Contribute to the Environment Through Our Business
The most profound risk to our business continuity comes from global environmental issues such as climate change and threats to biodiversity, but at the same time, we recognize that solving such issues also presents business opportunities for us. We at the Daifuku Group will strive to realize our Daifuku Environmental Vision 2050, and we will strengthen our environmental initiatives across the Group under the leadership of the top management.
Related Sustainable Development Goals and Targets
The following are the priority topics and their related Sustainable Development Goals and Targets for one theme of the Sustainability Action Plan: Contribute to the Environment Through Our Business.
| Priority topic | Goal | Target | |
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| Addressing climate change | 7. Affordable and clean energy | 7.2 | By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix |
| 7.3 | By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency | ||
| 12. Responsible consumption and production | 12.2 | By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources | |
| 13. Climate action | 13.2 | Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning | |
| 13.3 | Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning | ||
| Promoting resource recycling | 6. Clean water and sanitation | 6.3 | By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally |
| 6.4 | By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity | ||
| 12. Responsible consumption and production | 12.2 | By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources | |
| Coexisting with nature | 15. Life on land | 15.4 | By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development |
| 15.5 | Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species | ||
FY2023 Achievements
The following are the priority topics and their related Sustainable Development Goals and Targets for one theme of the Sustainability Action Plan: Contribute to the Environment Through Our Business. The KPIs and targets for this theme were modified in fiscal 2023 to align with the revisions to the Daifuku Environmental Vision 2050.
Sustainability Action Plan (PDF: 763KB)
FY2021-FY2023 Achievements of the Sustainability Action Plan (PDF: 539KB)
Addressing climate change
Due to progress in our initiatives for energy conservation and the introduction of renewable energy, all targets for CO2 emissions reduction were achieved. In fiscal 2024, we upwardly revised our Scope 1 and Scope 2 reduction targets for 2030 (compared to fiscal 2018) and established a new target for the ratio of electricity derived from renewable energy sources. We will continue to make efforts throughout the entire supply chain to achieve even higher targets. For details on the new targets for 2030, please refer to the following page.
| KPIs | Scope | FY2023 targets | FY2023 results |
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| Daifuku CO2 emissions (Scopes 1 + 2) | Global | 21.0% reduction (compared to FY2018) |
48.0% reduction |
| CO2 emissions from purchased goods and services (Scope 3 Category 1) | Began operation of CO2 emissions reduction programs |
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| CO2 emissions from the use of sold products (Scope 3 Category 11) | 12.5% reduction (compared to FY2018) |
29.6% reduction (compared to FY2018) |
Promoting resource recycling
The targets for both landfill disposal rate and water use intensity were achieved. As we expected to achieve the target for water use intensity we initially set in the Daifuku Environmental Vision 2050 ahead of schedule, we set a new target. For details about these targets, please refer to the page below.
| KPIs | Scope | FY2023 targets | FY2023 results |
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| Landfill disposal rate | Global | Japan: less than 1% | 0.67% |
| Outside of Japan: less than 5% | 3.2% | ||
| Water use intensity* | 12.5% reduction (compared to FY2018) |
35.5% reduction (compared to FY2018) |
- * Water consumption (1,000 m3) divided by net sales (100 million yen)
Coexisting with nature
We have met our target for the total annual number of Sustainability Action participants. In order to place emphasis on more effective awareness building throughout the Group with Sustainability Action, we have revised the target for the number of participants to a qualitative target from 2024 onward. In addition, in implementing biodiversity conservation activities at global Group companies in the future, we will first work on educational and awareness-raising activities.
| KPIs | Scope | FY2023 targets | FY2023 results |
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| Rate of implementation of biodiversity conservation activities at major sites*1 | Global |
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| Sustainability Action*2 total annual number of participants | 12,000 people | 12,141 people |
- *1 Sites with 100 or more employees
- *2 Daifuku’s unique program for sustainability awareness and training among employees