Third-Party Review
Hitachi Construction Machinery undergoes third-party reviews to increase the reliability of information related to the environment.
Third-party reviews have been continuously performed on energy and greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions since FY2011, and the scope of the reviews has expanded year by year.
We have followed the “Basic Guidelines on Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Throughout the Supply Chain” of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment when calculating emissions, and have aggregated the results.
Third-party Assurance of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy Consumption and Water-related Data (FY2024)
We have undergone third-party assurance by SOCOTEC Certiication Japan as described below.
[Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption]
Scope 1, 2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group’s production bases (11 Japan domestic sites and 16 overseas sites)
Scope 3: The relevant categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12
[Water-related data]
Water withdrawals, Water discharges and Water recycled of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group’s production bases (11 Japan domestic sites and 16 overseas sites)
* Details are contained in the Independent Assurance Report.
Independent Assurance Report (PDF)Calculation and verification categories for greenhouse gas (CO2) are as below.
| Scope | Category | Classification | Calculated | Third-party Evaluation |
| Scope1 | Direct Emission | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| Scope2 | Indirect emissions from energy generation (electrical power etc) | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| Scope 3 (upstream) | 1 | Purchased Products/Services | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| 2 | Capital Goods | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 3 | Fuel and energy related activity not covered by Scope 1 & 2 | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 4 | Shipping, delivery (upstream) | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 5 | Waste generated through normal operations | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 6 | Business Travel | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 7 | Employee Commuting | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 8 | Lease Assets (upstream) | ― | ― | |
| Scope 3 (downstream) | 9 | Shipping, Delivery (downstream) | △ | △ |
| 10 | Manufacturing of Sold Products | ― | ― | |
| 11 | Usage of Sold Products | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 12 | Disposal of Sold Products | ✓ | ✓✓ | |
| 13 | Lease Assets (downstream) | ― | ― | |
| 14 | Franchises | ― | ― | |
| 15 | Investments | ― | ― | |
✓: Calculated, △: not Calculated, ―: not Applicable and excluded, ✓✓: Verified
