Environmental Performance Report and Environmental Accounting
In order to create an environmentally sound, sustainable economy and society, Tokyo Century Group maintains an accurate awareness of the costs and effects of its environmental conservation activities through environmental performance reports and environmental accounting and also promotes environmental management.
Environmental Performance Report
Based on its Basic Environmental Policy, Tokyo Century Group has adopted an ISO14001-compliant environmental management system for reducing its impact on the environment. While calculating and continually monitoring our annual CO2 emissions, we are promoting environmental management. (The following statistics are the data points managed through Tokyo Century Group’s environmental management system.)
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Priority | Environmental Objective | Environmental Goal |
Environmental Target | FY2022 Target |
FY2022 Result |
Achievement | FY2023 Target |
Medium-Term Target March 2026 |
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Address Climate Change | Environmental contributions through office activities | Reduce use of electricity(Contribute to reducing CO2 emissions) | Electricity used (kWh) |
FY target or below | 1,600,000 | 1,593,216 | ○ | 1,800,000 | 1,800,000 |
CO2 emitted (t-CO2) |
FY target or below | 725 | 546 | ○ | 318 | 318 | |||
Reduce use of paper(*1) (Contribute to preserving forest resources) | Office-use paper (thousands of sheets) |
FY target or below | 10,000 | 9,457 | ○ | 11,000 | |||
Reduce fuel consumption (Contribute to improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions) | Fuel consumed (L) |
FY target or below | 65,000 | 49,937 | ○ | 60,000 | |||
Fuel efficiency (km/L) |
FY Target or above | 13.5 | 16.1 | ○ | 14.0 | ||||
CO2 emitted (t-CO2) |
FY target or below | 151 | 116 | ○ | 139 | ||||
Environmental contributions through operating activities | Reduce CO2 through promoting solar power generation business of consolidated subsidiaries (*2)(Promote renewable energy business) | Annual electricity generated (MWh) |
FY Target or above | 478,900 | 536,591 (KTS 456,008) |
○ | 508,600 | 532,100 | |
Annual reduction in CO2 (t) (Based on the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association Labeling Guidelines) |
FY Target or above | 185,574 | 207,929 (KTS 176,703) |
○ | 198,100 | 207,253 | |||
Promote refurbishing business(Contribute to creating an environmentally-sound,sustainable economy and society) | Annual pre-owned PCs sold (units) |
FY Target or above | 209,000 | 327,017 | ○ | 240,300 | 241,000 | ||
Reduce industrial waste(Promote reuse and recycling) | Industrial Waste Emissions (t) |
566 |
- *1Number of sheets purchased is converted into A4 equivalent sheets multiplied by 2 for A3 , 0.75 for B5 , and 1.5 for B4 .
- *2Before fiscal 2020, only Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (KTS) was included in the total. In fiscal 2021, four consolidated subsidiaries, including KTS, were included. In fiscal 2022, six consolidated subsidiaries, including KTS, were included. In fiscal 2023, nine consolidated subsidiaries, including KTS, are included.
Tokyo Century Group complies with relevant laws and ordinances and strives to manage and dispose of waste properly. (The Group periodically checks Freon gas recovery processes and management and currently has no Freon gas in storage. [As of March 31, 2023])
The Group also incurs no costs due to fines or punishments concerning environmental matters.
Long-Term Initiatives <Intensity Target>
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Environmental Target | Item (unit) | Long-Term Target | FY2021 Result | FY2022 Result |
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Reduce use of electricity | Electric consumption per head office floor area (kWh/㎡) | <Intensity Target> Reduce annual electricity use per unit of head office floor space by 23%, or 70.00kWh/㎡ or below as of FY2030 compared to FY2009 (91.48kWh/㎡) |
64.84kWh/㎡ Reduced by 29.1% compared to FY2009 |
67.69kWh/㎡ Reduced by 26.0% compared to FY2009 |
Annual CO2 emissions from power consumption per head office floor area (t-CO2) | <Intensity Target> Reduce annual CO2 emissions (t-CO2) generated by annual electricity use per unit of head office floor space by 23%, or 0.054t-CO2/㎡ or below as of FY2030 compared to FY2009 (0.041t-CO2/㎡) |
0.030t-CO2/㎡ Reduced by 42.6% compared to FY2009 |
0.017t-CO2/㎡ Reduced by 67.8% compared to FY2009 (Change electricity used to 100% renewable energy-derived electricity from FY2022) |
- *Tokyo Century participates in the Japan Leasing Association’s action plan for achieving a low carbon society, and has set its own long-term goal to achieve the 2030 target set by the association.
Environmental Accounting
Tokyo Century Corporation uses environmental accounting to accurately assess the impact of environmental protection costs on its business activities and make its environmental management more efficient and effective. (The following statistics apply to Tokyo Century Corporation only.)
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FY2021 | FY2022 | Changes | ||||||
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Category | Type of Initiative | ①Environmental Protection Costs (Millions of yen) | ②Environmental Protection Effects (t-CO2)(CO2 emissions reductions) | ①Environmental Protection Costs (Millions of yen) | ②Environmental Protection Effects (t-CO2) (CO2 emissions reductions) | ①Environmental Protection Costs (Millions of yen) | ②Environmental Protection Effects (t-CO2) (CO2 emissions reductions) | |
(1)Costs within our business areas | 147 | 74 | 107 | 64 | ▲ 40 | ▲ 11 | ||
Energy savings and pollution control costs | Switching company-owned vehicle to low-emission cars | (1) | (2) | (9) | (25) | |||
Improving the environment for web conferencing and teleworking | (145) | (73) | (98) | (39) | ||||
(2) Upstream/downstream costs | Waste treatment | 50 | 27 | ▲ 22 | ||||
(3)Management costs | 35 | 41 | + 6 | |||||
ISO14001 certification maintenance/management | (35) | ( ) | (41) | ( ) | ||||
Management office operation and environmental and CSR related costs | ||||||||
Total | 231 | 74 | 175 | 64 | ▲ 56 | ▲ 11 |