The impact of global warming, including extreme weather events, is increasing year by year, and efforts to prevent global warming have become an important challenges for the international community. The Paris Agreement at COP21 calls for limiting the average global temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, with the goal of essentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities to zero. To this end, we have established an medium- to long-term environmental vision (ECO VISION 2050) based on our "Global Environmental Policy". Recognizing the corporate social responsibility for the environment, we will promote environmentally friendly activities in all of our business activities in order to realize a richer global environment.
Under the corporate philosophy "Dedicated to the Fight against Disease and Pain,” ONO group contributes to the realization of a sustainable and prosperous society by creating innovative medicines and working on solving environmental issues such as climate change.
ONO has established a medium- to long-term environmental challenge vision for 2050, named “Environmental Challenge Ono Vision (ECO VISION 2050)” to realize a sustainable society.
In recent years, the global environmental issues including climate change and other issues have become serious. In the future of 2050, it is expected that people's healthy and sound life will be threatened due to various threats such as water and food shortages, increase of new diseases, devastating natural disasters and so on.
In order to promote the creation of a healthy and sound society through the discovery and development of innovative pharmaceutical products under the corporate philosophy to be "Dedicated to the Fight against Disease and Pain", it is important that we recognize that our business activities are supported by a sound global environment and that we will strengthen our activities toward the resolution of environmental challenge. We believe that such activities are not only our corporate responsibility for the environment, but also lead to build the foundation for sustainable business activities.
We will challenge to reduce the environmental burden in anticipation of 2050 based on the ECO VISION 2050 so that people can welcome a healthy and sound society.
Based on our medium- to long-term environmental vision, ECO VISION 2050, which was established in 2019, we have set respective goals and taken initiatives to realize a decarbonized society, a water recycling society, and a resource recycling society. Furthermore in 2023, we reviewed our medium- to long-term environmental targets in order to strengthen and accelerate our efforts to address various global environmental issues. We recognize that the new targets represent goals that can lead the industry to promote the "creation of a healthy and sound society" as set forth in ECO VISION 2050. We will accelerate various initiatives to achieve our new targets.
In view of the attainment of the medium- to long-term environment targets of "ECO VISION 2050," which was established in FY2019, we have engaged in three priority items: "Realization of a decarbonized society," "Realization of a water recycling society," and "Realization of a resource recycling society."
In FY2022, greenhouse gases were reduced by 38.2% from FY2017 in Scope 1+2 and by 30.3% from FY2017 in Scope 3, and the use of renewable energy was 21.5%. Achievement was higher than the targets.
| Index | Medium- to long-term target | FY2021 target | Results and progress in FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1+2) (Market-base*1) |
Reduce by 55% in FY2030 Reduce to zero in FY2050 〈Comparison with FY2017〉 |
Reduce by 21.0% or more from FY2017 | 18.4 kt-CO2 (Reduced by 38.2% from FY2017*1) |
| Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3) | Reduce by 30% in FY2030 Reduce by 60%in FY2050 〈Comparison with FY2017〉 |
Reduce by 11.5% or more from FY2017*2 | 52.3 kt-CO2 (Reduced by 30.3% from FY2017*2) |
| Renewable energy usage rate as a percentage of total electricity consumption | Increase to 55% or more in FY2030 Increase to 100% in FY2050 |
21.0% or more | 21.5% |
GHG emissions (Scope 1+2)
Electricity consumption and renewable energy utilization rate
Water intake has reduced since FY2019 compared to FY2017 (Base year). However , the water intake per production volume unit from FY2019 to FY2021 increased compared to FY2017 due to the reduction in the number of boxes produced in association with the addition of high-dose formulations of main products. On the other hand, in FY2022, water intake per production volume unit decreased by 16% from FY2017 due to an additional reduction in water intake and increases in the number of boxes produced in association with expansion of the use of major products. In addition, water intake in FY2022 (196.4 thousand m3) was reduced by 10.5% from the previous fiscal year and resulted in the attainment of both medium- to long-term targets and the single fiscal year target for water resource consumption (water intake).
| Index | Medium- to long-term target | FY2022 target | Results and progress in FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water resource consumption (water intake) | Reduce water resource consumption per production volume unit by 15% in FY2030 〈Comparison with FY2017〉 |
Less than the previous fiscal year (FY2021: 219.4 thousand m3) |
196.4 thousand m3 (Increased water resource consumption per production volume unit by 16% from FY2017) |
Water intake (water resource consumption) and water intake per production volume unit (Comparison with FY2017)
The volume of industrial waste per production volume unit decreased in FY2018. However, due to subsequent changes to the internal environment, such as reduction in the number of boxes produced by addition of high-dose formulations of main products and activation of research activities, the target was not achieved in FY2019 and after. In addition, the total volume of industrial waste increased in FY2022 due to the disposal of all unnecessary furniture and fixtures in association with the closing of the Fukui Research Institute and the generation of highly active liquid waste in association with test production and verification of our new product, Kyprolis, at Yamaguchi Plant. For reduction of environmental impact through business activities, please see "Initiatives for Pharmaceuticals
| Index | Medium- to long-term target | FY2022 target | Results and progress in FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final landfill rate of industrial waste | 1% or lower every year | 1% or lower | 0.02% |
| Total volume of industrial waste | Reduce the volume of industrial waste per production volume unit by 15% in FY2030 〈Comparison with FY2017〉 |
Lower than the previous year (FY2021: 479.1 t) |
492.8 t (Increased in the volume of industrial waste per production volume unit by 9.6 % from FY2017) |
| ─ | Promote reduction of the environmental impact through business activities | ─ | Reduced environmental impact by changing product packaging materials and packaging form, etc. |
Industrial waste volume (per production volume unit) and Final landfill disposal rate of industrial waste
Our medium- to long-term greenhouse gas reduction targets were approved in June 2019 as science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets from the international initiative "Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)."
We expressed our support in October 2019 for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which was established by the Financial Stability Board to encourage the disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities.
We participated in the TCFD Consortium in 2019. The TCFD Consortium was established to promote efficient and effective disclosure based on recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (hereinafter, TCFD recommendations) and to contribute to a "Virtuous Cycle of Environment and Growth," in which information is appropriately evaluated and funding is facilitated through communication between business operators and financial institutions that support TCFD recommendations.
We participated in the “Water Project” in October 2019. The "Water Project" is a public-private partnership project launched after the "Basic Law on the Water Cycle" enacted in 2014, which states that governments and companies should work together to protect the water cycle in Japan.
We participated in RE100 in June 2020. RE100 is an international initiative, aiming to source 100% of the electricity consumed in its business activities with renewable energy, which is operated by The Climate Group, an international environmental NGO which promotes climate change countermeasures, in partnership with CDP, an international NPO, that encourages companies to disclose and manage environmental impact information.
We have introduced carbon neutral city gas (CN city gas*) in August 2021 and participated in the Carbon Neutral LNG Buyers Alliance at the same time. The Alliance is a partnership between Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., which procures and supplies carbon neutral LNG (CNL), and companies and corporations that purchase CNL, with the aim of expanding the use of CNL and increasing its value for a sustainable society.
We expressed our support in April 2022 for the GX (Green Transformation) League Basic Concept, which was announced by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The GX League is a place for companies which will take on the challenge of GX with a view to achieving carbon neutrality and social change in 2050 to collaborate with government and academia.
