Roadmap to FY2050

In fiscal 2020, the Denka Group declared its goal of becoming carbon neutral by fiscal 2050. As a milestone toward this goal, we aim to reduce CO ₂ emissions by 60% (compared to fiscal 2013) by fiscal 2030.
In fiscal 2024, our annual emissions from the Company and Group companies totaled 1.77 million tons, achieving a 72% reduction compared to fiscal 2013, due to the transformation of our business portfolio, promotion of energy conservation, introduction of renewable energy (hydroelectric power), and reduction in production volume.
Going forward, we will continue and promote the following measures as initiatives toward achieving carbon neutrality.

With an eye toward collaborations with local communities and surrounding companies, we are exploring and examining the possibility of recovering CO ₂ and repurposing it as a chemical product. At the same time, we will also work on the introduction and development of environmental burden reduction processes aimed at reducing generated CO ₂ emissions. By combining these technological developments with collaboration with external parties, we will steadily reduce the CO ₂ emissions generated by our company.

Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impact

The Denka Group is addressing the issues of reducing environmental burden, recycling waste plastics, and conserving biodiversity through its products and technologies in pursuit of fulfilling its social responsibilities as a chemical manufacturer.

1. Resource recycling/Chemical recycling

2. Response to Biodiversity

Denka recognizes that a certain period of time is required for collecting, organizing, and examining natural environmental information and making decisions. Therefore, we have started taking action from September 2022 with the aim of finding points of contact between our business activities and biodiversity and identifying priority issues, using the LEAP approach ^※ recommended by the TNFD guidelines.
Specifically, we conducted surveys using public data and literature on the natural environment surrounding our seven domestic business sites. We then focused on our Omi Plant (located in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture), which has 17 hydroelectric power plants in nearby mountains and the greatest points of contact with the natural environment, and began extracting and evaluating those points of contact. Based on this, we will analyze our risks and opportunities in relation to the natural environment and implement specific measures for biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, we will gradually expand the targets to other business sites, and while continuing the above activities in a cycle, aim to maintain and improve the natural environment from a long-term perspective.

• ※A systematic evaluation process based on scientific evidence as proposed by TNFD for companies to disclose information on nature-related risks and opportunities.

Efforts for environmentally friendly products

Denka is working towards the development of environmentally conscious products in its quest for a sustainable future. Our environmentally friendly products play an important role in protecting the global environment and realizing a sustainable society. For details, please refer to the list of SDGs contribution products.

Click here for list of products that contribute to the SDGs

Carbonization agent "LEAF"

The Company has developed a carbonization admixture, “LEAF,” which utilizes industrial waste as a raw material, using the technology of special cement admixtures that we have cultivated over many years. “LEAF” has the characteristic of actively reacting with and fixing CO ₂. By formulating this “LEAF” into an environmentally friendly concrete, “CO ₂-SUICOM,” which was jointly developed by Kajima Corporation, Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Randes Co., Ltd., and the Company, CO ₂ is absorbed and fixed during the curing of the concrete, aiming for a net reduction of CO ₂ emissions from the cement manufacturing process.

Electronic circuit substrate "SN Plate"

Our high thermal conductivity and high toughness ceramic substrate "SN Plate" has about 4 times the thermal conductivity of alumina and is a material based on high toughness silicon nitride (Si3N4) with excellent mechanical properties. By imparting high conductivity to the mechanical properties, it is used as a lightweight power module substrate for electric vehicles and electric railways, which require high reliability. We will contribute to the reduction of CO ₂ emissions by supporting the electrification (xEV) of the automotive industry, which is expected to accelerate in the future, with our material technologies.

Thinking Behind Our Environmental Management

Aiming for "net zero CO₂ emissions" by fiscal 2050
and reduce 60% compared to fiscal 2013 in fiscal 2030

To maintain an environment in which society and ecosystems can continue to survive into the future, Denka Group aims to contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, an international framework, and to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (carbon neutrality) by fiscal 2050. To achieve this, we are promoting energy conservation and expanding the use of renewable energy, primarily hydroelectric power, while also working to reduce CO ₂ CCUS: Separating and capturing carbon dioxide from emission sources ^* We will also take on the challenge of introducing innovative technologies such as the use of hydrogen, a clean energy source. Furthermore, in order to reduce emissions at our own business sites and contribute to decarbonizing society as a whole, we will promote the development and provision of environmentally friendly products and technologies that reduce the environmental impact, and will strengthen our efforts to recycle resources by introducing new plastic recycling methods.

• ※Carbon dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage：CO2 capture, utilization and storage