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GHG emissions

Scope 1,2,3 Summary CO₂ Emissions t-CO₂
FY3/20 FY3/21 FY3/22 FY3/23 FY3/24
Scope 1 Production 111,341 136,021 146,774 146,350 133,616 ★
Scope 2 Production 1,446,346 1,631,989 1,554,703 1,236,669 693,690 ★
Total company GHG emissions Scope 1 + Scope 2 1,557,687 1,768,010 1,701,477 1,383,019 827,306 ★
Scope 3 (Category) 1 Goods and services purchased 6,255,214 6,501,648 8,740,800 9,607,890 8,527,986 ★
2 Capital goods 697,938 1,102,326 1,042,135 901,708 845,385 ★
3 Fuel and energy-related activities 695,845 764,632 936,628 1,217,373 253,585 ★
4 Transportation and distribution (upstream) 274,876 323,464 504,216 238,076 211,989 ★
5 Waste generated from operations 6,019 5,803 6,998 7,409 5,910 ★
6 Business trip 46,890 19,357 24,532 40,728 57,384 ★
7 Employee Commuting 7,427 7,271 7,702 7,911 9,428 ★
8 Leased assets (upstream) Excluded from calculation
9 Transportation and distribution (downstream) Excluded from calculation
10 Processing of sold products Excluded from calculation
11 Use of products sold 6,265,954 9,898,070 14,557,430 14,477,887 9,610,960 ★
12 Disposal of sold products Excluded from calculation
13 Leased assets (downstream) Excluded from calculation
14 Franchise Excluded from calculation
15 Investment ― ― ― ― 23,158 ★
Scope 3 Total 14,250,163 18,622,571 25,820,441 26,498,982 19,545,785 ★
Total emissions Scope 1 + Scope 2 + Scope 3 15,807,850 20,390,581 27,521,918 27,882,001 20,373,091 ★
  • Data marked with ★ is guaranteed by a third party

Calculation Method

Classification Summary Scope of coverage Calculation Method
Scope 1 Own direct emissions Manufacturing sites and main offices
(25 sites in Japan + 57 sites overseas, including 5 offices)		 Direct energy-derived CO₂ emissions from corporate activities, such as fuel combustion in factories. emission factors based on the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming are used.
Scope 2 Own indirect emissions Manufacturing sites and main offices
(25 sites in Japan + 57 sites overseas, including 5 offices)		 Indirect CO₂ emissions associated with energy use in corporate activities, such as electric energy use, using the GHG Protocol's market-based approach. For Japan, adjusted emission factors by electric utility are used, based on the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming. For other than Japan, emissions intensity by electric utility or the latest emissions intensity in each region, or emissions intensity from IEA Emissions Factors if these are not available.
Scope 3 Category 1 Goods and services purchased TDK consolidated targets Based on the GHG Protocol, emission intensity is calculated by multiplying the purchase amount of each item purchased in the relevant fiscal year by its emission intensity. For materials, emissions intensity is calculated by multiplying the purchase amount of the main constituent materials of each product by the emissions intensity. Primary data from some suppliers are also used in the calculation. For emissions intensity, please refer to the 3EID Global Expansion Data Book on Environmental Impact Intensity Based on the Input-Output Table.
Category 2 Capital goods TDK consolidated targets Based on the GHG Protocol, emission intensity per unit of value is calculated by multiplying capital goods such as equipment acquired in the relevant year by emission intensity per unit of value. For emissions intensity, refer to the Data Book on Environmental Impact Intensity Based on the Input-Output Table (3EID Global Extension).
Category 3 Fuel and energy-related activities Manufacturing sites and main offices
(25 sites in Japan + 57 sites overseas, including 5 offices)		 Based on the GHG Protocol, emissions intensity is calculated by multiplying purchased fuel and electricity by emissions intensity. For emissions intensity, refer to the emissions intensity database for calculating GHG emissions of organizations through their supply chain by IDEA and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. For data before FY March 2023, the amount of activity is based on the purchase amount.
Category 4 Transportation and distribution (upstream) TDK consolidated targets Based on the GHG Protocol, emissions from the procurement of purchased products and services and emissions from the transportation of manufactured products are calculated. Emissions from purchased products and services are calculated by multiplying the purchase price by the emissions intensity of procurement. Emissions from manufactured products are calculated by multiplying the amount of transportation and, in part, the transportation cost by the emission intensity. For emissions intensity of purchased products and services, refer to the data book of environmental impact intensity based on the input-output table (3EID Global Extension), and for emissions intensity of transportation of manufactured products, refer to the transportation cost intensity using IDEA or supplier's primary data.
Category 5 Waste generated from operations Manufacturing sites and main offices
(25 sites in Japan + 57 sites overseas, including 5 offices)		 Based on the GHG Protocol, emission intensity is calculated by multiplying the amount of waste from manufacturing sites by the emission intensity. For emission intensity, refer to the emission intensity database for calculating GHG emissions of organizations through their supply chains, which is provided by IDEA and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. Waste transport is accounted for in Category 1. For data prior to FY March 2023, the amount of activity is based on the cost of waste disposal.
Category 6 Business trip TDK consolidated targets Based on the GHG Protocol, the estimated business trip cost is multiplied by the emission intensity based on the means of transportation. For emissions intensity, refer to the data book on environmental impact intensity based on the input-output table (3EID Global Extension).
Category 7 Employee commuting TDK consolidated targets Based on the GHG Protocol, the estimated commuting cost is multiplied by the emission intensity based on the commuting method. For emissions intensity, refer to the 3EID data book on emissions intensity based on the input-output table.
Category 8 Leased assets (upstream) Use of leased equipment is reported as Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Category 9 Transportation and distribution (downstream) Not applicable as the Company is an electronic component manufacturer.
Category 10 Processing of sold products Not applicable because the emissions associated with the processing of our products by our customers are small and diverse, making the estimate unreasonable.
Category 11 Use of products sold TDK major product lines Based on the GHG Protocol, the power consumption loss generated during the use of TDK products is calculated by multiplying the field of installed set products, lifetime operating hours of installed set products, and emissions intensity by the sales volume. Lifetime operating hours refer to JEITA's guidance on the calculation of GHG emission reduction contribution of electronic components, and emissions intensity refers to IEA Emissions Factors.
Category 12 Disposal of sold products Not applicable as the Company is an electronic component manufacturer.
Category 13 Leased assets (downstream) Not applicable because there is no applicable business activity.
Category 14 Franchise Not applicable because there are no franchise stores.
Category 15 Investment TDK consolidated equity-method affiliates
(Excluding companies that do not disclose emissions)		 Calculated based on the GHG Protocol by multiplying the emissions of companies in which the company has acquired shares by the shareholding ratio.

Energy

Scope: Manufacturing sites and main offices
(25 sites in Japan + 57 sites overseas, including 5 offices) 		Unit FY3/20 FY3/21 FY3/22 FY3/23 FY3/24
Total energy consumption (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) GJ 13,539,550 16,068,546 17,078,863 16,752,694 15,617,119
Total energy consumption (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) MWh 3,760,986 4,463,485 4,744,129 4,653,526 4,338,089
Total renewable energy use※1(A)+(C)+(E) MWh 581,542 896,340 1,192,056 1,540,890 2,005,579
Percentage of total renewable energy used※2 ％ 15.5 20.1 25.1 33.1 46.2
Percentage of total renewable energy-derived electricity used※３ ％ 18.2 23.9 30.0 39.9 55.2 ★
Fuel (renewable energy amount)(A)
 MWh 8,778 8,344 8,074 7,787 8,576
Fuel (non-renewable energy volume)(B)
 MWh 604,262 742,384 788,613 788,239 709,387
Purchased electricity (amount of renewable energy)※4(C)
 MWh 572,189 886,632 1,182,202 1,538,759 1,989,024
Purchased electricity + self-generated electricity
(non-renewable energy)(D)
 MWh 2,575,182 2,824,761 2,763,460 2,316,610 1,623,123
Self-generated electricity
(amount of renewable energy)※5(E)
 MWh 575 1,364 1,780 2,131 7,979
Self-generated electricity
(Renewable energy sold)
 MWh 0 0 0 0 0
Steam, hot water, etc. (purchased)(F)
 MWh 0 0 0 0 0
  • Data marked with * is guaranteed by a third party
  • 1 Total renewable energy consumption: The total amount of renewable energy used by a company in its business activities, including the amount of renewable power generated on-site and purchased ((A)+(C)+(E) in the table above). CRITERIA APPENDICES (version 3.0).
  • 2 Total renewable energy use ratio: Total renewable energy use ((A)+(C)+(E) in the above table) divided by total energy use ((A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the above table)
  • 3 Total renewable energy-derived electricity ratio: Total renewable electricity consumption ((C)+(E) in the above table) divided by total electricity consumption ((C)+(D)+(E) in the above table)
  • 4 Purchased electricity (renewable energy amount): Amount of electricity derived from renewable energy purchased through PPA, attribute certification, renewable energy electricity contracts, etc.
  • 5 Amount of electricity generated in-house (renewable energy): Amount of electricity generated by company-owned renewable energy sources

Water, waste, regulatory compliance and accident/air

Unit FY3/20 FY3/21 FY3/22 FY3/23 FY3/24
Water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) incoming water (a river, pond, flood, etc.) Thousand m3 16,338 17,783 17,049 16,635 15,179
From municipal water supply or other water supply facilities(A)
 Thousand m3 11,268 12,073 11,817 11,718 10,606
Freshwater and surface water Lakes, rivers, etc.(B) Thousand m3 131 110 133 147 121
Groundwater(C) Thousand m3 4,939 5,600 5,099 4,770 4,452
water discharging Thousand m3 11,104 12,889 13,106 11,554 10,144
water consumption (incoming - discharging) Thousand m3 5,234 4,894 3,943 5,081 5,035
Waste Total non-hazardous waste ｔ 108,110 134,202 147,036 130,112 121,268
Amount recycled outside the company ｔ 95,427 132518 145,060 127,982 119,402
In-house recycled amount ｔ 5,851 1,171 1,468 1,529 1,566
Final disposal amount※1 ｔ 6,832 513 508 601 300
Total hazardous waste ｔ 764 735 579 584 349
Amount recycled outside the company ｔ 662 623 498 451 339
In-house recycled amount ｔ 0 0 0 0 0
Final disposal amount※1 ｔ 102 112 81 133 10
Total waste ｔ 108,874 134,937 147,615 130,696 121,617
Amount recycled outside the company t 96,089 133,141 145,559 128,433 119,741
In-house recycled amount ｔ 5,852 1,171 1,468 1,529 1,566
Final disposal amount※1 ｔ 6,934 625 589 734 310
Compliance with laws and regulations and accidents Regulatory exceedances and accidents Case(s) 1 0 0 0 0
Fines of US$10,000 or more Case(s) 0 0 0 0 0
Amount of fine (US$10,000 or more) USD 0 0 0 0 0
Atmosphere PRTR substance emissions (Japan) ｔ 78 155 156 154 115
SOx emissions (Japan) ｔ 1 1 0 0 2
NOx emissions (Japan) ｔ 18 18 38 29 30
Soot and dust emissions (Japan) ｔ 3 3 2 3 4
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions※2 ｔ 264 276 271 488 687
  • 1 TDK is promoting zero emissions, but the newly added subsidiary is generating final disposal volume.
  • 2 The scope of data coverage has been expanded globally since FY March 2023. The data from FY March 2020 to FY March 2022 covers only Japan.

Data by Site

April 2023 - March 2024

Factory name Energy Water resources Discharge
Electricity (purchased) usage
(MWh)		 Fuel consumption
(GJ)		 Water withdrawal (Thousands of meters3) Total emissions
(t)		 Amount recycled outside the company
(t)
Japan
TDK Corporation
Chokai Plant 2,162 0 3,203 707 707
Inakura Plant 24,599 20,461 93,830 1,195 1,195
Nikaho Plant North Site 21,105 52,231 180,279 2,399 2,399
Nikaho Plant South Site 12,710 3,679 16,608 73 73
Narita Plant 72,240 4,341 246,675 2,068 2,046
Chikumagawa Techno Factory 6,027 18,828 3,774 57 57
Asama Techno Factory 48,897 43,655 245,102 1,880 1,879
Shizuoka Plant 36,132 41,632 118,924 2,659 1,156
Mikumagawa Plant 17,330 106,700 473,085 1,279 1,279
TDK Electronics Factories, Inc.
Honjo Plant West Site 108,171 130,682 504,590 7,299 7,299
Honjo Plant East Site 32,258 68,362 75,497 290 290
Kitakami Plant 102,967 149,900 459,959 4,928 4,928
Ouchi Plant 42,631 59,952 91,911 753 742
Iwaki Plant 2,871 3,395 52,510 274 274
Kofu Plant 33,697 52,238 637,569 1,049 1,049
Tsuruoka Plant 11,118 2,995 9,476 424 424
Sakata Plant 14,059 1,809 12,195 179 161
Iida Plant 5,568 42.9 1,896 200 200
Tsuruoka East Plant 10,960 21,237 410,693 1,132 1,132
TDK-Lambda Corporation※1 3,449 43.4 122,736 172 171
TDK Precision Tool Corporation 415 0 377 15 15
Development and Office Division 13,071 33,466 47,882 234 231
East Asia
TDK Dalian Corporation 49,225 747 209,130 219 213
Qingdao TDK Electronics Co., Ltd. 18,879 0 52,241 180 180
TDK (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 3,252 0 7,047 65 65
TDK Xiamen Co., Ltd. 104,799 61,248 442,787 2,443 2,371
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. 154,454 5,497 956,906 1,102 1,102
Amperex Technology Ltd. 1,193,041 839,249 3,594,719 58,217 58,217
Acrathon Precision Technologies (HK) Ltd. 4,975 0 31,330 437 232
Wuxi TDK-Lambda Electronics Co., Ltd. 3,209 0 6,109 67 67
TDK Dongguan Technology Co., Ltd. 56,396 33,995 215,639 2,159 2,159
Guangdong TDK Rising Rare Earth High Technology 14,243 0 56,666 92 92
TDK Korea Corporation 16,048 4,484.5 45,074 203 203
TDK Taiwan Corporation 12,672 1,527 77,090 191 191
InvenSense Taiwan Co., Ltd. 13,032 0 16,121 21 21
Dongguan NVT Technology Co., Ltd. 70,640 11,032 231,032 2,594 2,594
TDK (Ganzhou) Rare Earth New Materials Co., Ltd. 3,829 144 11,675 65 65
Poweramp Technology Limited 25,052 0 185,935 1,713 1,713
Other Asia
TDK Philippines Corporation 27,603 1,901 272,269 40 40
TDK (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 20,714 0 76,036 1,595 1,595
TDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 10,696 808.1 119,061 698 698
Magnecomp Precision Technology Public Co., Ltd. 74,922 60 619,710 180 180
TDK-Lambda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 8,546 179 47,354 199 178
Hutchinson Technology Operations (Thailand), Co., Ltd. 10,254 0 74,888 106 106
Navitasys India Private Limited 15,020 4,277 33,994 1,544 1,544
ATL Battery Technology (India) Private Limited 15,954 2,598 50,998 408 408
EMEA
TDK-Lambda Ltd. 2,927 0 2,043 258 231
TDK-Lambda UK Ltd. 1,565 0 2,065 92 92
Micronas-Germany 44,504 253,652 377,579 606 606
North and South America
TDK Components U.S.A., Inc. 1,983 868.5 1,022 51 51
Headway Technologies, Inc. 76,179 80,592 134,303 418 381
TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. 2,299 1,776 2,555 13 4
Hutchinson Technology Inc. 6,739 24,500 38,687 186 87
TDK Electronics
TDK Electronics Group※2 845,582 677,264 3,377,979 16,013 12,904
  • 1 Figures are for Nagaoka Technical Center.
  • 2 TDK Electronics Group includes TDK Electronics AG and its subsidiaries.

Environmental Accounting (Japan)

TDK has traditionally monitored its environmental conservation costs and environmental impact, but in FY March 2002, TDK introduced environmental accounting for its business sites in Japan in order to clarify the relationship between the two and promote more effective environmental measures.

A summary of the aggregate results for FY March 2024 is as follows.

Classification Environmental cost Economic effect Environmental Conservation Effects
Investment for the year
(thousand yen)		 Environmental preservation
and maintenance expenses for the fiscal year (thousand yen)		 Environmental preservation activities Results of load improvement by environmental preservation activities in the current
fiscal year compliance with laws and regulations and other results (for the current fiscal year)
1.Business area cost
Pollution prevention
(Regulatory control)		 1,160,780 728,115 ・Complaints about vibration, noise, and odor: 0
Global environmental conservation 556,707 1,028,056 ・Electricity and fuel savings: 27,302 ・CO₂reduction: 556 t-CO₂
Resource recycling 57,743 852,937 Materials usage savings: 104,556
・Service water usage savings: 2,216
・Gain on sale of marketable securities: 1,992,611 		・Reduction of raw materials: 1,960 t
・Reduction of water: 11,871 m3
・Sale of valuable resources: 9,273 t
・Outside recycling: 18,757 t
Risk management 0 1,848 Reduction in emissions of PRTR chemicals: 9 t
・Number of soil contamination risk countermeasures implemented: 0
2.Upstream and downstream costs 0 0
3.Management activity costs 0 33,138
4.R&D costs 0 10,299 ・Number of environmentally friendly products researched and developed: 20
5.Social activity costs 0 30 ・Number of trees planted outside the company: 900
・Total number of people participating in volunteer activities: 2,864
6.Environmental damage costs 0 1,269 ・Number of cases repaired (cost incurred): 0
Total 1,775,295 2,655,692
  • ※The investment amount for the year in question is the amount payable in FY March 2024.
  • ※The environmental preservation and maintenance expenses for the relevant fiscal year include depreciation (legal) of equipment, and personnel expenses are not included because they are determined based on the number of employees in the relevant fiscal year.
  • ※The effects covered are substantive effects only and do not include presumptive effects (risk aversion and deemed effects).

Aggregate results for FY March 2024

・Environmental capital expenditures increased to 1,775 million yen from 1,596 million yen in the previous fiscal year.
・Environmental preservation and maintenance expenses decreased from ¥2,788 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥2,656 million.
・Economic benefits from environmental preservation activities increased from ¥1,820 million in the previous year to ¥2,127 million, mainly due to an increase in the sale price of valuable resources.