In fiscal 2018, the Nissui Group formulated its medium- to long-term targets by setting CO2 emissions, water use and waste production as three important benchmarks, and has since been making efforts to reduce environmental impact. In fiscal 2021, we formulated our long-term vision (i.e., Good Foods 2030) and mid-term business plan (i.e., Good Foods Recipe1) and set even more ambitious targets for reducing environmental impact, among others.
Long-term vision Mid-term business plan
| Environmental benchmarks | Scope | Medium-term targets (to FY2023) | Long-term targets (to FY2030) | |
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| Results in FY2021 | ||||
| CO2 | Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (Nissui) and all of its consolidated and unconsolidated companies in Japan | Reduction of 10% (Per unit) | Reduction of 15.8% (Per unit) | Reduction of 15% (Per unit) |
| Water | Reduction of 10% (Per unit) | Reduction of 15.5% (Per unit) | - | |
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Raise the percentage of plants with 99% or higher zero emission rate to 100% | |
| HCFC (HFC) leakage level | Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (Nissui) | Less than 1,000 tons-CO2/year | 1,808t-CO2 | - |
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The Nissui Group is switching the refrigerants used in cold storage warehouses at its production plants and logistics centers to natural refrigerants with low environmental impact (such as CO2 and NH3). Our track record in replacing refrigerants with natural refrigerants and newly introducing natural refrigerants with the use of government subsidy projects is as follows.
| Number of introduced cases | Example of introducing business location | Example of subsidy name | Example of natural refrigerant type | CO2 emissions reduced （t-CO2） |
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| FY2020 | 6 cases | Himeji General Plant (Nissui), etc. | FY2020 Subsidies for CO2 Emission Reduction Countermeasures Projects "Project to Accelerate Introduction of Energy-saving Natural Refrigerant Equipment for Early Realization of HFC-free/Low Carbon Society" |
CO2/NH3 | 1,401 |
| FY2021 | 3 cases | Nissui Logistics Corporation, etc. | FY2021 Subsidies for CO2 Emission Reduction Countermeasures Projects "Project to Accelerate Introduction of Energy-saving Natural Refrigerant Equipment for Early Realization of HFC-free/Low Carbon Society" |
CO2/NH3 | 1,910 |
Carry Net Co., Ltd., which is one of the Nissui Group companies in Japan, is a transportation company with eleven sales offices (excluding the head office) across Japan. Its role is to deliver Nissui products to our business partners on a daily basis. Centering on frozen transport, Carry Net is capable of executing transportation adapted to all temperature zones such as cold and ambient temperatures. It not only performs deliveries in the respective local areas of its sales offices but also carries out wide-area transportation across Japan by utilizing its fleet of vehicles as well as networks based on its partnership with collaborating companies.
Carry Net is making efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by performing transportation utilizing ferries.
In FY2021, Carry Net's modal shift (converting part of transportation operations to marine transportation using RORO (“Roll-on, Roll-off”) vessels mainly used for freight transportation owned by partner company, MOL Ferry Co., Ltd.) was recognized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under the Act on Advancement of Integration and Streamlining of Distribution Business, which promotes the integration and efficiency of distribution operations. By reducing the distance of land transportation between Kawasaki and Fukuoka from approx. 1,100 km to approx. 120 km, CO2 emissions can be reduced by 71%. In addition, the time required for a driver to be on the road can be reduced by 87.4%.
| Section | Fiscal year | Number of boarded vessel services subject to modal shift |
CO2 emissions reduced （t-CO2） |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Kansai and Fukuoka 460km |
FY2015 | 949 | 461.2 |
| FY2016 | 896 | 435.5 | |
| FY2017 | 1,188 | 577.4 | |
| FY2018 | 1,564 | 760.1 | |
| FY2019 | 1,586 | 770.8 | |
| FY2020 | 1,586 | 770.8 | |
| FY2021 | 1,590 | 1,831.5 (Note) | |
| Between Kawasaki and Fukuoka 1,100km |
FY2021 | 146 | 383.4 71％ reduction on previous amount |
(Note): Since 2021, the calculation method has been changed under the guidance of the Transport Bureau.
Specialized Carry Net truck boarding a MOL Ferry RORO vessel
Carry Net executes mass transportation based on trailer transportation (Note 1) between frozen food plant depots. Carry Net also conducts switch operation (Note 2), which helps improve drivers' working environment as well.
(Note 1) Trailer transportation: Capable of loading approx. 1.3 times more cargo than large vehicles. Can load 40 sheet pallets.
(Note 2) Switch operation: Operation by switching the head and the trailer.
Double-deck trucks make it possible to realize diversified transportation through partitioning (e.g., frozen temperature in the front compartment and chilled or ambient temperature in the rear compartment), and optimize the inside of the vehicle according to customers' needs. For the transportation of products in different temperature zones, multiple vehicles had to be organized by temperature zone in the case of conventional trucks, whereas with double-deck trucks, the number of vehicles can be reduced by transporting them at once.
Trailer 40 feet
Inside the container
Flatfish Ltd. (UK), which is one of the Nissui Group companies outside of Japan, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of fresh fish and processed seafood products. In 2021, Flatfish changed its electricity supplier in order to reduce CO2 emissions from its business locations. Electricity shared by the new supplier is generated entirely from renewable energy sources, namely, hydraulic power, solar power and wind power. Such change in the supplier translates into a reduction of 266t-CO2/year.
Nissui has been promoting the introduction of hybrid vehicles, PHVs and EVs in its sales fleet in an effort to reduce CO2 emissions. Nissui's targets and results of the introduction of eco-cars as a percentage of its sales fleet are as follows.
| Target | Results | |||
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| Medium-term targets (to FY2024) | Long-term targets (to FY2030) | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
| Introduction of hybrid vehicles | 100％ | 100％ | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| Introduction of PHVs/EVs (Note) | - | 10％ | 0% | 0% |
Scope: Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (Nissui)
(Note) PHV: Acronym for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle. PHV is a hybrid vehicle that can be charged by using an external power source and has a large battery capacity. Even when charged by electricity alone, PHV is capable of traveling longer distances than conventional hybrid vehicles.
EV: Acronym for Electric Vehicle.
| Name of company/name of business location | Description of business | FY2021 | ||
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| Power generated (MWh) |
CO2 emissions reduced (t-CO2) |
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| Japan | Hachioji General Plant (Nissui) | Food production | 21 | 9.4 |
| Himeji General Plant (Nissui) | Food production | 55 | 20.6 | |
| Tokyo Innovation Center (Nissui) | R&D | 80 | 35.5 | |
| Hachikan Co., Ltd. | Food production | 195 | 92.7 | |
| Nippon Cookery Co., Ltd. | Food production | 94 | 41.8 | |
| Nissui Logistics Corporation | Cold storage management / freight transportation | 522 | 202.1 | |
| Nissui Marine Industries Co., Ltd. | Contractor for offshore engineering | 11 | 4.0 | |
| Outside Japan | Thai Delmar Co., Ltd. (Thailand) | Frozen food production | 1,263 | 581.7 |
It is becoming increasingly necessary to calculate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions not only for the Nissui Group's own operations, but also in the entire supply chain. Nissui has calculated the amount of CO2 emissions from upstream and downstream in its supply chain, otherwise known as Scope 3 (Note) emissions, which refers to emissions other than those generated by fuel combustion or the consumption of electricity during production.
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(Note) Scope 3 emissions: Other indirect emissions not covered by Scope 1 and Scope 2 (emissions from other companies related to the company's business activities).
Thai Delmar Co., Ltd. (Thailand), which is one of the Nissui Group companies outside of Japan, is engaged in the manufacture of frozen foods. It is necessary to keep the walls of the plant’s building clean by periodically washing them with water. Furthermore, the land owned by Thai Delmar that is expected to be used in the future has been turfed, the maintenance of which also requires water.
In 2021, a team of engineers looked into recycling the water used at Thai Delmar. After verifying that the water released from the effluent treatment facility above a certain water quality level can be produced, maintained and managed on an ongoing basis, a water recycling pipeline was installed to actually release such water. Thai Delmar has been able to recycle 6% of annual water supply usage in terms of weight by using such water for cleaning its building and watering the turf.
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