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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）(tCO₂)

  FY2019
（Base Year）		 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Japan Post Group Scope1 642,778.5 581,971.9 560,850.3 568,437.1 516,426.3 473,535.9
Scope2 615,232.0 594,558.1 593,472.2 529,902.9 504,541.9 480,432.1
Total 1,258,010.5 1,176,530.0 1,154,322.5 1,098,340.0 1,020,968.2 953,968.0
Japan Post Holdings Scope1 3,145.8 3,364.8 2,973.0 2,399.6 2,176.0 1,878.1
Scope2 9,309.6 9,004.1 8,960.2 6,249.7 4,737.4 4,972.2
Total 12,455.4 12,368.9 11,933.2 8,649.3 6,913.4 6,850.3
Japan Post Scope1 266,544.3 257,093.8 239,571.9 224,447.0 205,184.0 190,903.6
Scope2 535,152.8 522,961.1 526,092.6 474,283.2 446,435.0 429,922.2
Total 801,697.1 780,054.9 765,664.5 698,730.2 651,619.0 620,825.8
Japan Post Bank Scope1 4,349.2 3,509.3 3,126.7 3,231.8 3,072.4 2,977.5
Scope2 25,748.5 23,496.6 23,144.4 5,222.1 3,623.8 3,683.3
Total 30,097.7 27,005.9 26,271.1 8,453.9 6,696.2 6,660.8
Japan Post Insurance Scope1 9,244.6 5,049.2 5,387.8 7,740.9 9,142.2 9,054.4
Scope2 12,602.3 12,253.3 9,933.2 4,046.8 3,092.5 2,895.3
Total 21,846.9 17,302.5 15,321.0 11,787.7 12,234.7 11,949.7
Japan Post Transport Scope1 62,063.0 61,095.7 63,215.1 65,797.7 65,191.5 68,418.6
Scope2 2,888.7 2,643.3 2,835.4 2,655.3 2,502.3 2,576.6
Total 64,951.7 63,739.0 66,050.5 68,453.0 67,693.8 70,995.2
JP Logistics Group Scope1 51,458.0 50,398.0 49,232.6 47,609.4 45,697.8 45,585.7
Scope2 4,123.0 4,053.4 4,531.0 4,329.1 4,801.9 4,555.0
Total 55,581.0 54,451.4 53,763.6 51,938.5 50,499.7 50,140.7
Toll Holdings Scope1 245,973.6 201,461.1 197,343.2 217,210.7 185,961.2 154,716.6
Scope2 25,407.1 20,146.3 17,975.4 33,116.7 38,424.5 29,487.3
Total 271,380.7 221,607.4 215,318.6 250,327.4 224,385.7 184,203.9
Japan Post Real Estate Scope1 - - - - 1.2 1.4
Scope2 - - - - 924.5 2,340.2
Total - - - - 925.7 2,341.6
  1. JP Logistics Group Co., Ltd. and Japan Post Real Estate Co., Ltd. were added in August 2024.
  2. In December 2024, the figures for Japan Post for FY2023 were revised, and the group totals for that year were revised accordingly.
  3. In June 2025, the figures for Toll Holdings for FY2023 were revised, and the group totals for that year were revised accordingly.
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Scope 3 Performance by Category（t-CO2）

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total 1,189,876.8 1,085,597.2 1,408,959.8 2,290,424.0 3,067,340.5 2,780,918.3
Category 1 (Purchased goods and services) 738,241.4 761,207.8 1,075,855.5 1,950,807.0 406,909.1 490,125.8
Category 2 (Capital goods) 55,029.0 35,228.9 25,877.9 33,840.5 441,527.0 138,234.0
Category 3 (Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2) 261,714.0 247,406.7 195,356.1 190,437.8 211,416.2 205,683.8
Category 4 (Upstream transportation and distribution) - - - - 1,839,649.7 1,777,281.2
Category 5 (Waste generated in operations) - - - - 8,800.2 13,140.6
Category 6 (Business travel) 33,611.8 12,479.4 24,664.5 30,001.0 29,885.5 34,220.2
Category 7 (Employee commuting) 90,111.7 89,699.4 84,200.6 82,934.1 92,099.8 92,823.4
Category 8 (Upstream leased assets) - - - - 8,354.3 -
Category 9 (Downstream transportation and distribution) - - - - - 1,655.2
Category 12 (End-of-life treatment of sold products) 2,408.2 2,465.2 2,507.9 2,432.1 2,236.7 2,140.0
Category 13 (Downstream leased assets) - - - - 23,319.3 22,561.3
Category 16 (Other) 5,359.8 4,632.7 4,278.3 3,583.4 3,142.7 3,052.8
(Coverage)
Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics 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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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) in FY2024.

Verification Reportopen PDF[PDF: 18,010 KB]

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 Emission Intensity results 

Emission Intensity of Facilities(tCO₂/m2)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Japan Post Holdings 0.130 0.110 0.119 0.076 0.058 0.058
Japan Post 0.051 0.050 0.050 0.045 0.042 0.040
Japan Post Bank 0.077 0.066 0.068 0.019 0.014 0.015
Japan Post Insurance 0.062 0.061 0.047 0.024 0.020 0.019
Japan Post Transport 0.040 0.040 0.043 0.041 0.038 0.039
JP Logistics Group - - - - 0.024 0.025
Toll Holdings - - - 0.008 0.015 0.012
Japan Post Real Estate - - - - 0.030 0.040
Total for Japan Post Group 0.055 0.053 0.053 0.034 0.036 0.034
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Emission Intensity of Vehicles(tCO₂/km)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Japan Post 0.000142 0.000132 0.000126 0.000125 0.000116 0.000107
Japan Post Transport 0.000515 0.000522 0.000515 0.000522 0.000500 0.000517
JP Logistics Group - - - - 0.000539 0.000563
Toll Holdings - - - 0.000174 0.000174 0.000174
Total for Japan Post Group 0.000173 0.000163 0.000160 0.000168 0.000175 0.000172
  1. Figures for Emission Intensity of Vehicles for the Postal and Domestic Logistics Business and the International Logistics Business are included in the calculation.
  2. In December 2024, the figures for Japan Post for FY2023 were revised and the group totals for that year were revised accordingly.
  3. In June 2025, the figures for Toll Holdings for FY2023 were revised, and the group totals for that year were revised accordingly.
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Other Greenhouse Gases Results(tCO₂)

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
HFCs * 879.1 1,037.6 1,847.2 1,632.9 889.40
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, 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 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total for Japan Post Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,167,017.9 1,112,963.5 1,031,714.0 933,847.7 935,647.2
LPG 75,536.0 57,605.6 31,670.5 36,922.6 34,734.9
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 804,516.1 825,175.0 442,212.5 483,106.8 441,233.4
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 0.0 55,061.3 0.0 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0 9,732.0
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 0.0 1,668.8 341.2 141.5
Methane 0.0 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,588,913.4 2,398,817.8 2,326,505.1 2,096,475.3 1,900,981.7
Light oil 1,622,446.8 1,635,745.7 1,653,256.3 1,608,824.9 1,655,203.4
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 30,421.6 7,933.0 54,485.6
Other fuels 7,365,643.6 2,799,848.5 2,981,633.5 2,459,349.0 2,124,410.6
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 13,274,267.4 13,060,215.5 12,672,267.0 10,924,734.7 11,245,054.4
Cold water 223,651.9 205,680.8 231,927.9 208,597.9 292,522.0
Hot water 41,334.5 38,667.9 41,884.4 37,854.9 83,852.5
Steam 133,108.9 114,952.7 101,432.1 90,699.9 84,433.0
Total 27,296,436.5 22,249,673.0 21,632,780.1 18,995,238.9 18,862,432.2
Japan Post Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 61,159.0 59,588.1 45,349.7 47,763.9 41,222.4
LPG 18,366.2 24,166.9 1,028.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 289,922.7 340,362.6 18,025.4 1.1 0.0
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		 558,555.9 580,995.3 186,565.8 145,150.1 144,601.5
Cold water 19,115.5 11,498.9 7,335.6 8,282.7 8,953.5
Hot water 6,847.5 6,928.6 5,871.8 5,589.6 6,345.4
Steam 21,905.7 5,118.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 975,872.5 1,028,658.8 264,176.3 206,787.4 201,122.8
Japan Post Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,045,494.4 1,000,183.7 936,097.8 830,574.7 835,517.5
LPG 31,100.6 27,608.4 23,832.9 22,814.9 24,305.4
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 454,871.8 428,346.9 372,301.3 414,050.6 387,474.7
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 2,513,656.1 2,328,439.2 2,176,505.2 1,932,940.4 1,744,297.6
Light oil 77,058.9 73,779.1 71,453.8 69,664.7 67,820.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 11,601,022.4 11,542,464.5 11,447,858.6 9,763,341.7 10,125,751.5
Cold water 138,459.1 132,386.9 153,576.8 139,596.7 215,938.8
Hot water 14,478.8 13,671.5 19,363.5 18,374.2 62,443.0
Steam 107,751.3 106,078.0 97,869.0 87,579.6 81,504.3
Total 15,983,893.4 15,652,958.2 15,298,858.9 13,278,937.5 13,545,052.8
Japan Post Bank Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 29,428.4 27,252.7 26,292.6 25,353.4 26,199.6
LPG 380.2 354.4 330.0 514.6 128.5
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 10,411.6 9,366.7 9,050.2 8,834.2 8,791.4
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 19,307.2 16,334.4 18,903.7 18,186.4 16,733.2
Light oil 46.4 33.9 80.6 72.6 54.2
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 484,297.9 463,956.3 471,990.3 373,276.9 378,063.2
Cold water 59,626.1 56,050.2 64,065.3 53,908.9 60,461.8
Hot water 12,348.7 11,276.2 10,812.9 9,190.4 9,929.3
Steam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 615,846.5 584,624.8 601,525.6 489,337.4 500,361.2
Japan Post Insurance Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 28,601.3 24,153.9 22,245.5 25,246.7 27,703.3
LPG 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 800.8 1,100.9 533.0 693.9 818.2
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 24,423.8 23,851.6 98,281.3 115,846.8 112,769.1
Light oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 249,401.3 224,468.8 218,927.8 183,399.9 199,874.9
Cold water 6,451.2 5,744.9 6,950.2 6,809.6 7,167.9
Hot water 7,659.5 6,791.6 5,836.2 4,700.7 5,134.8
Steam 3,451.9 3,756.3 3,563.1 3,120.3 2,928.7
Total 320,789.8 289,868.0 356,337.1 339,817.9 356,414.2
Japan Post Transport Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 1,793.7 1,784.7 1,727.7 1,451.1 1,477.9
LPG 1,219.2 1,230.0 1,414.1 1,329.7 1,282.5
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 4,143.9 3,529.0 3,143.7 1,902.6 1,955.2
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 21,146.1 21,101.2 19,799.1 15,360.7 14,203.7
Light oil 865,521.9 897,146.9 936,431.2 926,111.1 974,142.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 57,638.4 61,415.1 58,397.0 50,375.8 50,894.0
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 951,463.2 986,206.9 1,020,912.8 996,531.0 1,043,955.3
JP Logistics Group Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 0.6 0.4 0.7 3,431.9 2,013.2
LPG 4,360.0 4,245.9 4,205.5 3,093.4 2,197.2
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 44,365.3 42,468.9 39,158.9 38,828.5 38,955.4
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 7,260.6 7,291.6 6,451.9 6,205.9 5,777.2
Light oil 679,819.6 664,785.8 645,290.7 612,976.5 613,169.9
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 103,441.0 106,712.0 108,650.5 93,489.2 91,700.9
Total 839,247.1 825,504.6 803,758.2 758,025.4 753,813.8
Toll Holdings Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 540.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,482.4
LPG 20,109.8 0.0 860.0 9,170.0 6,821.3
Light oil - - - 18,796.0 3,238.5
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 0.0 55,061.3 0.0 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 0.0 0.0 31,109.8 106,551.0 9,732.0
Petrol/
Gasoline		 0.0 0.0 1,668.8 341.2 141.5
Methane 0.0 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 3,119.6 1,799.8 6,563.9 7,935.0 7,200.9
Aviation gasoline 64,953.4 81,549.5 0.0 - 0.0
Diesel/
Gas oil		 5,401,343.5 2,625,787.3 2,849,053.5 2,363,596.0 2,006,198.4
Aviation kerosene 939,759.8 4,452.3 96,848.4 95,132.0 74,718.5
Compressed Natural Gas 8.1 0.0 3,157.6 621.0 264.7
Heavy Fuel Oil (used in ships) 959,578.8 88,059.4 32,574.0 0.0 43,229.0
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0 30,421.6 7,933.0 54,485.6
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 219,910.5 80,203.5 179,877.0 179.0 207,219.0
Total 7,609,324.0 2,881,851.8 3,287,211.2 2,610,254.2 2,414,731.8
Japan Post Real Estate Utility gas Scope1/
Facilities		 - - - 25.9 30.9
LPG - - - 0.0 0.0
Kerosene,
light oil and
heavy oil		 - - - 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope1/
Vehicles		 - - - 0.0 0.0
Light oil - - - 0.0 0.0
Electricity Scope2/
Facilities		 - - - 20,481.2 46,949.4
Cold water - - - 0.0 0.0
Hot water - - - 0.0 0.0
Steam - - - 0.0 0.0
Total - - - 20,507.1 46,980.3
  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 kerosene, heavy fuel oil (used in ships), and compressed natural gas.
  2. In December 2024, the figures for Japan Post for FY2023 were revised. FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022 figures for JP Logistics Group were added and the group totals for those fiscal years were revised accordingly.
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Renewable Energy Consumption and Non-renewable Energy Consumption(MWh)

  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Non-renewable Energy Consumption 5,053,790.2 3,649,878.3 3,455,079.9 3,312,525.4 3,124,786.8
Renewable Energy Consumption 0.0 20,082.8 135,891.4 231,459.9 326,916.2
Percentage of renewable energies (％) - 0.5% 3.8% 6.5% 9.5%
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics 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)

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Amount of general waste 27,254 26,773 24,678 16,306 14,621
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 7,699 7,159 6,256 4,581 3,770
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 19,555 19,614 18,422 11,725 10,851
Amount of industrial waste 11,000 11,035 9,153 10,670 7,231
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 1,455 1,217 837 438 302
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 9,545 9,818 8,317 10,232 6,929
Amount of hazardous waste 34.0 29.2 30.3 14.4 12
Copy paper consumption 244 178 147 133 108
(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)

  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Tap water consumption 3,932 3,956 2,871 2,626 2,631
Sewage discharge 3,253 3,131 2,657 2,492 2,520
(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）

  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Nitrogen Oxides（NOx） 13.5 14.5 33.5 30.9 34.2
Particulate matter, Particulates（PM） 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sulfur Oxide（SOx） 0.1 1.4 11.3 11.7 14.4
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

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Item FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of violations of environmental laws and regulations - - - 0 0
Number of pollutions and accidents that have (or have had) the potential to cause an environmental issue - - - 0 0
Total penalties and fines (yen) - - - 0 0
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, Toll Holdings, and Japan Post Real Estate
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