Company Report

CO₂ emissions in fiscal 2021 increased by 7.3% globally (compared to the previous year), partly due to a recovery fromproduction declines caused by COVID-19 in the previous fiscal year.

Water consumption in fiscal 2021 decreased by 2.9% on a global basis.

Panasonic Group makes efforts to reduce released and transferred amount of chemical substances, which cause impact on environment, with the original index, Human and Environment Impact (HEI).

By promoting HEI reduction activities according to the characteristics of the manufacturing process, we achieved areduction of 6.1% (year-on-year) on a global basis.

< Material Balance of Substances in the Management Rank*¹ >

*1: Based on the Chemical Substance Management Rank Guidelines (for factories). Includes all the substances specified in the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Act.
*2: Includes substances transferred as waste, as well as those discharged into the sewage system.
*3: The amount of substances converted into other substances through neutralization, decomposition, or other chemical treatment.
*4: The amount of substances recycled with revenue, as well as those recycled free of charge or with any payment
*5: The amount of substances that have been changed to other substances as a result of chemical reactions, and/or those that are contained in or accompanied with products and shipped out of factories.

*6 Recycling rate = (Recycled amount) / (Recycled amount + Final disposal amount)

* Above data on this report are rounded off to integers (recycling rates are rounded second decimal place).