The first route bus in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture! Euglena biodiesel fuel will be used for Seibu Group buses
Departure and arrival at Kichijoji Station, Oizumi Gakuen Station, etc., operating environmentally friendly buses to contribute to Climate Change countermeasures

Seibu Bus Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd.

　Seibu Bus Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, President: Kazuhiro Watanabe, hereinafter "Seibu Bus") and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter "Euglena "Company") is a route bus that runs around Seibu Bus's Nerima Ward in Tokyo, Seibu Tokyo City and Higashi Kurume City (partly in Saitama Prefecture), and is a Our, Ltd. (hereinafter "biofuel"). Euglena to announce that the next-generation biodiesel fuel "Euglena Biodiesel Fuel" manufactured at the "Production Demonstration Plant") will be used from September 7, 2020 (Monday).

　Euglena Seibu Bus route buses that use biodiesel fuel depart and arrive at Kichijoji Station, Oizumi Gakuen Station, Tanashi Station, etc., and travel around Nerima Ward, Nishitokyo City, and Higashikurume City (partly within Saitama Prefecture). It will operate. The route bus is wrapped with eco-friendly Euglena biodiesel fuel to make it more familiar to the residents of the route area.

Euglena biodiesel fuel (Seibu Bus)

　The Seibu Group is actively promoting initiatives for the realization of a sustainable society as "sustainability actions" based on the Group's management philosophy of "Group Vision," and Seibu Bus has traditionally been a hybrid bus. We are working to reduce the burden on the global environment by introducing it and implementing eco-driving. We aim to be a company that contributes to society as a public transportation system that is environmentally friendly and harmonious with the region. We support the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration * 1 Euglena Biodiesel. Decided to use fuel. Meanwhile, Euglena Euglena biodiesel fuel produced at the biofuel production demonstration plant in March this year. Since then, the Euglena biodiesel fuel has expanded, and with this announcement, the total number of companies and local governments that support the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration has reached 28.
* 1: Euglena Co., Ltd., with the completion of the biofuel production demonstration plant in October 2018, Yokohama City, Chiyoda Corporation, Itochu Enex Co., Ltd., Isuzu Motors Ltd., ANA Holdings Co., Ltd., Hiroshima Motors Industry and Academia Declared "GREEN OIL JAPAN" with the aim of "making Japan an advanced biofuel country" with the Government Cooperation Promotion Council as a supporter.

　This initiative started with the introduction Euglena Co., Ltd. to Seibu Bus while ITOCHU ENEX Co., Ltd. * 2 has been trying to procure biomass raw materials and cooperate in sales of biofuels.
* 2: Companies that support the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration.

　Seibu Bus and Euglena Co., Ltd. will use biofuel, which is a concrete measure against Climate Change, in route buses that are actually used by customers to create an environment that makes them feel more familiar. We will implement sustainable initiatives that consider
　Details are below.

―Euglena About Seibu Bus routes that use biodiesel fuel―
● Operating period: From Monday, September 7, 2020
● Service route * 3:
① Kamiishi Kami Sales Office jurisdiction (1 unit)
Traveling around Nerima Ward and Nishitokyo City (partly in Saitama Prefecture) such as Kichijoji Station-Oizumi Gakuen Station South Exit-Niiza-Sakae, Hoya Station South Exit-Mitaka Station https://www.seibubus.co.jp/docs/rosen/rosenzu / 03.pdf
② Takiyama Sales Office jurisdiction (1 unit)
Higashikurume Station West Exit-Hana-Koganei Station Entrance-Musashi-Koganei Station, Kichijoji Station-Hana-Koganei Station, etc. Travel around Nishitokyo City and Higashi-Koganei City https://www.seibubus.co.jp/docs/rosen/rosenzu/06 .pdf
* 3: Routes vary depending on the day.

　To commemorate this initiative, "SAVE THE EARTH Lions GREEN UP! DAY" hosted by Seibu Bus and Seibu Lions Co., Ltd., a group company, at MetLife Dome on September 16, 2020 (Wednesday). We are planning to exhibit the Seibu Bus wrapping bus at.
　The details are as follows.

―About SAVE THE EARTH Lions GREEN UP! DAY―
● Date: September 16, 2020 (Wednesday) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (opens at 16:00 / starts at 18:00)
● Location: MetLife Dome (Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture)
● Implementation details:
・ Directors, coaches and players wear original green caps
・ Call for donations and set up a donation box at the exhibition booth and donation booth that introduce activities related to the Lions GREEN UP! Project.
・ Decorate the large-scale vision of the stadium in green
・ Sale of charity goods such as wooden uchiwa made from thinned wood

―About the exhibition of Seibu Bus and Wrapping Bus at SAVE THE EARTH Lions GREEN UP! DAY―
Date: September 16, 2020 (Wednesday) 16: 00-18: 30 (planned)
Location: Special booth under the back screen of MetLife Dome (Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture)
(Only those who have a ticket to watch the game on the day can see it.)

● About Seibu Lions' "SAVE THE EARTH Lions GREEN UP! Project"
Seibu Lions launched the "SAVE THE EARTH Lions GREEN UP! Project" in April of this year under the "environmental support" of the local community activity "L-FRIENDS" to solve social problems and realize a sustainable society through baseball. In order to do so, we are working on various environmentally friendly things such as reducing the number of plastic "lids" provided at restaurants, introducing paper straws, and switching to environmentally friendly cash register bags.

● Regarding the “GREEN OIL JAPAN” Declaration
With the completion of the biofuel production demonstration plant in October 2018, Euglena declared "GREEN OIL JAPAN" aiming to "make Japan a biofuel advanced country". By introducing biofuel produced at Our biofuel production demonstration plant to land, sea, and air vehicles, and by expanding supporters who produce and use biofuel throughout Japan by 2030, biofuel The goal is to establish the business as an industry. By achieving the goals, we will contribute to the SDGs "GOAL7: Affordable and Clean Energy", "GOAL13: Climate Change", and "GOAL17: Partnerships for the Goals".

Euglena Co., Ltd. supports the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration and supports the use of biofuels, the supply of raw materials, and the spread of biofuels.
We are looking for cooperating companies / organizations (transportation-related, food-related, local governments, etc.) that will be implemented and disseminated together.
https://euglena.jp/greenoiljapan/

● About "Euglena Biodiesel Fuel"
​_{Biofuels are renewable liquid fuels that theoretically emit less CO 2} than existing fossil fuels, and are becoming more widespread around the world, especially in Europe and the United States. On the other hand, conventional biofuels are mainly made from crops such as corn, sugar cane, soybeans, and palms, so problems such as competition with food and an increase in greenhouse gases due to deforestation have been pointed out.
Euglena biodiesel fuel manufactured by Euglena is a highly sustainable fuel that does not cause problems such as food competition and forest destruction by using Euglena It is expected to become. In addition, it can be applied to existing engines that use fossil fuels without any problems, and it does not incur the large infrastructure costs required for the transition to alternative energies such as hydrogen and electricity. It may spread efficiently while maintaining the existing infrastructure, and its use may expand.

<About Seibu Bus Co., Ltd.>
Counting from its predecessor, Higashiura Motor Co., Ltd., it was founded in 1988. Under the safety policy of "safety takes precedence over all operations," general shared buses run at high speeds in western Tokyo and southern Saitama prefecture, mainly along the Seibu Railway. The shared bus is a bus operator that supports the local community, with the business areas of Kita Shinetsu and Kinki. In the spring of 2020, the coloring design of the route bus was renewed for the first time in 67 years, and a bus with a new coloring design nicknamed "S-tory" was born.

<About Euglena Co., Ltd.>
In 2005, we succeeded in establishing the world's first edible outdoor mass culture technology for the Euglena In addition to developing and selling functional foods and cosmetics that utilize Euglena chlorella produced on Ishigaki Island, we are also conducting research toward the production of biofuels. Listed on TSE Mothers in December 2012. TSE First Section market change in December 2014. We define "Sustainability First" as the Euglena Philosophy and develop our business. https://euglena.jp

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