CSR Activity Report (CSR Guideline Activity Reports) - Safety, Accident Prevention, and Environmental Preservation

Environmental Impact Overview

Environmental Impact Overview Fiscal 2021

Toray Industries, Inc. Group companies in Japan Group companies outside Japan
2018 2019 2020 2021 Compared to
previous year
(%)
2018 2019 2020 2021 Compared to
previous year
(%)
2018 2019 2020 2021 Compared to
previous year
(%)
INPUT
Energy
(1,000,000 gigajoules)1
28.8 27.8 25.3 27.3 108.1 6.2 5.8 5.3 5.8 108.5 54.1 61.0 50.9 63.4 124.5
Derived from non-renewable energy sources 27.6 26.5 24.0 26.1 108.6 6.2 5.8 5.3 5.8 108.6 54.0 60.9 50.7 63.2 124.7
Derived from renewable energy sources 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 100.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 50.0
Water usage
(1,000,000 tons)1
175.9 171.8 165.7 171.8 103.7 13.3 13.4 11.5 11.5 100.2 43.7 41.9 37.6 40.5 107.8
Industrial water 139.1 132.1 129.9 130.9 100.8 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.7 105.7 16.1 18.3 16.5 20.4 123.6
Public water 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 100.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 100.0 11.1 10.3 10.3 10.1 98.1
Seawater 6.0 7.7 6.2 9.5 153.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 115.4 7.3 6.1 4.0 0.0 0.0
Groundwater 24.6 25.5 23.4 25.2 107.7 7.2 7.6 6.3 5.9 93.7 0.6 0.0 2.0 4.8 240.0
Others 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0 100.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 100.0 5.8 7.2 4.8 5.2 108.3
OUTPUT
GHG (10,000 tons CO2eq)1, 2
6 gases including CO2 195.3 186.0 165.7 186.2 112.3 37.4 33.4 30.7 33.3 108.3 330.8 356.3 300.5 329.8 109.8
Scope13 161.7 155.9 140.3 157.9 112.6 5.1 4.7 4.1 5.5 134.4 164.2 166.8 137.3 140.9 102.6
CO2 152.6 146.9 132.6 148.4 111.9 5.1 4.6 4.1 5.1 124.4 164.2 166.8 137.3 140.9 102.6
CH4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - -
N2O 8.6 8.7 7.3 8.9 121.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 12,254.5 - - - - -
Other gases (HFCs, PFCs, SF6) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - -
Scope2 33.6 30.1 25.5 28.3 111.1 32.3 28.7 26.6 27.7 104.3 166.6 189.5 163.1 188.8 115.7
PRTR Law-specified substances (tons)
Atmospheric emissions 327.7 229.1 211.0 183.3 86.9 101.5 99.7 104.4 89.8 86.0 457.0 392.2 480.6 442.8 92.1
Water emissions 28.3 24.2 22.2 26.5 119.5 0.4 0.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.7 3.7 522.7
Waste transfers 746.3 1,054.1 577.4 499.1 86.4 1,333.7 1,674.1 2,468.9 957.4 38.8 2,798.5 2,140.4 4,276.9 4,611.1 107.8
Air pollutants (tons)1
SOx 244.9 254.9 160.1 219.4 137.1 16.0 9.7 17.9 2.4 13.3 2,291.5 1,597.4 1,404.7 1,111.3 79.1
NOx 1,305.7 1,274.0 1,139.2 1,302.6 114.3 32.5 30.2 29.7 14.3 48.3 708.9 878.4 1,020.7 1,372.9 134.5
Dust 96.5 121.9 60.9 102.6 168.4 1.0 3.1 1.5 4.7 316.0 173.9 234.1 133.3 207.4 155.5
VOC 422.1 307.4 309.2 266.1 86.1 178.1 175.0 172.2 136.4 79.2 528.7 486.0 557.8 485.9 87.1
Industrial wastewater (million tons)1
166.6 160.4 150.1 154.4 102.9 9.5 9.3 7.7 8.2 106.6 23.4 25.7 24.3 25.7 105.4
Total water consumed (million tons)
Note: Calculated by substracting industrial wastewater from water withdrawn
9.3 11.3 15.6 17.4 111.4 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.3 87.4 20.3 16.2 13.2 14.8 112.4
Water pollutants (tons)
BOD 624.2 606.9 523.5 464.7 88.8 32.1 31.3 21.6 16.3 75.5 167.4 211.4 188.3 174.0 92.4
COD1 780.4 727.2 694.0 666.6 96.0 27.7 25.2 28.8 25.9 90.0 1,149.0 1,550.0 1,222.6 1,445.4 118.2
Nitrogen 393.5 341.2 340.4 405.8 119.2 13.8 13.5 8.6 7.6 87.9 - - - - -
Phosphorus 31.0 24.8 18.7 19.0 101.7 1.6 1.3 0.6 0.7 116.9 - - - - -
Waste (1,000 tons)1
Recycled 30.6 30.0 27.0 27.6 102.3 15.9 15.1 12.3 11.3 92.1 112.8 108.9 84.3 99.7 118.3
Incinerated and other 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 455.3 2.0 2.8 2.0 0.3 17.3 20.5 20.2 11.5 15.7 137.0
Direct landfill Diposal 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 128.4 0.4 4.3 0.9 0.3 28.6 20.8 22.7 17.7 19.2 108.3
Coal ash (1,000 tons)1
Recycled 68.7 68.1 66.6 69.0 103.7 - - - - - 22.6 19.0 12.5 15.8 126.5
Direct landfill Diposal 3.2 3.2 1.3 1.5 115.4 - - - - - 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 105.7
Hazardous waste (1,000 tons)1, 4
Hazardous waste - - 2.1 2.3 108.3 - - 2.8 2.7 98.1 - - - 0.0 -
Non-hazardous waste - - 25.0 25.7 102.9 - - 12.5 9.2 73.6 - - - 134.6 -
  1. 1 FY2021 figures have been verified by a third party, LRQA Limited. (Target: Toray Industries, Inc.)
  2. 2 CO2-equivalent emissions are calculated from the conversion factor for each gas.
  3. 3 CO2 is aggregated for group companies outside Japan.
  4. 4 Data corresponding to “industrial waste subject to special control,” as defined in Japan’s Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing Act, is recorded as hazardous waste generated.

GHG Emissions in Toray's Supply Chain (Scope3)

(10,000 tons-CO2eq)

Toray Industries, Inc.
2018 2019 2020 2021
Category1: Purchased goods and services - - - 231.5
Category2: Capital goods5 13.7 12.8 10.2 9.2
Category3: fuel and energy related activities5 56.1 68.9 63.1 19.0
Category4: Upstream transportation and distribution5 4.6 4.7 3.8 4.3
Category5: Waste generated in operations - - - 2.0
Category6: Business travel - - - 1.3
Category7: Employee commuting - - - 0.2
Total 74.4 86.4 77.1 267.5
  1. 5 FY2021 figures have been verified by a third party, LRQA Limited. (Target: Toray Industries, Inc.)

Index of Environmental Impact Per Unit of Sales6

Toray Industries, Inc. Group companies in Japan Group companies outside Japan
2018 2019 2020 2021 Year-on-year
comparison
(points)
2018 2019 2020 2021 Year-on-year
comparison
(points)
2018 2019 2020 2021 Year-on-year
comparison
(points)
GHG emissions 57.1 55.4 59.8 57.0 -2.8 57.8 62.1 74.2 75.1 0.9 64.7 67.1 58.4 50.1 -8.3
PRTR atmospheric emissions 26.0 20.5 41.0 30.2 -10.8 29.1 24.9 11.0 8.9 -2.1 28.1 23.2 34.1 24.4 -9.7
SOx emissions 3.9 4.1 3.2 3.7 0.5 9.9 6.9 38.5 4.8 -33.7 12.1 9.0 6.8 4.2 -2.6
Water usage volume 68.6 70.5 84.3 74.2 -10.1 36.8 37.6 66.4 64.9 -1.5 51.0 51.9 37.6 31.7 -5.9
BOD emissions 36.6 36.7 40.8 30.7 -10.1 11.3 14.3 22.0 15.5 -6.5 24.9 26.1 14.2 10.3 -3.9
Landfilled waste volume 8.3 79.3 0.9 0.9 0.0 37.3 40.6 31.5 7.0 -24.5 59.3 76.3 35.3 29.9 -5.4
  1. 6 The amounts per unit of sales shown in the table are referenced to an index value of 100 set for the base year of fiscal 2001.

Aggregate Environmental Impact Data by Company Type and Location

Toray Industries, Inc. Group companies in Japan Group companies outside Japan
GHG All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 49 plants at 26 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
PRTR Law-specified substances All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 44 plants at 24 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
SOx, NOx, dust All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 37 plants at 22 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
BOD All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 37 plants at 22 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
COD7 All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 37 plants at 22 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
Nitrogen and phosphorus All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 37 plants at 22 companies -
Waste All 13 plants and 1 research laboratory 44 plants at 24 companies 84 plants at 63 companies
  1. 7 COD figures for Toray, group companies in Japan and Korea are given in CODmn (using the potassium permanganate method).
    Other group companies outside Japan are given in CODcr (using the potassium dichromate method).