Resource Recycling

As a company that uses large amounts of natural resources in its business, we believe that using the earth’s limited resources in a sustainable manner and passing them on to the next generation is crucial.
For the future of children born today, we are increasing recycling to reduce the consumption of new natural resources while reducing waste to lower our environmental impact. We are also working to reduce CO₂ emissions related to the production of materials and disposal of products. We will advance these efforts in tandem with our commitment to achieving decarbonization.

We work continuously to reduce waste generated by our factories and increase the volume of valuable materials and resources recycled. Our aim is to reduce the final disposal amount (amount of waste ending up in landfill) to as close to zero as possible.
We have set the factory recycling rate (Amount recycled ÷ [Amount recycled + Final disposal amount]) as a KPI, with a target of 99% or higher. In fiscal 2023, we achieved a factory recycling rate of 98.7% globally.

[Definition]
*1 Amount of landfill = Amount of waste disposed at landfill site
*2 Factory waste recycling rate = Amount of resources recycled / (Amount of resources recycled + Amount of landfill)
*3 Zero emission = Factory waste recycling rate: 99% or higher(Definition by Panasonic)