Environmental Management Data

Environmental load data

Actual values of environmental loads for 2019 are as follows:

*1 Emission amounts were calculated in line with the GHG Protocol.
*2 Scope of the Showa Denko Group (As of June 2020) : Total for the 9 consolidated manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan; SunAllomer Co., Ltd., Showa Denko Gas Products Co., Ltd., Showa Denko Ceramics Co., Ltd. (Toyama), Showa Aluminum Can Corp., Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd., Niigata Showa K.K., Showa Denko Kenso Co., Ltd., Showa Denko HD Yamagata K.K. and Showa Fine Ceramics Co., Ltd., GHG emissions include those for Showa Denko Electronics K.K. and Tsurusaki Kyodo Doryoku Co., Ltd., and exclude those Niigata Showa K.K., Showa Denko Kenso Co., Ltd., Showa Fine Ceramics Co., Ltd., which are not required to report emissions as emitters designated under the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.
*3 Emissions of toxic atmospheric pollutants are included in emissions of PRTR-listed substances.
*4 Final landfill disposal: Including only waste generated from production activities during the year.

Actual values of environmental loads of Showa Denko Group companies in Japan for 2019 are as follows:
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Discharged amounts of greenhouse gases	kt	445	402	416	735	636
The amount of water used	million m³	336	330	358	525	473
Wastewater volume	kt	2,188	2,162	2,093	3,583	3,111
Final landfill volumes of industrial waste	t	3,864	4,748	5,813	11,374	12,217

*Discharged amounts of greenhouse gases outside Japan: Including the sites which emitted 3 kt or more.
* The scope of data includes SHOWA DENKO CARBON ProductsGermany GmbH & Co.KG, SHOWA DENKO CARBON Austria GmbH, SHOWA DENKO CARBON Spain S.A., SHOWA DENKO CARBON Malaysia Sdn.Bhd for 2018 and subsequent years.
* The scope of data includes Hanacans JSC for 2019.