Climate Change Data

DENSO TEN Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022-04 to 2023-03)

Reporting Period: 2022-04 to 2023-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:57,811 t CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:87,921 MWh
Water Consumption:138,432 m3 + 91,925 m3 + 19,409 m3 = 249,786 m3
Waste Generated:4,667 t
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Improved car value
  • Improved lifestyle value
  • Carbon neutral
  • Consumer Issues
  • Environment
  • Human Rights
  • Labor Practices
  • Fair Operating Practices
  • Organizational Governance
  • Community Involvement and Development

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved carbon neutrality at three overseas sites (DENSO TEN ESPAÑA, DENSO TEN THAILAND, DENSO TEN Wuxi) by switching to renewable energy sources, reducing CO2 emissions from plants to virtually zero.
  • DENSO TEN Wuxi acquired green plant certification in Jiangsu Province, China.

Social Achievements

  • Held Children's Visiting Day at four sites in Japan.
  • Renovated offices to create a better work environment.
  • Recognized as a "Good Health Management Corporation 2023" for five consecutive years.
  • Certified as a "Hyogo Kobe Women's Activity Promotion Company".

Governance Achievements

  • Established Compliance Month to ensure thorough awareness of compliance.
  • Reinforced file access rights and email security measures against information leaks and targeted attacks.
  • Continued conducting group working on compliance risk, education on subcontracting laws, and education on anti-monopoly laws.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve balance between the absorption and emission of greenhouse gases caused by humans (zero-emissions) by 2050.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality at all plants globally by 2025.
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Global semiconductor demand, soaring prices, and production suspension by overseas parts manufacturers due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection caused parts price increases and supply shortages.
  • Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks on businesses.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed technology that uses high-performance, high-speed edge AI to detect dangerous scenes in real-time from drive recorder images.
  • Developed a technology that automatically generates vibration signals from audio signals in real-time, contributing to safety and reliability by utilizing the sense of touch as an in-vehicle UI.
  • Participated in a demonstration experiment using Green Slow Mobility to improve circulation using comfortable and safe green slow-mobility.
  • Reinforced file access rights and email security measures.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Ask all business partners to agree to the tenets of the "DENSO Group Sustainability Policy"
  • Conclude a "Basic Transaction Agreement" that includes compliance, protection of human rights, environmental preservation, workplace safety, and other social responsibilities.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Ministry of the Environment's "Environmental Reporting Guidelines", ISO 26000:2010

Certifications: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 50001, ISO 14064, ISO 14001, ISO 45001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

The report mentions contributing to the achievement of the SDGs through business activities, but doesn't specify which goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Products designed to have lower fuel consumption
  • Safe driving management telematics service
  • Emergency call system

Awards & Recognition

  • Good Health Management Corporation 2023 (White 500)
  • Hyogo Kobe Women's Activity Promotion Company