Summary of FY2023 Environmental Activities and Environmental Action Plan for FY2022-2024
The Environmental Action Plan is made up of implementation headings that apply in common to the Hitachi Group. The Hitachi High-Tech Group has added its own action headings to that plan and is promoting them.
The plan results for FY2023 and the plan for FY 2022-2024 are as shown below.
Summary of FY2023 Environmental Activities
Decarbonized Society
Contribution by Products and Services
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Reduction in CO2 emissions by products and services | Reduction in CO2 emissions by environmentally conscious design during product development (base fiscal year: FY2010) |
Amount reduced 85,994 t-CO2 or more |
Amount reduced 66,898 t-CO2 |
-* |
| Raise rate of reduction of CO2 emissions by products (base fiscal year: FY2010) |
39.0% or more | 35.4% | × | |
| Reduction in total CO2 emissions by products and services (base fiscal year: FY2010) |
Emissions 688,398 t-CO2 or less |
515,101 t-CO2 | -* | |
| Implementation of environmentally conscious design assessments | Conduct environmentally conscious design assessments (assessments conducted during the year/assessments subjected to during the year) *Includes conducting LCA evaluations |
100% | 100% | 〇 |
* For those items with a hyphen ( - ), the results are determined only as monitoring items.
Contributions from Factories and Offices
| Activity Targets | Activity for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Reduction in CO2 emissions by business establishments | Reduction of CO2 emissions | Total emissions 23,000 t-CO2 or less |
Total emissions 19,555 t-CO2 |
〇 |
| [Unique to Hitachi High-Tech Group] Improve rate of introduction of renewable energy, etc. | 48.7% or more | 56.7% | -* | |
| Switch to electric power for vehicles | Consider switching to electric (EV) when updating vehicles | Monitoring the number of electric vehicles | -* | |
| Reduction of CO2 in transportation | Grasp transportation energy per unit in nominal production | Monitor transportation energy per unit | -* | |
* For those items with a hyphen ( - ), the results are determined only as monitoring items.
Recycling-Oriented Society
Creation of a Resource-Recycling Oriented Society
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Improvement of efficiency in the use of resources | Improvement of waste generation per unit (compared to FY2010) | 37.0% or more | 38.0% | 〇 |
| Improvement of rate of effective use of plastic waste | 98.7% or more | 98.4% | × | |
| Transition to circular economy | Reduce use of virgin materials and create resource recycling businesses by promoting "5 R's*1" |
|
-*2 | |
| Reduction in waste material | Reduction of rate of landfill disposal of waste | 0.13% or less | 0.06% | -*2 |
*1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Rethink
*2 For those items with a hyphen ( - ), the results are determined only as monitoring items.
Creation of a Water-Recycling Oriented Society
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Improvement of efficiency in the use of water | Improvement of water consumption per unit (compared to FY2010) | 48.9% or more | 67.9% | 〇 |
Society in Harmony with Nature
Management of Chemical Substances
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Reduction in emissions of chemical substances | Reduction in atmospheric emissions of chemical substances per unit (compared to FY2010) | 44.9% or more | 59.8% | 〇 |
Ecosystem Conservation
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targets | Results | Evaluation | ||
| Contribution to ecosystem conservation | Promotion of activities contributing to positive impact | Number of activities implemented 67 |
Number of activities implemented 77 |
-* |
* For those items with a hyphen ( - ), the results are determined only as monitoring items.
Environmental Action Plan for FY2022-2024
Governance
Strengthen Management System
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen global environmental management | Improvement in management quality based on reciprocal environmental audits and audits of chemical substances contained in products | 18 sites In Japan: 13 sites Overseas: 5 sites [Legal compliance audit] |
27 sites In Japan: 6 sites Overseas: 3 sites [EMS audit] |
45 sites In Japan: 13 sites Overseas: 5 sites [Legal compliance audit] |
| Strengthen compliance by small and medium-sized business establishments |
Decarbonized Society
Contribution by Products and Services
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduction in CO2 emissions by products and services | Reduction in CO2 emissions by environmentally conscious design during product development (base fiscal year: 2010) |
Amount reduced 71,287 t-CO2 or more |
Amount reduced 29,083 t-CO2 or more |
Amount reduced 99,366 t-CO2 or more |
| Raise rate of reduction of CO2 emissions by products (base fiscal year: FY2010) |
35.8% or more | 39.0% or more | 42.3% or more | |
| Reduction in total CO2 emissions by products and services (base fiscal year: FY2010) |
Emissions 537,895 t-CO2 or less |
Emissions 670,523 t-CO2 or less |
Emissions 429,632 t-CO2 or less |
|
| Implementation of environmentally conscious design assessments | Implementation of environmentally conscious design assessments (assessments conducted during the year/assessments subjected to during the year) *Includes conducting LCA evaluations |
100% (All target models) |
100% (All target models) |
100% (All target models) |
Contributions by Factories and Offices
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduction in CO2 emissions by business establishments | Reduction in total CO2 emissions | Emissions 30,759 t-CO2 or less |
Emissions 30,906 t-CO2 or less |
Emissions 18,570 t-CO2 or less |
| [Unique to Hitachi High-Tech Group] Improve rate of introduction of renewable energy, etc. | 26.9% or more | 27.2% or more | 60.1% or more | |
| Switch to electric power for vehicles | Consider introducing electric vehicles (EV) when replacing vehicles | Monitor number of electric vehicles | ||
| Reduction of CO2 in transportation | Grasp transportation energy per unit in nominal production | Monitor transportation energy per unit | ||
Recycling-Oriented Society
Creation of a Resource-Recycling Oriented Society
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement of efficiency in use of resources | Improvement of waste generation per unit (compared to FY2010) | 35.1% or more | 37.0% or more | 38.1% or more |
| Improvement of rate of effective use of plastic waste | 98.7% or more | 98.7% or more | 98.8% or more | |
| Transition to circular economy | Reduce use of virgin materials and create resource recycling businesses by promoting "5 R's＊" | ・Monitor proportion of use by recycled material in products ・Monitor proportion of products that give consideration to improved efficiency in use of resources during design |
||
| Reduction in waste material | Reduction of rate of landfill disposal of waste | 0.13% or less | 0.13% or less | 0.12% or less |
* Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Rethink
Creation of a Water-Recycling Oriented Society
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement of efficiency in use of water | Improvement of water consumption per unit (compared to FY2010) |
49.0% or more | 48.9% or more | 49.5% or more |
Society in Harmony with Nature
Management of Chemical Substances
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduction in emissions of chemical substances | Reduction in atmospheric emissions of chemical substances per unit (compared to FY2010) |
59.8% or more | 58.5% or more | 60.6% or more |
Ecosystem Conservation
| Activity Targets | Activities for Promotion | FY2022 Targets | FY2023 Targets | FY2024 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contribution to ecosystem conservation | Promotion of ecosystem conservation activity headings | Number of activities implemented 66 |
Number of activities implemented 67 |
Number of activities implemented 68 |