Environmental Objectives, Targets and Results

Recognizing, based on our Group philosophy, that initiatives to preserve the earth’s environment are among the most important issues for management, we are constantly conducting activities aimed at achieving a sustainable society.

Azbil Corporation’s Environmental Objectives, Targets and Results

Environmental Objectives	Targets for Fiscal Year 2019	Results for Fiscal Year 2019	Self- Assessment	Medium-Term Objective (Fiscal Years 2021)
1. Decarbonization initiatives
By FY 2019, cut CO2 emissions by 45 % or more (compared to FY 2006)^*1	45 % or more reduction	47 % reduction	Good	cut CO2 emissions by 48 % or more
Increase the amount of CO2 cut through our main business	－	3.01million metric tons of CO2 /year^*2	Good	Increase the amount of CO2 cut through our main business (FY2030 Targets:3.4 million metric tones of CO2)
2. Reduction of supply chain’s environmental impact through products
Increase net sales of environmentally friendly products	－	Decrease % of sales of these products	Poor	Increase % of sales of these products
Use of environmentally friendly design (CO2 reduction throughout the product life cycle, product 3R^*3)	－	Use of 3R indicators for products	Good	Reduction of product life cycle CO2 Improvement of product 3R indicators
3. Increased resource recycling
Reduction of waste^*4	2 % max.	1 % max.	Good	1 % max.
4. Management of environmental risk, Biodiversity
Air, water quality, soil contamination, PCBs, etc.	Zero instances of environmental non-conformity^*5	Zero instances of environmental non-conformity	Good	Zero instances of environmental non-conformity
Compliance with regulations for chemicals (Japan’s PRTR Law, EU regulations, etc.)	－	Appropriate compliance	Good	Appropriate compliance
Promote environmental conservation activity	Continue previous initiatives	Implemented as scheduled (but there was 1 cancellation due to bad weather)	Good	Continue environmental conservation activity at offices and surrounding areas

*1.Covers Azbil Corporation, domestic consolidated subsidiaries, and overseas production bases.
*2.Estimations method for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 is based on third-party review.
*3.“Reduce, reuse, and recycle” in order to effectively use resources.
*4.Manufacturing bases in Japan
*5.“Environmental non-conformity” refers to an environment-related fine, penalty, violation of law, or proceeding resulting in an administrative order.