Contributing to the Sustainability of the Environment and Society (Charter Ⅱ)

We act in accordance with the Daigas Group Charter of Business Conduct to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

Tackling climate change is seen as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations. For the Daigas Group, climate change represents an important management challenge, and initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions are a crucial mission.

Within and beyond the Group

The Daigas Group is committed to achieve a low-carbon/carbon-neutral society under the Daigas Group Carbon Neutral Vision, which was formulated and announced in January 2021 and expresses the Group’s determination to take on the challenge of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

The Daigas Group uses indicators and targets to help reduce GHG emissions and expand the use of renewable energy in each business domain. The performances as well as actions for such indicators and targets are supervised by the Environment Subcommittee, ESG Committee, and ESG Council (Management Meeting). The PDCA (plan-do-check-act) cycle is used to manage such actions.

We devote positive efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation, city gas production, and power generation. We also implement various energy-saving measures at offices, scale them up Group-wide, and verify their effects by continuously checking energy usage data. The CO₂ emissions of the Daigas Group in FY2022 were approximately 26.79 million tons.

We promote the spread of renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and biomass. In FY2022, the percentage of renewables in our power portfolio was 8.1%, and renewables development contribution was approximately 1.398 GW.

We took several initiatives, including the use of cryogenic power generation at our LNG terminals, the introduction of renewable energy sources in Japan and high-efficiency thermal power generation in Japan and abroad, the introduction of fuel cells, gas-powered air conditioning, and high-efficiency hot-water heaters at customer sites, and conversion to the use of natural gas as a fuel in Japan and abroad. These efforts resulted in approximately 3.36 million tons in CO₂ emissions reduction contribution in FY2022.

In order to realize the Daigas Group Carbon Neutral Vision, we aim to become carbon neutral in our group business by 2050 through innovation for decarbonization technologies. We work on decarbonization technologies for gaseous energy, such as methanation. In addition, believing that it is important to ensure CO₂ emissions reduction until the establishment of decarbonization technologies, we have set targets for 2030 as the milestones for renewables in our power portfolio, renewables development contribution, and CO₂ emissions reduction contribution as our contribution to achieving a low carbon / carbon neutral society.