The 7th Environmental Action Plan

Based on Toshiba Group's Environmental Future Vision 2050, Toshiba Tec Group has promoted The 7th Environmental Action Plan, which consists of "response to climate change," "response to the circular economy," "consideration of ecosystems," and "enhancement of the basis of environmental management" and covers the period from FY2021 to FY2023, and we achieved all targets.

Activity area Activity content Indicator FY2023 targett FY2023 result
Response to climate change Business activities

The total amount of GHG emissions (thousand t-CO2)*1

(↓)
39.8 37.8

Amount of CO2 emissions from energy use per unit consumption (t-CO2/million yen)

(↓)
3,500 3,030
Products & services

GHG reduction amount during product use (thousand t-CO2)*2

(↑)
657 834
Response to the circular economy Business activities

The amount of waste (t)*3

(↓)
785 536

The amount of generated waste per unit consumption (t/million)

(↓)
1% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years 7.7% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years
Products & services

The amount of plastic resources recycled (t)*4

(↑)
544 625

The amount of resources saved (thousand t)*5

(↑)
20.5 27.2
Consideration of
ecosystems		 Management of chemical substances Business activities

The amount of released chemical substances per unit consumption (kg/million yen)

(↓)
1% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years 9.9% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years
Products & services Specified chemical substances contained in products Management in compliance with environmental laws and regulations in each country Implemented as planned
Water resource management Business activities

The volume of received water per unit consumption (m3/million yen)

(↓)
1% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years 7.0% improvement in the average per unit consumption in 5 years
Conservation of biodiversity Activities in line with the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Initiatives at all manufacturing sites by setting five activity targets according to the new international goals Implemented at all manufacturing sites
Enhancement of the
basis of environmental
management		 Environmental communication Implementation of Global Environmental Action (GEA) Initiatives at all manufacturing sites by setting a recommended activity theme for each fiscal year Implemented at all manufacturing sites
Environmental risk & compliance Environmental risk management and development of human resources in charge of the environment Strengthening of environmental compliance systems at all manufacturing sites by developing environmental auditors 2 auditors in Japan
  1. *1.For the calculation of CO2 emissions from electricity, emission factors provided by each electric power company are used
  2. *2.Obtained by deducting total GHG emissions of shipped products during product lifetime from total GHG emissions of assumed substitute products during product lifetime
  3. *3.Obtained by deducting the amount of valuable waste from the total amount of generated waste
  4. *4.The amount of recycled plastics and bioplastics used (including packaging materials)
  5. *5.Obtained by deducting the total material input of shipped products from the total material input of assumed substitute products