Greenhouse Gas / Materials Balance

Greenhouse Gas

The Hitachi High-Tech Group is working on reducing CO₂ value chain emissions, including CO₂ emissions resulting from energy use at its business sites (Scope 1 and 2) and CO₂ emissions elsewhere (Scope 3), as a response to the risks of climate change.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the Value Chain

*1

Due to the number of displayed digits, the total individual values and those for each line may differ in some cases.

*2

Direct emissions of greenhouse gases from the organization itself. Includes greenhouse gases from non-energy sources.

*3

Indirect emissions due to the use of electricity and heat supplied by other companies.Number in is by location basis.

*4

Indirect emissions not included in Scopes 1 and 2.

*5

Reporting boundary for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions: Hitachi High-Tech Group companies (excluding two overseas subsidiaries)

*6

Reporting boundary for Scope 3 emissions: Hitachi High-Tech Group companies in Japan, Hitachi Instrument (Suzhou), Ltd., and Hitachi Instruments (Dalian) Co., Ltd.HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYTICAL SCIENCE (Germany, Finland, China)

*7

Category 3, which is fuel and energy not included in Scopes 1 and 2, has been calculated since FY 2019.

*8

Category 8, which is upstream lease assets, was modified in FY 2018 to match the notation in recognition that it is included not only in Scope 1, but also Scope 2.

*9

Category 9, which is downstream transportation and distribution, category 10, which is processing of sold products, category 14, which is franchises, and category 15, which is investments are classified as “Not applicable” since they are not related to the business activities of our group, and also changed the notation in FY 2018.

*10

The notation for category 13, which is downstream leased assets, as changed to "included in category 11."

• Scope 3 emissions calculation method (PDF format, )

Materials Balance

The following information shows the quantity of resource inputs into the business activities of the Hitachi High-Tech Group and the scale of emissions that impose a burden on the environment.

Quantity of Resource Inputs and Emissions That Impose a Burden on the Environment

• * The reporting boundary is the following Hitachi High-Tech and group companies in Japan, excluding certain sites that reside within other Hitachi group's business sites.
  Energy and greenhouse gases: Hitachi High-Tech, group manufacturing companies, group sales companies, and group service companies
  Water resource: Hitachi High-Tech (headquarter and manufacturing sites), group manufacturing companies, group sales companies (headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Nexus, headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Support, headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Science), and group service companies (headquarter, Hokkaido/Tohoku area, Kanto/Koshinetsu area, Chubu/Hokuriku area, west Japan branch, Chugoku area and Kyushu branch office)
  Waste: Hitachi High-Tech (headquarter and manufacturing sites), group manufacturing companies, group sales companies (headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Nexus, headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Support, headquarter of Hitachi High-Tech Science), and group service companies
• * Raw material inputs include raw materials only and do not include components, semi-finished goods, or finished products purchased from external parties.
• * There are no emissions of non-energy –derived CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O specified in the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.

Quantity of Raw Material Inputs (only metals)

• * Reporting boundary: Manufacturing sites of the Hitachi High-Tech and group manufacturing companies in Japan

Breakdown of Raw Material Inputs

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