ESG Data

This data is calculated based on the scope of the Group's business in each fiscal year; the scope of the calculation may change after the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 due to a review of the business structure. Past data is continuously presented based on the calculation conditions in effect at the time of the fiscal year in question.

Sapporo Group Scope 1 and 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Emissions by business

2022 2023 2024 2025
Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business 1000 tons of CO2 95.4 92.4 87.9 77.9
Domestic Soft Drinks / Food 1000 tons of CO2 34.1 30.9 28.1 19.2
Overseas Alcoholic Beverages business 1000 tons of CO2 31.6 30.3 29.8 28.7
Overseas Soft Drinks / Food 1000 tons of CO2 10.6 9.8 10.6 9.2
Other Businesses 1000 tons of CO2 17.6 11.6 10.6 10.3
Total 1000 tons of CO2 189.3 175.0 167.0 145.2
  • CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6 are excluded from the scope of the report, referring to the reporting under the Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming and the disclosure standards under the CFC Law.
  • The restaurant business is included in the Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business.
  • The calculation results have undergone third-party verification by the Japan Quality Assurance Organization in accordance with the international standard ISAE 3410.
    2025 JQA Third-Party Evaluation Report for Environmental Information (Japanese)

Emissions by country

2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan 1000 tons of CO2 147.1 134.9 126.6 107.3
Canada 1000 tons of CO2 20.0 19.6 18.9 18.7
U.S.A 1000 tons of CO2 7.6 7.0 7.7 7.5
Vietnam 1000 tons of CO2 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.4
Singapore 1000 tons of CO2 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.9
Malaysia 1000 tons of CO2 5.8 5.4 6.0 4.3
Total 1000 tons of CO2 189.3 175.0 167.0 145.2
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Emissions per unit revenues

2022 2023 2024 2025
Emissions / revenues Tons per 100 million yen 40 34 31 29
  • * Emissions from overseas energy use are calculated according to CO2 emissions intensity data of the International Energy Agency until 2021, and the CO2 emissions intensity data of contracted parties and regions after 2022.
  • * Revenues are for the entire Sapporo Group.
  • * For emissions per unit product volume (kg/product volume), please refer to the data in the items of the Sapporo Group’s Domestic Operating Companies, and the Sapporo Group’s Overseas Operating Companies.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Emission reduction status

2023 2024 2025
Reduction Rate (compared to 2022) % 8 12 23
  • * The Sapporo Group has set the goal of “reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 42% compared to 2022 by 2030.”
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Sapporo Group Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Emissions by category

Overview Emissions (thousand t-CO2e)
2022 2023 2024
Category 1 Purchased goods and services 786 756 672
Category 2 Capital goods 18 37 21
Category 3 Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in scope1 or scope 2) 29 29 27
Category 4 Upstream transportation and distribution 124 109 98
Category 5 Waste generated in operations 4 3 3
Category 6 Business travel by employees 1 1 0
Category 7 Employee commuting 1 1 1
Category 8 Upstream leased assets 26 24 21
Category 9 Downstream transportation and distribution 78 91 87
Category 10 Processing of sold products not subject to calculation not subject to calculation not subject to calculation
Category 11 Use of sold products 12 11 10
Category 12 End-of-life treatment of sold products 16 15 15
Category 13 Downstream leased assets 5 4 4
Category 14 Franchises not subject to calculation not subject to calculation not subject to calculation
Category 15 Investments 40 23 20
Scope 3 (total) 1,138 1,105 979
  • Calculations are made according to the Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain.
  • Emissions data is for Sapporo Breweries and POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverages; the calculation rules formulated by our company and the calculation results have undergone third-party verification by the Japan Quality Assurance Organization in accordance with the international standard ISAE 3410.
    2025 JQA Third-Party Evaluation Report for Environmental Information (Japanese)
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Emission reduction status

2023 2024
Reduction rate (based on 2022) % 3 14
  • * The Sapporo Group is working towards the goal of “reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared to 2022 by 2030.”
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

FLAG Scope 1,3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Sapporo Group

Emissions by category

Category Emissions (thousand t-CO2e)
2022 2023 2024
Land use change emissions 11 10 12
Land management emissions 61 55 41
FLAG total 72 65 53
  • * The calculation method was changed in October 2024 to comply with the SBT certification standards.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Emission reduction status

2023 2024
Reduction rate (based on 2022) % 10 26
  • * The Sapporo Group is working towards the goal of “reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 31% compared to 2022 by 2030.”
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Group-wide energy consumption

* Notice of partial correction as of January 30, 2026: There were errors in the figures for 2021 through 2024. We apologize for the mistake and have corrected it.

Energy consumption by business

2022 2023 2024 2025
Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business GJ 1,931,010 1,777,315 1,772,528 1,715,187
Domestic Soft Drinks / Food GJ 693,318 610,633 528,882 362,943
Overseas Alcoholic Beverages business GJ 803,066 729,766 728,210 709,549
Overseas Soft Drinks / Food GJ 206,820 180,969 177,595 167,840
Other Businesses GJ 504,156 455,576 457,095 484,305
Total GJ 4,138,370 3,754,258 3,664,309 3,439,825
  • The restaurant business is included in the Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Energy consumption by country

2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan GJ 3,128,484 2,843,524 2,758,504 2,562,436
Canada GJ 540,737 507,326 485,454 487,559
U.S.A GJ 207,574 174,438 195,789 184,024
Vietnam GJ 54,755 48,002 46,967 37,967
Singapore GJ 100,764 87,616 91,286 100,382
Malaysia GJ 106,056 93,352 86,308 67,457
Total GJ 4,138,370 3,754,258 3,664,309 3,439,825
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Energy consumption per unit revenues

2022 2023 2024 2025
Energy consumption / revenues Gigajoules per 100 million yen 865 724 690 679
  • Revenues are for the entire Sapporo Group.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Transition to effectively renewable energy in electricity consumption

2022 2023 2024 2025
Total electricity consumption MWh 244,640 234,148 230,018 220,122
(From effectively renewable energy sources) MWh 16,948 29,910 51,117 69,661
Ratio of effectively renewable energy % 7 13 22 32
  • Calculated based on the RE100 standards.
  • The Sapporo Group has set the goal of "achieving 60% of effectively renewable energy use in electricity consumption by 2030."
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Group-wide sewage, air pollution, and chemical substances data

Waste water volumes

2022 2023 2024 2025
Waste water volumes Thousands of m3 5,580 5,408 5,278 4,728.986
(Discharged into sewers) Thousands of m3 3,209 3,160 3,333 2,892.199
(Discharged into rivers) Thousands of m3 2,371 2,248 1,945 1,836.786
  • It was found that there were errors in past data on waste water volumes up to 2019, and the data was corrected in October 2024.

Water pollutant emissions

2022 2023 2024 2025
BOD t 85 85 79 96
COD t 62 44 45 43
SS t 94 75 78 114
T-N t 39 34 38 37
T-P t 19 19 9 10
  • * Scope of calculation: two domestic companies (Sapporo Breweries, POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage)

(Reference) Chemical oxygen demand (COD) / production volume

2022 2023 2024 2025
Sapporo Breweries kg/KL 0.100 0.069 0.067 0.062
POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage kg/t 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.004

Air pollutant emissions

2022 2023 2024 2025
NOx t 27 25 24 18
SOx t 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1
  • Scope of calculation: two domestic companies (Sapporo Breweries, POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage)

PRTR substances movement volumes and emission volumes (April to March)

Year Annual emission Annual transfer
2020 t 0.03 0
2021 t 0.03 0
2022 t 0.09 0
2023 t 17 8
2024 t 3 9
  • Scope of calculation: two domestic companies (Sapporo Breweries, POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage)

Group-wide water consumption

* Notice of partial correction as of July 1, 2026: There were errors in the figures for 2022. We apologize for the mistake and have corrected it.

Water consumption by business

2022 2023 2024 2025
Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business Thousands of m3 3,724 3,702 3,693 3,700
Domestic Soft Drinks / Food Thousands of m3 1,660 1,542 1,286 821
Overseas Alcoholic Beverages business Thousands of m3 1,221 1,164 1,146 1,134
Overseas Soft Drinks / Food Thousands of m3 343 386 409 351
Total Thousands of m3 6,949 6,793 6,534 6,006
  • Covers production sites.
  • It was found that there were errors in past data on water consumption up to 2019, and the data was corrected in October 2024.
  • The calculation results for some locations have undergone third-party verification by the Japan Quality Assurance (JQA) Organization in accordance with the international standard ISAE 3000.

Water consumption by country

2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan Thousands of m3 5,384 5,244 4,979 4,521
Canada Thousands of m3 806 806 726 691
U.S.A Thousands of m3 294 246 308 350
Vietnam Thousands of m3 120 112 112 93
Singapore Thousands of m3 126 141 152 144
Malaysia Thousands of m3 218 245 257 207
Total Thousands of m3 6,949 6,793 6,534 6,006

Water consumption by intake source

2022 2023 2024 2025
Public water supply Thousands of m3 4,472 4,373 4,996 4,689
Ground water Thousands of m3 2,477 2,420 1,538 1,318
Total Thousands of m3 6,949 6,793 6,534 6,006

Recycled water volumes

2022 2023 2024 2025
Recycled water volume Thousands of m3 150 159 168 168

Water consumption per unit revenues

2022 2023 2024 2025
Group-wide water consumption / revenues Thousands of m3 per 100 million yen 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2
(Reference) Sapporo Breweries water consumption m3/KL 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4
(Reference) POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage water consumption m3/t 8.8 8.9 9.1 8.3
  • Revenues are for the entire Sapporo Group.
  • * For water consumption per unit product volume (m3/product volume), please refer to the data in the items of the Sapporo Group’s Domestic Operating Companies, and the Sapporo Group’s Overseas Operating Companies.

Reduction in water consumption per unit revenues in high-risk water areas

2024 2025
Reduction rate in water consumption per unit revenues (based on 2023) % 6 9
  • * The Sapporo Group has set the goal of "reducing water consumption per unit revenues by 10% compared to 2023" at the Sapporo Long An plant in Vietnam that was identified as having the highest overall water risk.

WRI Aqueduct rating and the number of applicable production sites

Overall water risk
2025
Water stress
2025
Extremely high 0 0
High 1 1
Medium-high 0 17
Low-medium 25 7
Low 5 7
  • Survey in April 2025: Overall water risk data is not available for one site.
  • Survey based on Aqueduct ver. 4.0, April 2025. Comprehensive water risk data was not available for one location.

Water consumption at production sites involving water stress (Thousands of m3)

2023 2024 2025
Extremely high - - -
High 11 10 10
Medium-high 4,085 3,965 3,569
Low-medium 935 962 915
Low 1,762 1,597 1,512

Group-wide by-product and waste volumes

Group-wide by-product and waste volumes by business (in Japan)

Volume generated in tons Volume recycled in tons Recycling rate in percent
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business 50,672 52,734 50,077 48,760 50,154 47,363 96.2 95.1 94.6
Overseas Alcoholic Beverages business 74,965 71,729 79,613 73,990 70,923 78,684 98.7 98.9 98.8
Domestic Soft Drinks / Food 18,109 14,734 12,545 11,123 8,753 6,689 61.4 59.4 53.3
Overseas Soft Drinks / Food 2,416 2,774 2,992 1,949 1,929 1,730 80.7 69.5 57.8
Other Businesses 3,235 3,464 3,760 2,227 2,385 2,538 68.8 68.9 67.5
Total 149,397 145,435 148,986 138,049 134,144 137,004 92.4 92.2 92.0
  • The above figures include 18 domestic companies and 5 overseas companies.
  • It was found that there were errors in past data on waste volume generated up to 2023, and the data was corrected in August 2025.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Group-wide by-product and waste volumes by country

Volume generated in tons Volume recycled in tons Recycling rate in percent
2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024
Japan 70,932.8 66,381.7 61,292.2 56,589.8 86.4 85.2
Canada 32,889.9 27,188.7 32,471.6 26,924.4 98.7 99.0
U.S.A 35,185.1 48,686.8 34,778.4 47,995.8 98.8 98.6
Vietnam 3,689.8 3,783.3 3,672.8 3,763.8 99.5 99.5
Singapore 846.6 849.0 804.6 805.0 95.0 94.8
Malaysia 1,927.0 2,143.0 1,124.3 925.4 58.3 43.2
Total 145,471 149,032 134,144 137,004 92.2 91.9
  • Figures show totals for the Sapporo Groupʼs 18 Japanese and five overseas companies
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Recycling target achievement rate

Volume generated in tons Volume recycled in tons Recycling rate in percent
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Sapporo Breweries (production plant) 48,116 48,818 46,344 48,116 48,818 46,344 100 100 100
POKKA SAPPORO (production plant) 8,568 6,436 4,415 8,568 6,436 4,415 100 100 100
  • Sapporo Breweries and POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage in the calculation scope have set a 2030 target of achieving 100% recycling at their production plants to prevent environmental pollution. As this target has already been achieved, their goal is to maintain 100% recycling going forward. Recycling rates are shown to three digits and rounded up.

The status of emissions and recycling of industrial waste from plastic products by industry (by business)

Year: 2024

Business Total Quantity (t) Breakdown
Recycling and Others Others Quantity
Recycled (t)
Ratio of Recycling
(%)
Ratio of Heat Recovery
(%)
Total Ratio of Recycling and Others
(%)
Recycling
(t)
Ratio of Thermal Recovery
(t)
Domestic Alcoholic Beverages business 408 149 237 22 36 58 95
Domestic Soft Drinks / Food 1,362 827 337 199 61 25 85
Other Businesses 378 173 204 0 46 54 100
Total 2,148 1,149 778 221 53 36 90

Information on businesses that emit large amounts of industrial waste from plastic products*

* Businesses with plastic product and industrial waste emissions of 250t or more in the previous fiscal year.

Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
Emissions and recycling status of plastic products and industrial waste

Year Total Quantity (t) Breakdown
Recycling and Others Others Quantity
Recycled(t)
Ratio of Recycling
(%)
Ratio of Heat Recovery
(%)
Total Ratio of Recycling and Others
(%)
Recycling
(t)
Ratio of Thermal Recovery
(t)
2023 306.1 87.0 196.4 22.7 28.4 64.2 92.6
2024 320.3 92.8 206.4 21.2 29.0 64.4 93.4

<Emissions Reduction Targets>

  • Aim to phase out domestically produced one-way plastic advertising materials derived from fossil fuels by 2030.

<Recycling and Others Targets>

  • Strive to improve the current ratio of recycling and others.

Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd.
Emissions and recycling status of plastic products and industrial waste

Year Total Quantity (t) Breakdown
Recycling and Others Others Quantity
Recycled(t)
Ratio of Recycling
(%)
Ratio of Heat Recovery
(%)
Total Ratio of Recycling and Others
(%)
Recycling
(t)
Ratio of Thermal Recovery
(t)
2023 354.3 28.3 244.1 81.9 8.0 68.9 76.9
2024 334.1 27.6 218.2 88.3 8.3 65.3 73.6

<Emissions Reduction Targets>

  • Aim for a 50% usage ratio of recycled materials in PET bottle products by 2030.

<Recycling and Others Targets>

  • Strive to improve the current ratio of recycling and others.

PS Beverage Co., Ltd.
Emissions and recycling status of plastic products and industrial waste

Year Total Quantity (t) Breakdown
Recycling and Others Others Quantity
Recycled(t)
Ratio of Recycling
(%)
Ratio of Heat Recovery
(%)
Total Ratio of Recycling and Others
(%)
Recycling
(t)
Ratio of Thermal Recovery
(t)
2023 834.8 803.1 31.6 0.2 96.2 3.8 100.0
2024 820.1 781.5 37.8 0.9 95.3 4.6 99.9

<Emissions Reduction Targets>

  • Strive to procure products using recycled PET resin.

<Recycling and Others Targets>

  • Endeavor to maintain the current level of resource recycling and related efforts.

The Sapporo Groupʼs Domestic Operating Companies

Production volumes, energy use, water use, and CO2 emissions data

Company Fiscal year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sapporo Breweries Production volumes Thousands of kL 600 618 634 669 690
Fuel consumption GJ 835,732 790,510 739,498 756,763 743,797
Electricity consumption MWh 85,802 87,138 87,630 86,725 82,691
Water consumption Thousands of m3 3,638 3,717 3,696 3,685 3,693
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/KL 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4
CO2 emissions Thousands of t 83 86 83 79 69
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/KL 138 140 132 117 99
Sapporo Lion Fuel consumption GJ 16,685 25,661 24,360 23,603 23,287
Electricity consumption MWh 7,670 11,195 10,728 10,941 10,571
CO2 emissions Thousands of t 4 6 6 6 6
POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverages Production volumes Thousands of t 149 148 141 117 86
Fuel consumption GJ 255,667 250,857 243,397 207,802 121,999
Electricity consumption MWh 27,306 26,711 25,016 22,289 15,840
Water consumption Thousands of m3 1,316 1,307 1,250 1,063 711
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/t 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.1 8.3
CO2 emissions Thousands of t 25 25 23 21 13
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/t 168 166 162 176 152

The Sapporo Groupʼs Overseas Operating Companies

* Notice of partial correction as of July 1, 2026: There were errors in the figures for Sapporo Vietnam in 2022. We apologize for the mistake and have corrected it.

Data on production volumes, energy consumption, water consumption, and CO2 emissions

Company Country FY (April 1 to March 31) 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sleeman Canada Production volumes Thousands of kL 202 203 206 174 165
Fuel consumption GJ 268,493 328,730 321,465 311,851 308,307
Electricity consumption MWh 23,135 21,265 21,512 20,093 20,747
Water consumption Thousands of m3 809 806 806 726 691
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/KL 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.2
CO2 emissions t 17,262 19,993 19,601 18,897 18,720
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/KL 85.5 98.6 95.3 108.7 113.5
Sapporo Vietnam Vietnam Production volumes Thousands of kL 20 22 23 24 20.94
Fuel consumption GJ 20,102 20,314 18,195 19,315 16,265
Electricity consumption MWh 3,444 3,454 3,333 3,009 2,158
Water consumption Thousands of m3 118 120 112 112 93
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/KL 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5
CO2 emissions t 2,404 3,999 3,775 3,254 2,395
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/KL 119 185 166 135 114
POKKA Singapore Production volumes Thousands of kL 44 45 44 41 53
Fuel consumption GJ 37,418 37,848 34,952 36,612 37,548
Electricity consumption MWh 4,396 4,565 3,926 4,090 4,929
Water consumption Thousands of m3 109 126 141 152 144.07
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/KL 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.7 2.7
CO2 emissions t 3,910 3,801 3,409 3,555 3,905
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/KL 88.1 84.9 78.0 86.9 73.9
POKKA (MALAYSIA) Malaysia Production volumes Thousands of kL 50 54 52 47 28
Fuel consumption GJ 36,445 40,047 35,912 34,842 28,270
Electricity consumption MWh 6,572 6,621 6,421 5,868 3,802
Water consumption Thousands of m3 200 218 245 257 206.78
Water consumption per unit volume produced m3/KL 4.0 4.1 4.7 5.5 7.4
CO2 emissions t 6,413 5,815 5,391 5,980 4,285
CO2 emissions per unit volume produced kg/KL 129 108 103 128 154
Stone Brewing United States production output Thousands of KL 41 39 67 75
Fuel consumption GJ 62,035 59,067 79,281 81,593
Electricity consumption MWh 11,528 11,898 13,485 11,855
Water consumption Thousands of m3 254 230 308 350
Per-unit water consumption m3/KL 6.3 6.0 4.6 4.7
CO2 emissions t 6,516 6,472 7,677 7,540
Per-unit CO2 emissions kg/KL 161 168 114 101
  • CO2 emissions factors for overseas energy use are calculated according to data issued by the International Energy Agency or relevant electric power companies

Sapporo Group Environmental Costs (summary)

2023 2024 Remarks
Business area costs Investment Millions of yen 451 226 Facilities contributing to environmental preservation
Costs Millions of yen 1,180 1,124
Upstream/Downstream Costs Costs Millions of yen 487 400 Container and packaging recycling fees
Management activity costs Costs Millions of yen 136 140 Environmental management system operation, greening of factories
Social activity cost Costs Millions of yen 1 1 Nature conservation
Economic effect of environmental facilities Millions of yen -444 -512 Effects of Energy and Resource Recovery Facilities
  • Sapporo Breweries, POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage, Sapporo Lion, and Sapporo Real Estate Development are included in the scope of aggregation.
  • Depreciation of equipment is not recorded.
  • Historical data is included to identify mid- to long-term trends, but simple comparisons between fiscal years may not be possible due to changes in the scope of business.

Sapporo Group raw material consumption

Business 2023 2024
Domestic Operations (Alcoholic Beverages) 1,000 tons 69.5 61.1
Domestic Operations (Soft Drinks, Food) 1,000 tons 17.7 14.6
Overseas Operations (Alcoholic Beverages) 1,000 tons 33.7 28.5
Total 1,000 tons 120.9 104.3
  • The scope of the calculation covers Sapporo Breweries, POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage, and Sleeman.