Environmental targets
The Fujitsu Group participates in the following initiatives with the aim of making the Fujitsu Climate and Energy Vision—its medium- to long-term environmental vision—a reality.
SBTi Net-Zero Target Validation
In 2017, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets set by the Fujitsu Group for emissions from its business sites and value chain were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as meeting the science-based level of ambition criteria. The SBTi was established in 2015 jointly by a number of organizations, including the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the UN Global Compact. It encourages companies to set GHG emission reduction targets that are scientifically aligned with the level of ambition required under the Paris Agreement, with the aim of limiting the global average temperature increase caused by climate change to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
In 2021, we updated our target from 33% reduction against the base year FY2020 to 71.4% by FY2030 and received acknowledgment of our 1.5 °C-aligned strategy from SBTi.
Furthermore, in 2023, we decided to further strengthen our existing target and aim for net-zero by FY2040. We also received Net-Zero target validation from the SBTi.
Net-Zero target
- To reduce GHG emissions at our business sites (Scope 1, 2) and from the entire value chain (Scope 3) by at least 90% by FY2040 against a baseline of FY2020 (*1).
- (*1) : 10% or less of residual emissions are removed and stored by technologies that directly capture CO₂ from the atmosphere or through absorption by afforestation and other means.
Global collaboration with the Climate Group through RE100
In July 2018, the Fujitsu Group became Japan's first Gold Member of RE100 (*2), an initiative which aims to significantly expand the adoption of renewable energy on a global scale. At the time, the Fujitsu Group pledged to use renewables to provide at least 40% of the electricity consumed across all global Group sites by 2030, and 100% by 2050.
In 2023, we also moved up our previous target date for achieving 100% renewable electricity under the RE100 initiative from 2050 to 2030, in order to accelerate our efforts toward carbon neutrality, while receiving SBTi's Net-Zero target validation. To achieve these targets, we are advancing our activities based on the Environmental action plan, and since 2024, we have been working as 1 of 12 companies in the Policy Task Force, who collaborates with The Climate Group (RE100’s secretariat) to cooperatively evaluate policies and regulations that will promote renewable energy procurement in Japan. As the Fujitsu Group, we will expand our procurement of renewable energy-sourced electricity for data centers outside Japan and other sites in Japan as well as around the globe. We will achieve this by considering the most appropriate means for each region. At the same time, we will invest in new power sources, including PPAs with additionality (*3). This way we will contribute to the spread of renewable energy in society as a whole.
- (*2) RE100: This is an initiative led by The Climate Group, an international NGO, in partnership with CDP, and is made up of companies that aspire to obtain 100% of the electricity they use from renewable sources.
- (*3) PPA: This stands for Power Purchase Agreement, under which consumers (primarily businesses who wish to use renewable electricity) enter into a long-term contract with a power producer or retail electricity provider to purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources.
