HEPCO Group Environmental Targets

HEPCO Group established the HEPCO Group Environmental Policy to address carbon neutrality, biodiversity, and other environmental challenges, and we set environmental targets to serve as specific measures for realizing our environmental policy. The Environmental Committee, which is chaired by the President, deliberates environmental targets and manages the progress of these initiatives to ensure that they are implemented in a planned and continuous manner. We revised our environmental targets to take stakeholder interests and future initiatives based upon the five environmental guidelines of our environmental policy into consideration.

• Environmental Targets (FY2026)

Environmental Guidelines	Item		Target	Target FY	Target Scope*3
Contribution to global warming countermeasures and carbon neutrality	Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions	HEPCO Group supply chain emissions (Scopes 1+2+3)*1	46% reduction compared to FY2014 levels	2031	G
			60% reduction compared to FY2014 levels	2036	G
			Aim for zero emissions	2051	G
		Reduction contribution (Scope 4)*2	1.5million tons	2031	G
			2.5million tons	2036	G
		Renewable energy buildout (gross)	1,000MW+ *300MW+ net	2031	G
			3,000MW+ *1,000MW+ net	2036	G
		Utilize Tomari NPS on the assurance of safety as a prerequisite	Restart as soon as possible	-	H
		Decarbonization of therma power	Start ammonia co-firing in Tomato-Atsuma PS Unit 4, and launch CCS business	2031	H
			Ammonia single-fuel operation Hydrogen co-firing - single-fuel operation	2040s	H
	Construction of next-generation power network to expand adoption of renewables	Reinforce Hokkaido-Honshu HVDC Link	Start operation of Shinshin-Kitahon HVDC Link (300,000kW increase)	2028	N
Promotion of regional environmental preservation	Air pollution prevention	Reduce sulfur oxide (SOX) emissions	Emission intensity: 0.6g/kWh	-	G
		Reduce nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions	Emission intensity: 0.5g/kWh	-	G
	Proper treatment of hazardous chemical substances	Treat pole transformers containing low-level PCBs	Within deadline	2027 Statutory treatment deadline	N
Contribution to the creation of a recycling-based society	Curbing industrial waste emissions & promoting recycling, etc.		Industrial waste recycling rate: 95%	2026	G
	Promoting plastic resource recycling		Waste plastic recycling rate: 50%	2026	G
Consideration for biodiversity	Biodiversity conservation	Utilize TNFD framework to analyze and assess impact of business activities on biodiversity	Disclose pursuant to TNFD framework	2026	HN
Disclosure of environmental information and promotion of dialogue	Promotion of dialogue with community members		Actively engage in dialogue taking advantage of a variety of opportunities, such as environmental conservation & SDG education support projects	-	G
Other	Thorough environmental management	Comply with environmental laws and regulations	Zero major violations of environmental laws or regulations	-	G
		Foster environmental awareness among employees	Provide environmental training and promote sustainability actions	-	G

1. *1Scope 1: Direct emissions from HEPCO Group business sites (mainly thermal power plants).
   Scope 2: Indirect emissions associated with use of electricity, heat, etc. that HEPCO Group receives as a user.
   Scope 3: Other indirect emissions (mainly indirect emissions associated with electricity purchased from other companies)
2. *2Scope 4: The difference in greenhouse gas emissions between conventional products and services (baseline) and new products and services, quantifying the contribution to mitigating climate change (impact) across society with products and services.
3. *3Target Scope: H: HEPCO, N: Hokkaido Electric Power Network, G: HEPCO Group

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