Environmental Impact Reduction Targets and Results/Material Flow

Environmental Impact Reduction Targets and Results / Material Flow

Environmental Targets and Results

◎：Goal Achieved　▲：Partially Achieved　×：Not Achieved

	FY2023 Goals	Results	Comments	FY2024 Goals
Response to climate change	Energy consumption rate 1% reduction compared to FY2022 at all sites	◎	Goal achieved	Energy consumption rate 1% reduction compared to FY2023 at all sites
Response to climate change	Loading size (loading rate) improvement Goal values set for each site	◎	Goal achieved	Loading size (loading rate) improvement Goal values set for each site
Development and design of environmentally friendly products	Development of products using refrigerants with low global warming potential	◎	We have worked on adopting natural refrigerants for upright refrigerators and freezers as well as undercounter refrigerators.	Development of products using refrigerants with low global warming potential
			We have adopted refrigerant R448A for large ice makers (TM series) and refrigerant R134a for showcases.
			We have worked on adopting refrigerant R448A for prefabricated units.
	Improvement in product energy efﬁciency	◎	We have worked on enhancing the energy efﬁciency of dishwashers.	Improvement in product energy efﬁciency
Promotion of effective use of resources	Rate of yield on metal materials Goal values set for each department and each relevant process	▲	Due to factors, such as defects arising from the casing process and the composition of production models, some departments have failed to achieve their goals.	Rate of yield on metal materials Goal values set for each department and each relevant process
	Internal failure costs of plastic materials Goal values set for each department	◎	We have achieved the target value for the annual cumulative amount.	Internal failure costs of plastic materials Goal values set for each department
	Suppressing waste product generation Goal values set for each department, each relevant process, and each root cause	◎	We have worked on reducing the assembly defect rates, internal failure costs, and market return units, thereby achieving all targets.	Suppressing waste product generation Goal values set for each department, each relevant process, and each root cause
	Zero emissions	◎	We continue to maintain zero emissions with a recycling rate of 99.6%.	Zero emissions
Compliance with efforts for legal obligations	“Reorganization of energy management standards” under Act on Rationalizing Energy Use	◎	Reorganization implemented	—
Compliance with efforts for legal obligations	Compliance with Act for Promotion of Recycling of Plastic Materials Decision made on how to address requirements	×	We have decided to draft a preliminary plan for the direction of our efforts and report it at a meeting of the Environmental Management Supervisory Committee in January 2024.	Compliance with Act for Promotion of Recycling of Plastic Materials Announcement of the direction of efforts
Conservation of the natural environment	Cooperation and participation in Hoshizaki Green Foundation conservation activities	◎	We cooperated with Hoshizaki Green Foundation in its conservation activities.	Execution of activities for the conservation of the natural environment

* Scope: Hoshizaki Head Ofﬁce Factory and Shimane Factory

Material Flow

* Results for FY2023

* Scope covers only Hoshizaki, non-consolidated basis in Japan