Water Resources
Policy
In conjunction with climate change, deforestation, population increases, and other issues, the problems of water shortages, deterioration of water quality, and flooding, which are worsening on a global scale, are environmental risks that could severely impact our business activities. With an understanding that the sustainable use of water resources is a key issue, we have made water an explicit part of the Toyota Tsusho Group's Environmental Policy and we are actively working to reduce water consumption and reuse water.
To this end, we have formulated a water management plan within our ISO 14001 environmental management system. We have also set targets for one Group companies with high water burdens and are working to reduce those burdens.
The one out of 569 Group companies that have formulated water management plans account for 0.2% of the total.
Toyota Tsusho Group Water Usage Initiatives
The Toyota Tsusho Group is cognizant that the sustainable use of water resources is a crucial issue and expressly indicates this in its Group environmental policies. The Group is working to raise use efficiency and reduce usage by optimizing usage and implementing comprehensive re-use. We are working to reduce water consumption by reusing rain water in the washrooms at our Nagoya Head Office.
We evaluated water risks in countries where we operate using the WRI Aqueduct water risk assessment tool and identified regions in India and other countries at risk of severe water shortages, flooding, and so on (water-stressed regions). We conduct business in these regions with an understanding of the risks. To address the water released by business sites in Japan, we periodically maintain and manage water treatment facilities and conduct thorough management and monitoring of the concentrations of contaminants in waste water in accordance with voluntary standards.
The Group has no facilities, assets, production, or revenue in water stressed regions of Japan. In addition, we are not in violation of any national or regional licensing standards or restrictions concerning water quality or usage (including legal violations).
Our affiliate, Toyotsu Bharat Integrated Services Pvt. Ltd. (South), operates a technopark business in India. The park provides an optimized business environment for companies entering emerging markets for the first time, enabling them to focus on their core production activities. Specifically, by offering essential corporate functions such as general affairs and accounting, along with domestic wastewater treatment services, we help manufacturing companies establish operations in India more smoothly and support their business expansion.
In this technopark, we are promoting activities to reduce water risks in collaboration with external parties.We work with nearby transportation equipment factories, connecting their pipelines to collect domestic wastewater from each factory.We then centralize the purification process using our own wastewater treatment facilities, achieving efficient water management.
In addition, the treated water after purification is redistributed to each company and reused for gardening and daily activities.Through this collaboration with external parties, we are working to reduce water usage and have put in place a system that prevents wastewater from being discharged outside the site in order to protect environment of surrounding residents.
External Collaboration
CDP (Water Security)
Since 2017, we have been responding to the CDP water security questionnaire, a global information disclosure program on corporate water risks.
Performance Data
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withdrawal water volume | 7,112 | 7,914 | 8,252 | 8,177 | 8,033 |
| Discharge water volume | 6,525 | 7,408 | 7,734 | 7,438 | 7,261 |
*For this scope of calculation, only domestic water is included, so the intake water volume and waste water volume are the same.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shimane (1,000 m3) | 283 | 260 | 302 | 278 |
| Ehime (1,000 m3) | 403 | 375 | 331 | 223 |
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of water withdrawal (unit: 1,000m3) | Rivers, lakes, and natural ponds | 18 | 22 | 313 |
| Wells and boreholes (groundwater) | 6,984 | 7,727 | 8,099 | |
| Water collected at the mining site | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| City water (potable water) | 3,245 | 3,570 | 3,549 | |
| External drainage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rain water | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| Water collected from the ocean | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 10,288 | 11,319 | 12,003 | |
| FY2022 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely High | 22 | 83 |
| High | 137 | 58 |
| Medium - High | 45 | 90 |
| Low - Medium | 70 | 87 |
| Low | 116 | 36 |
・Bases with duplicate addresses will be counted as one base, and bases with only offices will be excluded.
・Scope of Aggregation:Toyota Tsusho Corporation and domestic and overseas consolidated subsidiaries
| FY2023 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Target | 38 liters/employee/day | 37 liters/employee/day |
| Result | 39 liters/employee/day | |
| Although in fiscal 2023, we were able to exceed our targets due to increased operation due to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic in 2023, we have set a goal of 37 liters/person/day in 2024, which is above the previous year's target. | ||
| FY2023 | FY2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Costs related to water-related risks (Includes costs for rainwater and sewage incineration, gutter repair, gutter cleaning, and other water-related risks) |
46,652,000 yen | 59,720,000 yen |
| Investment to mitigate water-related risks (Investment in small vacuum distillation equipment, small photochemical decomposition reactors, etc.) |
414,000 yen | 2,787,000 yen |
| Investment in R&D with universities to improve water use efficiency and mitigate water-related risks | 4,000,000 yen | 4,000,000 yen |
Third Party Certification
Third-party certification has been obtained from LRQA Group Limited for a portion of the performance data above.