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NTT DATA and Awa Bank Collaborate on Net-Zero Efforts

NTT DATA and NTT Business Solutions have rolled out a greenhouse gas emissions tracking platform called C-Turtle FE for Awa Bank. It is the first time a financial institution in Tokushima Prefecture has started using it. The idea is simple. Help banks and their borrowers see where their carbon emissions actually come from and how to reduce them. The platform follows the international PCAF standards so that the emission data and insights stay consistent and credible. For Awa Bank, this is a step in a much bigger goal. The bank’s goal is to reduce its CO₂ emissions to a level below 50% by the year 2030 and to achieve net zero by 2050. The majority of local carbon tracking small and medium-sized enterprises are complaining about the method being complicated…