Current Status of Environmental Impact and Environmental Targets and Outcomes

Current Status of Environmental Impact

The following tables outline the environmental impact (material balance) of manufacturing activities at KIOXIA. Although the environmental burden shows an increasing trend due to
KIOXIA’s increased production capacity resulting from our information infrastructure expansion, we continue to work to reduce this burden through various reduction activities. For details of the environmental impact of Yokkaichi Plant and their environmental activities, see "2019 Yokkaichi Plant Environmental Report" (PDF：4.5MB).

Input

  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Chemicals* ton 43,407 44,974 47,661
City water thousand m3 42 60 78
Industrial water thousand m3 14,370 16,879 19,463

*Chemicals which are targeted for reduction

Output

  FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
Green house gas thousand ton 1,404 1,726 2,065
Chemicals* ton 689 687 653
Waste ton 63,289 70,075 80,203
Waste water thousand m3 12,554 13,590 14,777
NOx ton 19.8 21.5 28.0
SOx ton 0 0 0

*Chemicals which is targeted for reduction

CO2 emissions from business operations

Greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) emissions from KIOXIA's business operations in FY2018 is shown as below chart.

(Hyphen cells are not applicable, and we have not calculated ”use of sold products.”)

  CO2 emissions in FY 2018（t-CO2) Outlines of categories
SCOPE1
(Direct emissions)		 519,000 Direct greenhouse gas emissions in our own operations
SCOPE2
(Indirect emissions, electricity)		 1,564,000 Emissions associated with the purchased energy
SCOPE3
(Indirect emissions through the value chain except for SCOPE1, SCOPE2)		 Category    
1 Purchased goods and services 2,926,000 Emissions from activities up to manufacturing of raw materials
2 Capital goods 1,538,000 Emissions from construction and manufacturing of the capital goods
3 Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in SCOPE1 or SCOPE2 135,000 Upstream emissions of purchased fuels/electricity, etc.
4 Upstream transport and delivery 200 Emissions from transportation of products and wastes in Japan (except for overseas transportation and suppliers' transportation)
5 Waste generated in operations 18,000 Emissions from treatment of wastes
6 Business travel 5,000 Emissions from business travel by employees
7 Employee commuting 16,000 Emissions from transportation of employees when commuting
8 Leased assetes (upstream) ― ―
9 Downstream transportation and delivery ― ―
10 Processing of sold products ― ―
11 Use of sold products ― ―
12 End-of-life treatment of sold products ― ―
13 Downstream leased assets ― ―
14 Franchises ― ―
15 Investments ― ―
SCOPE3 (Total) 4,638,200  

Targets and Outcomes in FY2018

KIOXIA group promotes business activities that contribute to the sustainability of society by setting environmental targets and objectives. The following table summarizes the environmental targets of KIOXIA for 2018, their achievement status. We achieved all environmental targets in FY2018 by the contribution of our cross organizational energy saving activities and waste reduction efforts at our manufacturing plants. We are also actively carrying out social contribution activities with employee participation mainly at our manufacturing plants.

In FY2018, we adopted “rate of change of environmental impacts per unit of GB (gigabyte) from FY2013 basis” as our targets, excluding the Reduction of CO2 emissions from energy sources. Accompanying its plan for business (production line) expansion, the environmental impact of KIOXIA is expected to increase in 2019 compared with the previous year, we will continue to undertake cross-functional and innovative environmental initiatives.

Environmental targets and objectives FY2018 Target FY2018 Result FY2018 Achievement Status
Development of products that consider to reduce the environmental impact of society Reducing the environmental impact of production processes through miniaturization of devices 3 or more measures per year 3 measures 〇
Mitigation of global warming Reduction of CO2 emissions from energy sources ≥ 18,501 t-CO2 19,393 t-CO2 〇
PFC emissions
(Rate of change from FY2013)		 ≤ 84.7% 77.0％ 〇
Promoting efficient use of resources Total amount of waste generated minus amount of valuable waste
(Rate of change from FY2013)		 ≤ 44.5% 40.4％ 〇
Total waste generated
(Rate of change from FY2013)		 ≤ 37.6% 29.9％ 〇
Water intake
(Rate of change from FY2013)		 ≤ 40.5% 34.6％ 〇
Reduction of environmental risk Emissions of chemical substances to air and water
(total amount, rate of change from FY2013)		 ≤ 36.5% 35.4％ 〇
Biodiversity conservation Biodiversity conservation Periodic monitoring of indicator species Periodic monitoring of indicator species 〇
Promotion of environmental communication Social communication Charity eco bazaars, collection of recyclable wastes, donations, etc. Held charity bazaars, collected recyclable garbage, made donations, etc. 〇
Community communication Local communication Communicated with local people (e.g., meetings with local residents' associations) 〇
Raising environmental consciousness Raising environmental consciousness Measures for raising consciousness Held consciousness-raising programs (e.g., monthly environmental events) 〇

(〇: Achieved, ×: Not achieved, t: ton)

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