Otsuka : Office Divisions of Five Otsuka Group Companies to Switch to Green Power (102KB)

F eb ru ar y 9, 2021

Office Divisions of Five Otsuka Group Companies

to Switch to Green Power

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President and Representative Director, CEO: Tatsuo Higuchi) has announced purchase of Green Power Certificates to switch all electricity used by the office divisions of five group companies*1 to green power. The Green Power Certificates are issued by Japan Natural Energy Company Limited (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President : Atsushi Fukuta).

In the Green Power Certificate system, the environmental added value of power produced from renewable energy sources is certified by a third-party certification entity, with Green Power Certificates issued as tradable items. The purchase price of Green Power Certificates is channeled through the issuing organization to support maintenance and expansion of green power generation facilities. Though businesses purchasing Green Power Certificates might not have their own power generation facilities, they are considered to have contributed to the expansion of green power. In this way, trading of Green Power Certificates functions as a deterrent to global warming.

In the contract entered into by Otsuka, all electricity consumed by

office divisions of five affiliated companies including branch and local	Green Power certification mark
is certified from Japan
offices (12,500,000kWh) will be replaced with green power, resulting in	Natural Energy Company Limited
an annual reduction of 6,600 tons of CO2 emissions (equivalent to
annual emissions of approximately 2,300 households*2).

The Otsuka group of companies has identified climate change, resource recycling and conservation, and water conservation as important areas (materialities) for environmental initiatives. Regarding climate change, the goal of 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030*3 is the focus of proactive efforts to reduce CO2 emissions across the value chain. Aiming for optimization of energy consumption, group-wide initiatives include introduction of CO2-free electric power and fuel conversion through expansion of co-generation systems*4 and introduction of solar power generation. Going forward, we will continue to collaborate on environmental initiatives to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon, sustainable society.

*1: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.; Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.; Otsuka Foods Co., Ltd.

*2: Calculated based on 2018 household sector CO2 emissions.

*3 Compared to group company 2017 levels of CO2 emissions in Japan and overseas.

*4 Systems that use fuels such as natural gas, petroleum and LP gas to generate power via engines, turbines, fuel cells etc., and recover waste heat as part of the process. Recovered waste heat can be used in factories in the form of steam or hot water as heat sources, air conditioning, hot water supply, etc. The aim is zero-waste use of heat and electricity to achieve high-level comprehensive energy efficiency.

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Major domestic efforts related to climate change by the Otsuka group companies

July 2019	: CO2-free electricity introduced at factories and research institutes of
		Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Taiho
		Pharmaceutical, Otsuka Chemical, and Otsuka Foods in Tokushima and at
		Fukuroi Factory of Otsuka Pharmaceutical
November 2019	: CO2-free electricity introduced at Shiga Factory of Otsuka Foods
February 2020	: Cogeneration system introduced at Toyama Factory of Otsuka
		Pharmaceutical Factory
April 2020	: CO2-free electricity introduced at Takasaki and Saga Factories of Otsuka
		Pharmaceutical
July 2020	: CO2-free electricity introduced at Kushiro Factories of Otsuka
		Pharmaceutical Factory and Otsuka Foods
September 2020 :	Self-consuming solar power generation facility introduced at Kushiro
		Factory of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory
September 2020 :	Carbon-neutral electricity introduced at Taiho Pharmaceutical in Tsukuba
		area
January 2021	: Carbon-neutral electricity introduced at Taiho Pharmaceutical in Saitama
		area

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