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 FY2023 FY2022
Base Year Target Deadline Base Year Target Deadline Results
Sagawa
Express
Industrial
waste
FY2022 -1.0% March 31, 2024 FY2021 -1.0% March 31, 2023 YoY -10.8%
Water
intake
YoY +17.6%

Raw Material Input

Unit FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Raw materials
(packing materials)
Paper New materials 1,197,992 1,272,242 1,116,284 976,551
Recycled materials 1,004,197 911,119 882,881 962,102
Polypropylene New materials 54,846 69,883 64,494 48,393
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Soft cloth New materials 12,408 10,545 1,101 1,816
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Polyethylene New materials 42,685 14,494 8,109 12,466
Recycled materials 368 47 74 159
Cotton New materials 2,437 791 0 0
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Polyester New materials 338 159 265 437
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Claf New materials 0 0 8,080 8,242
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 43 40 42 48
Raw materials
(uniforms)
Polyester New materials 6,707 2,945 4,114 1,403
Recycled materials 36,742 29,439 28,018 15,725
Cotton New materials 2,385 414 1,173 43
Recycled materials 3,474 589 1,639 65
Polyurethane New materials 143 69 95 31
Recycled materials 0 0 0 0
Percentage of recycled materials % 81 90 85 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
Number of uniforms 3.10million 3.27million 3.44million 352million
Equivalent number of 500ml PET bottles About 14.60million About 15.50million About 16.80million About 1,740million

*Only Sagawa Express is subject to calculation.

Water Withdrawal

(Unit: m3)

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Sagawa Express 730,267 725,300 731,278 728,694 857,064
Other 193,744 202,292 163,497 167,561 202,055
Total 924,011 927,592 894,775 896,255 1,059,119

*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 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Sagawa Express 471,359 728,165 729,248 724,876 855,382
Other 150,006 203,179 166,557 172,573 216,057
Total 621,365 931,344 895,805 897,449 1,071,439

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

*Total includes amount of sewage and public water drainage.(Sagawa Express)

*For some sites where actual water discharge data is not available, water discharge amount is calculated under the assumption that water withdrawal amount equals water discharge amount. (Sagawa Express)

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

Waste Discharged Externally

(Unit: t)

Boundary FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Sagawa Express 4,527 4,408 5,170 4,386 3,909
Other - 2,091 4,630 3,834 3,147
Total - 6,499 9,801 8,220 7,056

*Aggregate industrial waste.

*Only Sagawa Express is subject to calculation in FY 2018.

*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 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Sagawa Express 0.18 0.01 1.15 0.84 10.55

*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).