SGH

Language

JP

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 FY2024 Target FY2023 Results
Base Year Target Deadline Base Year Target Deadline Results
Sagawa
Express		 Industrial
waste		 FY2023 -1.0% March 31, 2025 FY2022 -1.0% March 31, 2024 YoY -21%
Water
intake		 YoY -4%

Raw Material Input

Unit FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Raw materials
(packing materials)		 Paper New materials ㎏ 1,197,992 1,272,242 1,116,284 976,551 885,495
Recycled materials ㎏ 1,004,197 911,119 882,881 962,102 824,290
Polypropylene New materials ㎏ 54,846 69,883 64,494 48,393 57,978
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Soft cloth New materials ㎏ 12,408 10,545 1,101 1,816 1,693
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Polyethylene New materials ㎏ 42,685 14,494 8,109 12,466 22,766
Recycled materials ㎏ 368 47 74 159 0
Cotton New materials ㎏ 2,437 791 0 0 0
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Polyester New materials ㎏ 338 159 265 437 407
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Claf New materials ㎏ 0 0 8,080 8,242 7,011
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 43 40 42 48 46
Raw materials
(uniforms)		 Polyester New materials ㎏ 6,707 2,945 4,114 1,403 8,489
Recycled materials ㎏ 36,742 29,439 28,018 15,725 88,069
Cotton New materials ㎏ 2,385 414 1,173 43 259
Recycled materials ㎏ 3,474 589 1,639 65 367
Polyurethane New materials ㎏ 143 69 95 31 176
Recycled materials ㎏ 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 81 90 85 91 91

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

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

Eco-friendly uniforms

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of uniforms 3.10million 3.27million 3.44million 3.52million 3.59million
Equivalent number of 500ml PET bottles About 14.60million About 15.50million About 16.80million About 17.40million About 17.80million

*Only Sagawa Express is subject to calculation.

Water Withdrawal

(Unit: m3)

Boundary FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Sagawa Express 725,300 731,278 728,694 857,064 822,356
Other 202,292 163,497 167,561 202,055 213,985
Total 927,592 894,775 896,255 1,059,119 1,036,341

*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 FY2022) (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 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Sagawa Express 728,165 729,248 724,876 855,382 820,205
Other 203,179 166,557 172,573 216,057 230,361
Total 931,344 895,805 897,449 1,071,439 1,050,565

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

*The boundary has been expanded for FY2022 based on a survey conducted. (Sagawa Express)

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

*From 2019, even for sites where actual wastewater volume cannot be determined, the amount of water intake is considered to be the amount of water discharge and is included in the calculation.

Waste Discharged Externally

(Unit: t)

Boundary FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Sagawa Express 4,408 5,170 4,386 3,909 3,103
Other 2,091 4,630 3,834 3,147 2,618
Total 6,499 9,801 8,220 7,056 5,721

*Aggregate industrial waste.

*The boundary was expanded to include 5 companies : Sagawa Express, World Supply, Sagawa Global Logistics, SG Realty and SG Motors.

*All group companies are included in the calculation from FY2020 onwards.

Hazardous Waste Output *

(Unit: t)

Boundary FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Sagawa Express 0.01 1.15 0.84 10.55 0.94

*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).