Basic Stance
Today, various global environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity make up one of the biggest business risks for surviving as a company, yet it is also a social issue which requires solutions that can create new business opportunities. With this situation in mind, we established the Daifuku Group Environmental Vision 2020 in 2011 to contribute to building a sustainable global environment through our business. Within this framework, we have stated that we will contribute to our customers, society, and the conservation of the global environment, and strive to be environmentally aware in every business activity, including consistently developing and providing material handling systems with low environmental impact.
As the three priority measures for achieving this vision, we promise to: "Promote environmentally friendly activities in business operations," "Increase the number of environmentally friendly products and services" and "Enhance the foundations for environmental management." We have set up goals for each measure to be achieved by 2020.
Promotion Framework
In order to achieve the Daifuku Group Environmental Vision 2020, we have set up the Environmental Enhancement Management Committee as the highest decision-making body on environmental management issues across the group. It is comprised of the CEO, CFO and the heads of all business divisions as members. In this committee, members discuss and share information on progress made towards the annual environmental goals and issues, while the top management also give instructions for initiatives and planning. Employees, the group companies, global affiliates and our suppliers are later notified about these instructions by the committee members.
Environmental Vision 2020
Basic Message
Contribute to our customers, society, and the conservation of the global environment
We strive to be environmentally aware in every business activity, including consistently developing and providing material handling systems with low environmental impact.
Priority Measures for Achieving the Vision
1. Promote environmentally friendly activities in business operations
- Reducing CO2 emissions from our business activities
- Taking steps to save energy and resources, introduce renewable energy, preserve biodiversity, reduce the environmental impact, and harmonize with communities
2. Increase the number of environmentally friendly products and services
- Developing and supplying environmentally friendly products and services that comply with our environmental standards
- Helping our customers reduce CO2 emissions through our environmentally friendly products and services
3. Enhance the foundations for environmental management
- Expanding environmental education and training to increase awareness across the Daifuku Group
- Building a global management framework for the Group's environmental contribution
Targets for 2020
| Theme | Scope | 2020 Target | |
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| Promoting environmental consciousness in business activities | Preventing global warming (lowering CO2 emission) | Japan | CO2 emission from factories and offices (compared with FY2005 levels): Decrease by 25% or more CO2 emission from factories and offices (Per unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 72% or less CO2 emission from product shipment (Per unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 78% or less |
| Resource saving | Waste generated (Per unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 70% or less Recycling rate: 99% or more Water usage (Per unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 57% or less |
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| Preserving biodiversity | Continue biodiversity preservation with Daifuku unique projects | ||
| Green procurement | Continue decreasing substances of concern throughout the supply chain | ||
| Non-Japan affiliates | Set key indicators and targets | ||
| Expand eco-friendly products and services | Global | Daifuku Eco-Product certification: 63 or more certified products Contribution to reduced CO2 emission: 100,000 tons or more |
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| Enhance environmental management | Environmental education | Foster eco-awareness with the expanded use of the Eco-Action program | |
| Environmental management framework | Set up and advance an environmental management framework | ||
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*Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020
Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020 PDF (1.5 MB)
Environmental Action Plan
Fiscal 2016 Results
| Theme | Objective and Maiin Approach | Scope | Key Indicator | 2016 Target | 2016 Result | Grade | |
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| Promoting environmental consciousness in business activities | Preventing global warming | ・Energy-saving efforts at factories and offices ・Make environmental improvements to production equipment ・Modal shift in logistics ・Activity adopt renewable energy |
Japan (Factories and offices) | CO2 emission compared with FY 2005 levels | Decreased by 37% or more | 41.4% | ○ |
| CO2 emission compared with levels in FY 2005 (Per unit of net sales) | 76% or less | 61.4% | ○ | ||||
| Japan (Product logistics) | 82% or less | 55.9% | ○ | ||||
| Resource saving | ・Resource-saving efforts at factories and offices ・Decreasing waste by recycling valuable resources ・Save resources by decreasing final disposals |
Japan (Factories and offices) | Waste generated compared with FY2005 levels (Per unit of net sales) | 74% or less | 85.3% | × | |
| Recycling rate | 99% or more | 98.7% | △ | ||||
| Water usage compared with FY2005 levels (Per unit of net sales) | 61% or less | 42.5% | ○ | ||||
| Preserving biodiversity | ・Determine the association with biodiversity and business activities ・Evaluate and monitor life forms in the Shiga Works ・Eco-education centered around the Shiga Works ・Cooperate with outside organizations on biodiversity activities |
- | ・Internal and external publication of information on biodiversity preservation initiatives | ・Insect and nature tours ・Release of clouded salamander for biodiversity protection |
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| Green procurement | ・Dissmination and commitment to the Green Procurement Guideline ・Exchange information with suppliers |
・Sharing of information with suppliers | ・Understand the environmental impact of suppliers’ actual emissions | ○ | |||
| Expand eco-friendly products and services | ・Expand the number of Daifuku Eco-Products ・Develop and provide products that contribute to energy savings |
Global | Daifuku Eco-Product certification | 35 or more certified products | 38 products certified | ○ | |
| Contribution to reduced CO2 emission | 41,000 ton-CO2 | 41,689 ton-CO2 | ○ | ||||
| Promoting environmental consiousness in business activities | Environmental education | ・Regularly hold environmental education activities ・Promote the Eco-Action program |
ー | Total of 3,000 or more employees participating in Eco-Action (events, lectures, development of autonomous activities domestically and internationally) | Participation in Eco-Action of 5,603 people | ○ | |
| Environmental management framework | ・Gather information to set targets at global affiliates ・Research and implement energy savings globally |
・Implementation of environmental impact reduction measures at non-Japan sites | ・Self-assessment of energy conservation actions | ○ | |||
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Fiscal 2017 Targets
| Theme | Objective and Main Approach | Scope | Key Indicator | 2017 Target | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting environmental consciousness in business activities | Preventing global warming | ・Energy-saving efforts at factories and offices ・Make environmental improvements to production equipment ・Modal shift in logistics ・Activity adopt renewable energy ・Evaluate and disclose scope 3 emissions ・CO2Third Party Certification |
Japan (Factories and offices) | CO2 emission compared with FY 2005 levels | Decreased by 38% or more |
| CO2 emission compared with levels in FY 2005 (Per unit of net sales) | 75% or less | ||||
| Japan (Product logistics) | 81% or less | ||||
| Resource saving | ・Energy-saving efforts at factories and offices ・Decreasing waste by recycling valuable resources ・Save resources by decreasing final disposals |
Japan (Factories and offices) | Waste generated compared with FY2005 levels (Per unit of net sales) | 73% or less | |
| Recycling rate | 99% or more | ||||
| Water usage compared with FY2005 levels (Per unit of net sales) | 60% or less | ||||
| Preserving biodiversity | ・Determine the association with biodiversity and business activities ・Evaluate and monitor life forms in the Shiga Works ・Eco-education centered around the Shiga Works ・Biodiversity Preservation Initiatives, Yui no Mori (preservation of clouded salamanders, birds and insects) |
- | ・Internal and external publication of information on biodiversity preservation initiatives | ||
| Green procurement | ・Dissmination and commitment to the Green Procurement Guideline ・Exchange information with suppliers |
・Exchange information with suppliers | |||
| Expand eco-friendly products and services | ・Expand the number of Daifuku Eco-Products ・Develop and provide products that contribute to energy savings ・Undertake and disclose life-cycle assessments |
Global | Daifuku Eco-Product certification | 42 certified products | |
| Contribution to reduced CO2 emission | 53,000 ton-CO2 | ||||
| Promoting environmental consciousness in business activities | Environmental education | ・Regularly hold environmental education activities ・Promote the Eco-Action program |
ー | Total of 5,700 or more employees participating in Eco-Action (events, lectures, development of autonomous activities domestically and internationally) | |
| Environmental management framework | ・Gather information to set targets at global affiliates ・Research and implement energy savings globally |
・D-EMS implementation rate of over 90% in the entire company ・Implementation of environmental impact reduction measures at non-Japan sites |
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Material Balance
Monitoring the environmental impact of its business operations, Daifuku strives to minimize its environmental burden.
Environmental accounting
Daifuku conducts environmental accounting by quantitatively monitoring costs and the effectiveness of its environmental conservation activities.
Costs of environmental conservation activities (classified by business activity)
(Thousand yen)
| Category | Investment | Cost | ||||
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| FY2015 | FY2016 | FY2015 | FY2016 | |||
| Incurred in business areas | Pollution prevention | 1. Preventing air pollution | — |
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13,101 | 8,550 |
| 2. Preventing water pollution | — |
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48,975 | 40,530 | ||
| 3. Preventing soil contamination | — |
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| 4. Preventing vibration and noise | — |
— | — | — | ||
| Environmental conservation | 5. Saving energy | 143,296 | 107,484 | 205,858 | 200,638 | |
| 6. Controlling chemical substances | — |
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21,815 | 67,564 | ||
| Resource recycling | 7. Effectively utilizing resources | — |
— | 1,075 | 1,561 | |
| 8. Processing industrial and general waste | — |
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39,874 | 37,328 | ||
| Upstream/Downstream | 9. Difference between costs of regular and green purchasing | — |
— | 1,920 | 1,920 | |
| Management activities | 10. Environmental management system operation | — |
— | 35,510 | 43,887 | |
| 11. Environmental information disclosure and advertisement | — | — |
13,070 | 12,215 | ||
| 12. Environmental impact monitoring | — |
743 | 10,868 | 9,607 | ||
| 13. Environmental education for employees | — |
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12,094 | 8,928 | ||
| R&D | 14. Environmental conservation out of R&D | — |
— | 141,800 | 149,780 | |
| Social activities | 15. Nature protection, greening and beautification | — |
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45,922 | 49,105 | |
| 16. Donation to and support for nature conservation groups | — |
— | 1,860 | 2,064 | ||
| Environmental damage response | 17. Covering environmental damage | — |
— | — | — | |
| Total | 143,296 | 108,226 | 593,742 | 633,677 | ||
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Economic effects of the environmental conservation measures (actual effects)
(Thousand yen)
| Effects | FY2015 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales of valuable resources | 34,407 | 37,199 |
| Energy cost saving | 108,134 | 39,733 |
| Waste disposal cost saving | ▲14,913 | ▲7,215 |
| Total | 127,628 | 69,717 |
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Effects of environmental conservation
| Item | FY2016 | Reduction relative to the previous year (▲ Increase) |
Emissions per unit of net sales relative to the previous year |
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| Energy cost (Thousand GJ) | 288.3 | 10.4 | 99.6 |
| CO2 emissions (Ton-CO2) | 15,034.4 | 1,155.6 | 95.8 |
| Total waste generated (Ton) | 4,634.0 | 439.0 | 94.3 |
| Final disposal (Ton) | 61.0 | 26.0 | 72.4 |
| Total drainage (Thousand m3) | 126.0 | 9.5 | 96.0 |
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