Corporations are expected to fulfill their social responsibility to address climate change resulting from global warming. Moreover, undertaking environmentally friendly business activities will help make corporations themselves more sustainable.
Our Theme Parks, which are visited by many guests every day, can be described as one large “city.” To ensure that our guests can spend a comfortable time with peace of mind in this city and to preserve and pass on the precious global environment to future generations, while also continuing to deliver happiness, the OLC Group must shoulder the responsibility of implementing proactive measures against climate change to reduce its risks in a sincere manner.
Having set “Measures for climate change and natural disasters” as our ESG materiality for the period leading up to 2030, we will implement mitigation measures, which entail curbing the advance of global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and adaptation measures, which entail minimizing the impact on guests of water shortages, temperature increases, more frequent typhoons, and other changes to the environment that are expected to arise due to global warming.
Our group has set the following target to address our ESG materiality “Measures to address climate change and natural disasters.”
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*Greenhouse gas emissions include Scope 1 and Scope 2
*Scope 2 emissions are calculated based on the market-based method.
Our Group endeavors to identify the diverse risks and opportunities stemming from environmental issues. Advancing climate change is expected to exacerbate natural disasters, including raising temperatures and sea levels, and causing serious typhoons and floods. Such events may affect the business of our Group in different ways. Meanwhile, if we can address these issues appropriately, we believe that we can strengthen our competitiveness and gain new business opportunities. Based on this belief, we have categorized the risks and opportunities related to climate change. Having endorsed the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in April 2022, our Group proceeds with the disclosure of information on the risks and opportunities related to climate change and their analyses.
Reference scenarios
Physical risks：RCP1.9,RCP2.6,RCP8.5
Transition risks：IEA B2DS,IEA 2DS,IEA SDS,IEA STEPS (previously IEA NPS)
Our Group is a member of Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay. The organization was established to build an innovative area of zero-emission technology around Tokyo Bay with various energy suppliers and users around it. The initiative aims to elevate the area into the biggest research/development and PR points against climate change with their pursuit of renewable energy technology or the electric network. Some 139 organizations and institutions participate in the initiative. We will take our responsibility towards climate change along with their philosophy.
The OLC Group undertakes environmental activities in line with Our Environmental Policy.
Recognizing environmental issues including climate change as an important managerial challenge to be addressed, our Board of Directors resolved to set “Measures to address climate change and natural disasters” and “Recycling-oriented society” as our ESG materiality, and monitor the progress made in our related plans.
In addition, our Group has established an Environmental Action Committee chaired by the Director of the Corporate Strategy Planning Division (Executive Director and Executive Officer). The committee is responsible for planning and setting targets for the Company’s environmental activities including against climate change and has established the Subcommittee on Climate Change to conduct fact-finding surveys, devise strategies for addressing climate change issues, and implement initiatives to reduce environmental impact.
Through the Environmental Action Committee, targets and plans regarding environment actions are reported to the Board of Directors annually.
Moreover, OLC has formulated the Power Conservation Guidelines (revised in September 2022) to save more energy within our Group as part of our efforts to help mitigate climate change. We will continue to establish plans to mitigate and adapt to climate change and advance our environmental actions.
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- Visualization of electricity consumption
Our proprietary energy management system (EMS) visualizes electricity consumption within our two Theme Parks and back office.
The EMS collects and analyzes data on energy consumption using IT through sensors attached to all facilities. This system has enabled us to identify inconsistent or wasteful electricity use by monitoring the operation hours and temperature settings of air conditioners, and the lighting time and illumination level settings of lighting equipment, among others, and to implement measures to make improvements based on collaborations with relevant organizations, contributing to the establishment of a Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle for CO₂ emissions reduction.
In recognition of our organizational EMS-based energy-saving initiative, we received the 2018 Minister of the Environment Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity in the category for practical environmental measures and proliferation in December 2018.
Approximately 60% of our Group’s current CO₂ emissions result from electricity use. Our Group has introduced a combination of different measures related to the mitigation of climate change in an effort to reduce CO₂ emissions on an ongoing basis.
We will continue exploring mitigation measures to slow the progress of global warming.
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Installation of power generators |
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Installation of energy-efficient facilities and equipment in the Central Energy Plant* |
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Use of renewable energy Tokyo Disney Resort |
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Use of Biomass Packaging
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Conversion of Vehicles inside Theme Parks to Electric Vehicles
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*It is an integrated heat-source unit that generates heat for the air-conditioning systems at a single location for distribution to various facilities, thus making it unnecessary to install this equipment in individual buildings.
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- Central monitoring system at the Central Energy Plant
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- Solar panels installed atop company building
Our Group is endeavoring to reduce the environmental impact of transportation.
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Emissions Reductions for Commercial Vehicles and Low-Emission Vehicles |
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Formulation of the OLC Group Eco-driving Rules |
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As a form of adaptation, our Group continues to work on enhancing resilience, for example, by taking measures against thunderstorms, typhoons, and other natural disasters, and addressing rising temperatures in order to prevent heatstroke both indoors and outdoors.
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Installed fans in the guests’ waiting area for Jasmine’s Flying Carpets |
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Installed spot air coolers at locations where cast members stand (at some attractions) |
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- Fans installed in the waiting areas for Jasmine’s Flying Carpets
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- Spot air coolers installed at locations where cast members stand
Our Group supports laws and regulations regarding climate change such as the Act on the Rationalization etc. of Energy Use and the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures. We annually submit reports of our energy use, progress against the targets of energy conservation, and emissions of greenhouse gasses.
