SGH

Circulation of Resources

Policies, Systems and Initiatives

Goals and Results

Medium- to Long-term Goal

Boundary Medium- to Long-term Goal
SG Holdings Group Promotion of 3R business throughout the Group as a whole

Fiscal Year Targets and Results

Boundary Scope FY2025 Target FY2024 Results
Base Year Target Deadline Base Year Target Deadline Results
Sagawa
Express
Industrial
waste
FY2024 -1.0% March 31, 2026 FY2023 -1.0% March 31, 2025 YoY -12%
Water
intake
YoY -2%

Raw Material Input

Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Raw materials
(packing materials)
Paper New materials 1,272,242 1,116,284 976,551 885,495 823,875
Recycled materials 911,119 882,881 962,102 824,290 804,570
Polypropylene New materials 69,883 64,494 48,393 57,978 50,507
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Soft cloth New materials 10,545 1,101 1,816 1,693 1,738
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Polyethylene New materials 14,494 8,109 12,466 22,766 60,701
Recycled materials 47 74 159 0 229,368
Cotton New materials 791 0 0 0 0
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Polyester New materials 159 265 437 407 608
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Claf New materials 0 8,080 8,242 7,011 6,829
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 40 42 48 46 52
Raw materials
(uniforms)
Polyester New materials 2,945 4,114 1,403 672 1,106
Recycled materials 29,439 28,018 15,725 9,958 3,763
Cotton New materials 414 1,173 43 39 443
Recycled materials 589 1,639 65 60 619
Polyurethane New materials 69 95 31 20 23
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 90 85 91 93 74

*Only Sagawa Express is subject to calculation, which is based on percentage (%) of recycled materials.

*Partially revised FY2020 and FY2023 data for raw materials (uniforms) from previously published data.

Eco-friendly uniforms

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Number of uniforms 3.27million 3.44million 3.52million 3.59million 3.61million
Equivalent number of 500ml PET bottles About 15.50million About 16.80million About 17.40million About 17.80million About 17.96million

*Only Sagawa Express is subject to calculation.

Water Withdrawal

(Unit: m3)

Boundary FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Sagawa Express 731,278 728,694 857,064 822,356 803,090
Other 163,497 167,561 202,055 213,985 233,523
Total 894,775 896,255 1,059,119 1,036,341 1,036,613

*Other includes all group companies in Japan and SG Sagawa Ameroid. (Overseas)

*Total of tap water and industrial water. (No industrial water was used in FY2021 and FY2024) (Sagawa Express)

*The boundary has been expanded for FY2022 based on a survey conducted.

*For some sites where actual water withdrawal data is not available, withdrawal water amount is calculated based on intensity per floor area. (Sagawa Express)

Water Discharge

(Unit: m3)

Boundary FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Sagawa Express 729,248 724,876 855,382 820,205 799,317
Other 166,557 172,573 216,057 230,361 245,678
Total 895,805 897,449 1,071,439 1,050,565 1,044,996

*SG Holdings Group (domestic) and SG Sagawa Ameroid (overseas) are included in the total.

*From FY2022, the scope of data collection has been expanded to include small stores occupied by tenants.

*For some sites where actual water discharge data is not available, water discharge amount is calculated based on intensity per floor area. (Sagawa Express)

*When the water intake is unknown, the figure is calculated using the base unit per floor area.

Waste Discharged Externally

(Unit: t)

Boundary FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Sagawa Express 5,170 4,386 3,909 3,103 2,739
Other 4,630 3,834 3,147 2,618 2,667
Total 9,801 8,220 7,056 5,721 5,405

*Aggregate industrial waste.

*All group companies are included in the calculation.

Hazardous Waste Output *

(Unit: t)

Boundary FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Sagawa Express 1.15 0.84 10.55 0.94 0.60

*Hazardous waste refers to “special controlled industrial waste” specified under the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act of Japan.

* The tally is for Sagawa Express. See the Sagawa Express environmental data page (https://www.sagawa-exp.co.jp/csr/eco/data.html) for details on the total waste output (Japanese text only).