Ajinomoto : ▶Sustainability Data Book 2023 -Environmental Data

Ajinomoto Group Sustainability Data Book 2023

Appendix 1 : Environmental Data

• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
• Conservation of water resources
• 3Rs of waste
• Third-partyassurance
• ISO 14001 certificate

Scope of the Environmental Data

The environmental data of this section covers Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and other Group companies subject to the Ajinomoto Group Environmental Management as defined in the company's Environmental Regulations as of March 31, 2023. Performance statistics are for the 141, which substantially represent the environmental performance of the entire Ajinomoto Group under the consolidated financial accounting system.

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Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions calculated from IEA[1] CO2 emissions factors		(t-CO2e)
	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Scope 3 Category 1: Raw	8,115,946	7,784,783	7,614,734	6,960,412	6,610,392
materials
Scope 1:	1,196,969	1,013,315	1,008,811	1,005,363	973,780
Scope 3 Category 3: Production	381,765	625,142	630,823	583,499	604,719
	Market-based	Market-based	Market-based	Market-based	Market-based
	method	method	method	method	method
Scope 2:	1,015,723	960,375	901,789	606,594	611,712
Location-based	Location-based	Location-based	Location-based	Location-based
	method	method	method	method
	method
	1,026,764	978,066	910,791	622,059	620,751
Scope 3 Category 4: Transport	1,274,589	1,256,044	1,210,741	1,121,673	1,037,133
Scope 3 Category 11: Use	1,294,392	1,353,234	1,355,477	1,396,947	1,386,049
Scope 3 Category 12: Disposal	443,333	431,048	425,003	409,500	405,337
Scope 3 Category 2:	249,944	255,910	262,711	232,674	219,172
Capital goods
Scope 3 Category 5:	140,678	85,666	85,714	92,884	97,854
Waste generated in operations
Scope 3 Category 6:	4,479	4,486	4,226	4,350	4,446
Business travel
Scope 3 Category 7:	16,206	16,231	15,292	15,740	16,087
Employee commuting
Scope 3 Category 8:	Included in	Included in	Included in	Included in	Included in
Upstream leased assets	category 1	category 1	category 1	category 1	category 1
Scope 3 Category 9:
Downstream transportation and	3,780	3,503	3,183	3,448	2,535
distribution
Scope 3 Category 10:	8,158[2]	5,517	179,801	126,716	108,585
Processing of sold products
Scope 3 Category 13:	0	0	0	0	0
Downstream leased assets
Scope 3 Category 14: Franchises	0	0	0	0	0
Scope 3 Category 15:	0	0	0	0	0
Investments
Scope 3 total	11,933,270[2]	11,821,564	11,787,705	10,947,844	10,492,309
Scope 1, 2 and 3 total	14,145,962[2]	13,795,254	13,698,305	12,599,801	12,077,801

						(t-CO2e)
By region	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Scope 1 emissions	1,196,969	1,013,315	1,008,811	1,005,363	973,780
	Japan	327,345	302,700	293,358	288,531	279,268
	Asia/Africa	526,405	376,020	389,741	412,339	394,705
	Europe	39,021	41,463	37,902	18,721	15,824
	North America	219,337	212,796	221,691	206,394	210,282
	South America	67,231	65,408	53,877	67,975	63,998
	China	17,629	14,926	12,242	11,402	9,704
Scope 2 emissions	1,015,723	960,375	901,789	606,594	611,712
(market-based method)
	Japan	141,952	118,337	120,119	101,645	92,886
	Asia/Africa	427,389	414,365	380,604	276,867	308,580
	Europe	184,253	171,196	158,749	20,451	19,161
	North America	193,766	194,490	179,067	170,258	159,857
	South America	40,308	38,306	32,692	6,753	2,646
	China	28,056	23,681	30,558	30,620	28,582
Scope 1 and 2 total	2,212,692	1,973,690	1,910,600	1,611,957	1,585,492
emissions
	Japan	469,297	421,038	413,477	390,177	372,154
	Asia/Africa	953,794	790,386	770,346	689,205	703,286
	Europe	223,275	212,659	196,651	39,172	34,985
	North America	413,103	407,286	400,758	376,652	370,139
	South America	107,538	103,714	86,569	74,729	66,644
	China	45,686	38,608	42,799	42,022	38,286

1. International Energy Agency
2. Because former data only in FY2018 was calculated by Location based method, it was unified to be Market based method data.

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									(t-CO2e)
By business activity/division	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021		FY2022
Scope 1 emissions	1,196,969	1,013,315	1,008,811	1,005,363		973,780
			Production	1,149,384	976,078	970,831	974,789		932,429
		Business	Transportation	25,976	16,060	17,633	12,524		24,732
		activities
Others (office, sales,	21,609	21,177	20,348	18,050		16,620
			R&D, etc.)
		Business	Food products	347,927	338,518	436,813	485,193		524,660
		division	AminoScience	849,041	674,797	571,998	520,170		449,121
Scope 2 emissions	1,015,723	960,375	901,789	606,594		611,712
(market-based method)
			Production	1,010,908	955,202	897,639	604,268		609,377
		Business	Transportation	9	2	2	3		5
		activities
Others (office, sales,	4,806	5,172	4,148	2,323		2,330
			R&D, etc.)
		Business	Food products	379,571	356,388	384,066	311,163		299,081
		division	AminoScience	636,152	603,988	517,722	295,431		312,631
Greenhouse gas emissions per volume unit calculated from IEA[1] CO2 emissions factors
				FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021		FY2022
Scope 1 and 2 emissions per volume	0.84	0.79	0.79	0.68		0.67
unit (intensity per ton of product)
Scope 3 emissions (exclude	4.54	4.71	4.87	4.64		4.46
category 11) per volume unit
(intensity per ton of product)[2]
		Reference value: Production	2,627	2,512	2,423	2,360		2,350
		volume (1,000 t)[3]
Scope 1 and 2 emissions per volume	1.99	1.79	1.78	1.40		1.17
unit (intensity per million yen sales)
Scope 3 emissions per volume unit	10.71	10.75	11.00	9.53		7.72
(intensity per million yen sales)
		Consolidated sales (million yen)	1,114,308	1,100,039	1,071,453	1,149,370		1,359,115

1. International Energy Agency
2. The results scope 3 emissions per volume unit were revised because the coverage of organizations for calculation were different.
3. We used data different from production volume set forth for the other environment data.

Ajinomoto Group products carbon footprint

			CFP values[4]	CFP values per
	Product	Production plant	(per kg of
	serving[5]
			product)
(1)	HON-DASHI®	Kawasaki Plant, Ajinomoto	14.08 kg-CO2e	-
Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(2)	Ajinomoto KK Consommé	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto	6.87 kg-CO2e	-
	(Granules)	Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(3)	Knorr® Cup Soup Tsubu	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto	7.08 kg-CO2e	-
	Tappuri Corn Cream	Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(4)	Ajinomoto KK Shirogayu	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto	0.81 kg-CO2e	-
	250 g	Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(5)	Cook Do® Hoikoro	Kawasaki Plant, Ajinomoto	2.95 kg-CO2e	1.21 kg-CO2e per
Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	serving (approx. 700 g)
(6)	Cook Do® Kyo-no	Shizuoka Plant, Ajinomoto	2.31 kg-CO2e	2.90 kg-CO2e per
	Oozara Butabara Daikon	Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.		serving (approx. 1 kg)
(7)	Nabe Cube Toridashi	Kunneppu Plant, Ajinomoto
Food Manufacturing	8.54 kg-CO2e	-
	Umashio
	Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
(8)	Blendy® Stick Café au	AGF Suzuka, Inc.	4.85 kg-CO2e	-
	Lait (coffee mixes)
(9)	Lemon and Basil Fried	Kyushu Plant, Ajinomoto	5.84 kg-CO2e	-
	Chicken (frozen foods)	Frozen Foods Co., Inc.
(10)	Yamaki Mentsuyu	Daini Plant and Minakami	2.02 kg-CO2e	-
	(400 ml and 500 ml)	Plant, YAMAKI Co., Ltd.
(11) Masako® Ayam (11 g)	Mojokerto Factory, PT	2.49 kg-CO2e	-
AJINOMOTO INDONESIA
(12)	Aji-ngon® Pork flavor	Long Thanh Factory,	2.68 kg-CO2e	-
AJINOMOTO VIETNAM CO.,
	seasoning (400 g)
	LTD.
		Nong Khae Factory,
(13) Ros Dee® Pork (75 g)	AJINOMOTO CO.,	3.15 kg-CO2e	-
		(THAILAND) LTD.

1. Carbon footprint (CFP) values in the report are calculated in accordance with PCR No. PA-CG-02 from the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry. The calculation system and the results are backed by a third- party assurance statement from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited, based on the ISO/TS 14067 standard.
2. CFP values of ingredients including vegetables and meat are included.

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Energy input

	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Energy input (TJ)[1]	38,468	34,619	33,494	31,733	32,125
Energy input intensity of	14.6	13.8	13.8	13.4	13.7
production (per kilo tons of
product)

[1] TJ: terajoule, T (tera) = 1012. The joule conversion factors officially published in 2005 have been used.

Composition of consumed energy (thermal equivalent)

(FY)
2018		16				38			5				17	24
2019		22				40						5		12		21
2020		21				38					5		15		21
2021		14				38		5	13				29
2022		14				37	5		12				32
																100（％）
	0		20	40					60					80

Grid electricity (excluding renewable energy source, e.g. hydropower)

Gas

Oil

Purchased energy (steam), coal, etc.

Renewable energy

NOx and other atmospheric emissions				(tons)
	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Nitrogen oxide (NOx)	9,421	5,224	6,637	5,673	4,730
Sulfur oxide (SOx)	10,701	6,779	7,016	7,676	5,311
Particulates	1,827	884	1,310	871	3,492
CFCs[2]	11	9	7	5	4

1. Figures for fiscal 2019 and beyond exclude natural refrigerants and other non-fluorocarbons due to the redefinition of CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs.

Conservation of water resources
Water use/intensity						(1,000 kl)
		FY2005	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
		(Base Year)
Total water withdrawal[3]	221,863	69,892	66,926	64,406	59,979	60,039
	Fresh surface water	180,363	20,672	19,630	17,004	17,259	17,890
	Brackish surface water/	0	0	0	0	0	0
	seawater
	Fresh groundwater,	0	15,076	14,366	13,041	13,769	13,369
	renewable
	Fresh groundwater, non-	-	0	0	0	0	0
	renewable
	Produced water	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Municipal water (including	41,500	34,144	32,930	34,361	28,950	28,781
	industrial water)
Water consumption per
production volume unit	123	27	27	27	25	26
(intensity per ton of product)
	Reduction rate (vs.	-	78%	78%	78%	79%	79%
	FY2005)
	Ref. Total amount of	1,800	2,627	2,512	2,423	2,360	2,354
	production[4] (1,000 t)
Total water discharge[3]	201,300	55,800	52,342	51,564	48,034	46,353
	Fresh surface water	47,000	27,498	24,297	24,088	20,490	19,655
	(processed by the Group)
	Brackish surface water/	0	0	0	0	0	0
	seawater
	Groundwater	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Third-party destinations	10,300	11,273	11,291	11,139	11,360	11,245
Total water recycled or	144,000	17,029	16,754	16,338	16,184	15,453
reused
Proportion of water recycled	65%	24%	25%	25%	27%	26%
or reused
Total water consumption	20,563	14,092	14,584	12,842	11,945	13,685
BOD (tons)	550	312	283	284	263	269
Nitrogen (tons)	3,200	501	506	583	430	327

1. Water withdrawal is disclosed as the volume measured and invoiced in accordance with the laws of each country and region, or as a converted volume based on pump power use and pipe water speed. Data for quantity and quality of wastewater is aggregated in accordance with the laws of each country and region.
2. We used data different from production volume set forth for the other environment data.

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3Rs of waste
Volume of waste and by-products and resource recovery ratio			(tons)
			FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Hazardous waste (waste acid, waste
alkali, waste oil, cinder)
	Generated	69,991	83,834	81,216	83,770	106,161
	Recycled	68,422	83,429	80,892	83,399	105,997
	Incinerated	40	60	38	24	12
	Landfills	1,529	345	286	347	152
Non-hazardous waste
	By-products[1]
		Generated	2,194,566	2,021,002	1,615,808	1,546,599	1,470,197
		Composted	2,194,470	2,020,885	1,615,713	1,543,988	1,470,110
		Incinerated	0	0	0	0	0
		Landfills	96	117	95	2,611	87
	Other[2]
		Generated	174,651	181,246	173,310	195,832	208,120
		Recycled	153,388	156,432	150,295	169,243	182,956
		Incinerated	2,821	2,121	1,784	2,318	3,969
		Landfills	18,442	22,693	21,231	24,271	21,195
Total generated	2,439,208	2,286,082	1,870,334	1,826,201	1,784,478
Total recycled	2,416,280	2,260,745	1,846,900	1,796,630	1,759,063
Total waste	22,928	25,337	23,434	29,571	25,415
Resource recovery ratio	99.1%	98.9%	98.7%	98.4%	98.6%

1. Sludge, Bacteria, Humus carbon, Waste activated carbon, Gypsum sludge, Salts, Fermentation final concentrate, Waste filter aide, etc.
2. Sludge, Animal and plant residues, Plastic wastes, Glass and ceramic wastes, Metal scraps, Paper wastes, Wood wastes, Rubber scraps, Waste construction materials, Office wastes, etc.

Volume of packaging material and resource recovery ratio							(ktons)
			FY2019		FY2020		FY2021		FY2022
Wood/Paper fiber			150			150		150		150
	Recycled and/or certified material ratio			84%			83%		86%		87%
Metal (e.g. aluminum or steel)			13			13		13		14
	Recycled and/or certified material ratio			-			-		-		-
Glass			5.4			6.4		6.6		6.6
	Recycled and/or certified material ratio			-			-		-		-
Plastic[3]			71			70		71		69
	Recyclable plastic ratio[3]			52%			50%		50%		48%
	Plastic packaging materials			67			66		66		64
	Recyclable plastic packaging materials ratio		52%			50%		51%		48%
	Compostable plastic packaging materials		0%			0%		0%		0%
	ratio
[3] Corrections have been made as a result of a review of totals.
Volumes of food loss and waste[4]										(tons)
		FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022
Total generated volume	53,226	46,729	48,901	47,377	43,389
Total volume used for alternative	25,515	21,222	26,634	28,115	28,222
purposes
Total discarded volume[5]	27,710	25,507	22,267	19,262	15,167
Total discarded volume per volume unit	10.6		10.0	9.2	8.2	6.4
(intensity per ton of product)
	Reference value:	2,609	2,542	2,423	2,357	2,354
	Production volume[6] (1,000t)
vs. Fiscal 2018 (%)	-		95%	87%	77%	61%

1. Measured with reference to the Food Loss & Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard. (Measurement methods may differ between target organizations.)
2. Refers to the amount of "food loss and waste", which is an indicator of the reduction target. It is calculated by excluding the "total volume used for alternative purposes" from the "total generated volume".
3. We used data different from production volume set forth for the other environment data.

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