ITOCHU Corporation
From Global Energy Monitor
ITOCHU Corporation is a Japanese corporation.
- "The history of ITOCHU Corporation dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years.
- "With approximately 130 bases in 68 countries, ITOCHU, one of the leading sogo shosha, is engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textile, information and communications technology, machinery, energy, metals, minerals, chemicals, forest products, general merchandise, food, construction, realty, finance, insurance, and logistics services, as well as business investment in Japan and overseas."[1]
ITOCHU holds the majority of Green Future Innovations, Inc., a joint venture between ITOCHU and others to build a bioethanol plant in the Philippines province of Isabela. They have applied for the project to be a Clean Development Machanism (CDM).[2]
Contact Information
- ITOCHU Corporation
- 5-1, Kita-Aoyama 2-chome
- Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8077
- Japan
- Ph: 03-3497-2121
- Web: http://www.itochu.co.jp/en/
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ Corporate Profile, Accessed June 5, 2011.
- ↑ CDM: Prior Consideration of the CDM, Accessed June 5, 2011.
External Resources
External Articles
- Cynthia D. Balana, "Int’l group probes alleged land-grab by foreign firms," Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5th, 2011.
- Donnabelle L. Gatdula, "Green Future Innovations to build P6-billion ethanol plant in Isabela," The Philippine Star, January 31, 2011.
- "Green Future Innovations announces Bioethanol plant in Isabela," Alternat1ve, October 11, 2010.
- "ITOCHU and JGC launch large-scale bio-ethanol production and power plant businesses in the Philippines," press release, ITOCHU Corporation, April 8, 2010.
