activities

The Shimizu Group promotes circular procurement of timber used in timber and wood-based buildings by carrying out tree-planting and forest cultivation activities, as well as environmental education for local communities.

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