CO₂
Scope 1 and 2 (t)
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total
●81,249
●78,750
●72,458
●65,481
Coverage (%)
96.1
96.8
100.0
100.0
Scope 1
●27,632
●27,036
●25,968
●28,744
Coverage (%)
94.0
95.0
100.0
100.0
Scope 2
●53,617
●51,714
●46,490
●36,737
Coverage (%)
97.3
98.0
100.0
100.0
Scope 3 (t)
2019
2020
2021
Total
2,760,000
2,540,000
1,520,000
Purchased goods and services
(Category 1)
(Category 1)
Emissions from other than land-use change
●644,000
●528,000
●606,000
Emissions from land-use change
-
-
●347,000
Capital goods
(Category 2)
(Category 2)
231,000
246,000
●225,000
Upstream transportation and distribution
(Category 4)
(Category 4)
110,000
85,400
●51,600
Waste generated in operations
(Category 5)
(Category 5)
20,700
33,000
●15,100
Use of sold products
(Category 11)
(Category 11)
●1,580,000
●1,540,000
●134,000
End of life treatment of sold products
(Category 12)
(Category 12)
●148,000
● 81,900
●118,000
Total of other categories
(Category 3, 6, 7)
(Category 3, 6, 7)
30,800
20,900
21,900
Scope 1, 2, and 3 (t)
2019
2020
2021
Total
2,838,750
2,612,458
1,585,481
Reduction of CO₂ Emissions
Approximately 4,300 tons of CO₂ was reduced thanks to the sale of refill products.
Value chain stage
Reduction of CO₂ emissions
(t)
(t)
Procurement
3,000
End of life
1,300
Total
4,300
Energy (MWh)
2018
2019
2020
2021
Energy consumption
●267,530
●289,280
●298,589
●322,527
Coverage (%)
96.1
96.8
100.0
100.0
Electric power
●108,452
●115,228
●127,188
●137,881
Gas
●126,255
●122,636
●128,568
●139,424
LPG
●2,941
●2,771
●2,552
●2,370
Fuel
●24,112
●24,358
●16,146
●20,181
Steam
●5,771
●24,286
●24,135
●22,671
Water (Mil. m³)
2018
2019
2020
2021
Water withdrawals
●1.2
●1.2
●1.2
●1.2
Municipal water
●1.1
●1.0
●0.9
●0.9
Municipal water
(industrial grade)
(industrial grade)
●0.1
●0.1
●0.1
●0.0
Ground water
●0.1
●0.1
●0.3
●0.3
Water discharged
●1.0
●0.9
●1.0
●1.0
Sewage
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.8
Surface water
0
0
0.2
0.2
- Other sources of water withdrawals (surface water, harvested rainwater, external wastewater, sea water, quarry water): 0m³
- Other destinations of water discharged (ocean, subsurface/well, off-site water treatment, beneficial/other use): 0m³
- Total net freshwater consumption in 2021 (water consumption excluding the amount of wastewater returned to the same water source): ●1.2 million m³
- Percentage of water withdrawal and water consumption in areas with high or very high water stress as classified by the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Water Risk Atlas tool, Aqueduct in 2021: 11%
Waste (t)
2018
2019
2020
2021
Waste discharged
14,288
14,297
12,825
●13,096
Recycled
13,980
13,910
12,779
●13,038
Disposed
308
387
47
●58
Environmental Pollution (Air/Water) (t)
2018
2019
2020
2021
NOx emissions
26
27
●23
●24
Coverage (%)
54.5
81.8
90.9
100.0
SOx emissions
0
0
●0
●0
Coverage (%)
54.5
81.8
90.9
91.7
Chemical oxygen demand
●116
●103
●70
●68
Coverage (%)
90.9
90.9
90.9
91.7
Responding to Environmental Risks
In terms of environmental laws, our key consideration is our production sites. Including those functions, Shiseido thoroughly observes environmental laws and regulations by conducting compliance evaluations based on ISO 14001 standards.
Investigations of domestic and overseas affiliates revealed no major violations of environmental laws or regulations in the last four years, including 2021.
Shiseido is fully committed to operating in compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
Editorial Policy
The Sustainability Report is edited according to the following policy.
- We report the activities that lead to the solution of social issues and the role that we play in a sustainable society. We explain how we create social value that we provide as a company to various stakeholders.
- Scope: Based on Shiseido Company, Limited and the Shiseido Group (88 consolidated companies, as of December 31, 2021).
- Target period: Mainly fiscal 2021 (from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021). Some data includes content which is prior to the target period or is more recent.
- Our sustainability initiatives are also disclosed in our Integrated Report.
- Some environmental and social data are third-party certified, which is marked with ●.
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