We are committed to protecting life and the natural world in all its glory
Astellas has embraced the sustainable enhancement of enterprise value as its corporate mission. To fulfill this mission, Astellas seeks to be a chosen and trusted enterprise by all stakeholders, including patients, shareholders, employees, and the global community. The Astellas Charter of Corporate Conduct contains the following principles on Environment, Health and Safety (EHS): “We shall respect our employees’ human rights, individuality, and differences, promote diversity in the workplace, and provide a safe and rewarding work environment,” and “Recognizing that harmony between the global environment and our business activities is a prerequisite to our corporate existence, we shall take proactive measures to conserve the global environment.” These principles require employees to conduct themselves based on high ethical standards in EHS fields, among other areas. In the environment and occupational health and safety pages, Astellas will disclose information on its measures to sustainably enhance enterprise value through EHS.
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Astellas contributes to the sustainability of society through its business activities. Since our efforts to strengthen our engagement in sustainability was one of Astellas' strategic goals established in the Corporate Strategic Plan 2021 (CSP2021), each department has been working cross-functionally to think about and implement themes.
As part of our climate change initiatives, Astellas announced a 2030 target for the reduction of greenhouse gas Scope 1+2 emissions (direct and indirect emissions associated with its own operations) in line with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal in 2023, as well as a policy to aim for Net Zero by 2050. Over the past year, we have been working on specific measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and, as part of our efforts to utilize renewable energy, we have promoted the installation of solar panels at our research facilities and overseen the conversion of some of our purchased electricity to renewable energy.
Although Astellas has set a 2030 target for Scope 3 emissions (emissions from value chain) that is in line with the well-below 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement, we recognize that Scope 3 is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions for Astellas and that by its nature, achieving reductions is more difficult than that for Scope 1+2. It is therefore necessary to strengthen our efforts in this area. Reducing emissions from Category 1 (purchased goods and services), which accounts for the largest portion of Scope 3 emissions, requires collaboration with value chain partners and we have established the Sustainable Procurement Pledge to work in partnership with our suppliers to address this. We are also promoting resource circulation and waste management efforts and have completed the treatment of all high-concentrate PCB-contaminated waste in 2023. We will further deliver high-quality disclosure of hazardous waste management.
As a member of society, Astellas will continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve environmental sustainability and transparently disclose information in order to realize a sustainable society.
Chief Strategy Officer (CStO)
Adam Pearson
・Astellas Environment, Health & Safety Policy
Interaction between Astellas and the Environment (Results for Fiscal 2023)
As detailed below, the business activities of Astellas impinge on the environment throughout all the fields in which it operates, including research, manufacturing, sales, and product distribution.
Direct Interaction
INPUT 
| OUTPUT | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy *1 | GHGs *1
| ||
| Electricity | 228,688 MWh （Renewable Sourced | Scope 1 *4 | 59,203 tons |
| Scope 2 | 63,047 tons | ||
| City gas | 18,362 thousand m3 | (Sales fleets*5 | 13,380 tons) |
| LPG | 933 tons | Pollutants(atmosphere) *6
| |
| LNG | 617 tons | NOx | 15 tons |
| Kerosene | 6 kiloliters | VOC | 22 tons |
| Diesel oil | 1,350 kiloliters | Pollutants(water body) *6 | |
| Gasoline | 4,356 kiloliters | BOD
| 7 tons |
| Purchased heat(hot/cold water) | 3,595 GJ | COD | 20 tons |
| Purchased heat（steam） | 21,187 GJ | Water discharge *2
| |
| Other renewable energy | 46,716 GJ | Water discharge | 6,217 thousand m3 |
| Resource | Waste material  | ||
| Water *2 | 6,501 thousand m3 | Volume of waste generated *2 | 13,041tons |
| Raw materials and consumables (by weight) *3 | 3,535 tons | Landfill volume *7 | 99 tons |
| Raw materials and consumables (by volume) *3 | 356,024 kiloliters | ||
*1 All Astellas business facilities
*2 All Japanese business facilities (excluding sales offices) and all production sites and R&D sites outside of Japan. The volume of water discharge from non-Japanese sites was equivalent to that of withdrawal.
*3 Items that are used at commercial production sites in Japan and for which information regarding their weight or volume data can be obtained.
*4 Non-energy related GHG emissions are not included. The CO2 equivalent of fluorinated gases from production sites (global) and R&D sites (Japan) was 1,083 tons-CO2.
*5 Sum of Scope 1 GHG emissions and Scope 2 GHG emissions.
*6 Japanese production sites and R&D sites.
*7 All Japanese business facilities (excluding sales offices).
Indirect GHGs (Scope 3)
Upstream Scope3 emissions  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | GHG emissions | |
| 1 | Purchased goods and services | 857,945 tons |
| 2 | Capital goods | 178,421 tons |
| 3 | Fuel and energy related activities (not included in Scope1 and Scope2) | 29,755 tons |
| 4 | Transportation and distribution (upstream) | 14,946 tons |
| 5 | Waste generated in operation | 1,296 tons |
| 6 | Business travel (by airplane) | 21,496 tons |
| 7 | Employee commuting | 2,310 tons |
| 8 | Leased assets (upstream) | Not relevant |
| Downstream Scope3 emissions | ||
| Category | GHG emissions | |
| 9 | Transportation and distribution (downstream) | 14,668 tons |
| 10 | Processing of sold products | Not relevant |
| 11 | Use of sold products | Not applicable |
| 12 | End-of-life treatment of sold products | 242 tons |
| 13 | Leased assets (downstream) | 271 tons |
| 14 | Franchises | Not relevant |
| 15 | Investments | Not relevant |
GHG Emissions Throughout the Value Chain
GHG emissions associated with Astellas’ business activities amounted to 1,244 kilotons globally.
In addition to Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, Astellas continues working to monitor Scope 3 emissions. In fiscal 2023, Astellas began disclosing GHG emissions associated with all raw materials & manufacturing services purchased for commercial production (Category 1) and downstream distributions & transportations (Category 9).