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
  CO2 is the only GHG (greenhouse gas) related to our business.

Items Unit AchievementsTarget
  FY2018    FY2019  

FY2020
(Base year)

  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

  (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.

 

TOWA Group's CO2 emissions intensity

Items Unit AchievementsTarget
(Calculated)
FY2018FY2019

FY2020
(Base year)

FY2021FY2022FY2030
CO2 emissions relative to sales
(CO2 emission intensity)		 t-CO2/million yen 0.519 0.561 0.541 0.300 0.230 0.099

 

Electricity consumption

Items Unit Achievements
FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
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
FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
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
FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
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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