ESG data

Environment

The performance indicators marked with check_box have been independently assured by EY ShinNihon LLC. For details, please refer to the Independent Assurance Report.

Direct interaction between Astellas and the Environment (Results for FY 2025)

Direct Interaction

INPUT  OUTPUT 
Energy*1GHGs*1
Purchased electricity190,088 MWh check_box

Renewable derived
113,024 MWh check_box
Scope 1*443,743 t-CO2 check_box
Scope 237,171 t-CO2check_box
Pollutants (atmosphere)*5
Gaseous fuel191,295 MWh check_boxNOx emissions*514 tons check_box
VOC emissions*521 tons check_box
Liquid fuel44,338 MWh check_boxWater discharge, pollutants (water body)
Purchased heat8,525 MWh check_boxWater discharge*26,011 thousand m3 check_box
Direct use of renewable energy16,019 MWh check_boxBOD load*56 tons check_box
(On-site electricity generation)
3,818 MWh check_box
COD*518 tons
ResourceWaste material
Water withdrawal*26,327 thousand m3 check_boxVolume of waste generated*611,299 tons check_box
Raw materials and consumables (by weight)*34,253 tons check_boxLandfill volume*775 tons check_box

  *1All Astellas business facilities

  *2All production sites and R&D sites. (The volume of water discharge from overseas research sites and U.S. manufacturing sites was equivalent to that of withdrawal.)

  *3Items used at commercial production sites in Japan that can be ascertained on a weight or volume basis. Consumable supplies are those used in commercial production process.

   *4Non-energy-related GHG emissions are not included. The CO2 equivalent of fluorinated gases from all production sites and R&D sites in Japan was 518 t-CO2e. check_box

   *5All Astellas business facilities in Japan and overseas manufacturing and research sites

   *6All Japanese facilities, and all production and R&D sites outside of Japan

   *7All production sites ,R&D sites and distribution sites in Japan

Indirect GHGs (Scope 3)

(Unit:t-CO2e)

Upstream Scope 3 emissionsDownstream Scope 3 emissions
1. Purchased goods and services957,7689. Transportation and distribution (downstream)15,928
2. Capital goods81,67110. Processing of sold productsout of disclosure scope
3. Fuel and energy related activities (not included in Scope 1 and Scope 2)23,63411. Use of sold productsout of disclosure scope
4. Transportation and distribution (upstream)12,57112. End-of-life treatment of sold products210
5. Waste generated in operation77713. Downstream leased assets1,660
6. Business travel (by airplane)27,75014. Franchisesout of disclosure scope
7. Employee commuting1,88815. Investmentsout of disclosure scope
8. Upstream leased assetsout of disclosure scope  

INPUT

Energy Consumption

RegionType of energyUnitFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
GlobalTotal Energy ConsumptionMWh581,432558,039494,739450,265check_box
renewable sourcedMWh109,022103,50493,083129,203check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh19%19%19%29%check_box
Total Electricity*1MWh227,486228,688207,703198,804check_box
renewable sourcedMWh97,53190,52780,059116,842check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh42%40%39%59%check_box
Purchased electricityMWh225,526226,691205,273190,088check_box
renewable sourcedMWh93,04888,53077,628113,024check_box
Gaseous fuelMWh267,124252,061210,279191,295check_box
Liquid fuelMWh53,89456,06955,94244,338check_box
Purchased thermal energyMWh8,7228,2447,7908,525check_box
Direct use of renewable energyMWh14,58414,97415,45516,019check_box
Self-generated electricityMWh1,9601,9972,4313,818check_box
JapanPurchased ElectricityMWh407,447387,641349,301317,096check_box
renewable sourcedMWh64,09760,75060,33493,521check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh16%16%17%29%check_box
Total Electricity*1MWh167,468167,217161,660154,120check_box
renewable sourcedMWh64,09760,75060,33493,521check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh38%36%37%61%check_box
Purchased electricityMWh167,420167,043160,803148,477check_box
renewable sourcedMWh64,04960,57659,47692,777check_box
Gaseous fuelMWh226,994209,395177,842162,523check_box
Liquid fuelMWh12,90310,9699,7955,351check_box
Purchased thermal energyMWh826040check_box
Direct use of renewable energyMWh48174858744check_box
Self-generated electricityMWh48174858744check_box
OverseasPurchased ElectricityMWh162,403170,398145,438133,169check_box
renewable sourcedMWh43,53642,75432,75035,682check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh27%25%23%27%check_box
Total Electricity*1MWh60,01961,47246,04344,684check_box
renewable sourcedMWh30,91129,77719,72523,321check_box
renewable energy ratioMWh52%48%43%52%check_box
Purchased electricityMWh58,10759,64844,47041,611check_box
renewable sourcedMWh28,99927,95418,15320,248check_box
Gaseous fuelMWh40,13042,66532,43728,772check_box
Liquid fuelMWh40,99145,10046,14738,987check_box
Purchased thermal energyMWh8,6398,1847,7868,525check_box
Direct use of renewable energyMWh14,53614,80014,59715,275check_box
Self-generated electricityMWh1,9121,8241,5733,073check_box

Changes in Volume of Water Resources Withdrawn

MetricRegionWater sourceUnitFY2016FY2023FY2024FY2025
Water withdrawalGlobal thousand m38,7746,4976,8836,327check_box
 Service water and industrial waterthousand m38,0176,1516,4845,801check_box
 Ground waterthousand m3758346399527check_box
per marketJapanService water and industrial waterthousand m37,7055,9526,2865,642
Ground waterthousand m3758346399527
USService water and industrial waterthousand m3146616864
Ground waterthousand m3---0
Established MarketService water and industrial waterthousand m314512411175
Ground waterthousand m3---0
ChinaService water and industrial waterthousand m321141820
Ground waterthousand m3---0
International MarketService water and industrial waterthousand m3---0
Ground waterthousand m3---0
Sales Revenue billion JPY1,3121,6041,9122,139
Water Resource Productivity billion JPY/thousand m30.150.250.280.34check_box
% improvement(vs FY2016)  65%86%126%check_box

Target: Production facilities and R&D sites in Japan and overseas

OUTPUT

GHG emissions volume (direct operataions)

MetricRegionUnitFY2015FY2023FY2024FY2025
Scope 1*1Globalt-CO284,75657,12452,21243,743check_box
Scope 2 (market-based)Globalt-CO2116,19763,04755,62137,171check_box
Scope 1 + 2 (market-based)
Scope 1 + 2 (market-based) GHG emissionsGlobalt-CO2200,953120,171107,83380,915check_box
% reduction(vs FY2015)   -40%-46%-60%check_box
per market regionJapant-CO2154,44792,32582,22453,435check_box
Scope 1t-CO256,67440,60135,55828,854​check_box
Scope 2t-CO256,67492,32546,66624,580check_box
Overseast-CO246,50627,84625,60927,480check_box
Scope 1t-CO228,08216,52316,65414,889​​​check_box
Scope 2t-CO218,42411,3238,95512,591check_box
USt-CO223,86314,82613,11112,102
ESTt-CO214,6666,3146,2126,017
CNt-CO23,3493,5352,8026,286
INTt-CO24,6283,1723,4853,076

GHG emissions Volume by Activity

MetricUnitFY2015FY2023FY2024FY2025
Emission from manufacturing and R&D sitest-CO2154,706100,86090,74366,548check_box
Emission from officest-CO217,5225,9323,7683,660check_box
Emissions from company vehicle uset-CO228,72513,38013,32310,707check_box

GHG data(Scope 3 and Scope 1+2+3)

MetricUnitFY2015FY2023FY2024FY2025
Scope 3 GHG emissiont-CO2e1,378,9721,121,3501,276,3231,123,857check_box
% reduction (vs FY2015) --19%-7%-19%
Scope 1 + 2 + 3 emissions (market-based)t-CO21,579,9251,241,5211,384,1561,204,772check_box
% reduction (vs FY2015) --21%-12%-24%
Scope 1 + 2 + 3 emissions (market-based) intensity (per sales revenue 1 billion JPY)t-CO2/billion JPY1,151774724563
% reduction (vs FY2015) --33%-37%-51%

Scope 3 GHG emission per category

CategoryDescriptionUnitFY2015FY2023FY2024FY2025
1Purchased goods and servicest-CO2e1,099,263857,9451,082,536957,768
2Capital goodst-CO2e144,053178,42190,58281,671
3Fuel and energy related activities (not included in Scope 1 and Scope 2)t-CO2e28,40029,75527,41023,634
4Transportation and distribution (upstream)t-CO2e17,83714,94619,98712,571
5Waste generated in operationt-CO2e3,6001,2961,151777
6Business travel (by airplane)t-CO2e53,52821,49634,05627,750
7Employee commutingt-CO2e5,0922,3102,0041,888
8Upstream leased assetst-CO2eout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scope
9Transportation and distribution (downstream)t-CO2e26,39214,66815,04815,928
10Processing of sold productst-CO2eout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scope
11Use of sold productst-CO2eout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scope
12End-of-life treatment of sold productst-CO2e807242246210
13Downstream leased assetst-CO2eout of disclosure scope2713,3011,660
14Franchisest-CO2eout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scope
15Investmentst-CO2eout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scopeout of disclosure scope

Changes in Water Discharges and BOD Load

MetricMarket regionUnitFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Discharge VolumeGlobalthousand m36,4986,2176,6946,011check_box
Japanthousand m36,2946,0146,4925,885check_box
Overseasthousand m3204203201126
Japanthousand m36,2946,0146,4925,885check_box
riverthousand m36,1085,8346,3235,715check_box
sewagethousand m3186181169170check_box
BOD LoadJapanmetric ton9786check_box
rivermetric ton6575check_box
sewagemetric ton3211check_box

Waste Generation Volume

MetricRegionUnitFY2016FY2023FY2024FY2025
kg generatedGlobalmetric ton14,26613,01011,42111,257check_box
Japanmetric ton11,7269,3548,7368,515
USmetric ton54921720501
ESTmetric ton2,4322,6551,8602,127
CNmetric ton5481104114
INTmetric ton---0
Sales Revenue billion JPY1,3121,6041,9122,139
Waste Generation Intensity metric ton/billion JPY10.98.16.05.3check_box
% improvement (vs FY2016)   25%45%52%check_box

Emission of Air Pollutants

Air pollutantRegionUnitFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
NOx emissionsJapanmetric ton18151614check_box
VOC emissionsJapanmetric ton23222221check_box

Release and transfer of PRTR Chemical Substances in FY 2025

(Unit:tons)


Substance name

Volume handled
Volume releasedVolume transferred
AirWaterSoilWasteSewerage
Heptane16.004 check_box0.184 check_box0.000 check_box0.000 check_box15.819 check_box0.000 check_box
Chloroform11.968 check_box0.598 check_box0.000 check_box0.000 check_box11.370 check_box0.000 check_box
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone4.442 check_box0.001 check_box0.000 check_box0.000 check_box4.432 check_box0.000 check_box
Hexane3.106 check_box0.140 check_box0.000 check_box0.000 check_box2.966 check_box0.000 check_box
Toluene2.906 check_box0.006 check_box0.000 check_box0.000 check_box2.921 check_box0.000 check_box