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ESG Data(Environmental)

Compiled on this page are ESG-related data from the Japan Post Group.

Environmental Social Governance

Environmental Data

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Results（Scope1、2）*1(tCO₂)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Japan Post Group Scope1 642,778.5 581,971.8 560,850.2 568,437.0 508,484.8
Scope2 615,232.0 594,558.1 593,472.2 529,917.1 517,315.3
Total 1,258,010.4 1,176,529.9 1,154,322.4 1,098,354.2 1,025,800.1
Japan Post Holdings Scope1 3,145.8 3,364.8 2,973.0 2,399.6 2,176.0
Scope2 9,309.6 9,004.1 8,960.2 6,249.7 4,737.4
Total 12,455.4 12,368.9 11,933.2 8,649.3 6,913.4
Japan Post Scope1 266,544.3 257,093.8 239,571.9 224,447.0 200,987.7
Scope2 535,152.8 522,961.1 526,092.6 474,283.2 446,904.9
Total 801,697.1 780,054.9 765,664.5 698,730.2 647,892.6
Japan Post Bank Scope1 4,349.2 3,509.3 3,126.7 3,231.8 3,072.4
Scope2 25,748.5 23,496.6 23,144.4 5,222.1 3,623.8
Total 30,097.7 27,005.9 26,271.1 8,453.9 6,696.2
Japan Post Insurance Scope1 9,244.6 5,049.2 5,387.8 7,740.9 9,142.2
Scope2 12,602.3 12,253.3 9,933.2 4,046.8 3,092.5
Total 21,846.9 17,302.5 15,321.0 11,787.7 12,234.7
Japan Post Transport Scope1 62,063.0 61,095.7 63,215.1 65,797.7 65,191.5
Scope2 2,888.7 2,643.3 2,835.4 2,655.3 2,502.3
Total 64,951.7 63,739.0 66,050.5 68,453.0 67,693.8
JP Logistics Group Scope1 51,458.0 50,398.0 49,232.6 47,609.4 45,697.8
Scope2 4,123.0 4,053.4 4,531.0 4,329.1 4,801.9
Total 55,580.9 54,451.4 53,763.6 51,938.5 50,499.7
Toll Holdings Scope1 245,973.6 201,461.1 197,343.2 217,210.7 182,216.0
Scope2 25,407.1 20,146.3 17,975.4 33,116.7 50,728.0
Total 271,380.7 221,607.3 215,318.5 250,327.4 232,944.0
Japan Post Real Estate Scope1 - - - - 1.2
Scope2 - - - - 924.5
Total - - - - 925.7
  1. Scope 1 and 2 figures for Group companies indicate greenhouse gas emissions from facilities and vehicles owned by each.
  2. The emission factor of electricity has been changed from the basic emission factor to the adjusted emission factor from FY2019.
  3. Toll Holdings data has been revised.
    - As of FY2021 emissions results, emissions for aircraft and ships have been included in the coverage of Scope 3 Category 1, outsourced transportation.
    - As of FY2022 emissions results, emissions outside of Australia (Asia, Europe, North America, Middle East, and Africa) have been added.
  4. In September 2023, FY2019, FY2020, and FY2021 figures for Japan Post transport were revised, and the Group totals for those fiscal years were revised accordingly.
  5. JP Logistics Group Co., Ltd. and Japan Post Real Estate Co., Ltd. were added in August 2024.
  6. The following figures were revised due to the sale of business, etc.
    1.Japan Post Holdings: Prior year emissions due to the sale of the hotel business
    2.Toll Holdings: Prior year emissions due to the sale of the express business
    3.Prior year emissions due to the transfer of operations (insurance sales operations) from Japan Post to Japan Post Insurance
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Scope 3 Performance by Category（t-CO2）

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Total 1,206,052.3 1,179,284.4 1,505,835.0 2,386,354.4 3,079,317.1
Category 1 (Purchased goods and services) 738,241.4 761,207.8 1,075,855.5 1,950,807.0 406,909.1
Category 2 (Capital goods) 55,029.0 35,228.9 25,877.9 33,840.5 441,527.0
Category 3 (Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2) 261,714.0 247,406.7 195,356.1 190,437.8 210,730.9
Category 4 (Upstream transportation and distribution) - - - - 1,080,301.9
Category 5 (Waste generated in operations) - - - - 8,800.2
Category 6 (Business travel) 33,611.8 12,479.4 24,664.5 30,001.0 29,885.5
Category 7 (Employee commuting) 90,111.7 89,699.4 84,200.6 82,934.1 92,099.8
Category 8 (Upstream leased assets) - - - - 8,354.3
Category 9 (Downstream transportation and distribution) - - - - 759,347.8
Category 11 (Use of sold products) 16,175.4 16,131.1 14,826.4 14,100.9 12,662.0
Category 12 (End-of-life treatment of sold products) 2,408.2 2,465.2 2,507.9 2,432.1 2,236.7
Category 13 (Downstream leased assets) - - - - 23,319.3
Category 16 (Other) 5,359.8 4,632.7 4,278.3 3,583.4 3,142.7
(Coverage)
  • ＜Category 1・2・3・5・6・7・8・9・12・13・16＞Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, and Toll Holdings (* Japan Post Transport and Toll Holdings were added to the scope in 2019)
  • ＜Category 11＞Tokyo Beiyu (* Additionally disclosed and not subject to third-party guarantees)
  • ＜Category 4＞Consignment transportation has been moved from Category 1 to Category 4 starting with the FY2023 results.

Scope3 Emissions of Category 15(Investments)

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Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by a third party

Japan Post Group has received independent verification by a third party based on ISO 14064-3 certification criteria concerning its actual greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3).

Verification Reportopen PDF[PDF: 15,018 KB]

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 Emission Intensity results 

Emission Intensity of Facilities(tCO₂/m2)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Japan Post Holdings 0.130 0.110 0.119 0.076 0.058
Japan Post 0.051 0.050 0.050 0.045 0.041
Japan Post Bank 0.077 0.066 0.068 0.019 0.014
Japan Post Insurance 0.062 0.061 0.047 0.024 0.020
Japan Post Transport 0.040 0.040 0.043 0.041 0.038
JP Logistics Group - - - - 0.024
Toll Holdings - - - 0.008 0.019
Japan Post Real Estate - - - - 0.030
Total for Japan Post Group 0.055 0.053 0.053 0.034 0.036
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Emission Intensity of Vehicles(tCO₂/km)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Japan Post Holdings - - - - -
Japan Post 0.000142 0.000132 0.000126 0.000125 0.000115
Japan Post Bank 0.000133 0.000135 0.000135 0.000126 0.000130
Japan Post Insurance 0.000140 0.000124 0.000121 0.000100 0.000110
Japan Post Transport 0.000515 0.000522 0.000515 0.000522 0.000500
JP Logistics Group - - - - 0.000539
Toll Holdings - - - 0.000174 0.000174
Japan Post Real Estate - - - - -
Total for Japan Post Group 0.000172 0.000163 0.000160 0.000166 0.000172
  1. Revision of data acquisition method applied from FY2019.
  2. In September 2023, FY2019, FY2020, and FY2021 figures for Japan Post transport were revised, and the Group totals for those fiscal years were revised accordingly.

Emission Intensity of Parcel Delivery

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Other Greenhouse Gases Results(tCO₂)

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
HFCs * 642.3 879.1 1,037.6 1,847.2 1,632.9
PFCs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SF6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NF3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  • HFCs was emitted due to maintenance of refrigeration, freezing and air-conditioning equipment for commercial use (Class I Specified Product) in the postal and domestic logistics business.
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Energy Consumption Results(GJ)

  Scope FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Total for Japan Post Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,073,358.7 1,167,017.3 1,112,963.1 1,031,713.3 931,692.2
LPG 105,651.7 71,176.0 53,359.7 27,465.0 35,888.8
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 899,272.6 760,150.8 782,706.2 403,053.6 433,720.4
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 0.0 0.0 55,061.3 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 0.0 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,668.8 341.2
Methane 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,890,015.9 2,581,652.8 2,391,526.2 2,320,053.2 2,087,201.4
Light oil 962,027.5 942,627.2 970,959.9 1,007,965.6 1,608,686.5
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 0.0 30,421.6 7,933.0
Other fuels 8,325,665.1 7,365,643.6 2,799,848.5 2,981,633.5 2,459,349.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 12,908,284.3 13,170,826.4 12,953,503.5 12,563,616.5 10,937,367.0
Cold water 241,776.9 223,651.9 205,680.8 231,927.9 208,484.0
Hot water 36,915.5 41,334.5 38,667.9 41,884.4 35,154.4
Steam 122,898.9 133,108.9 114,952.7 101,432.1 88,653.5
Total 27,565,867.1 26,457,189.4 21,424,168.5 20,829,021.9 18,941,022.3
Japan Post Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 72,486.5 61,159.0 59,588.1 45,349.7 47,763.9
LPG 41,029.1 18,366.2 24,166.9 1,028.0 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 447,594.0 289,922.7 340,362.6 18,025.4 1.1
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Light oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 755,207.6 558,555.9 580,995.3 186,565.8 145,150.1
Cold water 24,324.9 19,115.5 11,498.9 7,335.6 8,282.7
Hot water 6,266.7 6,847.5 6,928.6 5,871.8 5,589.6
Steam 25,884.9 21,905.7 5,118.4 0.0 0.0
Total 1,372,793.7 975,872.5 1,028,658.8 264,176.3 206,787.4
Japan Post Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 943,168.2 1,045,494.4 1,000,183.7 936,097.8 828,419.2
LPG 31,368.9 31,100.6 27,608.4 23,832.9 21,781.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 436,530.2 454,871.8 428,346.9 372,301.3 364,664.1
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,787,981.2 2,513,656.1 2,328,439.2 2,176,505.2 1,923,666.6
Light oil 84,817.8 77,058.9 73,779.1 71,453.8 69,526.3
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 11,132,904.8 11,601,022.4 11,542,464.5 11,447,858.6 9,775,974.0
Cold water 155,435.9 138,459.1 132,386.9 153,576.8 139,482.9
Hot water 14,495.2 14,478.8 13,671.5 19,363.5 15,673.6
Steam 93,806.7 107,751.3 106,078.0 97,869.0 85,533.2
Total 15,680,508.9 15,983,893.4 15,652,958.2 15,298,858.9 13,224,720.9
Japan Post Bank Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 28,643.3 29,428.4 27,252.7 26,292.6 25,353.4
LPG 227.6 380.2 354.4 330.0 514.6
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 10,427.2 10,411.6 9,366.7 9,050.2 8,834.2
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 32,491.2 19,307.2 16,334.4 18,903.7 18,186.4
Light oil 89.4 46.4 33.9 80.6 72.6
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 467,564.2 484,297.9 463,956.3 471,990.3 373,276.9
Cold water 56,053.2 59,626.1 56,050.2 64,065.3 53,908.9
Hot water 10,675.4 12,348.7 11,276.2 10,812.9 9,190.4
Steam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 606,171.5 615,846.5 584,624.8 601,525.6 489,337.4
Japan Post Insurance Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 26,739.3 28,601.3 24,153.9 22,245.5 25,246.7
LPG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 644.3 800.8 1,100.9 533.0 693.9
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 41,657.1 24,423.8 23,851.6 98,281.3 115,846.8
Light oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 255,392 249,401.3 224,468.8 218,927.8 183,399.9
Cold water 5,962.9 6,451.2 5,744.9 6,950.2 6,809.6
Hot water 5,478.2 7,659.5 6,791.6 5,836.2 4,700.7
Steam 3,207.3 3,451.9 3,756.3 3,563.1 3,120.3
Total 339,081.1 320,789.8 289,868.0 356,337.1 339,817.9
Japan Post Transport Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,840.8 1,793.7 1,784.7 1,727.7 1,451.1
LPG 1,384.8 1,219.2 1,230.0 1,414.1 1,329.7
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 4,076.9 4,143.9 3,529.0 3,143.7 1,902.6
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 23,619.3 21,146.1 21,101.2 19,799.1 15,360.7
Light oil 877,120.3 865,521.9 897,146.9 936,431.2 926,111.1
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 59,773.9 57,638.4 61,415.1 58,397.0 50,375.8
Cold water 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hot water 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 967,816.0 951,463.2 986,206.9 1,020,912.8 996,531.1
JP Logistics Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 - - - - 3,431.9
LPG - - - - 3,093.4
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 - - - - 38,828.5
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 - - - - 6,205.9
Light oil - - - - 612,976.5
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 - - - - 93,489.2
Total - - - - 758,025.3
Toll Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 480.6 540.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG 31,641.3 20,109.8 0.0 860.0 9,170.0
Light oil - - - - 18,796.0
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 0.0 0.0 55,061.3 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 0.0 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,668.8 341.2
Methane 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 4,267.1 3,119.6 1,799.8 6,563.9 7,935.0
Aviation gasoline 32,652.1 64,953.4 81,549.5 0.0 -
Diesel/
Gas oil		 6,204,097.8 5,401,343.5 2,625,787.3 2,849,053.5 2,363,596.0
Aviation kerosene 988,907.4 939,759.8 4,452.3 96,848.4 95,132.0
Compressed Natural Gas 4,958.9 8.1 0.0 3,157.6 621.0
Heavy Fuel Oil (used in ships) 1,095,048.9 959,578.8 88,059.4 32,574.0 0.0
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 0.0 30,421.6 7,933.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 237,441.8 219,910.5 80,203.5 179,877.0 179.0
Total 8,599,495.9 7,609,324.0 2,881,851.8 3,287,211.2 2,610,254.2
Japan Post Real Estate Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 - - - - 25.9
LPG - - - - 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 - - - - 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 - - - - 0.0
Light oil - - - - 0.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 - - - - 20,481.2
Cold water - - - - 0.0
Hot water - - - - 0.0
Steam - - - - 0.0
Total - - - - 20,507.1
  1. Figures for Group companies indicate energy consumption of facilities and vehicles owned by each.
  2. In September 2023, FY2019, FY2020, and FY2021 figures for Japan Post transport were revised, and the Group totals for those fiscal years were revised accordingly.
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Renewable Energy Consumption and Non-renewable Energy ConsumptionMWh

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Non-renewable Energy Consumption 5,411,792.5 5,053,790.2 3,649,878.3 3,455,079.9 -
Renewable Energy Consumption 0.0 0.0 20,082.8 135,891.4 -
Percentage of renewable energies (％) - - 0.5% 3.8% -
  • In September 2023, FY2019, FY2020, and FY2021 figures for Japan Post transport were revised, and the Group totals for those fiscal years were revised accordingly.
(Coverage)
Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, and Toll Holdings
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Data Related to Resources

Waste Emissions, Amount of Recycled Waste and Copy Paper Consumption(t)

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Amount of general waste 26,212 27,254 26,773 24,678 16,306
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 7,604 7,699 7,159 6,256 4,581
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 18,608 19,555 19,614 18,422 11,725
Amount of industrial waste 13,694 11,000 11,035 9,153 10,670
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 1,558 1,455 1,217 837 438
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 12,136 9,545 9,818 8,317 10,232
Amount of hazardous waste 28.0 34.0 29.2 30.3 14.4
Copy paper consumption 322 244 178 147 133
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  • Amount of general waste and industrial waste: the amount of waste occurring at the main facilities for four main Group companies*
  • Amount of hazardous waste: a reposting of the amount of Japan Post's specially managed industrial waste from among the amount of industrial waste
  • Copy paper: Consumption at head office facilities of the four main Group companies*
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, and Japan Post Insurance
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Data on the Amount of Chemicals Generated（t）

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Nitrogen Oxides（NOx） 13.6 13.5 14.5 33.5 -
Particulate matter, Particulates（PM） 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sulfur Oxide（Sox） 0.1 0.1 1.4 11.3 -
Volatile Organic Compounds（VOC） 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
(Coverage)
Includes facilities and vehicles of Japan Post
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Data Related to Use of Water(1,000 m³)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Tap water consumption 4,787 3,932 3,956 2,871 2,626
Sewage discharge 3,579 3,253 3,131 2,657 2,492
(Coverage)
  • Tap water consumption and sewage discharge: Consumption and discharge from major facilities of the four main Group companies*
  1. Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, and Japan Post Insurance
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Total Costs for Environmental-related Penalties and Fines during the Fiscal Year

We comply with laws and other agreements and work to prevent pollution and other problems due to business operations from occurring.

Item FY2022
Number of violations of environmental laws and regulations 0
Number of pollutions and accidents that have (or have had) the potential to cause an environmental issue 0
Total penalties and fines (yen) 0
(Coverage)
The six main Group companies are included in these calculations. (Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport,and Toll Holdings
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