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Collaboration to Promote Sustainability: Kuradashi and Tokio Marine Resilience

In a significant move toward sustainability, Kuradashi, a social good market operator based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, has partnered with Tokio Marine Resilience, headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. This collaboration, set to kick off in October 2025, aims to tackle the issues surrounding the disposal of stockpiled goods that companies often face, thus aiding in their effective reuse and resource circulation.

Background and Objectives

The partnership leverages the strengths of both Kuradashi, with its re-distribution platform, and Tokio Marine Resilience, known for its disaster prevention solutions. The goal is clear: to reduce waste from stockpiled goods while decreasing environmental burdens. By developing a new operational flow, the alliance intends to create a circular economy for stockpiled resources, contributing to a more sustainable future.

Addressing Corporate Challenges

The collaboration primarily focuses on solving challenges faced by companies during the waste disposal of stockpiled items. Companies will receive comprehensive support from the procurement and management stage of their supplies to the recovery and redistribution of goods nearing their expiration dates. This one-stop solution will enable businesses to manage their stockpiles more effectively and responsibly.

Details of the Collaboration

The operational strategy being established within this partnership emphasizes collaborative action to resolve waste disposal challenges. By integrating Tokio Marine Resilience's disaster prevention solutions with Kuradashi's redistribution platform, they aim to alleviate the burdens companies face when updating their stockpiles. This includes managing the disposal of outdated goods in an environmentally responsible manner.

Benefits Offered to Clients

The partnership presents multiple benefits, including:

• - Reduced Burden and Costs for Companies: Kuradashi will take on roles that businesses traditionally manage, such as selecting donation recipients, organizing deliveries, and ensuring proper disposal. This streamlines operations, significantly reducing the workload on personnel responsible for disaster preparations and general management.
• - Minimized Waste and Enhanced Resource Circulation: Goods that can be redistributed will be sold through Kuradashi's social good market. Items difficult to sell due to being close to their expiration dates will be directed towards B2B sales or food banks, thereby minimizing waste and ensuring better resource circulation.

Kuradashi’s social good market exemplifies this approach by facilitating enjoyable shopping experiences that not only benefit buyers but also contribute to reducing food waste. The initiative has proven successful in aiding various social contribution foundations through donations derived from sales, thus supporting the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Optimizing the Entire Lifecycle of Stockpiled Goods

The collaboration will optimize the lifecycle of stockpiled items right from procurement and management up to recovery and redistribution, promoting a cycle of “donation + replacement” linked with their renewal proposals. This model intends to ensure that stockpiled operations are waste-free and efficient.

Through this venture, Kuradashi and Tokio Marine Resilience aim to mitigate the issues of inconvenience, cost, and waste associated with stockpiled goods, while simultaneously enhancing a company’s social impact through food waste reduction and environmental responsibility. Both parties will initially launch operations in the Kanto region, with plans to gradually expand to wider areas.

About Tokio Marine Resilience

Tokio Marine Resilience, a part of the Tokio Marine Group, draws upon over 140 years of expertise in insurance and risk management. This knowledge is applied to develop innovative solutions across disaster prevention and mitigation areas, including stockpiled goods and BCP management tools. Their commitment to providing new services supports businesses in their disaster readiness and resource management efforts.

Additional Information

• - Representative: Masashi Ikutame
• - Incorporation: November 2023
• - Headquarters: 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 141-0021
• - Website: Tokio Marine Resilience

About Kuradashi

Founded in July 2014, Kuradashi has developed the social good market concept that ensures everyone benefits while shopping, by promoting eco-friendly practices and helping to reduce food waste.

• - Representative: Kohei Kawamura
• - Headquarters: 3-2-1 Kamiosaki, Meguro Center Building 5F, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-0021
• - Website: Kuradashi

Conclusion

The collaboration between Kuradashi and Tokio Marine Resilience presents an innovative approach to managing and redistributing stockpiled goods. By combining their resources and expertise, they are set to lead a transformative movement toward a circular economy and a sustainable future, aligning with critical global goals.