Climate Change
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Basic Approach and Policy
Aiming to help establish a sustainable society, the Canon Marketing Japan Group (hereinafter the "Canon MJ Group") has formulated Canon MJ Group Environmental Vision 2050 and the interim Canon MJ Group 2030 Medium-Term Environmental Targets. Based on this vision and these targets, we aim to reduce CO2 emissions not only internally but also from our entire value chain. We are also working to help reduce CO2 emissions through the provision of products and services.
Initiatives for TCFD Recommendations
At the Canon Marketing Japan (hereafter, the "Canon MJ"), we endorsed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and are working on related initiatives.
Governance
Climate Change Response Promotion Structure
Supervisory System of the Board of Directors
The Canon MJ Group has a system in place under which the Board of Directors supervises matters to be discussed and resolved by the Sustainability Promotion Committee, as they are important matters that relate to the core aspects of management and pertain to the entire organization. The Board of Directors receives reports on the risks and opportunities associated with climate change from the Sustainability Promotion Committee at least once a year and monitors and supervises the progress of measures related to such risks and opportunities. In 2024, one report was submitted to the Board of Directors.
Sustainability Promotion Committee
Matters concerning climate change are discussed by the Sustainability Promotion Committee. The president & representative director, who is the chairperson of the committee, assumes overall responsibility for all sustainability-related matters, including climate change. The committee assesses the impact of climate change on our business at least once a year and holds discussions concerning our approach to minimizing the identified risks and seizing opportunities.
Strategy
At the Canon MJ Group, we conduct scenario analyses to identify the various risks and opportunities posed by climate change to our business. We use the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeʼs Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios of 1.5°C (RCP 1.9) and 4°C (RCP 8.5) as well as the International Energy Agencyʼs Sustainable Development Scenario (IEA-SDS) for our scenario analyses. We analyze risks and opportunities that are shared throughout the Group, as well as those related to the Groupʼs key businesses that have a significant impact on climate change, and identify when these risks and opportunities are likely to occur over the short, medium, and long term. The content of this analysis is reviewed annually and updated as necessary.
Risk Management
The Sustainability Promotion Division, which oversees matters related to climate change, takes the lead in identifying the risks and opportunities of climate change and assesses the situation in cooperation with the relevant internal divisions of Group companies. The Sustainability Promotion Division also examines responses and countermeasures for each risk and opportunity, which are reported and proposed for deliberation to the Sustainability Promotion Committee. The division also reports and makes recommendations on certain climate change-related impacts and matters to risk management divisions throughout the Company, thereby assuming the role of integrating the impacts of climate change into our Companywide risk management.
Risk Management Process
Metrics and Targets
In 2022, the Canon MJ Group set the Canon MJ Group Environmental Vision 2050 and the Canon MJ Group 2030 Medium-Term Environmental Targets, the interim targets of this vision*1 . We are aiming to achieve the metric of “Realization of carbon neutrality” under the Canon MJ 2030 Medium-Term Environmental Targets, in line with the SBTi*2 standards. In January 2024, we updated this metric to “Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 42% by 2030 (from 2022 levels)” and added “Reduce Scope 3 (Category 1, 11) emissions by 25% by 2030 (from 2022 levels)”.
The CO2 emission results for 2024 are shown in the table on the right. Data for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions received third-party assurance.
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Please refer to page 57 for our measures aimed at the realization of carbon neutrality.
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An abbreviation for Science Based Targets initiative. An international initiative that recommends the setting of GHG emission reduction targets based on scientific evidence
| Metrics | Fiscal 2030 Target | Fiscal 2024 Results | Fiscal 2024 Emissions Results |
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| GHG emissions reduction rate (base year 2022) |
Scope 1, Scope 2: 42% reduction | 14.7% reduction | 26,040 t-CO2 |
| Scope 3 (Category 1, 11): 25% reduction | 5.3% reduction | 611,230 t-CO2 |
Initiatives
Initiatives to Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions
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We achieved 100% use of renewable energy at five of Canon MJʼs business sites including Headquarters and company-owned office buildings (CANON S TOWER, Canon Konan Building, Makuhari office, Aomori Building, and Kumamoto Building), and the Nago Data Center operated by Qualysite Technologies through utilization of the FIT Non-Fossil Certificate with tracking, on-site PPA, and other measures. (Achieved in April 2022 at Canon MJʼs five business sites, including Headquarters and company-owned office buildings, and in June 2023 at the Nago Data Center) On the strength of high-performance facilities and excellent operational quality, the No. 1 and No. 2 buildings of the Nishi-Tokyo Data Center, owned and operated by Canon ITS, are contributing to reductions in both the Companyʼs and our customersʼ CO2 emissions. As a result, the No. 1 building was recognized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Governmentʼs Bureau of Environment as an Outstanding Specified Anti-Global Warming Facility (neartop-level business facility) in 2020, followed by the No. 2 building in 2023. Furthermore, in 2024, both the No. 1 and No. 2 buildings were recognized as Outstanding Specified Anti-Global Warming Facilities (top-level business facilities).
Initiatives to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions
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Conducting engagement with suppliers
Canon MJ is working to reduce CO2 emissions not only internally, but also throughout the entire value chain. In 2024, we started conducting engagement with major suppliers with the aim of calculating and reducing their CO2 emissions. We collected information on our suppliersʼ environmental response infrastructure and information necessary for our own Scope 3 reduction, and based on such information, we revised our own calculation logic for Scope 3 emissions.We will continue to engage with suppliers with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions throughout the value chain. -
Reducing CO2 emissions by improving sales logistics (consumer products)
Canon MJ used the “2024 problem” in logistics as an opportunity to improve the logistics of consumer products such as cameras, lenses, and printers. We reduced the number of vehicles used for transportation and deliveries between our warehouses and business partner warehouses by approximately 400, and as a result, reduced CO2 emissions by 266 tons compared to the previous year. Through repeated discussions with stakeholders, we reviewed transportation loading efficiency, delivery methods, and product return operations, which contributed to the improvement of the working environment not only for our own company, but also for logistics companies. Going forward, we will continue to make further improvements to our logistics operations with the aim of rolling out these improvements across the entire Canon MJ Group. -
Reducing CO2 emissions through joint delivery (office equipment products)
As a member of the Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA), Canon MJ is participating in a joint delivery project, aiming for a higher loading efficiency and the use of fewer delivery vehicles, which are difficult to achieve when cargo is delivered only by one company. In 2024, this project received the Logistics Digital Transformation and Standardization Award (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) at the Excellent Logistics Partnership Commendation Program 2024 organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Contributing to Customersʼ CO2 Reduction through Our Business
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Launched a service that provides carbon-neutral electricity
In 2024, we began offering services at the Nishi-Tokyo Data Center, owned and operated by Canon ITS, that provide environmental value, such as reducing CO2 emissions by utilizing renewable energy. This service enables customers to substantially reduce the CO2 emissions from their electricity usage by purchasing Non-Fossil Certificates from Canon ITS. -
Visualized the effects of reducing CO2 emissions through the introduction of in-house developed cloud services
DigitalWork Accelerator (DWA), developed by the Canon MJ Group and provided to customers, is a cloud service that digitally consolidates and manages various documents exchanged between companies, enabling smooth information coordination and advanced information utilization. In addition to complying with the Act on Preservation for Documents by Means of Computers, the service also realizes safe and secure data sharing between companies and the preservation of information assets. Digitizing operations that were previously performed on paper helps to reduce energy related to printing on paper. In 2024, we visualized the effects of reducing CO2 emissions through the introduction of DWA at the Canon MJ Financing & Accounting Headquarters. By introducing DWA to our customers, we aim to contribute to energy conservation across society as a whole.
Global Warming Action Plan
At Canon MJ, we have created Global Warming Action Plan and submitted them to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under its Obligation to Reduce the Total Amount of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Emissions Trading System. We disclose the following plans for the Canon MJ headquarters (CANON S TOWER), which is covered by the system.
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Following plans are available only in Japanese.
Japan Climate Initiative (JCI)
Canon Marketing Japan has been part of the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) since March 2023 in support of its declaration that it will join the front of the global trend for decarbonization from Japan.