However, as a part of the hard-to-abate industries, GHG reductions in the chemical industry are notoriously challenging . This is especially true in Japan, where renewable energy is not as abundant or accessible as it is in other countries . Furthermore, the fact that most chemical products contain carbon makes the management of end-of-life emissions after incineration particularly challenging in Japan, where incineration has been one of the primary waste treatment methods to minimize landfill (Ministry of the Environment 2014). Given the ubiquity of chemical products, the importance of these challenges is highlighted by the fact that unless the chemical industry achieves scope 1, 2, and 3 net zero, other industries will not be able to do so either. Thus, a failure, or even a delay, on the part of the chemical industry in Japan to achieve scope 1, 2, and 3 net zero could result in exclusion from international financing and supply chains.