Principal Initiatives
The most profound risk to our business continuity comes from global environmental issues, including climate change and biodiversity. At the same time, we recognize that solving such issues also presents business opportunities for us. In the Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020 formulated in 2011, we are stating, “We 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 to achieve 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 targets for each measure to be achieved by 2020.
Initiative Materiality and relationship to SDGs
SDGs pursued by Daifuku
Crown SportsMateriality
- Promote environmentally friendly activities in business operations
- Expand environmentally friendly products and services
- Strengthen environmental management platform
CSR Action Plan KPIs and targets for 2020
- Total CO2 emissions from production and office locations (compared with levels in FY2005): Reduction of 41% or more
- CO2 emissions from production and office locations (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 72% or less
- Global CO2 emissions (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011): 50% or less
- Waste generated (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 72% or less
- Amount of water used (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 57% or less
- Amount of water used globally (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011): 40% or less
- Number of certified Eco-Products: 63
- Contribution to reducing CO2 emissions from products and services: 100,000 ton-CO2
- Number of participants in the Eco-Action program: 8,000
- Company-wide implementation arte if D-EMS (Daifuku-Eco Management System): 100%
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 environmental impact, and harmonize with communities
2. Expand 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. Strengthen environmental management platform
- Expanding environmental education and training to increase awareness across the Daifuku Group
- Building a global environmental management framework for the Group to further our environmental contribution
Targets for 2020
| Theme | Scope | 2020 Targets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promote environmentally friendly activities in business operations | Preventing global warming (lowering CO2 emission) |
Japan | Total CO2 emissions from production and office locations (compared with levels in FY2005) Reduction of 41% or more CO2 emissions from production and office locations (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 72% or less CO2 emissions from product shipments (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 78% or less |
| Global | CO2 emission volume (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011): 50% or less | ||
| Resource saving | Japan | Waste generated (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 72% or less Recycling rate: 99% or more Amount of water used (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005): 57% or less |
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| Global | Amount of water used (per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011): 40% or less | ||
| Preserving biodiversity | Japan | Continue biodiversity preservation with Daifuku-made initiatives such as the Yui Project | |
| Green procurement | Continue reducing substances of concern throughout the supply chain | ||
| Expand environmentally friendly products and services | Global | Number of certified Eco-Products: 63 products or more certified Contribution to reducing CO2 emissions from products and services: 100,000 tons-CO2 |
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| Strengthen environmental management platform | Environmental education | Foster environmental awareness by increasing the number of participants in the Eco-Action program: 8,000 | |
| Environmental management framework | Group-wide deployment of a global environmental management framework and continued implementation of D-EMS: 100% | ||
*For more information, please refer to the PDF file.
Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020 PDF (112 KB)
Promotion Framework
Toward achieving the Daifuku Environmental Vision 2020, the Company set up the "Sustainability Committee" as the highest decision-making body on environmental management issues across the Group. It is comprised of the heads of various business departments and is chaired by the CEO. The Committee issues instructions on implementing plans and activity policies for upper management that address climate change and a wide variety of other issues.
Environmental Action Plan KPI
KPI（Key Performance Indicators）is an evaluation index to judge achievement of the CSR action plan.PDF （184 KB）
Objectives and Results
| Initiative | Objective and Main Approach | Scope | Key Indicator | FY2019 Target | FY2019 Result | Evaluation | FY2020 Target | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promote environmentally friendly activities in business operations | Preventing global warming | ・Energy-saving efforts at production and office locations ・Make environmental improvements to production equipment ・Modal shift in product shipping ・Actively adopt renewable energy ・Evaluate and disclose scope 3 emissions ・CO2Third Party Certification |
Japan (Production and office locations) |
Total CO2 emission volume compared with levels in FY2005 |
Reduction of 40% or more | 57.4% reduction | ✓ | 41% or more |
| CO2 emissions per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005 | 73% or less | 31.9% | ✓ | 72% or less | ||||
| Japan (Product transportation) |
79% or less | 56.2% | ✓ | 78% or less | ||||
| Global | CO2 emissions per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011 | 54% or less | 47.5% | ✓ | 50% or less | |||
| Resource saving | ・Energy-saving efforts at production and office locations ・Decreasing waste by recycling valuable resources ・Save resources by decreasing final disposals |
Japan (Production and office locations) |
Waste generated per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005 | 72% or less | 47.6% | ✓ | 72% or less | |
| Waste recycling rate (including cost items) |
99% or more | 99.2% | ✓ | 99% or more | ||||
| Amount of water used per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2005 | 58% or less | 30.1% | ✓ | 57% or less | ||||
| Global | Amount of water used per basic unit of net sales compared with levels in FY2011 | 41% or less | 26.9% | ✓ | 40% or less | |||
| Preserving biodiversity | ・Ascertain the connection with biodiversity and business activities ・Evaluate and monitor the ecosystem in the Shiga Works ・Eco-education centered around the Shiga Works ・Biodiversity Preservation Initiatives, Yui no Mori (preservation of Yamato salamanders, birds and insects) |
Japan (Production and office locations) |
- | ・Building a regional cooperation platform | ・Company-wide preservation activities ・Release of clouded salamander for protection |
✓ | ・Continue with our unique biodiversity preservation centering on the Yui Project | |
| Green Procurement | ・Dissemination and commitment to the Green Procurement Guideline ・Exchange information with suppliers |
・Ascertain the situation regarding the environmental impact caused by emissions from our suppliers | ・Ascertain the situation regarding the environmental impact caused by emissions from our suppliers | ✓ | ・Continue to decrease the environmental impact throughout the supply chain caused by substances of concern | |||
| Expand environmentally 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 | ・56 or more certified products | ・62 certified products | ✓ | ・63 or more certified products | |
| CO2 Reduction Contribution | 83,000 ton-CO2 | 73,928 ton-CO2 | × | 100,000 ton-CO2 | ||||
| Strengthen environmental management platform |
Environmental education | ・Regularly hold environmental education activities ・Promote the Eco-Action program |
- | ・Total of 7,800 or more employees participating in the Eco-Action program (events, lectures, development of autonomous activities domestically and internationally) | ・Total of 13,403 employees participating in Eco-Action program | × | ・Total of 8,000 or more employees participating in Eco-Action program (events, lectures, development of autonomous activities domestically and internationally) | |
| Environmental management framework | ・Gather information to set targets at global affiliates ・Implement a framework to gather environmental information from across the Group |
・D-EMS company-wide implementation rate of 100% ・Implementation of environmental impact reduction measures at non-Japan sites |
・D-EMS company-wide implementation rate of 95.8% ・Environmental-themed events (photo contest, SDGs awards) ・Self-assessment of energy conservation actions |
✓ | ・D-EMS company-wide implementation rate of 100% ・Setting up a Global Committee |
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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)
Crown Sports(Thousand yen)
| Category | Investment | Cost | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2019 | |||
| Incurred in business areas | Pollution prevention | 1. Preventing air pollution | - | - | 14,620 | 22,850 |
| 2. Preventing water pollution | 1,930 | 31,877 | 39,287 | 80,662 | ||
| 3. Preventing soil contamination | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 4. Preventing vibration and noise | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Environmental conservation | 5. Saving energy | 147,913 | 260,255 | 195,943 | 196,313 | |
| 6. Controlling chemical substances | - | - | 418 | 704 | ||
| Resource recycling | 7. Effectively utilizing resources | - | - | 1,007 | 1,007 | |
| 8. Processing industrial and general waste | 1,400 | 5,081 | 31,937 | 49,394 | ||
| Upstream/Downstream | 9. Difference between costs of regular and green purchasing | - | - | 1,920 | 1,920 | |
| Management activities | 10. Environmental management system operation | - | - | 45,937 | 42,253 | |
| 11. Environmental information disclosure and advertisement | - | - | 18,653 | 3,655 | ||
| 12. Environmental impact monitoring | - | 20,986 | 4,380 | 6,966 | ||
| 13. Environmental education for employees | 3,000 | 0 | 5,615 | 17,732 | ||
| R&D | 14. Environmental conservation out of R&D | - | - | 172,300 | 178,720 | |
| Social activities | 15. Nature protection, greening and beautification | 9,700 | 2,669 | 50,148 | 49,338 | |
| 16. Donation to and support for nature conservation groups | - | - | 2,202 | 2,180 | ||
| Environmental damage response | 17. Covering environmental damage | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Total | 163,943 | 320,869 | 584,366 | 653,694 | ||
Economic effects of the environmental conservation measures (actual effects)
(Thousand yen)
| Effects | FY2018 | FY2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales of valuable resources | 79,529 | 55,792 |
| Energy cost saving | 3,829 | 33,136 |
| Waste disposal cost saving | 459 | ▲10,597 |
| Total | 83,817 | 78,331 |
Effects of environmental conservation
| Item | FY2019 | Reduction relative to the previous year (▲ Increase) |
Amount generated per basic unit of net sales relative to the previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy cost (Thousand GJ) | 271.6 | 11.7 | 100.9 |
| CO2 emissions (Ton-CO2) | 10,942.0 | 2,270.1 | 90.5 |
| Total waste generated (Ton) | 4,948.0 | ▲61.0 | 98.4 |
| Final disposal (Ton) | 38.0 | 5.0 | 69.7 |
| Total drainage (Thousand m3) | 125.0 | ▲1.8 | 103.5 |
Environmental Management System Certification
All production sites and primary locations in Japan, and all main production sites overseas, have obtained and maintained the ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems. As of January 2020, in terms of sales ratio production has been 100% certified in Japan and 65% certified overseas.
ISO 14001 Certified LocationsPDF （178 KB）
Assents to the TCFD Recommendations
On May 10, 2019, Daifuku assented to the recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) and is disclosing related information in accordance with the recommendations. Through dialogue with stakeholders, Daifuku continues to promote initiatives to address climate change as it aims for sustainable growth.
Daifuku Group’s Disclosure of Climate Change InformationPDF （719 KB）
- * TCFD: Established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the TCFD is an international organization comprising representatives from central banks, financial supervisory authorities and finance ministries of major countries and regions, and helps companies understand what financial markets want from disclosure and encourages them to align their disclosures.
