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Fiscal 2023 Environmental Performance Data

Updated in September 2024

Fiscal 2023 Environmental Performance Data

CO2 emissions

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Trends in CO2 emissions
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
From energy sources Thousand tons 1,207 1,147 1,073 980 1,116 1,029 862 1,132
From non-energy sources Thousand tons 970 889 891 772 853 818 696 866

CO2 emissions

CO2 emissions

PRTR Substances

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PRTR Substances
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Ton 77 78 68 83 61 77.8 72.8
Affiliates Ton 7 8 8 11 10 9.35 4.8

PRTR Substances

PRTR Substances

Final waste disposal volume and emission rate of domestic group companies

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Final Disposal Amount and Waste Emission Ratio
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Amount of waste generated Tons 121,433 110,265 103,104 120,927 121,687 104,855 125,007
Denka Amount of final landfill waste Tons 49 42 73 63 50 48 49
Denka Emissions ratio % 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.04
Domestic Affiliates Amount of waste generated Tons 1,854 1,362 538 549 384 513 521
Domestic Affiliates Amount of final landfill waste Tons 196 161 43 38 18 16 16
Group’s Total Amount of waste generated Tons 123,287 111,627 103,642 121,476 122,071 105,368 125,528
Group’s Total Amount of final landfill waste Tons 245 203 116 101 68 64 65
Group’s Total Emissions ratio % 0.20 0.18 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.05
  • *Emissions ratio (%) = amount of final landfill waste / amount of waste generated x 100
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Final waste disposal volume and emission rate of domestic group companies

Final waste disposal volume and emission rate of domestic group companies

SOx

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SOx
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Ton 47 43 41 46 33 42 47
Affiliates Ton 105 110 149 132 126 85 123

SOx

SOx

Soot and Dust

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Soot and Dust
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Tons 81 76 66 109 68 97.4 107
Affiliates Tons 26 16 17 14 16 13.3 13.5

Soot and Dust

Soot and Dust

NOx

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NOx
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Tons 4,037 3,751 3,685 3,393 3,747 3,579 3,560
Affiliates Tons 777 584 632 827 794 491 530

NOx

NOx

COD (BOD)

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COD (BOD)
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Result Target
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Denka Tons 234 196 178 181 275 250 320
Affiliates Tons 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

COD (BOD)

COD (BOD)

Water Used
Denka (non-consolidated dasis)
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Target
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Water Used km3 56,852 54,369 58,257 58,451 58,889 74,012
    7 bases 8 bases
Domestic and Overseas Affiliates
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Target
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Water Used km3 2,568 56,067 50,464 47,166 64,952 65,204
    16 bases 17 bases
Group‘s Total
Fiscal Year Unit Result Result Result Result Result Target
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Water Used km3 59,420 110,436 108,721 105,617 123,841 139,215
    23 bases 25 bases
Breakdown of emissions and transfers in fiscal 2023

The following table shows PRTR substances emitted and transferred exceeding one ton.

PRTR Substances No. Emissions Amount Transferred (to the outside)
Air Water Soil Landfill
n-butyl acrylate 1-009 0 0 0 0 1
Acrylonitrile 1-011 0 0 0 0 5
Acetaldehyde 1-017 0 2 0 0 0
Aniline 1-020 0 0 0 0 1
Ethyl benzene 1-073 2 0 0 0 18
銀及びその水溶性化合物 1-105 0 0 0 0 0
N,N-Dimethylformamide 1-264 0 0 0 0 11
Styrene 1-275 15 0 0 0 59
Water soluble copper salt 1-314 0 2 0 0 0
ドデシル硫酸ナトリウム 1-318 0 0 0 0 0
Toluene 1-347 13 1 0 0 31
Carbon disulfide 1-361 1 0 0 0 0
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salt 1-414 1 1 0 0 28
n-Hexane 1-436 0 0 0 0 1
Boron and its compounds 1-458 0 9 0 0 8
Methyl methacrylate 1-469 2 0 0 0 6
シクロヘキサン 1-176 23 0 0 0 30
炭化けい素 1-280 0 0 0 0 10
メチルイソブチルケトン 1-472 3 0 0 0 90
N-メチル-2-ピロリドン 1-489 0 0 0 0 0
Total (tons/year)   61 15 0 0 300
Dioxin (mg-TEQ/year) 1-278 156 8.4 0 0 5.9
DFF Inc., デンカ株式会社, デンカ株式会社 IR室, 星和ビジネスリンク
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