ESG Data

Independent Assurance

The data below marked with ★ and ◆ is independently assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. This assurance is conducted in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 and 3410 of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).

★: Total electricity consumption and Scope1･Scope2 and its total attributable to Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation, and the waste, waste non-recycled, waste recycled, recycling rate, water consumption, treated water production volume and wastewater volume for the Tokyo Headquarters, and the volume of water withdrawal & wastewater discharge and Scope3 (Upstream Transportation & Distribution) attributable to distribution of ITOCHU Corporation.

◆: Total electricity consumption and Scope1･Scope2 and its total attributable to ITOCHU Group, NOx, SOx, VOC emissions of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Group and hazardous waste of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation and Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Group.

Scope of Aggregation

○：in scope of aggregation

Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation*1 Group Companies in Japan*2 Overseas Offices*3 Overseas Group Companies*4
Climate Change Energy Consumption Energy Consumption

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Fuel Consumption

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GHG Emissions from Business Facilities

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Scope1 Total Emissions Breakdown by GHG Type

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Scope3

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GHG Emissions (Scope1+2) Intensity

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Prevention of Pollution & Resource Circulation Prevention of Pollution NOx, SOx, VOC

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Resource Circulation Waste & Waste Recycling Rate

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Hazardous Waste

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Paper Consumption

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Water Resources Conservation Water Withdrawal and Wastewater Discharge Volume of Water Withdrawal & Wastewater Discharge, Water Withdrawal Amount by Withdrawal Source, Discharge Amount by Discharge Destination, Water Withdrawal in Water Stressed Regions, Water Consumption in Manufacturing Processes that are Highly Dependent on Water Resources (Intensity), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

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Environmental Accounting Environmental Conservation Costs, Environmental Conservation & Economic Effects

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  1. The Tokyo Headquarters, the Osaka Headquarters, 5 Branches (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Chubu, Chugoku & Shikoku, Kyushu).
    The number of offices including domestic branches: FYE 2019: 8, FYE 2020: 7, FYE 2021: 6, FYE 2022: 8, FYE 2023: 6 (Data coverage in FYE 2023: 100%)
    Up to FYE 2021, other branches had been included. Ippeki Villa Area is not included in the scope of the data FYE 2023 due to business transfer during the fiscal period.
  2. The number of companies covered: FYE 2019: 220, FYE 2020: 238, FYE 2021: 232, FYE 2022: 233, FYE 2023: 225 (Data coverage in FYE 2023: 100%)*5
  3. The number of overseas offices covered: FYE 2019: 30, FYE 2020: 29, FYE 2021: 49, FYE 2022: 46, FYE 2023: 43 (Data coverage in FYE 2023: 100%)
  4. The number of companies covered: FYE 2019: 282, FYE 2020: 286, FYE 2021: 274, FYE 2022: 254, FYE 2023: 257 (Data coverage in FYE 2023: 100%)*5
  5. The number of companies covered includes all the consolidated subsidiaries, including those held for investment management purposes. However, companies expected to be sold within the next five years held for investment management purposes are not included in the scope of the data. Moreover, non-manufacturing site offices with 10 or fewer employees are quantitatively insignificant. Accordingly, they are not included in the scope of the data.

Climate Change Performance Data

Energy Consumption

Energy Consumption

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Purchased and Consumed Non-Renewable Fuel (Unit: MWh)

525

691

640

580

331
Purchased Non-renewable Power (Unit: MWh)

29,306

28,747

27,320

27,107

26,332
Other Purchased Non-renewable Energy (e.g., Steam, Heat and Cooling Water) (Unit: MWh)

7,605

7,385

7,401

6,869

7,046
Generated Renewable Energy (Solar Power Generation*) (Unit: MWh)

51

54

60

63

61
Total of Energy Consumption Cost (Unit: million JPY)

404

537

571

573

652
  • Solar Power Generation
    ITOCHU has installed solar panels on the roof of our Tokyo Headquarters and the roof of the adjacent ITOCHU Garden (former CI PLAZA). These panels started generating power in March 2010. The power generation capacity of the solar panels installed is a total of 100 kW. This is equivalent to the power for 30 regular houses (calculated at approximately 3.0 kW per house). All the clean energy generated is used in our Tokyo Headquarters. This is equivalent to an amount of power used in lighting 3.5 floors in our Tokyo Headquarters (during maximum instantaneous power generation).

Energy Consumption Attributable to Business Facilities

(Unit: GJ)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Tokyo Headquarters*

127,824

126,135

121,290

118,419

118,627
  • The figures for the Tokyo Headquarters are calculated based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on Environmental Preservation.

Electricity Consumption

(Unit: MWh)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation*

11,014

10,759

10,231

10,214

★ 9,269
Group Companies in Japan

878,025

1,204,830

1,248,258

1,202,311

975,320
Overseas Offices

2,118

2,098

3,515

3,469

3,126
Overseas Group Companies

590,175

447,462

437,030

422,880

538,683
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group

1,481,382

1,665,148

1,699,034

1,638,874

◆ 1,526,398
  • This data has been calculated based on the Act on the Rational Use of Energy for the Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation. The Tokyo Headquarters is sourcing its real CO2-free electricity together with a Non-Fossil Fuel Certificate since January 2020. The Non-Fossil Fuel Certificate includes the tracking information of Maebashi Biomass Power Plant (Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture) and is used at the Tokyo Head Office building in combination with purchased electricity.

Heat and Steam Consumption

(Unit: GJ)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
ITOCHU Group Industrial Steam

494,035

541,932

488,429

520,936

851*1
Non-industrial Steam

13,998

14,452

15,462

14,532

14,593
Hot Water

4,781

4,860

5,710

6,285

4,745
Cold Water

82,139

75,227

67,618

62,874

22,353*2
  1. In FYE 2023, a group company became non-consolidated subsidiaries and is not included in the calculation, which causes significant decrease from the previous fiscal year.
  2. Decreased in FYE 2023 due to sales of some business sites of a group company.

Fuel Consumption

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
ITOCHU Group Kerosene (Unit: kL)

4,468

2,609

3,387

3,086

2,151
Light Oil (Unit: kL)

39,362

41,790

48,460

46,262

48,762
Gasoline (Unit: kL)

12,598

12,759

12,688

11,547

11,619
Heavy Oil A (Unit: kL)

18,289

20,432

18,969

58,137

19,292
Heavy Oil B and C (Unit: kL)

16,551

25,942

25,546

13,595

20,784
Coal (Unit: t)

333,176

315,148

325,431

292,371

192,663
Petroleum gas Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (Unit: t)

6,614

11,966

11,294

13,575

14,661
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (Unit: thousand m3)

496

472

469

1,200

578
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (Unit: kL)

-

186

1,209

660

564
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Gas (Unit: thousand m3)

1,860

340

3

3

3
Combustible Natural Gas Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) (Unit: t)

3,161

5,698

4,524

11,654

2,534
Other Combustible Natural Gas (Unit: thousand m3)

14,565

14,115

12,761

7,101

27,749
City Gas, etc. City Gas (Unit: thousand m3)

33,552

26,692

46,793

37,107

33,931
Other Gas (Unit: thousand m3)

158

242

404

0

0

Energy Intensity

Energy Consumption from ITOCHU's Domestic Sites (Intensity Unit)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Per Employee
(Total of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation)
(Unit: GJ/employee)

18.325

16.070

15.536

15.245

14.418
Per One Square Meter of All Floor Space
(Total of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation)
(Unit: GJ/m2)

0.688

0.684

0.576

0.564

0.539
  • The denominators of intensity figures per one square meter of all floor space are as follows: FYE 2019: 115,842 m2, FYE 2020: 101,545 m2, FYE 2021: 114,920 m2, FYE 2022: 113,434 m2, FYE 2023: 111,945 m2

GHG Emissions

Scope1・Scope2

(Unit: thousand t-CO2e)

FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Scope1

0

0

0

0

★ 0
Scope2

7

7

6

6

★ 6
Scope1+2

7

7

7

6

★ 6
ITOCHU Group Scope1

1,213

1,203

1,522

1,485

◆ 1,166
Scope2

771

836

800

716

◆ 600
Scope1+2

1,985

2,038

2,322

2,201

◆ 1,766

GHG Emissions from Business Facilities

(Unit: thousand t-CO2e)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Tokyo Headquarters

6

6

6

6

★ 6
Non-Fossil Certificate

0

0

4

4

4
Net Scope2

6

6

3

2

2
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation

7

7

7

6

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Group Companies in Japan

1,361

1,526

1,611

1,507

1,133
Overseas Offices

3

2

3

3

3
Overseas Group Companies

614

504

701

684

625
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group

1,985

2,038

2,322

2,201

◆ 1,766

Scope1 Total Emissions Breakdown by GHG Type

(Unit: thousand t-CO2e)

Global Warming Potential (GWP)
(t-CO2e)		 FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Scope1 Total Emissions

-

1,213

1,203

1,522

1,485

1,166
Energy Consumption CO2

-

1,161

1,158

1,234

1,214

907
Total GHG Emissions other than CO2 from Energy Consumption

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52

44

288

270

259
Breakdown Non-energy Consumption CO2

1

0

0

0

0

16
Methane (CH4)

25

0

1

118

136

122
Dinitrogen Monoxide (N2O)

298

18

18

119

108

103
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs)

7,390～10,300

34

24

51

26

18
Perfluorocarbon (PFCs)

-

0

0

0

0

0
Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)

-

0

0

0

0

0
Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3)

-

0

0

0

0

0
  • The calculation of GHG uses the GHG Protocol developed by WRI (the World Resources Institute) and WBCSD (the World Business Council for Sustainable Development), and is aggregated according to the Management Control Standards(the control approach).
  • The data has been calculated based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on Environmental Preservation for the Tokyo Headquarters and based on the Act on the Rational Use of Energy and the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures for the Osaka Headquarters, Branches in Japan, business facilities and group companies in Japan. Basic emission factors are used up to FYE 2021, and adjusted emission factors are used from FYE 2022 concerning consumed electricity. For FYE 2023, the adjusted emission factors for each electric power company published by the Ministry of the Environment in January 2023 are applied.
  • From FYE 2020, the data has been calculated based on the CO2 conversion coefficient according to the data of 2018 by country of the International Energy Agency (IEA) for overseas offices and overseas group companies. The data before FYE 2019 has been calculated based on the average of the CO2 conversion coefficient between 2010 and 2012. We used IEA 2020 data for calculation of the figures of FYE 2023.
  • From the FYE 2019 data, GHG emissions other than CO2 from energy consumption, are also included. GHG emissions other than CO2 from energy consumption from group companies that emit more than 3,000 t-CO2e per year are aggregated and disclosed.
  • We started including “CH4 and N2O emissions associated with pig breeding and excrement management” and “HFC emissions due to leaks from refrigerating equipment, etc.” with FYE 2019 data, and started further including “CH4 emissions associated with wastewater treatment”, “CH4 emissions associated with composting and landfilling waste” and “N2O emissions associated with the use of fertilizer on farms” with FYE 2021 data.
  • GHG emissions derived from fluorocarbons are as follows:
    • Group Companies in Japan: Calculated according to the calculation method stipulated by Act on Rational Use and Appropriate Management of Fluorocarbons. However, HCFC is not included in the aggregation.
    • Overseas Group Companies: Calculated based on the charging amount of fluorocarbons used as refrigerants.
  • The global warming potential (GWP: Global Warming Potential) for the calculation of GHG emissions other than CO2 from energy consumption is based on GWP 100 of the IPCC 4th Assessment Report (AR4).
  • GHG emissions other than CO2 have several tens to several tens of thousands of times of greenhouse effect compared to CO2, and t-CO2e is used as a unit for expressing that greenhouse effect equivalent to CO2.

Scope3

(Unit: thousand t-CO2e)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Capital Goods*1

373

800

660

621

598
Fuel & Energy Related Activities*2

239

328

310

389

342
Upstream Transportation & Distribution*3

15

13

12

10

★ 12
Waste Generated in Operations*4

229

235

369

350

298
Business Travel*5

71

56

21

25

44
Employee Commuting*6

27

25

25

23

18
Franchises*7

1,222

1,152

1,089

1,048

1,025

Emission intensity is selected mainly from the Inventory Database for Calculation of an Organization’s GHG Emissions through the Supply Chain issued by the Ministry of Environment of Japan including the latest version and the Inventory Database for Environmental Analysis (IDEA) Ver.2.2 developed by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry.

  1. Calculated by multiplying the amount of fixed assets acquired (consolidated basis) in the relevant fiscal year by the emission intensity per capital goods price.
  2. Calculated using various emission intensities for fuel, heat, and purchased electricity collected during Scope 1 and Scope 2 calculations. Emissions from the generation of wholesale and retail electricity are also included in this category.
  3. Emissions related to domestic contracted transportation of ITOCHU Corporation as the shipper are calculated based on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation and Reporting Manual issued by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  4. Calculated based on various waste and wastewater emissions intensity for the entire ITOCHU Group.
  5. Calculated based on the consolidated accounting data of the ITOCHU Group. The emissions intensity is used for each type of business trip. In FYE 2023, the GHG reduction effect of 100t-CO2e was included applying “Certificate of CO2 Reduction Effect by SAF” which we purchased through “SAF Flight Initiative” offered by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
  6. The consolidated commuting expenses are estimated based on ITOCHU’s commuting expenses and the number of employees, and then the figure is calculated using the emission intensity of railway commuting.
  7. The difference between Scope 1 and Scope 2 of franchisees of related consolidated subsidiaries of the ITOCHU Group and Scope 1 and Scope 2 of those subsidiaries is recorded.

Carbon Intensity

GHG (Scope1+2) Emissions from ITOCHU's Domestic Sites and ITOCHU Group (Intensity Unit)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Per Employee
(Total of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation) (Unit: t-CO2e/employee)

1.622

1.596

1.552

1.540

1.439
Per One Square Meter of All Floor Space
(Total of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation) (Unit: t-CO2e/m2)

0.061

0.068

0.058

0.057

0.054
Per MWh of Electricity Consumption
(Grand Total of ITOCHU Group) (Unit: t-CO2e/MWh)

0.524

0.502

0.471

0.437

0.393
  • The denominators of intensity figures per one square meter of all floor space are as follows: FYE 2019: 115,842 m2, FYE 2020: 101,545 m2, FYE 2021: 114,920 m2, FYE 2022: 113,434 m2, FYE 2023: 111,945 m2

CO2 Emissions by Beverage Manufacturing Companies (Intensity Unit)

Business Profile Company Name (Boundary) Unit FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Beverage Manufacturing

Clear Water Tsunan Co., Ltd.
(Soft drink manufacturing and sales business)

t-CO2e / production capacity in kL

0.091

0.081

0.088

0.080

0.062

Pollution Prevention and Resource Circulation Performance Data

Pollution Prevention

NOx, SOx, VOC

(Unit: t)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Group*1 NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)*2

1,337

1,378

1,569

1,437*4

◆ 1,108
SOx (Sulfur Oxides)*2

442

514

416

416

◆ 370
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)*3

419

424

445

400

◆ 219
Overseas Bases of ITOCHU Group NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)*2

1,403

1,293

1,458

1,656

131
SOx (Sulfur Oxides)*2

795

648

333

545

284
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)*3

168

168

182

192

222
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)*2

2,740

2,671

3,027

3,093*4

1,239
SOx (Sulfur Oxides)*2

1,237

1,162

749

961

653
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)*3

587

592

627

592

441
  1. The data are calculated for the business bases located in Japan.
  2. NOx and SOx emissions are calculated for soot and smoke generating facilities under the Air Pollution Control Act.
  3. VOC emissions are calculated for compounds that fall under the VOC 100 types indicated in the notification of the Air Pollution Control Act by the Ministry of the Environment. The main compounds to be counted include ethyl acetate, propyl acetate and isopropyl alcohol. See Attachment 1 of “Enforcement of the Act to Partially Amend the Air Pollution Control Act” (Notice of the Ministry of the Environment, No. 050617001, Kankan Daihatsu, dated June 17, 2005).
  4. Data for FYE 2022 have been revised due to an error in the calculation.

Resource Circulation

Waste Generated and Waste Recycling Rate

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Tokyo Headquarters Waste Generated (Unit: t)

680

767

465

469

★ 428
Waste Non-recycled

48

44

31

30

★ 39
Waste Recycled

632

723

434

439

★ 389
Recycling Rate (Unit: %)

92.9

94.3

93.4

93.7

★ 90.9
Osaka Headquarters, Branches and Other Business Facilities in Japan Waste Generated (Unit: t)

6,758

1,354

1,226

2,265

3,160
Group Companies in Japan Waste Generated (Unit: t)

89,210

149,949

248,465

141,355

110,911
Overseas Offices Waste Generated (Unit: t)

17

9

41

238

449
Overseas Group Companies Waste Generated (Unit: t)

364,476

461,018

504,085

504,296

525,187
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group Waste Generated (Unit: t)

460,844

613,097

754,283

648,623

640,135
Waste Non-recycled

-

450,376

584,567

194,374

132,496
Waste Recycled

-

162,721

169,716

454,249

507,639
Recycling rate (Unit: %)

-

27

23

70

79
  • The waste generated of the Tokyo Headquarters includes the amount sold as valuables.
  • Due to the increase in the number of companies subject to aggregation, the figure for FYE 2019 has increased significantly compared to FYE 2018.

Hazardous Waste Generated

(Unit: t)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation・Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Group*1 *2

0.3

329

750

251

◆ 226
Overseas Offices・Overseas Bases of ITOCHU Group

-

1,111

1,111

1,063

4,374
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group

-

1,440

1,861

1,314

4,600
  1. The data are calculated for the business bases located in Japan.
  2. The amount of specially controlled industrial waste specified in the “Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing Law” is totaled.
  • The data of FYE 2019 include only those of Tokyo Headquarters and Osaka Headquarters of ITOCHU Corporation.

Paper Consumption

(Unit: thousand sheets (A4 equivalent))

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Copy Paper Consumption

30,711

26,913

19,167

14,916

14,383

Water Resources Performance Data

Water Withdrawal and Wastewater Discharge

Volume of Water Withdrawal & Wastewater Discharge

(Unit: thousand m3)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Tokyo Headquarters City Water Usage

47

42

29

30

★ 37
Treated water production volume

31

34

25

27

★ 32
Wastewater Discharge

59

60

41

41

★ 50
Osaka Headquarters, Branches and Other Business Facilities in Japan* Water withdrawal

-

73

61

84

4
Wastewater discharge

-

170

133

169

6
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Water withdrawal

-

115

90

115

★ 41
Wastewater discharge

-

230

173

210

★ 56
Group Companies in Japan* Water withdrawal

32,335

21,947

24,540

25,228

14,833
Wastewater discharge

51,913

9,594

14,269

14,926

9,835
Overseas Offices* Water withdrawal

5

5

16

31

39
Wastewater discharge

5

5

15

31

39
Overseas Group Companies* Water withdrawal

106,182

72,064

48,494

32,747

30,208
Wastewater discharge

34,380

16,394

21,723

16,319

14,347
Grand Total of ITOCHU Group Water withdrawal

-

94,132

73,140

58,120

45,121
Wastewater discharge

-

26,223

36,180

31,486

24,277
  • If we do not know the wastewater discharge, we have calculated it assuming that it is the same as the volume of water consumption.
  • The amount of wastewater discharge from Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation until FYE 2022 includes wastewater from sewage treatment plants that receive and treat sewage from third parties, so the amount of wastewater greatly exceeds the amount of water withdrawal.
  • FYE 2023, water withdrawal and wastewater volume decreased significantly from the previous fiscal year because the business of the Ippeki villa area was transferred during the fiscal year and is not included in the calculation.

Water Withdrawal Amount by Withdrawal Source

(Unit: thousand m3)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
ITOCHU Group Supplied Water Usage, Industrial Water

9,560

10,764

12,119

11,655

11,669
Groundwater Withdrawal

92,899

46,764

20,516

16,702

15,349
Water Taken from Rivers, Lakes, Rainwater

31,740

26,323

31,402

19,729

18,079
Water Taken from Seawater

4,339

10,269

9,068

10,015

0
Others (External wastewater, Produced Water, etc.)

0

11

34

19

25
Grand Total

138,538

94,132

73,140

58,120

45,121

Discharge Amount by Discharge Destination

(Unit: thousand m3)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
ITOCHU Group Water Discharged to Treatment Facility (e.g. Sewage)

57,669

3,664

7,181

9,893

7,052
Water Discharged to Groundwater

9,243

5,731

11,639

6,464

3,912
Water Discharged to Rivers, Lakes

12,992

10,464

10,251

12,581

10,730
Water Discharged to Sea

6,453

6,130

6,679

1,905

1,857
Others

-

-

431

642

725
Grand Total

86,358

25,989

36,181

31,486

24,277

Water Withdrawal in Water Stressed Regions

The amount of water withdrawal at sites with high risk and extremely high risk (>40%) identified using the WRI Aqueduct tool developed by WRI (World Resources Institute) is as follows. Assuming the total amount of water withdrawal in FYE 2022 as 100%, the amount of water withdrawal at sites with high risk is 4%, and that at sites with extremely high risk is 2%.

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
High Risk (40-80%) Number of Sites

5

6

7

4

5
Water Withdrawal (thousand m3)

188

2,201

2,786

2,449

2,478
Extremely High Risk (>80%) Number of Sites

2

2

3

3

5
Water Withdrawal (thousand m3)

583

623

1,096

1,362

1,167

Water Consumption in Manufacturing Processes that are Highly Dependent on Water Resources (Intensity)

Category Boundary Unit FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Beverage Manufacturing

Clear Water Tsunan Co., Ltd.
(Soft drink manufacturing and sales business)

Water Consumption m3
/ Production Volume in kL)

2.01

1.95

1.85

1.82

1.83

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)　Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD）

Unit FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
ITOCHU Group discharge amount into Water

BOD load

t

39,099

28,622

52,612

COD load

t

213,808

135,710

231,914

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

Category Boundary Unit FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Chemical

C.I. TAKIRON Corporation (factory)

mg/L

3.90

2.78

2.20

2.80

1.50

Environmental Accounting

Environmental Conservation Costs

(Unit: thousands of yen)

Classification Items FYE 2023
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Costs inside Business Areas

Costs related to pollution prevention, global environmental conservation, and resource recycling

131,558
Upstream & Downstream Costs

Additional costs for reducing environmental impact, green procurement costs, and containers and packaging recycling.

12,203
(Green Procurement Costs)

6,215
Management Activity Costs

Costs for the development and operation of environmental management systems and environmental education for employees

242,835
Research and Development Costs

R & D costs for products contributing to environmental conservation

500
Social Activity Costs

Costs for environmental improvement measures such as nature conservation, greening, beautification, and landscape preservation, as well as donations and support to organizations engaged in environmental conservation

8,799
Costs to Address Environmental Damage

Costs for nature restoration, compensation for damages related to environmental conservation, etc.

26,215
Grand Total of Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation

422,109
  • Summarized based on the Environmental Accounting Guidelines - 2005 Edition from the Ministry of the Environment.

Environmental Conservation & Economic Effects

  FYE 2023
Environmental Conservation Effects Economic Effects
(Unit: thousands of yen)
Japanese Bases of ITOCHU Corporation Paper Usage

533 thousand sheets

340
Electricity Usage

945 MWh

-79,055
Tokyo Head Office Waste Generated

41 t

1,883
Water Usage

-15,375 m3

-7,145
  • Environmental conservation and economic effects are calculated by subtracting actual values for the current fiscal year from those for the previous fiscal year.

Understanding the Situation of our Environmental Obligations

We do not limit ourselves to just supporting statutory requirements in regards to the environmental risks in the tangible fixed assets (e.g., land and buildings) of ITOCHU alone and our group companies — in particular, asbestos, PCB and soil contamination; we also look to understand the situation through surveys voluntarily and then aim to respond in a way that is helpful to prompt management policy decisions and judgments. As of March 2023, we estimate the cost of waste disposal at JPY 33 million, which is a reasonably estimable amount (shadow cost) for future environmental liabilities.

Independent Assurance

Independent Assurance Report (PDF：2.9MB)[PDF]: ★Data assured by KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd, an external assurance provider based on the international standard ISAE 3000.

  • Regarding range of tallied data, figures not labeled as Consolidated are placed under Non-Consolidated.

Employee Status (as of March 31 for each respective year)

  Non-Consolidated Consolidated
Employees Men Women Avg. Age Avg. Annual Salary (Yen) Employees Temporary Staff
2023★

4,112

3,111

1,001

42.4

17,300,799

110,698

44,705
2022

4,170

3,180

990

42.2

15,797,516

115,124

43,195
2021

4,215

3,227

988

42.0

16,278,110

125,944

45,885
  • The number of temporary employees is the average number of employees for each fiscal year.

Gender Pay-Gap

All Employees Full-time Employees Part-time Employees

59.1%

60.5%

41.6%
  • The formula of the caluculation is [“average womens’ annual salary” ÷ “average mens’ annual salary”].

Employees by Operating Segment★ (as of March 31, 2023)

(Unit: People)

  Textile Machinery Metals &
Minerals		 Energy &
Chemicals		 Food General
Products &
Realty		 ICT &
Financial Business		 The 8th Others Total
Non-
consolidated

306

396

156

358

392

254

208

44

908

3,022
Consolidated

6,300

13,412

495

12,100

34,667

17,800

16,140

7,163

2,621

110,698

Overseas Bloc Employees by Region★ (as of March 31, 2023)

(Unit: People)

North America South America Europe / CIS Africa Middle East East Asia Asia / Oceania
National Staff

131

110

267

63

108

572

592
Rotational Staff

56

17

60

13

21

68

102
Overseas Trainees

16

4

12

2

4

17

26
TOTAL

2,261
  • Overseas bloc employees by region counts employees who are assigned to overseas subsidiaries or overseas branches/offices.

Number of Overseas Local Employee Management Personnel (as of March 31, 2023)

(Unit: People)

North America South America Europe / CIS Africa Middle East East Asia Asia / Oceania
Management Personnel

86

38

81

9

29

310

166
  • Equivalent to headquarters management positions

Share of Women in Career-track / Managerial / General Managerial / Executive Positions
(as of March 31 for each Respective Year)

(Unit: People)

  Career-track Managerial*1 General Managerial*2 Executive Positions
Total Women Share Total Women Share Total Women Share Total Women Share
2023

★ 3,331

★ 375

★ 11.3%

★ 2,541

★ 219

★ 8.6%

401*2

3*2

0.7%*2

★ 41

★ 4

★ 9.8%
2022

3,395

359

10.6%

2,569

210

8.2%

413

3

0.7%

42

4

9.5%
2021

3,435

346

10.1%

2,588

209

8.1%

411

3

0.7%

46

4

8.7%
  1. Since 2023, the definition of managers has been partially revised. In addition to general managers who hold a certain level or higher, since 2023, those in special positions and associate executive officers are also eligible. Accordingly, the number of employees and ratio of 2022 and 2021 have been revised retroactively.
  2. Since 2023, we have disclosed the level of general managers as one of the indicators of women’s performance.

Women Rotational Staff (as of March 31, 2023)

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Employment of Disabled Persons
(as of March 1 for each Respective Year)

  Percentage of Disabled Employees (%)
2023★

2.48
2022

2.43
2021

2.32
  • ITOCHU Corporation, ITOCHU UNIDAS Co., Ltd. and ITOCHU Human Resources & General Services Co., Ltd are included in the scope of the figure.

Number of Hires by Gender and Adoption Rate for Mid-Career

  Number of Hires by Gender (Unit:People) Adoption Rate for Mid-Career (Unit:%)
New-Graduates Mid-Career Total
Men Women Total Men Women Total
FYE 2023★

73

34

107

7

6

13

120

11
FYE 2022*

79

36

115

0

1

1

116

1
FYE 2021*

84

36

120

5

2

7

127

6
  • Although Number of Hires by Gender has been calculated at the date of April 1st each year, the scope of the period has been changed to fiscal year (1st of April - End of March) from FYE 2023. Due to the change of the scope of the period, we have corrected the data for previous years.

Average Years Employed and Voluntary Resignation Rate (Non-Consolidated)

  Avg. Years Employed Voluntary Resignation Rate
Men Women Total Men Women Total
FYE 2023★

18.3

18.3

18.3

1.9%

1.6%

1.8%
FYE 2022

18.1

18.4

18.2

1.7%

1.5%

1.6%
FYE 2021

17.8

18.4

17.9

1.2%

2.4%

1.5%
  • Positions: career-track, clerical, special
    Turnover rate is calculated according to the following formula.
    Voluntary resignations ÷ employees at end of fiscal year

ITOCHU Corporation has a long average number of years employed of 18 years and only around 1.8% of employees voluntarily resign. It is a company where many employees choose to stay for the long-term.

Use of Childcare & Nursing Care Programs

Childcare

(Unit: People)

Childcare leave*1 Childcare leave acquisition rate*2 Leave to nurse sick children Shorter working hours for childcare Special parental leave Percentage of employees returning to work*3
FYE 2023★ Men

39

52%

67

0

4

96%
Women

48

100%

125

89

19
Total

87

71%

192

89

23
FYE 2022 Men

32

34%

71

0

7

100%
Women

47

104%

124

94

16
Total

79

56%

195

94

23
FYE 2021 Men

31

34%

49

0

8

97%
Women

49

87%

105

96

28
Total

80

55%

154

96

36
  1. Parental leave includes parental leave at birth (postpartum paternity leave).
  2. The percentage of employees taking parental leave is newly disclosed beginning with the current fiscal year and including prior fiscal years. Accordingly, the method of calculating the number of employees taking parental leave has been revised retroactively to include prior fiscal years. The number of employees taking parental leave is the number of employees who started taking such leave during the current fiscal year. The rate of employees taking parental leave is the ratio of the number of employees who started taking parental leave during the fiscal year to the number of employees who gave birth during the fiscal year (For men, the number of male employees whose spouses gave birth). (Including the number of employees seconded from other companies)
  3. The percentage of employees (including those seconded to other companies) returning to work after childcare leave is calculated according to the following formula: the number of employees returning to work after childcare leave during the current fiscal year/the number of employees who finished taking childcare leave during the current fiscal year.

Nursing Care and Family Support Leave

(Unit: People)

Nursing care leave Leave for nursing care Shorter working hours for nursing care Special nursing care leave Family Support Leave
FYE 2023★ Men

0

23

0

4

55
Women

0

45

3

9

70
Total

0

68

3

13

125
FYE 2022 Men

1

18

0

3

70
Women

0

47

5

9

72
Total

1

65

5

12

142
FYE 2021 Men

1

23

0

0

79
Women

0

46

5

8

63
Total

1

69

5

8

142

Occupational Health and Safety Data (Non-Consolidated Employees*1)

  FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023★
  Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Number who Suffered from Occupational Accidents (Number which Occurred During Commute)*2

4 (3)

1 (1)

5 (4)

0 (0)

3 (0)

0 (0)
Number of Fatalities

0

0

0

0

0

0
OIFR (Occupational Illness Frequency Rate)*3

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00
Number who Suffered Lost Time Incidents (LTI)*4

1

0

0

0

0

0
LTIFR (Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate)*5

0.21

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00
  1. Employees targeted: Full-time employees — career-track employees, clerical employees, those in special positions and employees temporarily assigned to us
    Part-time employee — contract employees
  2. Number who suffered from occupational accidents: The total number of those who suffered from of occupational accidents or non-LTI due to their work and those injured during their commute.
  3. OIFR: The rate of incidence of lost-time accidents corresponding to disease per million hours (calculated as the number of people suffering from LTI due to illness divided by the total number of working hours times 1 million)
  4. Lost time incidents (LTI) are situations in which a work-related injury or illness causes the victim to be absent from work on the following day. (occupational accidents)
  5. LTIFR: The rate of occurrence of incidents that caused employees to miss work per million working hours (calculated as the number of sufferers of LTI divided by the total number of working hours times 1 million)

Performance Benchmarking Against Industry Average (Wholesalers and Retailers with Over 100 Employees)

  2019 2020 2021
Lost-time Incident Rate

2.09

2.27

2.31
  • The data above references the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s 2020 Research on Work-related Accident Trends

Time/Cost Allotted for Employee Skills Development Training

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Total annual training time (hours) 160,510 168,425 92,431 112,574 87,841
  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Average training/development hours per regular employee (hours)* 37.46 39.53*1 21.93 27.00 21.36
Average training/development cost per regular employee (thousand yen) 444*2 407*2 260 269 396
  • Calculation method: total annual training hours / employees at end of fiscal year
  • The reduction is due to the impact of COVID-19
  • Data for *1 and *2 are revised because some of the aggregate data has been revised.

Attendance in Major Training

(Unit: People)

Training FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023
Quick Mastering Business Management Course 96 110 152 172 173
Global Development Program 141 154 0 (Cancel) 0 (Not implemented) 33
Organization Manager Workshop 405 337 341 624 1,401
Short-Term Business School Dispatch 31 37 8 7 16
Junior Chinese/Special Language Dispatch 39 10 0 (Cancel) 0 (Not implemented) 5
Chinese Lessons 237 158 205 189 193
Career Vision Support Training (total) 1,885 1,940 2,067 1,851 1,419

FYE 2023 Human Rights Training Record★

(Unit: People)

  Number of Participants
Group ESG Managers Conference

94
New Employee Training

110
Training for Newly Appointed Section Managers

55
Pre-overseas Appointment Training

212
Training for New Officers of Group Companies

124
Sustainability Survey Workshop

90
Total

685

Support for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Fiscal Year Theme
2023 (Offline・Online)
  1. Introduction of Health and Child Care Concierge
  2. Balancing Pregnancy with Pregnancy and Introducing Support Programs
  3. Basic LGBTQ knowledge and partnerships
  4. Male parental leave
  5. Balance with nursing care
FYE 2022 (Online)
  1. (1) Balancing career and nursing care
    1. (i) Nursing care and money / nursing care insurance
    2. (ii) Home care
    3. (iii) Nursing care in a facility
  2. (2) Balancing career and life: work style reform and child-rearing for couples
  3. (3) Basic knowledge on LGBTs
  4. (4) Women’s career and health
    1. (i) Uterine cancer and breast cancer seminar
    2. (ii) Women’s health seminar series
  5. (5) Advancement of women (talk by an officer)
FYE 2021 (Online)
  1. (1) Nursing care
    1. (i) To balance work and nursing care: Keys to nursing care in the COVID-19 era
    2. (ii) Elderly monitoring service individual consultation meetings
  2. (2) Male childcare leave seminar series (a version for those taking childcare leave and a version for the superiors/coworkers of those taking childcare leave)
  3. (3) Basic LGBT seminar
  4. (4) Women’s careers and health
    1. (i) Life stage with health
    2. (ii) Gynecological cancer (uterine cancer and breast cancer)

Attendance in Training Related to Health and Safety Standards (Non-Consolidated Employees)

(Unit: People)

  FYE 2019 FYE 2020 FYE 2021 FYE 2022 FYE 2023★
General Training Covering Health and Safety Standards*1

3,543

3,629

1,447

841

2,690
Human Resources-led Training Covering Health and Safety Standards*2

48

453

74

63

358
  1. The total number of participants in training new recruits (career-track employees and clerical employees), training for newly appointed section managers, training prior to overseas assignment, and the comprehensive emergency drill at the Tokyo headquarters.
  2. The total number of participants in Career vision training (including mindfulness courses and mental health management courses).

FYE 2023 Number of Employees that Received Our Main Health and Safety-related Trainings

(Unit: People)

Type of Training Training Details Number of Employee Attendees
Training New Recruits

Employees newly joining ITOCHU are informed on the importance of health for their personal life and their career. The training includes information on mental health and lifestyle-related diseases. Employees are also educated on the company’s health and safety management by our occupational physician and our clinical psychologist.

110
New Manager Training on Health Management

For newly promoted junior managers, industrial physicians and clinical psychologists provide training on how to guide and manage the health and safety of subordinates through case-studies. The training also provides guidance on how to maintain one’s own health once promoted to their new positions.

55
Training in Preparation for Overseas Assignments or Junior Overseas Training

The training is mainly conducted by our occupational physician, and covers health issues that are likely to occur in relevant countries, as well as crucial differences in medical environments and lifestyles between Japan and assigned countries. The training also covers necessary preparations that are recommended prior to dispatch, and information on how to receive health checkups during their assignment. We also provide the same training for the family members of our employees, and provide information on key contact points and resources in case of emergencies.

216