Seeking to help build sustainable, low-carbon societies, Toray Group pursues initiatives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In the Toray Group Sustainability Vision announced in July 2018, the Group set out the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions¹ from production activities per unit of revenue by 30% compared with the baseline year of fiscal 2013 across the entire Toray Group worldwide as a quantitative target for fiscal 2030. In addition, in its CSR Roadmap 2022, the Group has set out an interim target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions per unit of revenue¹ Group-wide by 20% compared with fiscal 2013. Toward this end, the Group is working to reduce CO₂ emissions during manufacturing by conserving energy with improved manufacturing processes, increasing utilization of renewable energy, and reducing coal consumption.

1. 1 Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

Toray Group sets annual energy-conserving targets for each company and plant, and promotes group-wide energy-conserving activities.
It also checks the progress of its energy-conserving measures on a monthly basis.
Toray Industries is promoting energy-conserving activities with a goal of reducing its per-unit energy consumption² by 2% annually.
In fiscal 2021, production volumes recovered and energy consumption increased by 8.6% year on year.
Meanwhile, per-unit energy consumption improved 12.1% year on year due to production volume recovery. Moreover, per-unit energy consumption also improved 20.1% compared with fiscal 1990, the baseline year set for reduction of per-unit energy consumption.

1. 2 Energy consumption per converted production volume

1. 3 The energy consumption shown in this graph does not include renewable energy.

Toray Group's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target has been established in the CSR Roadmap 2022. The Group as a whole is implementing systematic reduction measures with the goal of achieving a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of revenue by fiscal 2022, compared to fiscal 2013.
Overall greenhouse emissions for Toray Group in fiscal 2021 increased by 10.5% year on year to 5.49 million tons-CO₂ equivalent due to a recovery in production volumes. On the other hand, in terms of per unit of revenue, the Group reduced emissions by 20.6% compared to fiscal 2013, which was set as the base year in the Sustainability Vision and CSR Roadmap 2022. This reduction was due to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (energy-conserving through process improvement, utilization of renewable energy, and reduction of coal use, etc.), as well as an increase in sales revenue. Accordingly, the Group was able to contain greenhouse gas emissions resulting from higher production volumes.

Note: Per unit of net sales until fiscal 2019, as Japanese GAAP was used until then, and per unit of revenue from fiscal 2020 onwards, as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been adopted since then.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Value Chain of Toray Industries, Inc. (Scopes 1, 2, and 3)

Toray Industries calculates three types of emissions; Scope 1 (direct emissions from plants, offices, and vehicles, etc. owned by the Company), Scope 2 (indirect emissions resulting from the production of electricity and other energy consumed by the Company), and Scope 3 (other indirect emissions).

Toray Industries Scope 3 Emissions

(10,000 tons-CO₂eq）

Note: Toray is currently working to identify and calculate Scope 3 emissions for all of Toray Group.

Due to a recovery of production volumes, greenhouse gas emissions at Toray Industries and its group companies in Japan increased by 11.7% in fiscal 2021 compared to the previous fiscal year. Meanwhile, greenhouse gas emissions per unit of revenue improved by 7.9% compared to the previous fiscal year, due to efforts to reduce emissions and an increase in sales revenue. This resulted in a 26.4% reduction compared to fiscal 2013.

Note: Per unit of net sales until fiscal 2019, as Japanese GAAP was used until then, and per unit of revenue from fiscal 2020 onwards, as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been adopted since then.

Toray Group is systematically installing renewable energy systems. It installed and started to operate solar power generation systems at Toray Plastics Precision (Zhongshan) Ltd. in fiscal 2020, as well as at Toray Industries Seta Plant No. 3 and at Toray Precision Co., Ltd. in fiscal 2021. In addition, the Tokai Plant of Toray Industries began co-combusting sludge fuel, which is carbon neutral, as boiler fuel from fiscal 2017.

• Solar power equipment at Toray Industries Seta Plant No. 3
• Solar power equipment at Toray Precision Co., Ltd.

Effective Use of 100% Renewable Electricity at the Headquarters of Toray Industries

Toray Industries signed a green power supply service⁴ agreement with Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. for the Toray head office located in Tokyo's Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower.
By utilizing, through Mitsui Fudosan, the environmental value of the wind power facilities that Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. operates, Toray’s head office has effectively used 100% renewable energy since April 2022. On a global basis, the estimated annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions should be around 1,500 tons-CO₂.

1. 4 Green power supply service: A unique service developed by Mitsui Fudosan that uses non-fossil fuel energy certificates to provide electricity to the tenants of its office buildings, which is effectively generated using 100% renewable energy.

Initiatives to Protect the Ozone Layer

Toray Industries ceased using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in all manufacturing processes and stopped purchasing CFCs for use in refrigeration equipment in 1994. The Company finished upgrading refrigeration equipment using CFCs in fiscal 2019.