Building a Recycling Society
Initiatives in Business Activities
Casio’s efforts to help build a recycling-oriented society are guided by its targets to achieve zero emissions of waste and reduce water usage by the Group. As part of its efforts to achieve zero emissions, Casio strives to reduce the amount of waste produced by its business activities and to increase the waste recycling rate, as well. The company is also taking initiatives for voluntary collection and recycling of used products.
Reducing and Recycling Waste
│Approach and Policy
The Casio Group has set a zero-emissions target for waste produced by its business activities and is working to build a recycling-oriented society. As part of its initiatives for achieving zero emissions, Casio has set targets for reducing waste produced by its business activities and for promoting the recycling of such waste.
│Targets and Performance
Casio has set targets for each fiscal year and is verifying the status of achievement. For fiscal 2022, Casio set targets to reduce the amount of generation of waste (including valuables) by at least 2% compared to fiscal 2020 and to achieve a recycling rate of 95% or higher.
In fiscal 2022, although the impact of COVID-19 on activities at sites continued, there was an increase in waste at some sites due to the recovery in activity levels. On the other hand, as a result of carrying out improvement activities such as sorting and setting things in order at each site, the amount of generation of waste (including valuable waste) at the Group overall decreased from the previous fiscal year, and the recycling rate also increased, reaching the targets for fiscal 2022.
| Medium and long-term targets | FY2022 Target | FY2022 Performance | Evaluation | FY2023 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achieve zero emissions of waste at business sites by FY2031 | Reduce the amount of generation of waste(including valuable waste), etc., by entire Casio Group by at least 2% compared to FY2020 | Reduced the amount of generation of waste(including valuable waste) by Casio Group by 28% compared to FY2020 | 〇 | Reduce the amount of generation of waste(including valuable waste) by entire Casio Group by at least 3% compared to FY2020 |
| Achieve a recycling rate for Casio Group site waste of at least 95% | Achieved a recycling rate for Casio Group: 96% | ✕ | Achieve a recycling rate for Casio Group site waste of at least 96% |
Reducing water usage
│Approach and Policy
Water resources are essential in maintaining human activities. However, in recent years, water-related risks, including increasing demand due to population growth and decreasing supply due to climate change, have become a cause for concern, and Casio business activities could face similar risks.
The Casio Group uses a limited amount of water in production activities, to wash a few of the components in production activities. Use for applications such as air conditioning and domestic-type use account for the majority of the water used by the Casio Group. The domestic-type use of water is important in terms of maintaining hygienic at its sites.
When Casio conducted an evaluation of water stress levels*1 with a focus on access to water for hygiene at production sites with relatively high water usage, one out of all the Group’s production sites was found to be under water stress. Despite the relatively low level of overall water stress, Casio has set a target of continually reducing water usage for the entire Group, and is working to reduce risk related to use of water resources.
*1 The Baseline Water Stress indicator presented in WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas 3.0. Casio assessed sites where the Baseline Water Stress is High or more as under water stress.
│Targets and Performance
Casio has set targets for each fiscal year and is verifying the status of achievement. For fiscal 2022, the company set a target of reducing water use by at least 2% compared to fiscal 2020.
In fiscal 2022, although the impact of COVID-19 on activities at sites continued, there was an increase in water usage at some sites due the recovery in activity levels. On the other hand, as a result of efforts to reduce water use, including water saving measures, at each site, water usage at the Group overall decreased from the previous fiscal year and the recycling rate also increased, reaching the targets for fiscal 2022.
| FY2022 Target | FY2022 Performance | Evaluation | FY2023 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reduce water usage for Casio Group by at least 3% compared to FY2020 | Reduced water usage for Casio Group by 43% compared to FY2020 | 〇 | Reduce water usage for Casio Group by at least 3% compared to FY2020 |