Scope of the environmental management
| Indicators | Furukawa Electric Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base year | FY2023*5 | Target for FY2024 | 2025 Mid-term target | |||||
| Target | Result | |||||||
| Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope1, 2) *1*7 |
CO₂+SF₆ | FY2017 | -21.2% | -45.4% | ー | （-42%）*3 | ||
| FY2021 | ー | ー | -14.0% | -18.7％*4 | ||||
| Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope3)*2 | FY2019 | -6% | -11.3% | ー | ー | |||
| FY2021 | ー | ー | -8.3% | -11.1％*4 | ||||
| Ratio of renewable energy use to total consumption*7 | ー | 12% | 31.6% | 25% | 30%*4 | |||
| Reduction of water withdrawal (Per unit of net sales) | FY2020 | -3% | -24% | -4% | -5% | |||
| Reduction of energy for production (Per unit of net sales) | -3% | -39% | -4% | -5% | ||||
| Reduction of transportation energy in Japan (tkm)(Per unit of net sales) | -3% | 4.1% | -4% | -5% | ||||
| Reduction of total waste in Japan (Per unit of net sales) | -3% | -17% | -4% | -5% | ||||
| Reduction of total plastic waste in Japan (Per unit of net sales) *6 | -3% | -28% | -4% | ー | ||||
| Reduction of VOC emissions in Japan (Per unit of net sales) *6 | the previous fiscal year | -1% | 2% | -1% | ー | |||
| Environment business promotion | Sales ratio of environmentally friendly products*7 | ー | 66% | 65.9% | 68% | 70％ | ||
| CO₂ avoided emissions | ー | 130,000ton-CO₂ |
164,000ton-CO₂ |
140,000ton-CO₂ | ー | |||
| Pollution prevention | Prevention of environmental accidents and anomalies | Number of environmental accidents | ー | 0 | 0 | 0 | ー | |
| Environmental anomalies | ー | 3 or less | 5 | 3 or less | ー | |||
| CDP Score on climate change*8 | ー | A | A- | A | ー | |||
*1 Scope 1: Direct emissions from works resulting from the use of fossil fuels, etc.
Scope 2: Indirect emissions resulting from the use of electricity, steam, and heat supplied from outside of works
*2 Scope 3: Other indirect emissions, such as purchased products and services, business trip, commuting, and transportation
The Group began calculating emissions for downstream Scope 3 (activities related to products and services sold in principle) from FY2020.
*3Base year was updated to FY2021 upon the revision of Environmental Target 2030; the reduction target when applying the previous base year FY2017 is also shown as a reference.
*4Targets for FY2025 were revised upon the revision of Environmental Target 2030.
*5Environmental Target 2030 raised in FY2022 is scheduled to be applied from FY2024.
*6New targets were set in FY2023.
*8CDP: An organization through which institutional investors cooperate to run projects that require companies to disclose their strategies on climate change and specific greenhouse gas emissions.
The total greenhouse gas emissions in FY2023 were significantly reduced by 45.4% compared to FY2017. As a measure against climate change, we have actively installed solar power generation systems and switched to electricity derived from renewable energy sources at our factories in Japan and overseas. We also accelerate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the Environmental Targets 2030, which was revised in November 2022.
As the entire Group, we will work on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the Environmental Targets 2030. As for GHG reduction target, we applied to SBTi for a change from Well-Below 2 °C to 1.5 °C and the proposal was approved in July 2023. In line with the target, we promote plans to introduce solar power generation systems, in addition to promoting energy-saving activities more than ever before. And we plan to switch purchased power to renewable energy sources.
Scope of the environmental management
| Category | Domestic | Overseas | Unit |
|---|
| Raw materials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | 119.6 | 109.9 | 1000t |
| Aluminum | 5.8 | 23.8 | 1000t |
| Steel | 4.0 | 10.9 | 1000t |
| Glass | － | 1.2 | 1000t |
| Plastic | 23.7 | 48.4 | 1000t |
| Energy | 5,002 | 5,861 | TJ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 400 | 586 | GWh |
| Purchased Electricity （except for renewable energy） | 212 | 527 | GWh |
| Purchased Electricity （renewable energy） | 188 | 59 | GWh |
| Private Power Generation (hydroelectric and solar) | 95 | 4.7 | GWh |
| City gas, Natural gas | 13,729 | 19,287 | 1000m³ |
| LPG、LNG | 9.0 | 0.4 | 1000t |
| Fuel Oil (kerosene, light oil, heavy fuel oil A) | 2,426 | 260 | kℓ |
| Water | 9,420 | 2,328 | 1000m³ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial water | 6,633 | 68 | 1000m³ |
| Groundwater | 2,253 | 48 | 1000m³ |
| Tap water | 534 | 2,212 | 1000m³ |
| Chemical substances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume handled *1 | 45.0 | ― | 1000t |
| Packaging *2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardboard, Wood, Paper | 2.4 | 9.7 | 1000t |
| Plastic | 0.03 | 4.37 | 1000t |
| Category | Domestic | Overseas | Unit |
|---|
| Waste*3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total waste generated*4 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 1000t |
| Final waste disposal | 0.3 | 3.8 | 1000t |
| Recycling amount | 18.8 | 14.5 | 1000t |
| Atmospheric emissions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ | 158 | 293 | 1000t-CO₂ |
| SF₆ | 42 | ― | 1000t-CO₂ |
| SOx | 6 | ― | t |
| NOx | 63 | ― | t |
| Soot | 3 | ― | t |
| Chemical substances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume emitted | 82 | ― | t |
| Volume transferred | 264 | ― | t |
| Water discharge | 8,233 | 1,911 | 1000m³ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public waterways | 7,819 | 364 | 1000m³ |
| Rivers | 7,089 | 157 | 1000m³ |
| Sea | 712 | 0 | 1000m³ |
| Other | 18 | 207 | 1000m³ |
| Sewer | 414 | 1,547 | 1000m³ |
| BOD | 27 | ― | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| COD | 27 | ― | t |
| SS | 27 | ― | t |
| Volume of water recycled and reused | 1,100 | 49 | 1000m³ |
|---|
*1 PRTR-listed substances
*2 Cardboard, wood, paper, and plastic used in product shipping
*3 Including valuable resources (Japan)
*4 Emissions off-site
Furukawa Electric Group works on the improvement of the reliability of environmental data through third-party verification. Data on greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1,2,3), energy consumption, water usage amount and discharged amount in FY2023 were verified by a third-party. (July 2024)
Furukawa Electric Group has introduced environmental accounting to quantitatively grasp the costs and effects of environmental conservation activities, and is striving for efficient and effective environmental activities. Our calculations are based on "Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005", published by the Ministry of the Environment, and these cover Furukawa Electric and 19 Japanese group companies.
In FY2023, environmental conservation costs totaled 2.91 billion yen in expenses and 0.64 billion yen in environment-related investments. Compared with the previous year, expenses increased and investments decreased.
