Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030
Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030
Global environmental issues such as global warming have a major impact on people’s health and wellbeing, and also affect our company’s business activities, including the sustainable procurement of pharmaceutical raw materials and water.
The Chugai Group regards global environmental preservation as an important foundation that underpins all of its business activities. To achieve Our Vision by 2030, we have set challenging mid-term environmental goals 2030, based on the global environmental consensus, for the three issues identified as material: climate change and energy countermeasures, promotion of resource circulation and appropriate water management, and protection of biodiversity, and is actively addressing them.
Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030 was established with the approval of the Executive Committee and reported to the Board of Directors. The Sustainability Committee thoroughly deliberates the plans and progress of these activities, while the Executive Committee deliberates on important matters and reports them to the Board of Directors.
Our Vision for Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030
We consider global environmental protection to be an important foundation for all of our business activities. We have set challenging mid-term environmental goals 2030 based on global environmental consensus, and will strive to be a role model for the world that leads the solution of environmental issues through innovative global environmental conservation activities and active information disclosure based on evidence in cooperation with Roche and external partners.
Our Strategy for Three Material Issues
- Climate change countermeasures
Set challenging targets based on international agreements, etc., create and promote new environmental measures through collaboration with suppliers and academia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and realize efficient use of energy. - Use of renewable/recycled resources
In addition to overall waste reduction targets, we have also set targets for reducing plastic waste and water, which are major sources of water pollution. We will make effort to achieve a circular economy by advancing environmentally friendly business activities and jointly developing recycling technologies. - Protection of Biodiversity
In addition to our efforts to conserve and restore natural capital, as an R & D-driven pharmaceutical company, we will establish unique reduction targets for hazardous chemical substances and make effort to minimize chemical substance risk throughout the product lifecycle in order to link our precious planet to the next generation.
KPIs and Goals for the Three Material Issues
| Material issues | KPIs | Goals (Base year 2019) |
|---|---|---|
| Climate change countermeasures (prevention of global warming) |
Scope 1+2*1 CO2 emissions |
40% reduction by 2025 60～75% reduction by 2030 Zero emissions by 2050 |
| Scope 1+2*1 Energy reduction |
5% reduction by 2025*2 15% reduction by 2030*2 |
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| Sustainable electricity ratio | 100% by 2025 | |
| Fuel consumption by MR vehicles | 35% reduction by 2025 75% reduction by 2030 |
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| Halogenated hydrocarbons | 25% reduction by 2025 100% reduction by 2030 (Base year 2020) |
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| Scope 3*1 CO2 emissions |
30% reduction by 2030 | |
| Use of renewable/recycled resources (Resource conservation/waste management) |
Industrial waste reduction | 5% reduction by 2025*2 10% reduction by 2030*2 |
| Plastic waste reduction | 5% reduction by 2025*2 10% reduction by 2030*2 |
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| Water resource conservation (water withdrawn) | 15% reduction by 2030*2 | |
| Protection of Biodiversity (Reduction of environmental load) |
Chemical substance management (SVHC*3) |
After 2021, manufacturing processes without using SVHC-listed chemicals are established for all Chugai original candidate molecules by commercial productions. |
| Hazardous waste reduction | 5% reduction by 2025*2 10% reduction by 2030*2 |
- *1 Scope 1: Direct emissions from fuel combustion, Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy, Scope 3: Indirect emissions other than Scope 1 and Scope 2 (Target added in 2021)
- *2 Per total floor area (Excluding leased properties)
- *3 Substances of Very High Concern
Environmental Action Goals/Plans
As we work toward achieving our mid-term environmental goals, we have implemented an ongoing program of environmental that involve setting yearly action goals or plans for each item based on the mid-term plan, evaluating the results, and reflecting those results in the following year’s plan.
Chugai Group Mid-Term Environmental Goals 2030 and Results [PDF 587KB]