ESG Data
SoftBank Corp. and major subsidiaries' data related to ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) on our business activities are disclosed by items.
Climate change
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Category [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Results | Results (Achievement Rate) |
Target | ||||||
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (Scope 1, 2) | ||||||||
Total [t-CO2] ★ | ② | FY2021: 93% |
722,514 | 693,953 | 776,104 | 620,929 | 708,534 (103.9%) |
736,000 |
GHG Scope 1 [t-CO2] ★ | 11,386 | 11,456 | 15,803 | 15,416 | 10,709 (140.0%) |
15,000 | ||
GHG Scope 2 [t-CO2] ★ | 711,128 | 682,497 | 760,301 | 605,513 | 697,825 (103.3%) |
721,000 | ||
GHG Emissions Intensity*2 [t-CO2/Gbps] | ① | - | 849 | 682 | 628 | 411 | 359 (97.0%) |
350 |
Greenhouse Gas (Breakdown of Scope 1) | ||||||||
Carbon Dioxide [t] ★ | ② | FY2021: 93% |
- | - | - | 14,962 | 10,134 (-) |
- |
Methane [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 293 | 25 (-) |
- | ||
Dinitrogen Monoxide [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 0.03 | 3 (-) |
- | ||
Hydrofluorocarbons [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 162 | 547 (-) |
- | ||
Perfluorocarbons [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 0 | 0 (-) |
- | ||
Sulfur Hexafluoride [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 0 | 0 (-) |
- | ||
Nitrogen Trifluoride [t-CO2] ★ | - | - | - | 0 | 0 (-) |
- |
- [Notes]
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- *1The increase in FY2021 is due to the change of the boundaries.
- *2Greenhouse gas emissions at 1 Gbps
- *The greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3), energy consumption, industrial waste (SoftBank Corp.) and water consumption (SoftBank Corp.) in FY2021 were examined by Japan Quality Assurance Organization as a third party (Limited guarantee level in accordance with ISO 14064-3 and ISAE 3000).
- *1
Category [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2021 | Rate (%) | Scope 3 Description of calculation | |
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Scope 1: Direct Emission [t-CO2] ★ | ② | FY2021: 93% |
10,709 | 0.1 | - | |
Scope 2: Indirect Emission of Energy Sources [t-CO2] ★ | 697,825 | 7.4 | - | |||
Scope 3: Other Indirect Emission [t-CO2] ★ | FY2021: 88% |
8,685,602 | 92.5 | - | ||
Category 1: Purchased Goods and Services | 2,715,644 | 28.9 | Calculated by multiplying the purchase price of products and services by the CO2 emission factor, including the procurement and transportation processes | |||
Category 2: Capital Goods | 1,211,839 | 12.9 | Calculated by multiplying the capital investment amount by the CO2 emission factor of capital goods | |||
Category 3: Fuel- and Energy-Related Activities Not Included in Scope 1 or Scope 2 | 991,026 | 10.5 | Calculated by multiplying fuel/electric power consumption by the CO2 emission factor for fuel procurement in manufacturing processes and, for electric power procured for sale from external sources, calculated by multiplying the amount of electric power by the CO2 emission factor upon fuel procurement | |||
Category 4: Upstream Transportation and Distribution | 192,923 | 2.1 | Calculated by multiplying transportation costs by the CO2 emission factor for transportation between bases and shipping (Procurement transportation is included in Category 1) | |||
Category 5: Waste Generated in Operations | 2,702 | 0.0 | Calculated by multiplying the weight of industrial waste by the CO2 emission factor for each kind of waste disposal method | |||
Category 6: Business Travel | 6,149 | 0.1 | Calculated by multiplying the amount paid for transportation allowances by the CO2 emission factor for each transportation category, by multiplying the number of days of accommodation by the CO2 emission factor per day of accommodation, and by multiplying the total travel distance of rental cars by the CO2 emission factor for each fuel type and maximum loading capacity | |||
Category 7: Employee Commuting | 15,980 | 0.2 | Calculated by multiplying the total commuting distance of employees by the CO2 emission factor per km of travelers for each transportation category and multiplying the power consumption during telework by the CO2 emission factor of electric power | |||
Category 8: Upstream Leased Assets | 376,440 | 4.0 | Calculated by multiplying the total floor area of warehouses and rental offices by the CO2 emission factor per area for each building use and by multiplying the electric power consumption of telecommunications equipment installed and operated at rental properties by the CO2 emission factor for electric power | |||
Category 9: Downstream Transportation and Distribution | 716,763 | 7.6 | For shipping, it is calculated by multiplying transportation costs by the CO2 emission factor | |||
Category 10: Processing of Sold Products | 0 | 0.0 | (Not to be calculated) | |||
Category 11: Use of Sold Products | 2,275,537 | 24.2 | Calculated by multiplying the number of products sold/rented by lifelong power consumption of each product and the CO2 emission factor of electric power | |||
Category 12: End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products | 148,668 | 1.6 | Calculated by multiplying the total weight of products sold by the CO2 emission factor for each kind of waste | |||
Category 13: Downstream Leased Assets | 48 | 0.0 | Calculated by multiplying the number of units rented by electric power consumption and the CO2 emission factor for electric power | |||
Category 14: Franchises | 31,883 | 0.3 | Calculated by multiplying the total floor area of franchise shops by the CO2 emission factor per area for each building use | |||
Category 15: Investments | 0 | 0.0 | (Not to be calculated) | |||
Total | 9,394,136 | 100.0 |
Category [Unit] | Bound-ary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | ||
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Results | Results (Achieve-ment Rate) |
Target | |||||||
Energy | Electric Power Consumption*1 [MWh] ★ | ② | FY2021: 93% |
1,418,791 | 1,355,703 | 1,644,234 | 1,680,530 | 2,117,259 (101%) |
2,130,000 |
Of which, Renewable Energy Consumption [MWh] ★ | 44 | 44 | 32,516 | 324,766 | 631,248 (99%) |
637,000 | |||
City Gas [m³] ★ | 4,731,000 | 4,554,000 | 4,508,000 | 4,914,000 | 3,256,578 (-) |
- | |||
Heavy Oil A [kL] ★ | 144 | 190 | 160 | 198 | 213 (-) |
- | |||
Energy Consumption Intensity*2 [MWh/Gbps] | ① | - | 1,667 | 1,332 | 1,296 | 1,124 | 1,084 (-) |
- | |
Electric Power Consumption in Data Centers*1 [MWh] ★ | ② | FY2021: 93% |
77,428 | 73,670 | 263,620 | 271,711 | 534,275 (98%) |
524,000 | |
Renewable Energy Rate [%] | - | - | 7.9 | 8.6 | 25.1 (103%) |
25.0 | |||
Power Usage Effectiveness [-] | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.57 | 1.50 | 1.42 (106%) |
1.50 |
Category [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2030 | |
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Plan | |||||||||
Mid/long-term Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions [t-CO2] | Sum of Scope 1 and 2 | ② | 93% | 505,000 | 480,000 | 450,000 | 435,000 | 373,000 | 0 |
- [Notes]
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- *1The increase in FY2021 is due to the change of the boundaries.
- *2Electric power consumption at 1 Gbps
- *For the fiscal year ending March 2031 (FY2030), the electric power consumption is estimated to rise to 2,500,000MWh, due to the traffic growth through the provision of 5G, etc. We set the goal of using virtually 100% renewable energy for total electric power consumption.
- *1
Resources and waste
Category [Unit] | Bound-ary | Cover-age | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | ||
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Results | Results (Achieve-ment Rate) |
Target | |||||||
Industrial Waste [t] | Discharge Amount | ② | FY2021: 93% |
1,159 | 1,092 | 5,226 | 6,313 | 6,196 (-) |
- |
Recycling Amount | 1,124 | 1,059 | 5,073 | 5,482 | 5,668 (-) |
- | |||
Final Disposal Amount*1 | 35 | 33 | 153 | 831 | 528 (81%) |
427 | |||
Discharge Amount ★ | ① | - | 1,159 | 1,092 | 1,484 | 1,748 | 1,363 (-) |
- | |
Recycling Amount ★ | 1,124 | 1,059 | 1,439 | 1,500 | 1,176 (-) |
- | |||
Final Disposal Amount*1 ★ | 35 | 33 | 45 | 248 | 187 (-) |
- | |||
Hazardous Waste (PCB) [t] | Disposal Amount | ① | - | - | - | - | 0.49 | 0.18 (178%) |
0.32 |
Communi-cation Equipment of Removed Base Stations [%] | Final Disposal Rate | ① | - | 0.29 | 0.85 | 1.40 | 0.51 | 0.20 (500%) |
1.00 |
Used Mobile Phones [Mobile Phones] | Devices to be Reused or Recycled | ① | - | - | - | 2,425,840 | 2,541,078 | 2,532,827 (-) |
- |
Use of Water | Water consumption (Water withdrawal) (Total)*2 [m³] | ② | FY2021: 93% |
714,163 | 738,517 | 1,191,210 | 1,330,834 | 1,394,070 (-) |
- |
Municipal potable water [m³] | 714,163 | 738,517 | 1,191,210 | 1,330,596 | 1,362,425 (-) |
- | |||
Groundwater [m³] | - | - | - | - | 30,660 (-) |
- | |||
Harvested rainwater*3 [m³] | - | - | - | 238*5 | 985 (-) |
- | |||
Water Discharge Volume*4 [m³] | 714,163 | 738,517 | 1,191,210 | 1,330,834 | 1,394,070 (-) |
- | |||
Consumption Per Area [m³/m²] | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.65 (-) |
- | |||
Water Consumption and Discharge Volume at Offices [m³] | - | - | 917,542 | 929,588 | 926,938 (99.3%) |
920,292 | |||
Water Consumption and Discharge Volume at Data Centers [m³] | - | - | 273,668 | 401,246 | 467,132 (-) |
- | |||
Water Consumption and Discharge Volume at the Headquarters' Building [m³] ★ | ① | - | - | - | - | 1,642*5 | 11,222 (-) |
- |
- [Notes]
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- *1The calculation method was changed from FY2020.
- *2For offices not equipped with meters, consumption is estimated based on floor area using data on consumption per unit of floor area for the SoftBank Corp. group.
- *3Harvested rainwater with roof drains at headquarters
- *4Sewage only
- *5Figures for the period from September 2020 to March 2021 after the relocation of the headquarters.
- *1
Environmental management system
Category [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 |
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Results | |||||||
ISO 14001 Certified Sites [Sites] | ① | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
ISO 14001 Certification Rate*1 [%] | ① | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 |
- [Note]
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- *1The percentage of certified sites among all applicable sites (a total of 19 sites designated under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy as type 1 designated energy management factories, etc., or type 2 designated energy management factories, etc.)
- *1
Compliance
Category [Unit] | Boundary | Coverage | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Results | ||||||||
Violations of Environmental Rules | Times [Times] | ② | FY2021: 93% |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Penalty Amount [Thousand yen] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |