Japan's First: "Next Green Credit" Created, Returning Multi-faceted Value Beyond Decarbonization to Farmers, Derived from Agriculture
BG Co., Ltd. has completed third-party verification for "Next Green Credit," an environmental credit that visualizes and monetizes the environmental value generated by soil cultivation for delicious and healthy vegetables, and has issued its first credits. This is Japan's first environmental credit that quantifies greenhouse gases using an ISO-certified methodology, and other environmental impacts like biodiversity and water quality based on an environmental impact assessment scheme developed with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
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On March 5, 2026, BG Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "BG") completed third-party verification for "Next Green Credit," an environmental credit that visualizes and monetizes the environmental value generated by soil cultivation for delicious and healthy vegetables, and issued its first credits.
"Next Green Credit" is Japan's first environmental credit that quantifies greenhouse gases (GHG) using a methodology certified by the international standard ISO, and other environmental impacts such as biodiversity and water quality based on an environmental impact assessment scheme developed with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
The sales revenue from the credits is returned to farmers, financially supporting the soil cultivation essential for sustainable agricultural activities in response to recent environmental changes such as climate change and rising fertilizer prices, while also delivering delicious and healthy vegetables to consumers. For companies purchasing credits, it functions as an environmental contribution activity synergistic with their business, creating a new value cycle beneficial to people and the planet by uniting agriculture, dining tables, and businesses.
## ■ Creation of "Next Green Credit," Japan's First Agriculture-Derived Environmental Credit
The first "Next Green Credit" was created based on the practice of soil cultivation by leading farmers in Hokkaido and the Kanto region, utilizing BG's proprietary organic fermented material "Soil Next" and other organic materials, applying green manure, and reducing chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
### First Creation Details of Next Green Credit
1. **Credit Creation Volume (Climate Change): 2,223 t-CO₂e**
2. **Other Environmental Values** (Improvement rate of each assessment unit (*2) against average agriculture (*1) in the activity region)
* **Biodiversity: 46.81%** (0.00000184547306993505 EINES)
* **Plant Resource Consumption (Primary Production): 63.16%** (198,829 kg-DW)
* **Water Resource Consumption: 74.67%** (40,673 ㎥)
* **Water Quality (Total Nitrogen Emission): 53.76%** (75,281 kg-N)
* **Water Quality (Total Phosphorus Emission): 35.03%** (44,503 kg-P)
*1 Conventional standards in the activity region
*2 Environmental impact assessment unit per life cycle of target activities
* Biodiversity EINES: Evaluates the total change in extinction risk for each biological species due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Primary Production kg-DW: Evaluates the damage amount of organic dry matter produced by plants through photosynthesis due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Water Resource Consumption ㎥: Evaluates the water resource consumption in the life cycle due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Total Nitrogen Emission kg-N: Evaluates the amount of nitrogen leaching from agricultural land that affects aquatic ecosystems due to the use of nitrogen-containing fertilizers.
* Total Phosphorus Emission kg-P: Phosphorus-containing fertilizers
"Next Green Credit" is Japan's first environmental credit that quantifies greenhouse gases (GHG) using a methodology certified by the international standard ISO, and other environmental impacts such as biodiversity and water quality based on an environmental impact assessment scheme developed with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
The sales revenue from the credits is returned to farmers, financially supporting the soil cultivation essential for sustainable agricultural activities in response to recent environmental changes such as climate change and rising fertilizer prices, while also delivering delicious and healthy vegetables to consumers. For companies purchasing credits, it functions as an environmental contribution activity synergistic with their business, creating a new value cycle beneficial to people and the planet by uniting agriculture, dining tables, and businesses.
## ■ Creation of "Next Green Credit," Japan's First Agriculture-Derived Environmental Credit
The first "Next Green Credit" was created based on the practice of soil cultivation by leading farmers in Hokkaido and the Kanto region, utilizing BG's proprietary organic fermented material "Soil Next" and other organic materials, applying green manure, and reducing chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
### First Creation Details of Next Green Credit
1. **Credit Creation Volume (Climate Change): 2,223 t-CO₂e**
2. **Other Environmental Values** (Improvement rate of each assessment unit (*2) against average agriculture (*1) in the activity region)
* **Biodiversity: 46.81%** (0.00000184547306993505 EINES)
* **Plant Resource Consumption (Primary Production): 63.16%** (198,829 kg-DW)
* **Water Resource Consumption: 74.67%** (40,673 ㎥)
* **Water Quality (Total Nitrogen Emission): 53.76%** (75,281 kg-N)
* **Water Quality (Total Phosphorus Emission): 35.03%** (44,503 kg-P)
*1 Conventional standards in the activity region
*2 Environmental impact assessment unit per life cycle of target activities
* Biodiversity EINES: Evaluates the total change in extinction risk for each biological species due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Primary Production kg-DW: Evaluates the damage amount of organic dry matter produced by plants through photosynthesis due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Water Resource Consumption ㎥: Evaluates the water resource consumption in the life cycle due to activities such as fertilizer manufacturing and transportation.
* Total Nitrogen Emission kg-N: Evaluates the amount of nitrogen leaching from agricultural land that affects aquatic ecosystems due to the use of nitrogen-containing fertilizers.
* Total Phosphorus Emission kg-P: Phosphorus-containing fertilizers