Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

As global warming attributed to higher emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) have been intensifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather conditions around the world, there is a growing demand for corporate initiatives to address climate change risks.

Against this backdrop, the annual CO₂ emissions from FamilyMart’s business activities amounted to approximately 65 million t-CO₂ in fiscal 2022. Most of these emissions come from the Category 1 (purchased products and services), Category 3 (Fuel- and energy-related activities) and Category 5 (waste) of the Scope 3, which are emissions from other companies related to our business activities. Moreover, the convenience store business has a more energy-intensive store structure than other industries, and greenhouse gases from energy use in stores are also substantial. Therefore, in addition to promoting though energy conservation in our stores, we will actively use renewable energy to contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society.

This is how we take appropriate measures to deal with climate change, and we will also proactively disclose information.

In contrast to limiting the global temperature rise to 2°C as targeted by the Paris Agreement, FamilyMart’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are certified by the Science-Based Targets (SBT) Initiative*, which recognizes science-based targets aimed at well below 2°C.

* SBT Initiative: A joint initiative by CDP (an international NGO), the UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It advocates setting science-based GHG emission reduction targets to prevent the global average temperature rise due to climate change from exceeding 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

Through the continuation of its business activities, FamilyMart has been placing various environmental burdens, such as CO₂ emissions, waste, and wastewater. By understanding and reducing these burdens, we will contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.

The burden on the environment of greenhouse gases is affected by every step of the supply chain from raw materials procurement, product production, distribution, and sales to disposal and recycling in addition to things that can be directly controlled by FamilyMart. To evaluate the environmental impact of our operations, we calculate the CO₂ emissions for the entire supply chain (Scope 3) in accordance with the Ministry of the Environment’s “Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 2.5)”.

Going forward FamilyMart will work to improve the accuracy of data collection, expand the scope covered by our calculations, analyze the calculations, and reduce the amount of CO₂ emissions for the entire supply chain.

*Supply Chain CO₂ Emissions Quantity:
Total emissions associated with business activities, including not only the company’s own emissions, but also the entire emissions from the procurement of raw materials through the delivery of products to final consumers.

Scope of data aggregation: March 2022-February 2023 in principle

Note: Calculated based on the Database for Emission Factors in Calculating Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain (Ver. 3.3) issued by the Ministry of the Environment.

Emission data by category in fiscal 2022 from ESG data

FamilyMart has received third-party verification to correctly evaluate and verify the supply chain emissions quantity (Scopes 1 to 3) calculation results.

The greenhouse gas emissions quantity verification for fiscal 2022 was conducted by the Japan Audit and Certification Organization for Environment and Quality (JACO). The results of this audit showed that the CO₂ emissions quantity for all stores of officers in Japan and the refrigerant HFC emission quantity for stores were 60,083 tons for Scope 1, 1,011,496 tons for Scope 2, and 5,403,496 tons for Scope 3.

Based on these third-party verification results we will continue to improve the accuracy of published figures and increase the level of trust both inside and outside the company.

Although our stores have always been cost-conscious about saving electricity, they are now taking various measures to do that in response to the tight supply-demand balance of electricity and its soaring cost. 

Consequently, the store's electricity consumption in March 2023 was significantly reduced to 90.9% of the previous year's level.

We began converting the lighting in our stores to LED in November 2011, and completed the project in August 2022. We also installed dimming systems that divide the store interior into 5 zones and automatically adjust the brightness in the respective zones. This both improves comfort and conserves energy by, for example, fine tuning the lighting to reduce the brightness of the fluorescent lights when sunlight is coming in and adjusting for differences between daytime and nighttime.

In 2004, FamilyMart was the first convenience store to install facade signs that use LED lights. In fiscal year 2022 all our stores were equipped with LED signs. Now we are conducting technical development and verification testing to achieve even more energy efficient LED signs. Currently, we have achieved energy savings of approximately 70% compared to conventional fluorescent light signs.

Since fiscal 2009, FamilyMart delivery vehicles have been equipped with an eco-drive management system (EMS). EMS monitors the driving status of each driver, not only in terms of mileage, fuel consumption and speed, but also for idling, sudden starts, and rapid accelerations. This information helps avoid driving that produces unnecessary exhaust gas. Driving method improvements and guidance based on EMS data help promote eco-driving (lowered CO₂ emissions) and safe driving.