Murata and the Environment

Overall image of environmental impact and environmental accounting

Murata strives to quantitatively ascertain the environmental impact associated with its business activities and analyzes that information to reduce the environmental impact.

Murata's overall image of environmental impact

We have established goals related to the reduction of environmental impact for fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2027 from a lifecycle perspective and are taking action to achieve those goals.

Input and output related to environmental burdens

Link: ESG Data Collection
Link: Manage chemical substances
Link: Prevent pollution

Data calculation method

“Total substance input” and “Chemical substance atmospheric emissions (only NOx, SOx)” represent totals for manufacturing plants and subsidiaries in Japan. Other figures represent totals for manufacturing plants and subsidiaries in Japan and other locations.

Environmental accounting: Fiscal 2024

Expenses for environmental activities in fiscal 2024 totaled approximately 10 billion yen. The figure for capital investment was approximately 6.0 billion yen.

Classification Costs (Millions of yen) Investment (Millions of yen)
Fiscal 2023 Fiscal 2024 Fiscal 2023 Fiscal 2024
Costs at manufacturing plant premises Pollution prevention 309 340 711 1,533
Environmental protection 339 373 3,106 3,727
Recycling of resources 2,635 3,197 1,277 154
Subtotal 3,283 3,909 5,094 5,414
Upstream/downstream environmental protection costs 82 90 0 0
Management activities costs 1,440 1,504 3 196
Social activities costs 104 115 0 0
Cost of R&D 1,536 4,335 415 350
Environmental damage costs 0 0 0 0
Total 6,445 9,953 5,512 5,960

Calculation method

  • Aggregates include each Murata Manufacturing business site and domestic production plant (25 companies) .
  • Figures were aggregated for the 12-month period from April 2024 to March 2025.
  • Costs include personnel costs and depreciation costs.