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Energy
Use of non-renewable energy
Unit | FY2017 (Base year) |
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
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Japan | Gas/oil | MWh | 330,257 | 331,509 | 350,307 | 306,884 | 336,189 | 320,796 |
Electricity/steam | MWh | 467,629 | 360,543 | 361,612 | 181,696 | 0 | 0 | |
Overseas | Gas/oil | MWh | 19,592 | 15,804 | 16,869 | 16,957 | 13,121 | 13,752 |
Electricity/steam | MWh | 341,322 | 343,183 | 309,855 | 263,240 | 182,815 | 31,110 | |
Total | MWh | 1,158,800 | 1,051,039 | 1,038,644 | 768,778 | 532,126 | 365,658 | |
Per unit of business profit (include renewable energy) |
GWh/100 million yen | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions.
Use of renewable electricity
Unit | FY2017 (Base year) |
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | MWh | 257 | 119,302 | 118,974 | 335,408 | 515,804 | 520,041 | |
Purchased electricity | MWh | 0 | 119,070 | 118,879 | 317,532 | 446,019 | 444,201 | |
Generated onsite | MWh | 257 | 232 | 95 | 150 | 813 | 1,819 | |
Renewable Energy Certificate 1 | MWh | - | - | - | 17,727 | 68,971 | 74,022 | |
Overseas | MWh | 9,215 | 18,695 | 37,466 | 94,201 | 179,861 | 322,796 | |
Purchased electricity | MWh | 7,063 | 13,757 | 32,117 | 88,015 | 111,455 | 138,818 | |
Generated onsite | MWh | 2,152 | 4,938 | 5,349 | 6,186 | 9,746 | 12,794 | |
Renewable Energy Certificate | MWh | - | - | - | - | 58,660 | 171,184 | |
Total | MWh | 9,473 | 137,997 | 156,440 | 429,610 | 695,665 | 842,837 |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions.
1 Includes cogeneration systems (CGS) electricity and self-generated electricity. Since it is difficult to procure renewable energy fuels or green gas certificates that meets the RE100 technical criteria, we have achieved 100% renewable electricity by voluntarily applying renewable energy certificates equivalent to the amount of electricity used.
Status of electricity sources
Unit | FY2017 (Base year) |
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Renewable electricity | MWh | 9,473 | 137,997 | 156,440 | 429,610 | 695,665 | 842,837 |
Non-renewable electricity | MWh | 850,359 | 741,546 | 707,408 | 442,530 | 180,221 | 28,721 |
Total | MWh | 859,831 | 879,543 | 863,849 | 872,140 | 875,886 | 871,558 |
Ratio of renewable electricity | % | 1.1 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 79 | 96 |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions.
*Includes cogeneration systems (CGS) electricity and self-generated electricity. Since it is difficult to procure renewable energy fuels or green gas certificates that meets the RE100 technical criteria, we have achieved 100% renewable electricity by voluntarily applying renewable energy certificates equivalent to the amount of electricity used.
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
Greenhouse gas emission(Scopes 1, 2, and 3)
Unit | FY2017 (Base year) |
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scope 1 | thousand t-CO2e | 137 | 122 | 125 | 118 | 142 | 101 |
Scope 2 | thousand t-CO2e | 455 | 363 | 345 | 230 | 93 | 15 |
Scope 3 | tthousand t-CO2e | 3,261 | 3,024 | 2,516 | 2,392 | 2,327 | 2,352 |
Total | thousand t-CO2e | 3,853 | 3,510 | 2,987 | 2,740 | 2,562 | 2,469 |
Scope 1: Direct GHG emissions (LPG, LNG, natural gas, kerosene, heavy fuel oil, gasoline, PFCs, etc.)
Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions (electricity and steam, etc.)
Scope 3: Indirect GHG emissions of the entire value chain
* Since it is difficult to procure renewable energy fuels and green gas certificates that meet RE100 technical criteria, we voluntarily applying renewable energy certificates equivalent to the amount of electricity used, offsetting the equivalent CO2 emissions from Scope 1.
Greenhouse gas emission (scopes 1, 2)
Unit | FY2017 (Base year) |
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scope 1 | t-CO2e | 136,734 | 122,263 | 124,929 | 117,788 | 141,883 | 101,416 | |
Japan | t-CO2e | 122,479 | 104,470 | 109,613 | 102,250 | 123,030 | 95,242 | |
Overseas | t-CO2e | 14,255 | 17,793 | 15,316 | 15,537 | 18,853 | 6,174 | |
Scope 2 | t-CO2e | 455,110 | 363,490 | 345,151 | 229,883 | 92,855 | 15,251 | |
Japan | t-CO2e | 246,022 | 184,748 | 179,890 | 72,881 | 0 | 0 | |
Overseas | t-CO2e | 209,088 | 178,743 | 165,261 | 157,002 | 92,855 | 15,251 | |
Total | t-CO2e | 591,844 | 485,753 | 470,079 | 347,670 | 234,738 | 116,668 | |
Per unit of business profit | thousand t/100 million yen | 0.79 | 1.19 | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.24 | 0.18 | |
FY2025 target (science-based): reduce 34% total emissions from FY2017 | -80% |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions
* Since it is difficult to procure renewable energy fuels and green gas certificates that meet RE100 technical criteria, we voluntarily applying renewable energy certificates equivalent to the amount of electricity used, offsetting the equivalent CO2 emissions from Scope 1.
* CO2 conversion factor of greenhouse gas emissions
- Electric power: Disclose emissions at Market-base. In Japan, we use the adjusted emissions factors for the load serving entities (i.e., utilities) from which our sites purchase electricity, pursuant to Load Serving Entity Emission Factors announced by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Overseas, we use the country emission factors listed in IEA (International Energy Agency) or from the load serving entities from which our sites purchase electricity. The emission factor is set to zero for the amount of renewable energy certificates and J-Credits utilized.
- Fuel: The factors announced by the IPCC in 2006 were used for both domestic and overseas data.
- GHGs other than CO2: Equivalents were calculated based on 100-year GWP values in the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC.
Greenhouse gas emission (scope 3)
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |||
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Scope 3 | thousand t-CO2e | 3,024 | 2,516 | 2,392 | 2,327 | 2,352 | ||
Category 1 | Purchased goods and services 1 | thousand t-CO2e | 1,064 | 928 | 932 | 980 | 948 | |
Category 2 | Capital goods | thousand t-CO2e | 217 | 125 | 128 | 176 | 174 | |
Category 3 | Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in scope 1 or scope 2 | thousand t-CO2e | 36 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 23 | |
Category 4 | Upstream transportation and distribution | thousand t-CO2e | 181 | 167 | 182 | 176 | 141 | |
Category 5 | Waste generated in operations | thousand t-CO2e | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
Category 6 | Business travel | thousand t-CO2e | 32 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | |
Category 7 | Employee commuting | thousand t-CO2e | 45 | 45 | 43 | 35 | 35 | |
Category 8 | Upstream leased assets | thousand t-CO2e | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
Category 9 | Downstream transportation and distribution | thousand t-CO2e | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Category 10 | Processing of sold products | thousand t-CO2e | 61 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 33 | |
Category 11 | Use of sold products 1 | thousand t-CO2e | 1,297 | 1,106 | 947 | 787 | 866 | |
Category 12 | End-of-life treatment of sold products | thousand t-CO2e | 75 | 61 | 58 | 94 | 91 | |
Category 13 | Downstream leased assets | thousand t-CO2e | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Category 14 | Franchises | thousand t-CO2e | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Category 15 | Investments | thousand t-CO2e | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
FY2025 target (science-based): reduce 44% per unit of business profit from FY2017 (categories 1 and 11) | -17% |
* Category 1: The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology IDEA Ver.3.3 is used for calculations from FY2022.
1 Data verified by a third party
Calculation method
Category 1 | Multiplied the mass of materials that comprise sold products by their emission factors |
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Category 2 | Multiplied the capital expenditure in each investment account by emission factors |
Category 3 | Multiplied the amount of each type of energy used at each site by their emission factors |
Category 4 | Emissions from transportation to Epson of products and services purchased from suppliers, and emissions from the transport of goods by Epson, were calculated by multiplying the mass of transported goods and the distance transported by emissions factors |
Category 5 | Multiplied the amount of each type of waste generated at each site by their emission factors |
Category 6 | Multiplied the transportation expenses for each transportation mode and lodging expenses by their emission factors |
Category 7 | Multiplied the transportation expenses for each transportation mode by their emission factors |
Category 8 | For emissions from the operation of leased assets (excluding those not already included in scope 1 or scope 2 inventories), the floor area of leased buildings was multiplied by emission factors |
Category 9 | Multiplied the sold product not shipped by Epson and the average distances of transported volumes by their emission factors per unit |
Category 10 | Multiplied the electricity consumed in the processing of intermediate products into finished products by emission factors |
Category 11 | Multiplied the estimated electricity consumption over the lifetime of sold products by an emission factor |
Category 12 | Multiplied the mass of each type of waste treated by the emission factor for each type of waste treatment |
Category 13 | Not applicable (We have no assets leased to customers) |
Category 14 | Not applicable (We have no franchise business) |
Category 15 | Not applicable (We do not engage in investment management) |
Third-party verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
We have a third party verify our calculations to ensure reliability. Our FY2023 GHG emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3) , energy use and retired reductions data were verified as having been measured and calculated accurately, and a independent verification report was obtained.
Industrial waste
Industrial waste emissions
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
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Japan | Waste generated | thousand t | 14.3 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 13.1 |
Recycled | thousand t | 13.7 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 12.7 | |
Waste (disposed of) | thousand t | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |
Landfilled | thousand t | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
Overseas | Waste generated | thousand t | 18.3 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 18.5 |
Recycled | thousand t | 15.3 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 17.0 | |
Waste (disposed of) | thousand t | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | |
Landfilled | thousand t | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
Total waste generated | thousand t | 32.6 | 33.5 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 31.6 | |
Per unit of business profit | t/100 million yen | 79 | 54 | 37 | 35 | 48 | |
Target: amount of emissions (waste generated) previous year or less | -5.6% |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions.
Water
Water withdrawal by source
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | Municipal water | thousand m3 | 5,031 | 4,992 | 4,949 | 4,969 | 4,988 |
Ground water | thousand m3 | 692 | 638 | 731 | 773 | 735 | |
(Returned water to the source) | thousand m3 | (415) | (373) | (411) | (446) | (410) | |
Subtotal | thousand m3 | 5,724 | 5,629 | 5,680 | 5,742 | 5,724 | |
Overseas | Municipal water | thousand m3 | 2,407 | 2,296 | 2,360 | 2,498 | 2,364 |
Ground water | thousand m3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
(Returned water to the source) | thousand m3 | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |
Subtotal | thousand m3 | 2,407 | 2,296 | 2,360 | 2,498 | 2,364 | |
Total | thousand m3 | 8,131 | 7,925 | 8,041 | 8,240 | 8,088 | |
Per unit of business profit | thousand m3/100 million yen | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.62 | |
Target: 1% improvement in water withdrawal per revenue from the base value (0.74 thousand m3/100 million yen) | -15% |
* Industrial water is included in municipal water.
* No water was withdrawn from other sources.
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions
Recycling water
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Recycled water | thousand m3 | 1,527 | 1,693 | 1,750 | 2,019 | 1,957 |
Recycled ratio | % | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
* Recycled ratio=recycled water / (water usage + recycled water)
Water discharge by destination
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
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Japan | Sewerage | thousand m3 | 2,021 | 2,003 | 2,065 | 2,142 | 2,193 |
Rivers | thousand m3 | 2,779 | 2,863 | 2,892 | 3,000 | 2,912 | |
Subtotal | thousand m3 | 4,800 | 4,867 | 4,957 | 5,142 | 5,105 | |
Overseas | Sewerage | thousand m3 | 2,178 | 2,068 | 2,131 | 2,262 | 2,149 |
Rivers | thousand m3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Subtotal | thousand m3 | 2,178 | 2,068 | 2,131 | 2,262 | 2,149 | |
Total | thousand m3 | 6,977 | 6,935 | 7,088 | 7,404 | 7,254 |
* Totals do not add up in some cases due to rounding off of fractions.
* Water consumption=Total water withdrawal-Total water discharge
* No water was discharged into other destinations.
Third-party verification of water
We have a third party verify our FY2023 data.
Chemical substance
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
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Japan | PRTR 1 substance emissions | t | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
Per unit of business profit | kg/100 million yen | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5.2 | |
Japan | VOC 2 emissions | t | 76 | 71 | 75 | 80 | 58 |
Per unit of business profit | kg/100 million yen | 187 | 115 | 83 | 84 | 89 |
* Some figures differ from those in Sustainability Report 2023 due to a recalculation.
1 Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.
2 Volatile Organic Compounds. We report VOC emissions based on the voluntary action plans of four electric and electronic organizations.
Raw materials
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
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Raw material consumption | thousand t | 234 | 193 | 210 | 209 | 206 | |
Detailed breakdown | Resin | % | 41 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 41 |
Metal | % | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | |
Electronic component | % | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |
Paper and wood | % | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 8 | |
Other | % | 15 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Coverage of environmental reporting
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Company number | Companies | 54 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 64 |
Percentage of coverage (Revenue) | % | 95 | 95 | 95 | 98 | 99 |
* Company number includes Seiko Epson Corporation.
ISO 14001 Certification List
Japan: Development divisions/Operations divisions/Group companies
Region | Certified sites |
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Japan | Seiko Epson Corporation Global Environmental Strategy Promotion Office Akita Epson Corporation Miyazaki Epson Corporation Epson Direct Corporation Epson Logistics Corporation Epson Swan Corporation Find details on scope of sites (178KB) |
Seiko Epson Corporation Printing Solutions Operations Division |
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Epson Atmix Corporation |
Overseas: Regional headquarters/Sales/Service subsidiaries and affiliates
Region | Certified sites |
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Asia/Oceania | Epson (China) Co., Ltd. |
Seiko Epson Corporation, Hong Kong Office | |
Epson Australia Pty. Ltd. | |
Europe | Epson Europe B.V. |
Epson Deutschland GmbH | |
Epson Europe Electronics GmbH | |
Epson France S.A.S. | |
Epson Italia S.p.A. | |
Epson Iberica S.A.U. | |
Epson Iberica S.A.U., Portugal Office | |
Epson (U.K.) Ltd. | |
Americas | Epson America, Inc. |
Overseas: Manufacturing industry
Region | Certified sites |
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Asia/Oceania | Tianjin Epson Co., Ltd. |
Epson Precision Suzhou Co., Ltd. | |
Epson Engineering (Shenzhen) Ltd. | |
Epson Precision (Philippines) Inc. | |
Epson Precision (Johor) Sdn. Bhd. | |
Singapore Epson Industrial Pte. Ltd. | |
PT. Epson Batam | |
PT. Indonesia Epson Industry | |
Epson Precision Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | |
Epson Precision (Thailand) Ltd. | |
Epson Wuxi Co., Ltd. | |
Europe | Epson Telford Ltd. |
Americas | Epson Portland Inc. |
Product Recycling
Collection
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Finished products 1 | thousand t | 20.9 | 17.5 | 24.2 | 35.5 | 23.7 |
Cartridges | thousand t | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
1 Collected either voluntarily or as mandated by local law. Sum of amount actually collected and amount expected to be collected.
Environmental Risk Management
Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Violation of environmental regulations | Cases | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Groundwater trichloroethylene concentration trend (annual average in wells with highest concentration at each site)
Site | Unit | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | Remediation |
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Head Office | mg/L | 11 | 10 | 5.9 | Barrier, pump and treat, monitoring |
Shiojiri | mg/L | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.11 | Barrier, pump and treat, monitoring |
Fujimi | mg/L | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.058 | Barrier, pump and treat, monitoring |
Suwa-Minami | mg/L | 0.022 | 0.015 | 0.014 | Barrier, pump and treat, monitoring |
Reference: Trichloroethylene standards
- Environmental quality standard for groundwater under Japan's Basic Environmental Law: 0.01 mg/L max.
- Groundwater remediation standard under Japan's Water Quality Pollution Control Act: 0.01 mg/L max.
- Groundwater standard under Japan's Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law: 0.01 mg/L max.
Education
Environmental education (Japan)
Training | Unit | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
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Basic environmental training | Participants | Persons | 17,008 | 18,626 | 17,490 | 18,657 | 19,042 |
ISO 14001 environmental auditor training |
Participants | Persons | 175 | 114 | 117 | 91 | 126 |
Certification recipients | Persons | 1,012 | 1,131 | 1,207 | 1,262 | 1,370 |
* This is the number of persons who took Basic Environmental Training during the period it was offered. Figures of Certification Recipients show the number of certified persons as of the end of fiscal year.