Environment

Changes in Actual GHG Emissions Volume by Area (Scope 1, Scope2) 

(Unit: Tons)
ARC
  Fiscal 2015 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022
Ratio
(%)
Japan 166,857 75 94,522 77 89,725 76 89,709 76
Scope 1 61,036   46,217   46,662   44,253  
Scope 2 105,821   48,305   43,063   45,456  
US 31,185 14 13,880 11 12,448 10 12,673 11
Scope 1 20,742   7,139   5,686   6,418  
Scope 2 10,443   6,741   6,762   6,256  
Established Markets 16,725 8 8,601 7 9,913 8 8,917 8
Scope 1 13,073   7,799   9,115   8,324  
Scope 2 3,652   802   798   593  
Greater China 3,349 2 3,623 3 3,956 3 3,697 3
Scope 1 14   29   47   29  
Scope 2 3,335   3,594   3,909   3,668  
International Markets 4,628 2 2,695 2 2,636 2 2,647 2
Scope 1 3,635   2,092   2,181   2,147  
Scope 2 994   603   455   499  
Total 222,744 - 123,320 - 118,679 - 117,644 -
Scope 1 98,500   63,276   63,691   61,171  
Scope 2 124,244   60,044   54,988   56,473  

Non-energy GHG emissions are less than 5% of total emissions and therefore not included in the disclosed data.

 

Changes in GHG Emissions Volume Generated by Sales Activities

(Unit: Tons)
ARC
  Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022
Total emissions from the use of sales fleet 12,980 12,697 12,378

When it cannot be directly measured, CO2 emissions are estimated based on fuel purchase costs, annual average fuel usage by company vehicles or private vehicles (if used in sales activities) and other factors. Figures do not include data from Asia/Oceania region (with partial exception).

 

Indirect GHGs (Scope 3) 

  FY2015 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Upstream Scope3 emissions
Category GHG emissions
1 Purchased goods and services *1 200,054 tons 116,160 tons 158,315 tons 219,559 tons
2 Capital goods *2 142,271 tons 90,798 tons 100,098 tons 168,011 tons
3 Fuel and energy related activities (not included in Scope1 and Scope2) 28,400 tons 30,601 tons 30,590 tons 30,096 tons
4 Transportation and distribution
(upstream) *3
19,423 tons 17,823 tons 17,436 tons 16,528 tons
5 Waste generated in operation  3,600 tons 2,605 tons 1,496 tons 1,281 tons
6 Business travel (by airplane) *4 53,528 tons 7,255 tons 2,410 tons 6,940 tons
7 Employee commuting *5 5,092 tons 2,328 tons 2,187 tons 2,119 tons
8 Leased assets (upstream) Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant
Downstream Scope3 emissions
Category GHG emissions
9 Transportation and distribution
(downstream)
Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant
10 Processing of sold products Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant
11 Use of sold products Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
12 End-of-life treatment of sold products 807 tons 544 tons 466 tons 424 tons
13 Leased assets (downstream) Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant 48 tons *6
14 Franchises  Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant
15 Investments Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant Not relevant

*1 Raw materials delivered to all production sites (globally) are included from fiscal 2022. Data for newly added overseas production bases has been retroactively adjusted for previous fiscal years (fiscal 2015, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021). 
*2 The method of ascertaining the capital investment amount, which is an activity amount, was revised and has been retroactively adjusted for previous fiscal years (fiscal 2015, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021).
・Software (intangible assets) purchase amounts have been recorded as non-current assets.
・Acquisition values of land and right-of-use assets have been excluded.
・Construction in progress aggregation method has changed** (amount reclassified from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment is the amount applied as the amount of activity).
**Category 2 data was revised as of Sep 11th, 2023 because we had applied the amount of "Construction in progress", not the amount transferred to tangible assets, to calculating GHG from capital goods.
*3 GHG emissions from the transportation of products and other goods at overseas production facilities for which Astellas is the shipper are disclosed starting from fiscal 2022 results. This data has been retroactively added for previous fiscal years (fiscal 2015, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021).
*4 Revised the application method for the emissions coefficient (from Tank to Wheel to Well to Wheel), thus data has been retroactively adjusted for previous fiscal years (fiscal 2015, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021).
*5 Based on the number of employees commuting to a workplace and the number of days worked, taking into account the typical attendance rate, and adjusted as follows, data has been retroactively adjusted for previous fiscal years (fiscal 2015, fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021).
・Changed to expand the scope of aggregation (from Astellas Pharma Inc. standalone to the entire Astellas Group)
・Revised the application method for the emissions coefficient (people. number of days worked coefficient used from fiscal 2022)
*6 Part of Astellas facilities have been leased to another company since fiscal 2022.
Please refer to Calculation Method for Scope 3 Emissions for calculation criteria for each category.

 

Breakdown of Energy Consumption

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
Global Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel 312 14 201 10 201 10 194 9
Gaseous fuel 1,000 45 992 48 1,001 48 962 47
Heat purchased 26 1 27 1 33 2 28 1
Electricity purchased
Renewable energy sourced
818
102
37
 
812
343
39
 
807
345
39
 
812
335
40
 
Natural energy
Wind power
Woodchip biomass
Geothermal heat
Photovoltaic
54
6
46
2
0.6
2



 
54
7
45
2
0.6
3



 
47
5
41
1
0.6
2



 
53
6
45
0
0.6
3



 
Total 2,210 - 2,087 - 2,089 - 2,048 -

 

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
Japan Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel 49 3 39 3 44 3 46 3
Gaseous fuel 905 57 866 57 869 57 817 56
Heat purchased 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Electricity purchased
Renewable energy sourced
637
-
40
 
618
242
41
 
604
241
40
 
603
231
41
 
Natural energy
Photovoltaic
0.2
0.2
0
 
0.2
0.2
0
 
0.2
0.2
0
 
0.2
0.2
0
 
Total 1,592 - 1,524 - 1,518 - 1,467 -

 

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
US Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel
Renewable energy sourced
110
0.1
65
 
68
0.0
35
 
52
-
29
 
51
-
25
 
Gaseous fuel 11 6 52 27 45 25 61 30
Heat purchased - - - - - - - -
Electricity purchased
Renewable energy sourced
49
3
29
 
74
3
38
 
82
3
46
 
88
4
44
 
Natural energy
Geothermal heat
0.0
0.0
0
 
0.0
0.0
0
 
0.0
0.0
0
 
0.0
0.0
0
 
Total 169 - 194 - 178 - 200 -

 

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
Established Markets Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel 96 27 61 21 70 22 61 20
Gaseous fuel 84 24 73 25 87 27 84 27
Heat purchased 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 1
Electricity purchased
Renewable energy sourced
115
100
33
 
106
98
36
 
108
101
34
 
107
101
35
 
Natural energy
Wind power
Wood chip biomass
Geothermal heat
Photovoltaics
54
6
46
2
0.4
15
 
 
 
 
54
7
45
2
0.4
18
 
 
 
 
47
5
41
1
0.4
15
 
 
 
 
52
6
45
-
0.4
17
 
 
 
 
Total 351 - 296 - 316 - 306 -

 

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
Greater China Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel 0.1 0 0.3 1 0.6 1 0.3 1
Gaseous fuel 0.1 0 0.2 0 0.2 0 0.1 0
Heat purchased 24 69 25 72 27 72 25 73
Electricity purchased 10 30 9 27 10 26 9 26
Natural energy - - - - - - - -
Total 34 - 34 - 37 - 35 -

 

(Unit: TJ)
ARC
International Markets Fiscal 2019 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2020 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2021 Ratio
(%)
Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance Ratio
(%)
Liquid fuel
Renewable energy sourced
57
7
89
 
33
2
85
 
35
2
88
 
36
4
88
 
Gaseous fuel 0.5 1 0.6 1 - - - -
Heat purchased - - - - 1 3 0 1
Electricity purchased 7 10 5 14 3 8 5 12
Natural energy - - - - - - - -
Total 64 - 39 - 40 - 41 -

 

 

Changes in Volume of Water Resources Withdrawn and Revenue

  Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance
Volume of water resource withdrawn (1,000 m3) 8,774 7,564 7,394 6,864
Japan Surface water 7,705 6,932 6,737 6,231
Groundwater 758 436 458 434
Others - - - -
US Surface water 146 24 53 55
Groundwater - - - -
Others - - - -
Established Markets Surface water 145 151 128 129
Groundwater - - - -
Others - - - -
Greater China Surface water 21 21 19 15
Groundwater - - - -
Others - - - -
International Markets Surface water - - - -
Groundwater - - - -
Others - - - -
Revenue (billions of yen) 1,312 1,250 1,296 1,519
Water resource productivity
(billions of yen/1,000 m3)
0.15 0.17 0.18 0.22
Improvement from Base-year - 11% 17% 48%

Target: production facilities and R&D sites
* The indicators subject to independent assurance are the volume of water resource withdrawn and water resource productivity.

 

Changes in Waste Generation Volume and Revenue 

  Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022
independent limited assurance
Waste generation volume (Tons) 13,899 14,352 13,882 13,544
Japan 11,836 10,714 10,158 9,787
US 54 361 576 783
Established Markets 1,956 3,228 3,043 2,866
Greater China 54 50 105 109
International Markets - - - -
Revenue(¥ billion) 1,312 1,250 1,296 1,519
Waste generated per unit (Tons/billions of yen) 10.6 11.5 10.7 8.9
Improvement from Base-year - -8% -1% 16%

Target: production facilities and R&D sites
*The indicators subject to independent assurance are the waste generation volume and waste generated per unit.

 

 

State of high-concentrate PCB-contaminated Waste Storage independent limited assurance  

Load-figure Weight (kg)
Drum 9,912

 

 

Air Pollution

Changes in Emissions Volume

(Unit: Tons)
Substance Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance
VOC 44 28 22 21 23
NOx 21 16 21 17 18

VOC: all production facilities and R&D sites in Japan
NOx: all business facilities in Japan
*NOx emissions from production facilities outside of Japan are not covered by the independent assurance because exhaust gas measurement methods differ from country to country.


Releases and transfers of PRTR chemical substances in fiscal 2022 independent limited assurance

(Unit: Tons)
Substance name Volume handled Volume Released Volume transferred
Air Water Soil Waste Sewerage
Acetonitrile 18.831 0.178 0.000 0.000 17.252 0.000
Chloroform 10.047 0.502 0.000 0.000 9.545 0.000
n-Hexane 2.583 0.129 0.000 0.000 2.454 0.000
N, N-dimethylformamide 1.906 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.879 0.000

Target: Plants and research facilities in Japan.

 

Water Pollution

Changes in BOD Load 

(Unit: Tons)
Substance Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance
BOD 9 9 9
Drainage into rivers 8 8 6
Drainage into sewerage system 1 1 3

Target: all production facilities and R&D sites in Japan
 

Changes in Drainage Volume 

(Unit: 1,000 m3)
Destination Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022independent limited assurance
Drainage volume 8,058 7,061 7,038 6,810 6,298
Drainage into rivers 7,820 6,836 6,835 6,610 6,108
Drainage into sewerage system 238 225 203 200 190

Target: all business facilities in Japan