Yakult Honsha

Yakult Honsha's reported carbon emissions

Yakult Honsha's climate commitments focus on significant GHG emissions reductions across its operations. For fiscal year 2024, the company aims to reduce GHG emissions in Japan, covering Scope 1 and 2, by 10% compared to fiscal 2018 levels. Further strengthening its climate strategy, Yakult Honsha has set Science Based Targets (SBTi) for a FY2022 base year. These near-term targets include a commitment to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 42% by FY2030. Additionally, the company aims to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 25% within the same timeframe. Yakult Honsha also commits to reducing total FLAG (Forest, Land, and Agriculture) scope 1 and 3 GHG emissions by 31% from 2022 by 2030. A commitment to no deforestation across its primary deforestation-linked commodities is also in place, with a target date of 31 December 2025. These targets are considered consistent with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5°C. Beyond near-term goals, the company has an ambition to achieve carbon neutrality across three key areas – manufacturing, mobility products (electrification), and energy usage – by 2035. In terms of reported emissions, for the reporting year 2024, Yakult Honsha reported a total of approximately 1.78 billion kg CO2e, primarily from Scope 3 emissions, which totalled about 1.39 billion kg CO2e. For the reporting year 2023, total emissions were approximately 1.87 billion kg CO2e. In 2022, total emissions were approximately 843 million kg CO2e. For 2021, total emissions were approximately 603 million kg CO2e. Scope 1 and 2 data were not reported for these years. For the reporting year 2020, Scope 3 emissions were approximately 303 million kg CO2e, with purchased goods and services representing the largest category. In 2019, total emissions were approximately 326 million kg CO2e, including Scope 1 emissions of about 20 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of about 32 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 273 million kg CO2e. Emissions data for years prior to 2019 were not specified.