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Environmental Performance Data Highlights

Independent Assurance

In order to enhance the credibility of this report, FY2023 figures marked with check mark icon have received independent assurance from SOCOTEC Certification Japan Co., Ltd. in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 and ISO14064-3.

  Unit FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Volume of CO2 emissions from domestic sites t-CO2 40,393 31,688 29,383 28,237 20,450
Volume of CO2 emissions outside Japan t-CO2 8,303 8,394 8,863 8,744 15,903
CO2 emissions per unit of revenues from domestic manufacturing sites t-CO2 /Million Yen 0.107 0.090 0.078 0.058 0.038
Energy usage in Japan (Crude oil equivalent) kl 22,671 22,346 26,465 26,475 24,473
Energy usage improvement rate per unit of sales in Japan (Crude oil equivalent) *2 % 21.6 17.5 30.0 25.7 19.5
Energy usage outside Japan (Crude oil equivalent)*2 kl 4,859 4,969 5,351 5,410 9,036
Amount of raw materials used t 1,969 2,183 2,530 6,089 1,846
Volume of waste generated from manufacturing sites in Japan t 2,677 2,310 2,147 2,412 2,719
Waste disposal ratio in Japan % 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06
Volume of waste generated outside Japan*3 t 59 53 55 72 111
Water withdrawals in Japan m3 454,410 394,530 401,227 374,496 420,642
Volume of wastewater in Japan m3 454,410 394,530 401,227 374,496 420,642
Water withdrawals outside Japan m3 70,513 59,815 83,782 108,333 138,747
Volume of wastewater outside Japan m3 70,451 59,815 83,782 108,333 138,747
Volume of VOC emissions in Japan t 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.4
Environmental conservation costs in Japan*5 Million Yen 3,731 3,412 3,580 4,093 4,070
Environmental conservation effects in Japan (Economic effects)*5 Million Yen 49 49 62 90 70
Environmental investment costs in Japan*6 Million Yen 534 327 320 483 380

*1 Due to an expansion of the boundary

*2 Until FY 2018, FY 2005 was used as the base year, but in FY 2019, the base year was changed to FY 2010 in accordance with Hitachi Environmental Innovation 2050.

*3 Only hazardous waste from manufacturing sites is counted.

*4 For sales offices for which water withdrawals cannot be determined, the calculation is an estimate based on the water withdrawals and number of employees at sales offices for which water withdrawals is known.

*5 Environmental Conservation Costs in Japan, and Environmental Conservation Effects in Japan (Economic Effects): Amount invested in, and costs arising in relation to, prevention, minimization, and avoidance of environmental impact, clean-up, recovery after accidents, and initiatives that contribute to such, as well as economic effects of such

*6 Environmental Investment Costs in Japan: Environmental conservation costs relating to capital investment for complying with environmental laws and regulations and reducing environmental impact

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