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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、Scope2 market-based method）(t-CO2)

FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Japan Post Group Scope1 776,107.4 698,784.9 710,591.5 657,259.3 625,660.7 601,640.0
Scope2 633,580.4 611,017.0 547,645.6 521,979.9 497,529.4 467,232.7
Total 1,409,687.8 1,309,801.9 1,258,237.1 1,179,239.2 1,123,190.1 1,068,872.7
Japan Post Holdings Scope1 3,146.5 2,973.0 2,399.6 2,176.0 1,878.1 2,029.2
Scope2 9,309.0 8,960.2 6,249.7 4,737.4 4,972.2 4,436.7
Total 12,455.5 11,933.2 8,649.3 6,913.4 6,850.3 6,465.9
Japan Post Scope1 266,544.3 239,571.9 224,447.0 205,184.0 190,903.6 162,800.3
Scope2 535,152.8 526,092.6 474,283.2 446,435.0 429,922.2 400,300.7
Total 801,697.1 765,664.5 698,730.2 651,619.0 620,825.8 563,101.0
Japan Post Bank Scope1 4,349.2 3,126.7 3,231.8 3,072.4 2,977.5 2,919.9
Scope2 25,748.5 23,144.4 5,222.1 3,623.8 3,683.3 3,535.9
Total 30,097.7 26,271.1 8,453.9 6,696.2 6,660.8 6,455.8
Japan Post Insurance Scope1 9,244.6 5,387.8 7,740.9 9,142.2 9,054.4 9,129.2
Scope2 12,602.3 9,933.2 4,046.8 3,092.5 2,895.3 2,422.9
Total 21,846.9 15,321.0 11,787.7 12,234.7 11,949.7 11,552.2
Japan Post Transport Scope1 62,063.0 63,215.1 65,797.7 65,191.5 68,418.6 69,264.2
Scope2 2,888.7 2,835.4 2,655.3 2,502.3 2,576.6 2,776.2
Total 64,951.7 66,050.5 68,453.0 67,693.8 70,995.2 72,040.4
JP Logistics Group Scope1 51,458.0 49,232.6 47,609.4 45,697.8 45,585.7 43,912.5
Scope2 4,123.0 4,531.0 4,329.1 4,801.9 4,555.0 4,636.8
Total 55,581.0 53,763.6 51,938.5 50,499.7 50,140.7 48,549.3
JP Tonami Group Scope1 127,606.2 129,738.2 126,905.8 126,827.8 137,408.9 160,251.2
Scope2 18,343.0 17,538.1 17,736.4 17,430.4 17,089.0 18,843.7
Total 145,949.2 147,276.3 144,642.2 144,258.2 154,497.9 179,094.9
Toll Holdings Scope1 251,695.7 205,539.8 232,459.3 199,966.5 169,432.4 151,331.4
Scope2 25,413.0 17,982.3 33,123.0 38,432.0 29,495.7 26,992.7
Total 277,108.7 223,522.1 265,582.3 238,398.5 198,928.1 178,324.1
Japan Post Real Estate Scope1 - - - 1.2 1.4 2.1
Scope2 - - - 924.5 2,340.2 3,287.1
Total - - - 925.7 2,341.6 3,289.2
  1. JP Tonami Group was added in 2026. Prior-year results have been revised to reflect the business reorganization resulting from the M&A.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Results (Scope2 location-based method)（t-CO2）

FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Japan Post Group Scope2 - - - - - 603,247.0
Japan Post Holdings Scope2 - - - - - 7,314.4
Japan Post Scope2 - - - - - 508,222.5
Japan Post Bank Scope2 - - - - - 21,387.2
Japan Post Insurance Scope2 - - - - - 10,310.9
Japan Post Transport Scope2 - - - - - 2,566.7
JP Logistics Group Scope2 - - - - - 4,469.5
JP Tonami Group Scope2 - - - - - 18,906.9
Toll Holdings Scope2 - - - - - 26,992.7
Japan Post Real Estate Scope2 - - - - - 3,076.2

Scope 3 Performance by Category（t-CO2）

FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Total 1,209,122.1 1,491,008.8 2,372,253.7 2,470,418.0 3,116,479.2 2,647,197.8
Category 1 (Purchased goods and services) 802,277.9 1,140,441.8 2,014,218.5 323,601.7 506,802.5 578,963.0
Category 2 (Capital goods) 59,513.1 29,761.2 39,086.6 111,679.2 152,851.3 165,119.6
Category 3 (Fuel-and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2) 219,437.2 203,150.9 198,004.3 223,863.0 219,578.4 223,131.7
Category 4 (Upstream transportation and distribution) - - - 1,618,534.3 2,033,719.7 1,452,930.3
Category 5 (Waste generated in operations) - - - 24,844.7 33,558.0 43,393.7
Category 6 (Business travel) 31,953.6 25,164.1 30,511.2 34,120.0 34,553.8 41,309.7
Category 7 (Employee commuting) 88,172.3 85,703.4 84,417.6 105,076.4 106,006.2 92,585.3
Category 8 (Upstream leased assets) - - - - - 0.0
Category 9 (Downstream transportation and distribution) - - - - 1,655.2 0.0
Category 12 (End-of-life treatment of sold products) 2,408.2 2,509.1 2,432.1 2,236.7 2,140.0 1,934.8
Category 13 (Downstream leased assets) - - - 23,319.3 22,561.3 33,501.9
Category 16 (Other) 5,359.8 4,278.3 3,583.4 3,142.7 3,052.8 14,327.8
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, JP Tonami Group, Toll Holdings, and Japan Post Real Estate
  1. Consignment transportation has been moved from Category 1 to Category 4 starting with the FY2023 results.
  2. The category of Upstream leased assets has been revised and moved to Category 1 starting with the FY2024 results.

Scope3 Emissions of Category 15(Investments)

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Independent Third Party Assurance

Japan Post Group has received independent third-party assurance in accordance with ISO 14064-3 certification criteria for its FY2025 greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3), energy consumption, and social data.

Third-Party Assurance Reportopen PDF[PDF: 21,009 KB]

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 Emission Intensity results 

Emission Intensity of Facilities(t-CO2/m2)

FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Japan Post Holdings 0.087 0.083 0.069 0.058 0.058 0.062
Japan Post 0.051 0.050 0.045 0.042 0.040 0.037
Japan Post Bank 0.077 0.068 0.019 0.014 0.015 0.014
Japan Post Insurance 0.062 0.047 0.024 0.020 0.019 0.017
Japan Post Transport 0.040 0.043 0.041 0.038 0.039 0.037
JP Logistics Group - - - 0.024 0.025 0.023
JP Tonami Group - - - - - 0.018
Toll Holdings - - 0.008 0.015 0.012 0.010
Japan Post Real Estate - - - 0.030 0.040 0.056
Total for Japan Post Group - - - - - 0.031
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Emission Intensity of Vehicles(t-CO2/km)

FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Japan Post 0.000139 0.000124 0.000125 0.000116 0.000107 0.000089
Japan Post Transport 0.000515 0.000515 0.000522 0.000500 0.000517 0.000513
JP Logistics Group - - - 0.000539 0.000563 0.000523
JP Tonami Group - - - - - 0.000699
Toll Holdings - - 0.000195 0.000198 0.000201 0.000217
Total for Japan Post Group - - - - - 0.000234
  1. Figures for Emission Intensity of Vehicles for the Postal and Domestic Logistics Business and the International Logistics Business are included in the calculation.
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Other Greenhouse Gases Results(t-CO2)

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
HFCs * 1,037.6 1,847.2 1,632.9 889.4 1,729.4
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
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, JP Tonami Group, and Toll Holdings
  • 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 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Total for Japan Post Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,107,802.3 1,032,839.1 934,927.2 936,660.4 822,669.9
LPG 59,756.2 55,240.3 60,015.0 56,621.0 50,794.7
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 499,193.7 452,251.6 487,522.6 445,094.0 457,547.9
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 55,061.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0 9,732.0 11,443.5
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 1,668.8 341.0 141.5 98.7
Methane 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,418,138.3 2,344,768.8 2,112,391.0 1,917,001.1 1,635,466.3
Light oil and Heavy oil 3,546,373.2 3,458,108.5 3,435,173.7 3,642,311.9 3,923,000.7
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 179.0 54,485.6 25,862.0
Other fuels 2,856,620.6 3,218,550.3 2,687,492.1 2,303,803.0 2,003,225.4
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 13,042,165.3 13,053,232.3 11,189,425.8 11,575,043.2 11,466,831.4
Cold water 200,490.2 231,928.0 208,597.9 292,521.9 306,694.9
Hot water 38,667.9 41,884.5 37,854.9 83,852.4 84,360.5
Steam 109,834.3 101,432.1 90,699.9 84,433.0 80,889.8
Total 23,879,042.0 24,078,090.7 21,351,171.1 21,401,701.0 20,868,885.7
Japan Post Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 53,039.4 45,349.7 47,763.9 41,222.4 43,689.2
LPG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 4,734.5 1,994.1 1.1 0.0 0.8
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		 176,398.2 172,158.6 145,150.1 144,601.5 137,214.4
Cold water 6,308.3 7,335.6 8,282.7 8,953.5 6,695.9
Hot water 6,928.6 5,871.8 5,589.6 6,345.4 4,496.0
Steam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 247,409.0 232,709.8 206,787.4 201,122.8 192,096.3
Japan Post Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,000,183.7 936,097.8 830,574.7 835,517.5 719,563.2
LPG 27,608.4 23,832.9 22,814.9 24,305.4 24,226.3
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 428,346.9 372,301.3 414,050.6 387,474.7 396,483.9
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,291,054.8 2,176,505.2 1,932,940.4 1,744,297.6 1,453,569.4
Light oil 73,779.1 71,453.8 69,664.7 67,820.0 13,190.9
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 11,542,464.5 11,447,858.6 9,763,341.7 10,125,751.5 9,981,126.4
Cold water 132,386.9 153,576.8 139,596.7 215,938.8 233,882.5
Hot water 13,671.5 19,363.5 18,374.2 62,443.0 65,035.7
Steam 106,078.0 97,869.0 87,579.6 81,504.3 77,459.7
Total 15,615,573.8 15,298,858.9 13,278,937.5 13,545,052.8 12,964,538.0
Japan Post Bank Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 27,252.7 26,292.6 25,353.4 26,199.6 26,007.9
LPG 354.4 330.0 514.6 128.5 0.0
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 9,366.7 9,050.2 8,834.2 8,791.4 8,781.2
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 16,334.4 18,903.7 18,186.4 16,733.2 15,921.5
Light oil 33.9 80.6 72.6 54.2 46.1
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 463,956.3 471,990.3 373,276.9 378,063.2 367,521.4
Cold water 56,050.2 64,065.3 53,908.9 60,461.8 58,835.5
Hot water 11,276.2 10,812.9 9,190.4 9,929.3 10,174.1
Steam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 584,624.8 601,525.6 489,337.4 500,361.2 487,287.7
Japan Post Insurance Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 24,153.9 22,245.5 25,246.7 27,703.3 27,225.6
LPG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 1,100.9 533.0 693.9 818.2 659.5
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 61,236.0 98,281.3 115,846.8 112,769.1 114,002.0
Light oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3 30.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 224,468.8 218,927.8 183,399.9 199,874.9 196,013.4
Cold water 5,744.9 6,950.2 6,809.6 7,167.9 7,280.9
Hot water 6,791.6 5,836.2 4,700.7 5,134.8 4,654.7
Steam 3,756.3 3,563.1 3,120.3 2,928.7 3,430.1
Total 327,252.4 356,337.1 339,817.9 356,414.2 353,296.2
Japan Post Transport Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,784.7 1,727.7 1,451.1 1,477.9 1,369.1
LPG 1,230.0 1,414.1 1,329.7 1,282.5 1,283.4
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 3,529.0 3,143.7 1,902.6 1,955.2 1,967.3
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 21,101.2 19,799.1 15,360.7 14,203.7 13,715.0
Light oil 897,146.9 936,431.2 926,111.1 974,142.0 986,949.2
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 61,415.1 58,397.0 50,375.8 50,894.0 52,426.4
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 986,206.9 1,020,912.8 996,531.0 1,043,955.3 1,057,710.4
JP Logistics Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 0.4 0.7 3,431.9 2,013.2 2,377.4
LPG 4,245.9 4,205.5 3,093.4 2,197.2 1,868.3
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 42,468.9 39,158.9 38,828.5 38,955.4 38,832.5
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 7,291.6 6,451.9 6,205.9 5,777.2 5,889.2
Light oil 664,785.8 645,290.7 612,976.5 613,169.9 588,920.1
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 106,712.0 108,650.5 93,489.2 91,700.9 91,479.2
Total 825,504.6 803,758.2 758,025.4 753,813.8 729,366.7
JP Tonami Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,387.5 1,125.1 1,079.4 1,013.2 1,526.9
LPG 26,317.5 24,597.9 23,092.4 21,886.1 18,284.2
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 9,646.7 26,070.3 4,415.7 3,860.8 8,473.6
Petrol/Gasoline 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.7
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 19,320.7 18,263.9 15,915.7 16,019.4 21,060.0
Light oil 1,822,568.1 1,772,278.1 1,786,310.1 1,943,879.6 2,270,130.3
Compressed Natural Gas 28,131.5 21,869.2 16,515.1 13,021.4 10,296.3
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 386,509.9 395,338.4 331,164.1 329,942.8 387,731.1
Total 2,293,881.9 2,259,542.9 2,178,492.5 2,329,623.3 2,717,601.1
Toll Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,482.4 865.2
LPG 0.0 860.0 9,170.0 6,821.3 5,132.5
Light oil 0.0 0.0 18,796.0 3,238.5 2,349.0
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 55,061.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0 9,732.0 11,443.5
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 1,668.8 341.0 141.5 0.0
Methane 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 1,799.8 6,563.9 7,935.0 7,200.9 11,309.2
Aviation gasoline 81,549.5 0.0 0.0 74,718.5 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 2,625,787.3 2,879,475.1 2,375,724.0 2,006,198.4 1,676,953.7
Aviation kerosene 121,152.3 314,048.4 294,632.0 209,600.0 315,975.4
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 3,157.6 621.0 264.7 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil (used in ships) 88,059.4 32,574.0 40,038.7 43,229.0 63,734.0
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 179.0 54,485.6 25,862.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 80,240.5 179,911.0 228,747.0 207,265.0 190,449.8
Total 2,998,588.8 3,504,445.2 3,082,734.7 2,624,377.8 2,304,074.3
Japan Post Real Estate Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 - - 25.9 30.9 45.5
LPG - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
Light oil and
Heavy oil		 - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Light oil - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 - - 20,481.2 46,949.4 62,869.2
Cold water - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hot water - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total - - 20,507.1 46,980.3 62,914.7
  1. The figures for Other fuels in Scope 1/Vehicles in the Total for Japan Post Group are the sum of diesel/gas oil, Aviation gasoline, aviation kerosene, and compressed natural gas.
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Renewable Energy Consumption and Non-renewable Energy Consumption(MWh)

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Non-renewable Energy Consumption 3,649,878.3 3,455,079.9 3,312,525.4 3,124,786.8 3,613,308.2
Renewable Energy Consumption 20,082.8 135,891.4 231,459.9 326,916.2 358,761.4
Percentage of renewable energies (％) 0.5% 3.8% 6.5% 9.5% 9.0%
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, JP Tonami Group, Toll Holdings, and Japan Post Real Estate
  1. CDP's energy conversion factors are used to calculate figures for renewable energy consumption and non-renewable energy consumption (MWh).
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Data Related to Resources

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

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Amount of general waste 26,773 24,678 16,306 14,621 12,925
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 7,159 6,256 4,581 3,770 1,964
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 19,614 18,422 11,725 10,851 10,961
Amount of industrial waste 11,035 9,153 10,670 7,231 8,471
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 1,217 837 438 302 263
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 9,818 8,317 10,232 6,929 8,208
Amount of hazardous waste 29 30 14 12 12
Copy paper consumption 178 147 133 108 98
(Coverage)
  • Amount of general waste and industrial waste: the amount of waste occurring at the main facilities for four main Group companies*1
  • Amount of hazardous waste: a reposting of the amount of Japan Post's specially managed industrial waste included in the amount of industrial waste
  • Copy paper: Consumption at head office facilities of the four main Group companies*1
  1. Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, and Japan Post Insurance
  2. The figures for Amount of general waste and Amount of industrial waste for FY2023 decreased temporarily due to failure to obtain some data.
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Data Related to Use of Water(1,000 m³)

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Tap water consumption 3,956 2,871 2,626 2,631 2,537
Sewage discharge 3,131 2,657 2,492 2,520 2,435
(Coverage)
  • Tap water consumption and sewage discharge: Consumption at 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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Data on the Amount of Chemicals Generated（t）

FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Nitrogen Oxides（NOx） 14.5 33.5 30.9 34.2 29.8
Particulate matter, Particulates（PM） 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sulfur Oxide（SOx） 1.4 11.3 11.7 14.4 4.2
Volatile Organic Compounds（VOC） 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
(Coverage)
  • NOx, PM, SOx and VOC: Amounts of emissions from facilities and vehicles of Japan Post
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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 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Number of violations of environmental laws and regulations - - 0 0 0
Number of pollutions and accidents that have (or have had) the potential to cause an environmental issue - - 0 0 1
Total penalties and fines (thousand yen) - - 0 0 417
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, JP Tonami Group, Toll Holdings, and Japan Post Real Estate
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