Environmental Data

Unit

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

<Input>

Energy comsumption (crude oil equivalent)*1

thousand kL

225

166

204

(energy intensity)

 

0.612

0.676

0.569

<Input>

Water withdrawal*1

thousand tons

33,447

31,636

33,782

<Input>

Raw materials

thousand tons

565

349

481

<Output>

GHG emissions due to business activities (Scope 1 + 2)*2

thousand t-CO2e

475.4

277.3

497.3

GHG emissions (Scope 1)

thousand t-CO2e

81.6

52.8

85.1

GHG emissions (Scope 2, market-based)

thousand t-CO2e

393.9

224.5

412.2

<Output>

GHG emissions (Scope 3)*3

thousand t-CO2e

401.4

326.9

476.5

<Output>

GHG emission total (Scope 1 + 2 + 3)

thousand t-CO2e

873.9

604.2

975.1

<Output>

Atmospheric pollutant emissions*1

 

SOx (sulfur oxides)

tons

2.4

3.2

3.9

NOx (nitrogen oxides)

tons

97.1

68.4

70.4

Ash dust

tons

4.4

4.7

5.7

<Output>

Wastewater (total)*1

thousand tons

32,317

30,625

32,363

<Output>

Water pollutant emissions*1

 

 

COD load

tons

249

184

221

Total nitrogen emissions

tons

74

55

73

Total phosphorous emissions

tons

4.9

4.1

6.4

<Output>

Waste emissions

 

 

Industrial waste volume*2

tons

32,811

36,944

30,374

(of which is from Osaka Soda business sites in Japan)

tons

30,345

34,408

28,575

Recycling rate*2

%

91.2

94.8

95.9

Final landfill volume*2

tons

2,068

1,262

717

(of which is for Osaka Soda business sites in Japan)

tons

1,905

1,129

633

Final landfill rate*2

%

6.3

3.4

2.4

<Output>

Emissions of substances subject to PRTR Law*1

 

 

Atmospheric emissions

tons

48.1

45

45.4

Emissions into water resources*4

tons

3.2

194.6

296.8

Emissions into soil

tons

0

0

0.0

*1 Osaka Soda’s five main plants in Japan (including Matsuyama Plant of SANYO FINE CO., LTD.)
*2 Osaka Soda Group business sites in Japan
*3 Osaka Soda business sites in Japan (of which, Osaka Soda’s five plants for some categories)
*4 From fiscal year 2023, chloric acid and its potassium and sodium salts were added to the list of regulated substances.