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Less than a year into the job, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.’s chief executive officer is taking the scalpel to one of the company’s main businesses in a major push to reduce emissions.

The Japanese chemical giant will exit its carbon products and petrochemicals businesses over the next several years as a step toward carbon neutrality, CEO Jean-Marc Gilson told a briefing in Tokyo Wednesday.