ESG Data(Environmental)

Past environmental data of the Japan Post Group is available.

Environmental Data(archive)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Results(Scope1,2,3)(t-CO2)

FY2019 FY2020
Japan Post Group Scope1 776,107.4 711,465.8
Scope2 633,580.4 611,518.6
Scope3 Category 1 (Purchased goods and services) 802,277.9 817,411.5
Category 2 (Capital goods) 59,513.1 38,697.2
Category 3 (Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 or 2) 219,437.2 208,766.6
Category 6 (Business travel) 31,953.6 12,660.6
Category 7 (Employee commuting) 88,172.3 88,452.4
Category 12 (End-of-life treatment of sold products) 2,408.2 2,464.1
Category16 (Other) 5,359.8 4,632.7
Total 1,209,122.1 1,173,085.1
Scope1,2,3 Total 2,618,809.9 2,496,069.5
  • Scope 2 is reported using the market-based method
(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
 Emission Intensity results 

Emission Intensity of Facilities(t-CO2/m2)

FY2019 FY2020
Japan Post Holdings 0.087 0.087
Japan Post 0.051 0.050
Japan Post Bank 0.077 0.066
Japan Post Insurance 0.062 0.061
Japan Post Transport 0.040 0.040

Emission Intensity of Vehicles(t-CO2/km)

FY2019 FY2020
Japan Post 0.000139 0.000130
Japan Post Transport 0.000515 0.000522

Other Greenhouse Gases Results(t-CO2)

FY2019 FY2020
HFCs * 642.3 879.1
PFCs 0.0 0.0
SF6 0.0 0.0
NF3 0.0 0.0
  • HFCs were 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 and the International Logistics Business.

Energy Consumption Results(GJ)

Scope FY2019 FY2020
Total for Japan Post Group Utility gas Scope 1/ Facilities 1,057,386.2 1,162,080.4
LPG 67,443.0 55,506.9
Kerosene, Light oil and Heavy oil 513,079.1 530,121.6
Compressed Natural Gas 0.0 0.0
Diesel/Gas oil 0.0 0.0
Petrol/Gasoline 0.0 0.0
Methane 0.0 0.0
Gasoline Scope 1/ Vehicles 2,919,568.3 2,608,773.1
Light oil and Heavy oil 3,526,978.6 3,402,380.2
Biodiesels 0.0 0.0
Other fuels 3,504,212.9 2,931,976.2
Electricity Scope 2/ Facilities 12,691,185.2 13,144,114.7
Cold water 224,151.3 211,116.6
Hot water 36,915.5 41,334.5
Steam 97,014.0 111,203.2
Total 24,637,934.1 24,198,607.4
  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, and compressed natural gas.
Renewable Energy Consumption and Non-renewable Energy Consumption(MWh)
FY2019 FY2020
Non-renewable energy consumption 5,411,792.5 5,053,790.2
Renewable energy consumption 0.0 0.0
Percentage of renewable energies (%) - -
(Coverage)
  • Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Transport, JP Logistics Group, JP Tonami Group, and Toll Holdings
  • CDP's energy conversion factors are used to calculate figures for renewable energy consumption and non-renewable energy consumption (MWh).

Data Related to Resources

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

FY2019 FY2020
Amount of general waste 26,212 27,254
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 7,604 7,699
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 18,608 19,555
Amount of industrial waste 13,694 11,000
Amount of recycled waste included in the above 1,558 1,455
Amount of non-recycled waste included in the above 12,136 9,545
Amount of hazardous waste 28 34
Copy paper consumption 322 244
(Coverage)
  • 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 included in the amount of industrial waste
  • Copy paper: Consumption at head office facilities of the four main Group companies*
  1. Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post, Japan Post Bank, and Japan Post Insurance

Data Related to Use of Water(1,000 m³)

FY2019 FY2020
Tap water consumption 4,787 3,932
Sewage discharge 3,579 3,253
(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

Data on the Amount of Chemicals Generated(t)

FY2019 FY2020
Nitrogen Oxides(NOx) 13.6 13.5
Particulate matter, Particulates(PM) 0.2 0.1
Sulfur Oxide(SOx) 0.1 0.1
Volatile Organic Compounds(VOC) 0.0 0.0
(Coverage)
  • NOx, PM, SOx and VOC: Amounts of emissions from facilities and vehicles of Japan Post
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