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 | Achievements | Target | ||||
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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 |
(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 | Achievements | Target (Calculated) | ||||
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FY2018 | FY2019 |
FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2030 | ||
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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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.