Targets
| Climate Change | |
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| Scope 1, 2 |
Scope 1 + Scope 2 emissions: ・reduce Sony Group-wide emissions by 60% (vs. FY2025) ・remove carbon that is equivalent to the residual emissions |
| Percentage of renewable electricity in our own operations: 100% | |
| Scope 3 |
Scope 3 emissions: reduce Sony Group-wide emissions by 25% (vs. FY2025) |
| Encourage raw materials and parts suppliers and contract manufacturers to monitor and reduce GHG emissions | |
| Encourage major raw materials and parts suppliers to achieve 100% renewable electricity used in the manufacturing of products for Sony Group*1 | |
| Resources | |
|---|---|
| Inflow | Non-circular plastic use rate per product weight: 30% or less |
| Use 100% recycled materials for tin in solder for mounting of major printed circuit boards in specific models | |
| Use 100% recycled materials for gold in major printed circuit boards and other components in specific models | |
| Outflow | Promote better recyclability in product development |
| Establish and maintain recycling schemes suitable for the needs of local communities | |
| Promote continuous reduction of waste generation at sites | |
| Waste diversion rate at sites: 85% or more | |
| Appropriate use of resources | Promote implementation of measures to ensure the appropriate use of resources, including enabling products to be used for a longer time and fostering reuse of products/components |
| Promote continuous reduction of water withdrawal at sites | |
| Recycled water utilization rate at sites: maintain 50% or more | |
| Promote water replenish measures to the basin, aiming for sustainable water use | |
| Set targets to reduce water risk for raw materials and parts suppliers and contract manufacturers located in high water risk (water scarcity) areas or those with large water withdrawal | |
| Chemical Substances | |
|---|---|
| Products | Use alternative substances in high-risk applications for “Controlled Substances” that are of high concern |
| Site operations | Class 1 substances: prohibit use |
| Class 2 substances: prohibit use (exemptions granted for certain applications) | |
| The total amount of VOCs released into the air: keep at FY2010 level or less | |
| Supply chain | Request and manage the response of suppliers of raw materials and parts and contract manufacturers to Sony Group’s unified standard, for raw materials, parts and products supplied to Sony Group, as well as products/semi-products to be delivered from contract manufacturers |
| Request suppliers of raw materials and parts and contract manufacturers to eliminate the use of substances specified by Sony Group in their manufacturing processes and perform appropriate management | |
| Biodiversity | |
|---|---|
| Upstream biodiversity considerations | Request raw materials and parts suppliers and contract manufacturers to give consideration to the biodiversity and implement initiatives |
| Environmental considerations for renewable resources | Promote reduction in paper usage for instruction manuals |
| For product packaging, instruction manuals, and paper used in sales and marketing activities, promote the use of paper that is produced with consideration for biodiversity or recycled paper | |
| Promote biodiversity considerations when using bio-based plastics | |
| Percentage of paper produced with consideration for biodiversity or recycled paper used in offices: 100% | |
| Environmental considerations for ingredients | Continuously implement activities to raise employees’ awareness about environmentally conscious diets |
| Measures against plastic pollution | Plastic use rate in product packaging: 10% or less*2 |
| Plastic packaging for products weighing 5 kg or less: eliminate*2 | |
| Plastic packaging used at Sony Group retail operations: eliminate*2 | |
| Single-use plastics provided in conference rooms: eliminate | |
| Single-use plastics distributed free of charge at on-site shops, etc.: eliminate | |
| Continuously conduct cleanup activities at each site | |
| Restoration, creation and conservation of biodiversity | Continuously implement biodiversity restoration, creation and conservation activities that take into account the dependence on and impacts of the site's business activities on ecosystem services, or that are in line with local ecosystems |
| Raise awareness and promote action |
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| Raise awareness and promote action on the environment through our business activities |
- In countries and regions where it is difficult to procure renewable electricity, discuss the details of initiatives with our suppliers.
- Packaging which is technically unavoidable to use is excluded.
