Goals, Initiatives, and Achievements

Process targets to reduce or avoid pollution:

Tokyu Land Corporation has set the following process-type goals for the facilities it operates and manages and is working to reduce pollution.

1. Removal of asbestos in buildings. Periodically inspect some unremoved areas and pay close attention to prevent the situation from deteriorating.
2. At golf courses operated by our group, we annually inspect the residual pesticide concentrations in water bodies with respect to the discharge of nitrates, phosphates, pesticides, and other priority hazardous substances, aiming to achieve levels below the detection limits.

Progress in 2022

1. Implemented in 1 office buildings (Total 6 buildings)
2. For all inspection items, the values detected are below the detection limits.

Measurement of NOx, SOx, emissions

According to the Air Pollution Control Act, the Group measures the concentration of soot and dust at a certain frequency in the operation and management facilities such as office buildings and commercial facilities, and we keep records of the measurement results. We are working to prevent air pollution by ascertaining the status of emissions of soot and NOx into the atmosphere associated with our business activities and confirming that they do not exceed emission standards.

• ESG Data : Other pollutant emissions

Quality and destination of water (effluent) discharge

Most of the facilities operated and managed by our group, mainly in urban areas, take water from the water supply and discharge it to the sewer system in accordance with the discharge standards of each local government. In addition, some of our resort facilities discharge water from water supplies and groundwater into rivers in accordance with laws such as the Water Pollution Control Act and the discharge standards of each local government.

FY2022 results

• Public sewage system: 4,226 million liters per year
• Tertiary treatment: 214 million liters per year
• Secondary treatment: 798 million liters per year

Process targets to reduce or avoid waste:

Tokyu Land Corporation has set the following process-type goals for the facilities it operates and manages, and is working to reduce waste.

1. Reduction of food waste by recycling by compost, etc. and devising meal provision methods, etc.
2. Recycling of waste cooking oil generated from the kitchen of a restaurant
3. Reduce the volume of excess sludge in sewage treatment facilities

Ratio of establishments receiving environmental management certification

ISO 14001 certification is obtained by 2.5% of the Group's business sites.

Working with others to reduce waste or resource use by Participation in specific local or global Initiatives

The Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group is continuously working to reduce waste.

Utilizing food waste

At commercial facilities, used cooking oil that is discarded at restaurants is recycled into biofuel in collaboration with oil and fat business companies, and they are used as alternative fuels for light oil in Japan and overseas.

Recycling clear files

Tokyu Land Corporation, in collaboration with Saera Co., Ltd. and ASKUL Corporation, has rented umbrellas made from used clear files collected from tenant companies in our office buildings for workers to use. We implemented a resource recycling project. In one year, 1,014 kg (equivalent to about 50,000 pieces) were collected, of which 250 kg was used as recycled material for umbrella handles, and the remaining 764 kg was recycled as recycled plastic.

Recycling PET bottles

In addition, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Co., Ltd. participates in efforts to recycle resources with the beverages sold at its head office. This beverage uses 100% recycled PET bottles, which are collected and recycled from used PET bottles, helping to reduce waste. In addition, the use of this PET bottle has led to a reduction in CO₂ emissions of approximately 60% per bottle compared to new petroleum-derived PET bottles.

Compost utilization

Tokyu Resorts & Stays Co., Ltd. and Tokyu Real Estate Co., Ltd. have introduced composting as an initiative to reduce food waste emissions and make effective use of food waste that was previously treated as waste. Food waste is turned into high-quality compost, which is then used to grow crops at the hotel's own harvesting experience facility and at affiliated farms. The compost "Bioclean" can reduce the amount of food waste input by about 85%. Furthermore, by purchasing agricultural products from affiliated farmers and providing them at the hotel, the hotel aims to achieve food circulation and local production and consumption.

Participation in specific local or global Initiatives

Collaboration with partner companies to solve environmental problems - Zero Emission Club

TOKYU LAND CORPORATION and 14 partner companies established the "Zero Emission Club" in order to reduce waste generated during renovation work of office buildings and commercial facilities. In collaboration with various stakeholders, we will promote initiatives to solve environmental problems, such as reducing and reusing waste, converting existing facilities to ZEB, and promoting further greening in the greater Shibuya area, and create business opportunities through co-creation. We are trying to expand our business.

Comprehensive partnership agreement regarding regional circulation and symbiotic zone with Chino City, etc.

TOKYU LAND CORPORATION and Tokyu Resorts & Stays Co., Ltd. have concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement regarding a regional circular and symbiosis zone with Chino City, Nagano Prefecture and the Suwa Regional Decarbonization Innovation Association. With the aim of contributing to carbon-neutral urban development through the creation of a sustainable, circular, and symbiotic decarbonized society (regional circular and symbiotic sphere), we will promote sustainable regional circulation (Morigurashi) centered on forest resources and are working to reduce waste and raw material usage.

Use of LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

The Tokyu Fudosan Holdings is developing a wide range of businesses related to the development, operation, and management of the real estate, and in that, we analyze and examine the life cycle of buildings and promote the reduction of environmental burden.

Tokyu Land Corporation calculates the primary energy usage at the operation stage when designing a condominium, and reports on it based on the Building Energy Conservation Law. For CASBEE-certified properties, life cycle CO2 is calculated for each category such as construction, repair/renovation/demolition, and operation. We aim to reduce environmental pollution and utilize resources by using the results of comparisons with general buildings (reference values) in our design process.

In addition, Tokyu Community Corp. analyzes the life cycle of the building when entrusting the management of condominiums and formulates a long-term repair plan for building maintenance. As a result of examining these, it was found that the cycle of large-scale renovation work can be extended more than before by adopting highly durable materials. This will reduce the number of large-scale renovations during the entire building life cycle and reduce building materials and waste during construction. This has made it possible for us to extend the cycle of large-scale renovation work at Brands City Hongodai from 12 years to 16 years.

Progress against previously set targets to reduce resource use:

Quantified targets

We have set a target of 80% waste recycling rate at our head office building for FY2030, and are increasing the waste recycling rate to achieve this goal by distributing recycling guides and reducing burnable waste, etc. The actual waste recycling rate in FY2022 was 60.1%.

Unquantified, process targets and Achievement

• Recycling of waste materials
  • Energy generation by recycling waste oil
  • Conversion of food waste into compost
• Education and awareness of tenants
  • Distribution of recycling guides to building tenants

Raw material used

At Tokyu Land Corporation, the amount of wood procured in fiscal 2022 for use as raw materials in development projects was 19,892m³.

The Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group has invested in a company that promotes the furniture recycling business.

Investment in R&D on reducing impacts

The Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group has invested in a company that promotes the furniture recycling business. They are researching and developing recyclable furniture and distribution methods in order to create a mechanism for repairing furniture returned after renting it for a certain period and distributing it again. In this way, we are actively working to conserve the global environment by realizing a sound material-cycle society that does not throw away things.