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Environmental Goals, 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.
The environmental targets of each Group company are managed by each company's environmental management system. The azbil Group Environmental Committee, which oversees environmental management for the entire Group, reviews environmental issues and environmental management plans for the entire Group and tracks the progress of each Group company.

Azbil Corporation’s Environmental Objectives, Targets and Results

Environmental
Objectives		 Targets for Fiscal
Year 2024		 Results for Fiscal Year 2024 Self-
Assessment		 Notes
1. Decarbonization initiatives
GHG emissions from business activities (Scope*1 1+2) 33% reduction
(compared to 2017)		 56% reduction
(compared to 2017)		 Good FY2030 target
55% reduction (from base year 2017)
GHG emissions across the entire supply chain (Scope 3) 18% reduction
(compared to 2017)		 25% reduction(compared to 2017) Good FY2030 target
33% reduction (from base year 2017)
Increase the amount of CO2 cut through our main business － 2.72million metric tons of CO2 /year*2 Bad FY2030 target
3.40 million metric tons of CO2/year
2. Reduction of supply chain’s environmental impact through products
Promotion of eco-friendly design
(CO2 reduction throughout the product life cycle, product 3R*3)		 － ・Used the azbil Group’s unique sustainable design for all new products
・Implemented a 100% recyclable design for about 10% of new products		 Good FY2030 target
・Design all new products to meet the azbil Group’s own sustainability standards*4
・Design all new products to be 100% recyclable*5
3. Increased resource recycling
Reduction of water use*6 48.2 thousand m3 or less
(Less than or equal to the fiscal year 2023 results)		 49.8 thousand m3
(3.3% increase compared to the previous year results)		 Bad －
Reduction of waste*6 682 t or less
(Less than or equal to the fiscal year 2023 results)		 634 t
(7.1% decrease compared to the previous year results)

Good

 －

Reduction of final disposal rate*7

1% or less

1.34%

Bad

 －
4. Management of environmental risk, Biodiversity
Air, water quality, soil contamination, PCBs, etc. Zero instances of environmental non-conformity*8 Zero instances of environmental non-conformity Good －
Compliance with regulations for chemicals
(Japan’s PRTR Law, EU regulations, etc.)		 － Appropriate compliance Good －
Promote environmental conservation activity Continue previous initiatives 5 onsite and 1 online
activities were conducted		 Good －

*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.Design that aims to create and provide products that contribute to solving global environmental issues (decarbonization, resource recycling, and biodiversity conservation).
It is comprehensively evaluated based on the following items.
　・ Product life-cycle CO2
　・ Indicators for resource consumption reduction and resource recycling
　・ Decarbonization, resource recycling, biodiversity conservation (environmental pollution prevention), and information disclosure
*5.Design achieving 100% according to the azbil Group’s proprietary “resource recycling achievement rate.” We aim to enable proper disassembly and sorting when customers dispose of products by removing impediments to recycling within the realm of the most effective technologies that are economically and technologically feasible.
*6.This is the target of Azbil Corporation. Other targets are set by azbil Group companies based on their own environmental management systems.
*7.Manufacturing bases in Japan
*8.“Environmental non-conformity” refers to an environment-related fine, penalty, violation of law, or proceeding resulting in an administrative order.