Response to the TCFD

Based on its Corporate Philosophy of “Promote corporate activities that help protect the global environment”, the Toyota Boshoku group makes collective efforts to contribute to preserving the global environment in order to realize a sustainable society.
We formulated the 2050 Environmental Vision in 2016 and identified our Materiality (important issue to be resolved through our business operations) of “Together with our business partners, we will realize MONOZUKURI innovations that minimize environmental stress” in 2020 in order to promote environmental initiatives.
In April 2020, we endorsed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). By extensively analyzing the impact of climate change on our business and the risks and opportunities that result from it based on scenarios, we are reviewing the applicable costs and reflecting them in our management strategy. Based on the results of scenario analysis, we will continue to strengthen our response to risks and opportunities and work on further information disclosure.

Governance
Strategy
Risk Management
Metrics and Targets

Governance

Concrete measures related to climate change and other environmental issues are decided upon by the Board of Directors, and implemented by such bodies as the Corporate Strategy Meeting, the Corporate Planning Meeting, and the Corporate Management Meeting.
Policies and plans to respond to environmental issues identified by the Board of Directors, the Corporate Strategy Meeting, and the Corporate Planning Meeting are shared at the Carbon Neutral Environmental Promotion Meeting, which is held five times annually, and is connected with implementation planning and progress management for environmental issues affecting the Toyota Boshoku group. Additionally, KPI are created based on implementation planning, and these are reported and subjected to management review at monthly Corporate Management Meetings.
Matters deliberated upon at the Carbon Neutral Environmental Promotion Meeting are reported to the Board of Directors, whose directions and supervision allow such matters to be incorporated into group strategy.

Our corporate governance system

Strategy

Scenario Analysis on Climate-related Risks and Opportunities

(1) Scenario Analysis Results

We have identified short-term, medium-term, and long-term risks and opportunities based on the 1.5 to 2°C scenario*1 developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), in which the impact of transition risks surfaces, and the 4°C scenario*2 developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in which the impact of physical risks surfaces. The table below lists the risks and opportunities that are assessed as particularly high.

1.5°C scenario: NZE (IEA World Energy Outlook 2021); 2°C scenario: SDS (IEA World Energy Outlook 2021)
4°C scenario: RCP 8.5 (IPCC 5th Assessment Report)

	Causes	Risks / Opportunities	Assessment	Actions	Response cost^*3 (FY2024)
Transition risks and opportunities (1.5 to 2°C)	Enhancement of climate change policies, including carbon pricing	Increase in procurement costs by introducing carbon prices, etc.	Risk	Survey of suppliers (CO₂ emissions, efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions, etc.) Promotion of activities for setting CO₂ emission reduction targets Support for suppliers (Sharing of energy saving cases, joint development of new materials and new methods, joint purchase of renewable energy, etc.)	―
		Increase in operating costs due to the direct impact of the introduction of carbon prices or its indirect impact on energy prices	Risk	Introduction of highly efficient equipment to promote further energy saving and promotion of the development of new methods Promotion of the introduction of renewable energy Optimization of logistics (Reduction of CO₂ emissions associated with transportation through the promotion of local production for local consumption)	4.5 billion yen
		Increase in cost due to investment in energy saving and renewable energy for decarbonization	Risk	Optimization of investment by introducing ICP (Internal Carbon Pricing)	―
	Enhancement of efforts to promote vehicle electrification	Expansion of business in new fields through collaboration between Toyota group companies	Opportunity	Expansion of new business domains and diversification of provided value	1.3 billion yen
	Enhancement of efforts to promote vehicle electrification	Increase in demand for electrified products	Opportunity	Further planning and development of electrified products	2.9 billion yen
	Change in evaluation by customers and the consumer value standard (raised environmental awareness, etc.)	Decrease in sales due to lower demand for products with insufficent low-carbon technology	Risk	Planning and development of products to further reduce carbon emissions Planning and development of plant-derived products and lightweight products Improvement of recyclability and promotion of simple disassembly design	3.2 billion yen
		Increase in sales by developing low-carbon products Expansion of demand for plant-derived products and lightweight products Enhancement of competitiveness by developing technology to improve recyclability	Opportunity		3.2 billion yen
Physical risks and opportunities (4°C)	Worsening of extreme weather, including heavy rain and subsequent flooding	Decrease in sales due to the impact of supply chain disruption on production	Risk	Risk management using a system to manage the range of supplier impact Selection of logistics routes that minimize the impact of disaster	―
Physical risks and opportunities (4°C)		Decrease in sales due to factory shutdown	Risk	Enhancement of the BCP system (Creation of manuals and establishment of an information collection/sharing system)	―

The response costs will be updated in accordance with the next mid-term business plan.

(2)Priority Action

Challenge to Carbon Neutrality through a Circular Economy for Product Materials

The Toyota Boshoku group promotes the reduction of CO₂ emissions in the product life cycle. In addition to reducing the weight of products, using plant-derived materials (biomass), and developing technologies for electrified products, we will improve the recyclability of products. We will also work to reduce CO₂ emissions from the materials used in our products toward carbon neutrality.

(1) Measures to reduce CO₂ emissions from product materials

Measures to reduce CO2 emissions from product materials

(2) Initiatives for a circular economy

Challenge to carbon neutrality by 2050 by recycling product materials and using biomass

Reusing products as raw materials to produce new products
Chemical decomposition of used products and reuse as raw materials for new products
A renewable resource of biological origin

Risk Management

The Carbon Neutral Environmental Center monitors climate change-related changes in the external or internal environment on a company-wide basis, and identifies risks that could negatively impact our business.
Climate-related risks are deliberated upon at the Carbon Neutral Environmental Promotion Meeting, and officially identified at the Risk Management Promotion Meeting, with participation from both the Chairman and the President, and with the Chief Human Resource Officer(CHRO), head of the Human Resources & General Administration Segment acting as chairperson.
The Risk Management Promotion Meeting receives reports from various departments, and discusses climate change-influenced risks of all kinds, such as typhoons and flooding. Judgments are made concerning the relative severity of risks, with consideration made to the relationship between various risks. Finally, climate-related risks which affect the entire company are identified.
Identified risks are reported to the Board of Directors, under the management of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO).

Our risk management system

Metrics and Targets

Medium- and long-term targets

2025 Environmental Action Plan
25% reduction in plant CO₂ emissions versus FY2020
2030 target
50% reduction in plant CO₂ emissions versus FY2020
2035 Challenge Target
Aim for a 100% reduction in factory CO₂ emissions versus FY2020
2050 Environmental Vision
GHG Net-zero in the product life cycle
GHG Net-zero in the plant

Monitoring metrics

Scope 1, Scope 2 CO₂ emissions and energy usage (Toyota Boshoku group)
Scope 3 CO₂ emissions (Toyota Boshoku group)

FY2023 results