E:Environment

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

GHG emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3)

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Scope 1 emissions CO2 1,000 tCO2 7,248 7,671 7,262
Other than CO2 1,000 tCO2e 19 23 26
(Details) CH4 1,000 tCO2e 3 3 3  
N2O 1,000 tCO2e 16 19 23  
HFC 1,000 tCO2e 0.7 0.5  
SF6 1,000 tCO2e 0.2 0.1  
Total 1,000 tCO2 7,267 7,694 7,287
Scope 2 emissions Purchased electricity 1,000 tCO2 216 173 191  
Purchased steam 1,000 tCO2 59 62 52  
Total 1,000 tCO2 275 235 243
Scope 1&2 emissions total 7,542 7,929 7,530
Contribution to reduction Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Avoided CO2 emissions based on renewable electricity generation 1,000 tCO2 -250 -269 -244  
Avoided CO2 emissions by adding ETBE to gasoline 1,000 tCO2 -142 -165 -193  
Total -392 -434 -437  
Scope 3 emissions category

Emissions

(1,000 tCO2)

Percentage of total Activities covered

1

Purchased goods and services

16,232

22.6%

Procurement of raw materials and products (crude oil purchasing, repair costs, consumables purchasing, etc.)

2

Capital goods

268

0.4%

Acquisition of fixed assets

3

Fuel- and energy-related activities

298

0.4%

Upstream processing of purchased fuel, heat, and electricity (fuel extraction, refining, and transportation)

4

Upstream transportation
and distribution

238

0.3%

Procurement and product shipping logistics performed by the Cosmo Energy Group

5

Waste generated in operations

19

0.03%

Transportation and processing of industrial and general waste by external providers

6

Business travel

1

0%

Employee business travel

7

Employee commuting

3

0%

Commuting to work by employees

8

Upstream leased assets

Operation of assets leased to the Group

9

Downstream transportation and distribution

25

0.03%

Further logistics activities by other companies after the Group has initially transported goods

10

Processing of sold products

Processing of intermediate products by other companies

11

Use of sold products

51,451

71.7%

Consumer use of Cosmo Energy Group products

12

End-of-life treatment
of sold products

3,203

4.5%

Transport and processing of Cosmo Energy Group products after they are disposed of by consumers

13

Downstream leased assets

11

0.01%

Operation of leased assets that are owned by the Group but leased to others

14

Franchises

Applicable activities of the Group's franchisees

15

Investments

Management of stock and bond investments, and project financing, etc.

Total

71,748

100%

 

Notes:

1. Scope of data coverage: 14 group companies including Cosmo Energy Holdings, core operating companies (Cosmo Oil, Cosmo Oil Marketing and Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production), and the semi-core operating company (Maruzen Petrochemical)

2. ー: Not applicable or excluded because applicable items cannot be confirmed.

Scope 1&2 emissions intensity

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
CO2 emissions per unit of consolidated net sales tCO2/million yen 3.4 3.2 2.7  
Consolidated net sales 1 million yen 2,233,300 2,440,500 2,791,900  
Petroleum refining (refineries) CO2 emission intensity tCO2/1,000kL-crude oil 24.55 23.58 23.49
CO2 emissions 1,000 tCO2 3,851 4,138 4,153

Energy consumption

Energy usage

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum business TJ 68,017 73,544 71,652  
Petrochemical business TJ 44,975 44,380 43,485  
Others (sales/office) TJ 433 432 421  
Group total TJ 113,425 118,356 115,558

Energy usage in manufacturing operations, and energy consumption intensity

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum business (including storage and research centers) Fuel 1,000 kl crude oil 1,648 1,791 1,720  
Electricity 1,000 kWh 322,495 313,962 413,203  
Steam GJ 529,824 524,564 523,494  
Petrochemical business (including research centers) Fuel 1,000 kl crude oil 1,107 1,113 1,060  
Electricity 1,000 kWh 132,135 58,006 72,584  
Steam GJ 463,723 350,307 362,611  
Sales Electricity 1,000 kWh 42,094 42,084 41,657  
Offices Electricity 1,000 kWh 1,978 2,134 1,909  
Total purchased electricity amount Electricity 1,000 kWh 498,702 416,186 529,353  
Renewable energy portion 1,000 kWh 0 7,570 38,968  
Energy consumption intensity (petroleum refining) kl crude oil / 1,000 kl 9.44 9.21 9.17
Energy consumption (petroleum refining) 1,000 kl crude oil 1,481 1,616 1,621

Note: Energy consumption intensity = Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent) / Crude oil equivalent processing amount

Energy consumption intensity in transport operations (petroleum business)

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Coastal tankers kl / million ton kilometers 8.31 8.03 8.17
Tank trucks kl / million ton kilometers 35.58 35.38 35.60

Note: Energy consumption intensity = Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent) / Transport ton-km

Office energy consumption

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Cosmo Energy Holdings and 3 core operating companies* 1,000 kWh 887 920 937  
17 group companies 1,000 kWh 1,090 1,214 972  
Cosmo Energy Group total 1,000 kWh 1,978 2,134 1,909  

* 3 core operating companies: Cosmo Oil, Cosmo Oil Marketing, and Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production

Environmentally hazardous substances

Air pollutant emissions

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum refining Sulfur oxides (SOx) t 3,217 3,583 3,196
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) t 2,193 2,520 2,300
Petrochemicals Sulfur oxides (SOx) t 541 604 597
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) t 816 889 774
Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions t 2,452  2,591 2,625  

Chemical substances released and transferred (PRTR designated substances)

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum (refining) Atmospheric emissions t 88 89 91  
Wastewater discharge t 6 4 3  
Soil contaminants t 0 0 0  
Total emissions released t 94 93 94
Total emissions transferred t 894 667 432
Total t 988 760 526  
Petrochemicals Atmospheric emissions t 309 274 253  
Wastewater discharge t 6 4 1  
Soil contaminants t 0 0 0  
Total emissions released t 315 278 255
Total emissions transferred t 18 18 19
Total t 333 296 274  
Petroleum (product storage) Atmospheric emissions t 30 30 32  
Wastewater discharge t 0 0 0  
Soil contaminants t 0 0 0  
Total emissions released t 30 30 32
Total emissions transferred t 2 12 2
Total t 32 42 34  
Petroleum (research centers) Atmospheric emissions t 0 0 0  
Wastewater discharge t 0 0 0  
Soil contaminants t 0 0 0  
Total emissions released t 0 0 0
Total emissions transferred t 5 3 3
Total t 5 3 3  

Number of environmental accidents

  FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Number of oil spills 0 0 0  
Environmental law violations, fines, and penalties None None None  

Note: In FY2022, no complaints were received through the formal environmental complaint handling channel (and no response measures were taken).

Water resource use and discharge

Water intake, discharge and usage

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum (refining) Industrial water 1,000 t 36,972  36,972  41,243 
Seawater 1,000 t 389,703  413,496  409,504 
Well water / groundwater 1,000 t 268  302  284 
Municipal water 1,000 t 764  806  165 
Total intake 1,000 t 427,707  451,575  451,196   
Total discharge 1,000 t 424,537  450,273  445,532 
Total usage 1,000 t 3,170  1,302  5,664   
Petrochemicals Industrial water 1,000 t 21,633  21,679  19,856 
Seawater 1,000 t 86,234  101,991  88,791 
Well water / groundwater 1,000 t 41  39  34 
Municipal water 1,000 t 15  20 
Total intake 1,000 t 107,916  123,723  108,702   
Total discharge 1,000 t 96,588  110,659  95,808 
Total usage 1,000 t 11,328  13,064  12,893   
Petroleum (product storage) Industrial water 1,000 t 326  352  335 
Seawater 1,000 t
Well water / groundwater 1,000 t 61 
Municipal water 1,000 t 18  15  24 
Total intake 1,000 t 344  367  420   
Total discharge 1,000 t 237  268  260 
Total usage 1,000 t 107  99  160   
Petroleum (research centers) Industrial water 1,000 t
Seawater 1,000 t
Well water / groundwater 1,000 t 96  82  97 
Municipal water 1,000 t 31  32  32 
Total intake 1,000 t 127  114  129   
Total discharge 1,000 t 68  57  91 
Total usage 1,000 t 59  57  38   

Wastewater treatment

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Wastewater treatment Petroleum refining 1,000 t 12,993  13,176  12,722   
Petrochemicals 1,000 t 5,671  5,664  4,968   
Petroleum (product storage) 1,000 t 237  268  255   
Petroleum (research centers) 1,000 t 68  57  91   
Total 1,000 t 18,969  19,165  18,037   

Water pollution loads

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum (refining)    COD emissions 109.3  104.5  89.6 
Nitrogen emissions 42.4  63.7  44.6 
Phosphorus emissions 1.2  1.2  0.9 
Petrochemicals  COD emissions 72.2  80.3  61.5 
Nitrogen emissions 37.8  35.7  36.3 
Phosphorus emissions 1.5  1.8  1.4 
Petroleum (product storage) COD emissions 3.5  3.4  1.8 
Nitrogen emissions 0.2  0.3  0.3 
Phosphorus emissions 0.01  0.01  0.01 

Resource recycling (waste)

Raw material input

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum: Crude oil processing 1,000 kl 17,764 20,098 20,596  
Petrochemicals: Total material input 1,000 t 4,562 4,357 4,040  

Waste generation and recycling rate

  Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Petroleum refining Waste generated t 68,993 65,853 59,068
Waste recycled t 24,079 24,367 17,837
Final disposal amount t 81 15 10
Final disposal rate 0.17 0.02 0.02  
Recycling rate 50.22 37.00 30.2  
Petrochemicals Waste generated t 92,162 94,642 89,197
Waste recycled t 22,443 25,297 15,264
Final disposal amount t 326 274 183
Final disposal rate 0.35 0.29 0.21  
Recycling rate 24.35 26.73 17.1  

Petroleum 

(product storage)

Waste generated t 1,118 1,152 1,171
Waste recycled t 918 1,066 1,064
Final disposal amount t 6 4 3
Final disposal rate 0.55 0.30 0.28  
Recycling rate 82.10 92.52 90.9  
Petroleum (research centers) Waste generated t 116 133 144
Waste recycled t 49 60 94
Final disposal amount t 0 5 2
Final disposal rate 0.35 3.47 1.62  
Recycling rate 42.02 45.28 64.7  
Total Waste generated t 162,389 161,780 149,580  
Waste recycled t 47,488 50,790 34,259  
Final disposal amount t 414 297 199  

Industrial waste from plastic product use

Industrial waste from plastic product use Unit FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Third Party Verified
Waste (Maruzen Petrochemical) t 384 318 223