Pursuing Carbon Neutrality
The TATSUTA Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The Carbon Neutrality Pursuit Subcommittee, headed by the Executive Officer responsible for facilities engineering, drives and oversees efforts toward the goal. As a means of reducing CO2 emissions, we are working to save energy, to generate energy, and to introduce CO2-free energy.
We will work to reduce our overall energy usage by promoting energy-saving efforts. We will proceed with installing solar power generation systems to generate renewable energy.
The TATSUTA Group in Japan will shift to electrical power sourced from renewable energy for the electricity it uses in stages over a four-year period from FY2022 to FY2025, and will also shift to carbon-neutral LNG in principle in transition away from city gas. By combining these with the use of CO2 credits, we plan to achieve carbon neutrality (Scope 1 and 2) by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
- Group CO2 emissions reduction targets and emissions (results and forecasts) (Scope 1 and 2, at operational sites in Japan and affiliated companies)
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- CO2 emissions (Unit: tons)
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District FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Head Office and Osaka Works 11,604 10,579 10,443 5,430 Kyoto Works 1,745 1,839 1,986 305 TATSUTA Technical Center 1,476 1,444 1,525 624 Sendai Works 4,474 4,341 3,800 0 Chugoku Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. 1,258 1,033 1,000 2 Tatsuta Tachii Electric Cable Co., Ltd. 1,272 1,061 1,365 4 Total 21,829 20,297 20,119 6,365
Achieving carbon neutrality in the functional films business
In the functional films business where customer demand has been particularly high, we have been carbon neutral (Scope 1 and 2) since April 2022.
We have also worked proactively on renewable energy generation, installing solar power generation facilities at the TATSUTA Technical Center, Sendai Works, and Kyoto Works.
Promoting Energy Saving
We are improving the efficiency of production equipment and investing in energy saving,
proactively introducing equipment with high energy-saving performance.
Promoting investment to conserve resources and energy
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, at the Osaka Works, we installed energy-saving motors when renewing drive control devices, contributing to an approximate annual power savings of 26,000kWh. At the Kyoto Works, automating air conditioning systems and reusing waste heat from deodorization equipment (in air conditioner reheaters) achieved an approximate annual power savings of 289,000kWh. At the Sendai Works, using automatic lighting reduced annual power consumption by 11,000kWh.
Reducing expected effect of rationalization of energy use by 1% or more
The expected effect of rationalization of energy use is the expected effect of energy savings achieved by introducing renewable energy, renewal to energy-saving equipment, and other measures, calculated as a reduction in crude oil equivalent from the previous year. All employees are involved in these activities.
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