Water Risk Response
Water is a precious natural resource. The importance of water resources, and water risk, is increasing in some parts of the world because of the ongoing impacts of climate change.
Water is a precious resource, and the Kyocera Group carefully manages its intake and release, as well as quantitatively assessing water risk at each production site using data from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas* such as water stress level, amount of water use, unit price of water, and local-level water stress assessment results.
As a result of the FY2023 water assessment, there were 3 sites with high water risk, and the total water consumption was 7,038,000 m3, accounting for 40% of water consumption in FY2023.
Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas: Water risk data published by the World Resources Institute (WRI)
| Targets for FY2023 | Implement measures to reduce water consumption by 25,000 m3. (This target is applied to production sites with high water risk based on a water risk assessment.) |
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| Achievements in FY2023 | Implement measures to reduce water consumption by 36,846 m3. |
| Targets for FY2024 | Implement measures to reduce water consumption by 116,000 m3. (This target is applied to production sites with high water risk based on a water risk assessment.) |
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Water Consumption
Water Conservation Efforts
Reusing Air-Conditioning Cold Water
The Toyama Nyuzen Plant uses groundwater as a cold-water source for air conditioning. The cold water had previously been used for cooling compressors or as supplementary water for the cooling towers. However, a new process has reduced water consumption by reusing the air-conditioning water as rinse water and coolant in manufacturing processes.
● Reduced Water Consumption
180 thousand m3/year
Reusing Process Wastewater
KYOCERA Document Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. uses a water recycling system to neutralize wastewater from the cleaning process, store it in a tank, and reuse it as cooling water for air conditioners, thereby reducing wastewater discharge by an average of 4,600 m³ per month.
● Reduced Water Consumption
55,200 m3/year
Corporate Motto / Management Rationale
- Our Thoughts on Sustainability Activities
- Top Management Message
- Kyocera Group's Value Creation Model
- Sustainability Management
- Kyocera Group CSR Guidelines
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Environmental Safety Policy / Targets and Promotion System
- Measures to Fight Climate Change -Information Disclosure Based on TCFD Recommendations-
- Water Risk Response
- Recycling Activities
- Initiatives to Prevent Environmental Pollution
- Conservation of Biodiversity
- Environmentally Friendly Products / Green Procurement
- Environmental Communication
- A History of Our Environmental Protection Activities
Social Citizenship Initiatives
- The Kyocera Group Human Capital
- Respect for Human Rights
- Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
- Occupational Safety
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- Supply Chain Management
- Approaches to Raising Quality and Customer Satisfaction Levels
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- Academic Advancement and Research
- Support for Culture and the Arts
- International Exchanges and Collaboration
- Environmental Protection Activities
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- Contributions to Society through Business Activities
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- ESG Data Sheets
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- Promoting Digitalization
- Innovation Management
- Integrated Report
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- GRI Standards Comparison Table
- Editorial Policy
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