BCtA

BCtA

  • youtube
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • Select your language
  • close You must include atleast 3 characters!
  • Member Login
  • ABOUT BCtA
    • ABOUT BCtA
    • INCLUSIVE BUSINESS AND SDGS
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • BCtA TIMELINE
    • GET IN TOUCH
  • JOIN BCtA
  • OUR MEMBERS
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • HIGHLIGHTS
    • NEWS
    • WEBINARS
    • EVENTS
    • BCtA & GUARDIAN LABS
    • ANNUAL FORUM 2019
    • ANNUAL FORUM 2020
  • RESOURCES
    • OUR INSIGHTS
    • REPORTS
    • CASE STUDIES
    • COVID-19 RESOURCES
    • MULTIMEDIA
  • IMPACT
    • IMPACT LAB
    • IMPACT CHAMPIONS
  • TOOLKITS
    • MATURITY JOURNEY
    • IMPACT LAB
    • MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
    • HUMAN RIGHTS AND IB
    • IB IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
    • GENDER EQUALITY FOR BUSINESS
    • SME ACTION PLATFORM
    • SDG CORPORATE TRACKER COLOMBIA
  • BCtA ANNUAL FORUM
BCtA
  • Member Login
You must include atleast 3 characters!
  • ABOUT BCtA
    • ABOUT BCtA
    • INCLUSIVE BUSINESS AND SDGS
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • BCtA TIMELINE
    • GET IN TOUCH
  • JOIN BCtA
  • OUR MEMBERS
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • HIGHLIGHTS
    • NEWS
    • WEBINARS
    • EVENTS
    • BCtA & GUARDIAN LABS
    • ANNUAL FORUM 2019
    • ANNUAL FORUM 2020
  • RESOURCES
    • OUR INSIGHTS
    • REPORTS
    • CASE STUDIES
    • COVID-19 RESOURCES
    • MULTIMEDIA
  • IMPACT
    • IMPACT LAB
    • IMPACT CHAMPIONS
  • TOOLKITS
    • MATURITY JOURNEY
    • IMPACT LAB
    • MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
    • HUMAN RIGHTS AND IB
    • IB IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
    • GENDER EQUALITY FOR BUSINESS
    • SME ACTION PLATFORM
    • SDG CORPORATE TRACKER COLOMBIA
  • BCtA ANNUAL FORUM

Member Header

Kaiho Sangyo

Business Call to Action >Members >Kaiho Sangyo

Member Details Section

Kaiho Sangyo

BCtA Membership StatusActive

Establishing an eco-friendly auto recycling value chain and training local businesses in Brazil 

Sector
Transport & Logistics
Region of Initiative
Latin America & Caribbean
SDG contribution
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and production, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals

Kaiho Sangyo, a Japanese automobile recycling company, joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) in December 2017 with a pledge to establish an eco-friendly auto recycling value chain in Brazil with the capacity to recycle 100,000 end-of-life vehicles per year by 2022. As part of this commitment, it will develop the skills of 15,000 recycling engineers and expand 20 existing recycling businesses, including local garages and repair shops.

With approximately 1.2 billion cars running in the world – a number which will only increase in the future – the potential environmental impacts of disused, broken or old vehicles in terms of non-biodegradable waste are significant. According to Kaiho Sangyo, end of life vehicles (ELVs) generate millions of tonnes of waste, including hazardous substances which should be recycled in environmentally friendly ways. However, many countries do not have sufficient waste management and recycling policies in place to address this environmental challenge.

Rather than going to landfill, ELVs contain many reusable spare parts and recyclable materials, such as steel, copper and aluminium. The recovered ferrous metals can be recycled to produce new steel, while other parts can be repaired and reused.

Under its BCtA commitment, Kaiho Sangyo is working to build a thriving vehicle recycling value chain in Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais in Brazil, consisting of micro, small and medium enterprises such as local garages and repair shop (SMEs), recycling engineers, recycling technicians and local collectors of discarded materials and auto parts. Many of the individuals along the value chain are living at the bottom of the economic pyramid, and participating in this initiative will help to lift them out of poverty.

This initiative, implemented in partnership with the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (Cefet-MG) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), not only contributes to a reduction of environmental impact due to car waste, but also promotes skills development, entrepreneurship and employment by supporting the growth of existing car recycling businesses and training 15,000 recycling engineers on new and efficient recycling processes, lifting thousands of people and their families out of poverty.

About Kaiho Sangyo: KAIHO SANGYO is a leading automobile recycling company in Japan, which purchases used and end-of-life vehicles at a proper price in Japan, takes out used auto parts when recycling it and exports used auto parts. By establishing an automobile recycling network exporting automobile parts overseas, it has achieved sales to 80 countries around the world, and exports account for more than 75% of sales. 

Publications - Case Studies

Publications & Multimedia

Eco-Friendly and Profitable Auto Recycling System

Watch Video

The Road of Change: Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry   

How to Build an Inclusive Business | A Business Call to Action Blog Series | May 2018 By Norihiko Kondo, Founder of Kaiho Sangyo...

Read: More

Our Insights

Publications - Publications

News

End-of-life car recycling in Brazil creates local...

18 Jan 2018 - Eco-friendly auto recycling value chain is supporting  local entrepreneurship and employment while reducing the industry’s environmental footprint   Ishikawa, Japan, 9 January 2018 – Kaiho Sangyo, a Japanese...

Read: More

Newsletter Subscription

loader image 

Social Share

Facebook LinkedIn Twitter 
Membership in Business Call to Action does not constitute endorsement by or partnership with its funding and programme partners, UNDP or any UN agency.
Logo of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Development Programme
Logo of IICPSD
ComplaintsCookie Policy
Copyright Business Call to Action 2017, All Rights Reserved.