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Four Perspectives of the World as Envisioned by the Toray Group in 2050
5 Commitments for 2030
- Supplying Green Innovation Products
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4fold
Supply four times more Green Innovation products (products that help to solve issues related to the global environment, resources, and energy).
This will avoid eight times more CO2 emissions in the value chain.※1
- Supplying Life Innovation Products
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6fold
Supply six times more Life Innovation products (products that enhance public health, improve the quality of medical care, and contribute to health maintenance, longevity, and personal safety).
- Annual Water Filtration Throughput
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3fold
Triple the total annual volume of water treated using Toray’s water treatment membranes. ※2
- Reducing GHG Emissions
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30%Reduction
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in production activities by 30% per unit of sales across the entire Toray Group by introducing renewable energy or taking other initiatives. ※3
- Reducing Water Consumption per
Unit of Sales -
30%Reduction
Reduce water usage in production activities by 30% per unit of sales across the entire Toray Group.
Progress against the Commitments for 2030
Achieved FY2013 | Achieved FY2021 | Target FY2030 (Compared to FY2013) |
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Compared to FY2013 | ||||
Green Innovation product sales | 463.1 billion yen | 832.2 billion yen | 1.8times | 4times |
Contribution to CO2 reduction in value chain | 38.45 million tons | 306.22 million tons | 8.0 times | 8times |
Life Innovation product sales | 119.6 billion yen | 308.4 billion yen | 2.6 times | 6times |
Contribution to water treatment (conversion to water volume) |
27.23 million tons | 61.00 million tons | 2.2 times | 3times |
Greenhouse gas emission per unit of sales | 3.37 thousand tons /billion yen |
2.67 thousand tons /billion yen |
21% reduction |
30% reduction |
Water usage per unit of sales | 152 thousand tons /billion yen |
109 thousand tons /billion yen |
28% reduction |
30% reduction |
The baseline year for quantitative targets is fiscal 2013.
- ※1For CO2 emissions avoided in the value chain, Toray calculates the CO2 emissions reduced throughout the value chain of products in accordance with the chemical sector guidelines of the Japan Chemical Industry Association, the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), and the World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
- ※2Toray calculates water treated with Toray’s water treatment membranes by multiplying the amount of fresh water that its ultrafiltration water treatment membranes can produce per day, including reverse osmosis (RO), ultrafiltration (UF) and membrane separation bioreactors (MBR), by the number of membrane elements sold.
- ※3In Japan, Toray works to surpass the reduction target set for the industrial sector by the Japanese government (absolute emissions reduced by 38%), which is based on the Paris Agreement. With the use of renewable energies and other zero emission power sources rising worldwide, the Toray Group aims to employ zero-emission power sources at a rate equivalent to or better than the targets in each country by 2030.