ESG Data
TOWA Group's ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) data is summarized in lists below. For more information on governance, see the Corporate Governance page.
Environment
CO2 emissions (Scope1, 2)
CO2 is the only GHG (greenhouse gas) related to our business.
| Items | Unit | Achievements | Target | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | FY2019 |
FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2030 | ||
| Scope1 (TOWA Group Total) | t-CO2 | 351 | 446 | 514 | 547 | 498 | 9,323 |
| (Japan) | t-CO2 | 283 | 273 | 301 | 313 | 203 | |
| (Overseas) | t-CO2 | 68 | 173 | 213 | 234 | 295 | |
| Scope2 (TOWA Group Total) | t-CO2 | 14,334 | 13,714 | 15,560 | 14,654 | 11,894 | |
| (Japan) | t-CO2 | 7,384 | 6,188 | 6,186 | 3,028 | 2,163 | |
| (Overseas) | t-CO2 | 6,950 | 7,525 | 9,374 | 11,626 | 9,732 | |
| Scope1,2 Total | t-CO2 | 14,686 | 14,160 | 16,074 | 15,201 | 12,392 | |
| CO2 emissions relative to sales (CO2 emission intensity) |
t-CO2 /million yen |
0.519 | 0.561 | 0.541 | 0.300 | 0.230 | 0.099 (Reference value) |
Scope1：Direct greenhouse gas emissions from our group
Scope2：Indirect emissions from the use of electricity, heat and steam supplied by other companies
(Japan) is the total of 5 production bases including group companies, and (Overseas) is the total of 4 production bases of group companies.
Japan: Headquarters/ Factory, Kyoto East Plant, Kyushu Work, BANDICK Corporation, TOWA LASERFRONT Corporation
Overseas: TOWA Korea Co., Ltd., TOWAM Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), TOWA (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., TOWA (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
For the CO2 emission factor, the Ministry of the Environment's list of emission factors by electric power company is used for Japan, the published value of Korea Electric Power Corporation for South Korean region, and the Emissions Factors issued by the IEA for other regions.
For the CO2 emission factor of fuel, the values published by domestic gas companies and the calculation method and emission factor list of the Ministry of the Environment are used.
CO2 emissions (Scope3)
In addition to Scope 1 and 2, we began calculating Scope 3 emissions in FY2022.
| Category | Unit | Achievements | Bound- aries |
Calculation methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | ||||
| Scope3 (total) | kt-CO2 | 235.08 | － | － |
| 1. Purchased goods and services | kt-CO2 | 56.03 | *１ | Calculated by multiplying the purchase amount by the emissions intensity. |
| 2. Capital goods | kt-CO2 | 7.80 | *２ | Calculated by multiplying the capital investment by the emission intensity of our industry sector. |
| 3. Fuel and energy related | kt-CO2 | 2.54 | *１ | Calculated by multiplying the amount of energy purchased by the emissions intensity. |
| 4. Transportation and distribution (upstream) | kt-CO2 | 0.11 | *１ | Calculated for transportation of products within the country of production: transported weight x distance x emissions intensity. (However, transportation of purchased products and services was calculated in Category 1.) |
| 5. Waste generated in operations | kt-CO2 | 0.31 | *１ | Calculated by multiplying the amount of waste by the emissions intensity by type, taking transportation into account. |
| 6. Business travel | kt-CO2 | 0.57 | *１ | Non-Consolidated: calculated by multiplying the amount of transportation expenses paid by the emissions intensity of each means of transportation. Group companies: calculated by multiplying the number of employees by the emissions intensity. |
| 7. Employee commuting | kt-CO2 | 0.54 | *１ | Calculated by multiplying the number of employees and the number of business days by the emissions intensity for each city category. |
| 8. Leased assets (upstream) | kt-CO2 | Calculated within Scope 1 and 2. | ||
| 9. Transportation and distribution (downstream) | kt-CO2 | 7.52 | *３ | Calculated for transportation of products excluding Category 4: transportation weight x distance x emissions intensity. |
| 10. Processing of sold product | kt-CO2 | Not applicable | ||
| 11. Use of sold products | kt-CO2 | 159.64 | *３ | Calculated by estimating and setting annual power consumption and product life for each product type sold, and multiplying by the CO2 emission factors. |
| 12. End-of-life treatment of sold products | kt-CO2 | 0.05 | *３ | Calculated by multiplying the weight of products sold by the emissions intensity by waste type and treatment method. |
| 13. Leased assets (downstream) | kt-CO2 | Not applicable | ||
| 14. Franchises | kt-CO2 | Not applicable | ||
| 15. Investments | kt-CO2 | Not applicable |
Scope3： All other indirect emissions occurring in the company's value chain, excluding Scope 1 and 2
*1 Main Production Bases
Japan: Headquarters/ Factory, Kyoto East Plant, Kyushu Work, BANDICK Corporation, TOWA LASERFRONT Corporation
Overseas: TOWA Korea Co., Ltd., TOWAM Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), TOWA (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., TOWA (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
*2 Consolidated
*3 Products sold in the semiconductor business and laser processing machine business
Emission intensities refer to values from the following databases.
Ministry of the Environment "Emission intensity database for calculating GHG emissions, etc. of organizations through the supply chain"
National Institute for Environmental Studies "Embodied Energy and Emission Intensity Data for Japan Using Input-Output Tables (3EID)"
Sustainable Management Promotion Organization "IDEAv2.3(For calculating supply chain GHG emissions)"
Electricity consumption
| Items | Unit | Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | ||
| Electricity consumption of the entire TOWA Group | MWh | 28,319 | 28,932 | 32,357 | 37,527 | 39,792 |
| (Japan) Total electricity consumption |
MWh | 16,849 | 16,579 | 17,066 | 18,085 | 19,920 |
| Solar power generation | MWh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 451 |
| Amount of renewable energy purchased | MWh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,342 | 14,406 |
| (Overseas) Total electricity consumption |
MWh | 11,469 | 12,353 | 15,291 | 19,442 | 19,871 |
| Solar power generation | MWh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 3,592 |
| Amount of renewable energy purchased | MWh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratio of renewable energy in electricity consumption (TOWA Group Total) |
% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.9% | 46.4% |
| (Japan) | % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.2% | 74.6% |
| (Overseas) | % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6% | 18.1% |
(Japan) is the total of 5 production bases including group companies, and (Overseas) is the total of 4 production bases of group companies.
Japan: Headquarters/ Factory, Kyoto East Plant, Kyushu Work, BANDICK Corporation, TOWA LASERFRONT Corporation
Overseas: TOWA Korea Co., Ltd., TOWAM Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), TOWA (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., TOWA (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
Water intake
| Items | Unit | Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | ||
| Water from general municipal water supplies and industrial water (Japan) |
thousand m3 | 17.18 | 18.83 | 15.68 | 16.29 | 24.06 |
| Groundwater and rainwater intake (Japan) | thousand m3 | 9.70 | 10.91 | 7.23 | 7.08 | 6.74 |
| Water from general municipal water supplies and industrial water (Overseas) |
thousand m3 | 28.81 | 31.19 | 39.15 | 52.35 | 58.53 |
| Groundwater and rainwater intake (Overseas) | thousand m3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total water intake | thousand m3 | 55.69 | 60.93 | 62.07 | 75.71 | 89.33 |
| Total water intake relative to sales | m3/million yen | 1.97 | 2.41 | 2.09 | 1.49 | 1.66 |
(Japan) is the total of 5 production bases including group companies, and (Overseas) is the total of 4 production bases of group companies.
Japan: Headquarters/ Factory, Kyoto East Plant, Kyushu Work, BANDICK Corporation, TOWA LASERFRONT Corporation
Overseas: TOWA Korea Co., Ltd., TOWAM Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia), TOWA (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., TOWA (Nantong) Co., Ltd.
Water intake in TOWAM has been added back to FY2018 and the figures have been revised.
There is no direct intake of fresh water from rivers or lakes in Japan or Overseas.
Social
| Items | Unit | Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | ||
| Number of consolidated employees*1 | person | 1,517 | 1,566 | 1,633 | 1,817 | 1,876 |
| Number of TOWA employees*1 | person | 512 | 528 | 549 | 573 | 597 |
| Percentage of non-regular employment *2*7 | % | 9.32 | 5.99 | 7.18 | 11.08 | 11.48 |
| Percentage of employees with disabilities*3*7 | % | 2.02 | 2.17 | 2.29 | 2.22 | 2.13 |
| Percentage of female employees*1*7 | % | 15.08 | 14.90 | 15.99 | 17.81 | 19.47 |
| Turnover rate of regular employees*4*7 | % | 3.49 | 3.33 | 3.29 | 2.88 | 4.47 |
| Total education and training time*5 | hours | 764 | 7,846 | 9,802 | 10,178 | 11,498 |
| Total education and training time per employee*5 | hours | 1.40 | 14.53 | 17.23 | 16.47 | 19.26 |
| Education and training costs*6 | thousand yen | 11,964 | 8,066 | 5,842 | 11,930 | 14,290 |
| Total annual working hours per employee*7*8 | hours | 2,145 | 2,064 | 2,042 | 2,023 | 2,119 |
| Number of days of annual paid leave taken*7*9 | days/year | 9.0 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.3 |
*1 Calculated the total number of permanent employees and fixed-term contract employees as of the end of the fiscal year.
*2 Calculated the total number of fixed-term employees as of the end of the fiscal year (fixed-term contract employee, part-time worker, subcontract worker).
*3 Calculated by actual employment rate throughout the year.
*4 Calculated by the number of retired employees by the end of the fiscal year ÷ the number of employees at the beginning of the year x 100. (not included employees who retired at the mandatory retirement age)
*5 Totaled only the common training hours of TOWA employees.
*6 For TOWA employees.
*7 Calculated by TOWA employees
*8 Excluding retired employees, employees on leave, and seconded employees.
*9 Including seconded employees.
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