Environmental Targets and Results

Long-term environment targets

In the interest of protecting the global environment, the Group will work to reduce the environmental impact of all aspects of its corporate activities. Our efforts to build a sustainable world are guided by our vision statement of being “a company dedicated to realizing people’s potential” and “a company sincerely appreciated by all.” We aim to strike a balance between achieving further business growth and contributing to the resolution of social issues, including the creation of a recycling-oriented society and conservation of water resources, in addition to responding to climate change, which is becoming more serious by the year. Accordingly, we have set long-term targets for such environmental issues. The whole Group will work to achieve these goals by promoting environmental conservation activities.

Item KPI Term for comparison 2030 target 2050 target
CO2 CO2 emissions reduction rate*1 Compared with FY2020 -50% -100％
Waste Waste reduction rate*2 Compared with FY2020 -50% -100％
Water Water intake and wastewater reduction rates*3 Compared with FY2020 Water intake reduction rate -50% Wastewater reduction rate -100%
Environmental impact of wastewater*4 – Zero Zero
  • CO2 emissions reduction rate (Scope 1 and 2) resulting from the Group’s business activities
  • Reduction rate for waste resulting from the Group’s manufacturing activities (excluding residue, sludge, etc.)
  • Reduction rate of water intake (amount used) at the Group’s production facilities and reduction of wastewater resulting from manufacturing activities
  • Environmental impact of wastewater resulting from the Group’s manufacturing activities

Carbon Neutrality Initiatives

To achieve carbon neutrality in our business activities by 2050, we aim to significantly reduce our Scope 2 emissions, while working on energy conservation activities and the adoption of renewable energy. As part of our energy conservation activities, we will strive to improve the efficiency of our production equipment by developing new production technologies, by switching to the latest equipment, and by installing inverters. Moreover, we will adopt renewable energy technology, such as solar power systems, purchase renewable electricity based on regional characteristics, and utilize green electricity certificates.

To reduce Scope 1 emissions, we plan to electrify Group facilities starting around 2030, when various environmental technologies are expected to become widespread. We aim to achieve carbon neutrality by electrifying our facilities that use fossil fuels such as natural gas, by replacing conventional company vehicles with EVs, and adopting ZEB* standards when constructing or renovating factories.

  • The aim of a Zero-Energy Building (ZEB) is to reduce the building’s CO2 emissions from energy consumption to zero. This is done by adopting renewable energy technology, while realizing significant energy savings and maintaining the quality of the indoor environment

Future projections of CO2 emissions and reduction methods

Future projections of CO2 emissions and reduction methods
  15th Medium-Term Management Plan
(FY2024–FY2026)		 Medium-term plan
(2030)		 Long-term plan
(2050)
CO2 emissions reduction target
(Scopes 1&2)		 Reduction of 25% compared to FY2020 Reduction of 50% compared to FY2020 Achieving carbon neutrality
Main initiatives Energy conservation
activities		 Improving production and business processes, optimizing air conditioning and lighting, upgrading to high-efficiency equipment, and enhancing environmental management, etc.
Adoption of renewable
energy		 Installing solar power systems, purchasing renewable electricity, utilizing green electricity certificates, and utilizing power storage batteries, etc.
Raising the electrification
rate		 Replacing equipment powered by gas or heavy fuel oil, and replacing conventional vehicles with EVs, etc.

Implementing Third-Party Verification

In order to ensure the reliability environmental data disclosure, the Group has obtained third-party verification from SGS Japan Inc. Verification results for fiscal 2023 are as follows.

Verification target Verification range Results
Scopes 1 and 2 (CO2 emissions from energy use) and energy consumption 6 sites of the Organization, 6 domestic companies, 31 overseas companies Scope1：　7,020 t-CO2
Scope2：51,527 t-CO2
Scope 3, Category 1
(CO2 emissions from purchased products and services)		 Products and services extracted from TS production control system 2,602,605 t-CO2
Waste generated (including valuable waste) 6 sites of the Organization, 6 domestic companies, 30 overseas companies 19,456 t
Water intake 456,781 m3
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The TS TECH Group’s Environmental Data

Energy Input

energy input graph

CO2 Emissions

CO2 emissions

Waste Generated

Waste Generated graph

Water Intake

Water intake graph
  • Scope of data: Consolidated sites excluding certain subsidiaries.
    (FY2024)
    • Energy input and CO2 emissions: 33 out of 38 consolidated subsidiaries are included in the data scope (5 companies are excluded)
    • Waste emissions and water intake: 32 out of 38 consolidated subsidiaries are included in the data scope (6 companies are excluded)
    • The revenue of the companies within the data scope accounts for 95% or more of the Group’s consolidated revenue for each period concerned.

Ratio of the sales for the companies within the data scope to the Group’s consolidated sales revenue

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Energy input and CO2 emissions Sales ratio of companies within the data scope 97.4% 96.7% 99.5% 100%
Waste generated and water intake Sales ratio of target companies 97.4% 96.6% 99.5% 99.9%

Scope 3 emissions (consolidated)

Category Emissions
（t-CO2）		 Ratio (%)
1. Purchased goods and services 2,602,605 91.4%
2. Capital goods 21,566 0.8%
3. Fuel and energy related activities not included in Scope1 & Scope2 11,088 0.4%
4. Transportation and distribution (upstream) 69,065 2.4%
5. Waste generated in operations 3,536 0.1%
6. Business travel 6,654 0.2%
7. Employee commuting 5,975 0.2%
8. Leased assets (upstream) 0 0.0%
9. Transportation and distribution (downstream) 0 0.0%
10. Processing of sold products 87,293 3.1%
11. Use of sold products 0 0.0%
12. End-of-life treatment of sold products 38,822 1.4%
13. Leased assets (downstream) 0 0.0%
14. Franchises 0 0.0%
15. Investments 0 0.0%
Other 0 0.0%
Total 2,846,604 100%
Scope 1.2.3 Emissions Graph (Consolidated)

Changes in Scope 3 emissions

（t-CO2）

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
2,381,086 2,658,732 2,583,409 2,846,604

Material Flow

FY2024 Material Flow

material flow diagram

Fiscal 2024 Environmental Accounting

Environmental Conservation Cost (Non-consolidated)

(Unit: Million yen)

Item Main Efforts FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Investment Cost Investment Cost Investment Cost
Business area cost Pollution prevention cost Prevention of air, water, and soil pollution, etc. 21 15 22 27 4 27
Global environmental conservation cost Prevention of global warming and ozone depletion and other environmental preservation efforts 561*1 71 596*2 32 440*3 58
Resource circulation cost Recycling, waste treatment and disposal, and water-saving efforts 13 59 1 67 4 83
Upstream/downstream cost Costs generated from purchasing low environmental impact products and raw materials 7 3 3 1 - 1
Administration cost EMS development & operation costs, environmental measurement costs,office interior “greening” and development costs 48 46 46 74 24 81
R&D cost Research and development of new technology with a high positive environmental impact, such as reducing the weight of products, reducing VOCs (not using paints), and developing recyclable materials 2 4,447 14 4,215 37 4,952
Social activity cost Environmental measures such as nature protection, “greening,” and scenery preservation 1 1 – 2 – 3
Environmental remediation cost Remediation of soil pollution, etc. – – – – – –
Total 652 4,642 682 4,418 509 5,205
  • Expenses related to construction of the new building at the Hamamatsu Plant
  • Expenses related to solar power generation equipment at the Saitama, Hamamatsu, and Suzuka plants
  • Expenses related to solar power generation equipment at the Saitama and Hamamatsu plants
  • The scope of the survey is TS TECH Co., Ltd. and its domestic consolidated subsidiaries.
  • The above figures include portions ascertained by estimation, such as apportionment.
  • Materials related to environmental accounting, such as guidelines and guidebooks published by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, were referenced when preparing the table.
  • Costs do not include depreciation costs.

Economic Effects (Non-consolidated)

(Unit: Thousand yen)

Item FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Gain on sale of valuables 9,654 13,645 11,607
Cost saved by energy conservation 3,448 3,975 1,727
Total 13,102 17,620 13,334

Material Effects (Non-consolidated)

Item FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Energy consumption (GJ) 161,867 164,634 146,304
Water consumption (1,000m3) 51 54 52
CO2 emissions (t-CO2) 4,903 2,581 1,480
CO2 emissions due to transportation(t-CO2) 1,467 1,431 1,624
Total waste output (t) 1,384 1,495 1,460
VOC emissions (t) 18 27 30
PRTR emissions (t) 0 0 0

Water Pollution Control Law, Sewerage Law

The TS TECH Group periodically monitors the release of water discharged to public water areas and drainage that soaks into the ground from each business site to confirm that the Group is in compliance with effluent standards.

Water Quality Indicators in FY2024

Item Unit Technical Center Saitama Plant Component Business Department Hamamatsu Plant Suzuka Plant
Regulatory standards Results Regulatory standards Results Regulatory standards Results Regulatory standards Results Regulatory standards Results
Hydrogen ion concentration PH 6.0–8.4 7.3 5.0–9.0 8.5 5.0–9.0 7.8 5.8–8.6 7.0 5.8–8.6 6.7
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) mg/L 10 3.3 (600)* 360 (600)* 12 160 158 20 11
Suspended solids mg/L 25 1.8 (600)* 190 (600)* 9 200 106 70 5
  • Some regulation values are self-imposed.

PRTR Act (The Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof)

Based on the PRTR Act, the TS TECH Group reports annually the amount of chemical substances emitted into the air. There have been no incidents or problems to date.

Handling of PRTR Substances in FY2024

Saitama Plant Hamamatsu Plant Suzuka Plant
Amount handled (t) 23 59 53
Amount emitted into air (t) 0 0 0
Amount transferred (t) 0 0 0
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