Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha | Sustainability Performance

https://www.kline.co.jp/en.html

Provides marine transportation and logistics services.

1919

Japan

5,001 - 10,000 employees

Maritime

$1B - 10B in revenue

$500M - 1B in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#7452

Overall

#326

in Japan

#62

in Maritime

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

14 out of 124

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and inclusionPay gapsHealth and safetyExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP

Financial Data

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

6.9M CO2e tonnes, 2025

Laggard

Renewable energy

1% 2025

Critical

Waste generated

6.8K tonnes, 2025

Aligned

Female engagement

31% 2025

Laggard

Externalities

927.1M $, 2025

Critical

Market cap

355.1T $, 2026▲34.3% YoY

Revenue

6.8B $, 2026▼2.9% YoY

R&D intensity

0% 2026

Intensity

Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)

Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)

Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)

Industry Benchmark

1.0K

B/M 858.6

1.7K

B/M 1.6K

3.8K

B/M 1.5K

Controversy level

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line), Japanese major shipping, paid USD 67.7 million US DOJ criminal antitrust penalty in 2014 over the historic global car carrier shipping cartel involvement (alongside NYK and MOL), plus the contested 2024 sustained share price volatility amid global container shipping rates normalization affecting Japanese institutional shareholders.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Water management

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Air pollution

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	2°C	2030
Long-term target	Not disclosed	-	-
Net-zero	Not disclosed	-	-
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Not disclosed	-	-

Target details

Japanese transportation companies Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) commits to reduce the scope 1 emissions of ocean-going ships 25% per ton mile by 2030 from a 2011 base-year. This is a milestone target toward K Line's long-term target to reduce the same emissions 50% per ton mile by 2050 from a 2011 base year.

SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Controversy level

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line), Japanese major shipping, paid USD 67.7 million US DOJ criminal antitrust penalty in 2014 over the historic global car carrier shipping cartel involvement (alongside NYK and MOL), plus the contested 2024 sustained share price volatility amid global container shipping rates normalization affecting Japanese institutional shareholders.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha | Sustainability Performance

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Renewable electricity

Intensity

Female engagement

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Health & safety

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

Margin trends

R&D intensity

Return on invested capital

Analyst revenue estimates & actuals

Environmental policy coverage

SBTi targets and commitments

Target details

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Environment

Social

Governance

Exclusion screening

CDP Scores

SDG impact

SDG impact (historical)

Reporting

Sustainability employees

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Sustainability Intent

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Renewable electricity

Intensity

Female engagement

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Health & safety

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

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