Environment

    Overall image of environmental impact and environmental accounting

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    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 FY2025 to FY2027 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: FY2025

    Expenses for environmental activities in FY2025 totaled approximately 9.0 billion yen. The figure for capital investment was approximately 5.0 billion yen.

    Classification Costs (Millions of yen) Investment (Millions of yen)
    FY2024 FY2025 FY2024 FY2025
    Costs at manufacturing plant premises Pollution prevention 340 312 1,533 1,574
    Environmental protection 373 343 3,727 3,601
    Recycling of resources 3,197 3,511 154 37
    Subtotal 3,909 4,166 5,414 5,212
    Upstream/downstream environmental protection costs 90 83 0 0
    Management activities costs 1,504 2,732 196 12
    Social activities costs 115 106 0 0
    Cost of R&D 1,901 2,092 350 87
    Environmental damage costs 0 0 0 0
    Total 7,519 9,178 5,960 5,310

    Calculation method

    • Aggregates include each Murata Manufacturing business site and domestic production plant (23 companies) .
    • Figures were aggregated for the 12-month period from April 2025 to March 2026.
    • Costs include personnel costs and depreciation costs.
    • The data classification and aggregation methods were revised in FY2025. This revealed errors in some data for past fiscal years, and the figures have been revised accordingly.

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