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Toshiba Powering A Sustainable Future with its Next-Gen Technologies

A Commitment To A Sustainable Future

We face a world of intensifying climate change, population growth, resource shortages and other issues that increasingly threaten the future of humanity. They can only be overcome if government, society and individuals all make greater efforts than ever before. This is also true for companies.

Toshiba Group is leveraging technological capabilities, knowledge, and partnerships cultivated in almost 150 years of doing business to realize a sustainable society. Our goals are carbon neutrality and a circular economy. We will achieve them, and protect safer, more secure individual livelihoods, by “building infrastructures that everyone can enjoy,” and by “building a connected data society” that realizes social and environmental stability. Toshiba Group has identified 10 material issues from among the ESG issues that society and corporate management must overcome.

In this process, we will continually create value by maximizing the power of data, and draw on the product expertise, technologies, and customer relationships we have cultivated over the years to support social infrastructure, including the energy, water treatment, transportation and devices businesses.

Toshiba Group formulated its long-term vision, Environmental Future Vision 2050, in FY2020. Under this vision, we are promoting efforts in three areas—namely, Response to climate change, Response to the circular economy, and Consideration of ecosystems—through activities that include not only Toshiba Group employees but also the Group's stakeholders, aiming to create enriched value and ensure harmony with the earth.

• Response to climate change: Toshiba Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality at its production sites and offices by FY2030 and in the entire value chain by FY2050 by investing in energy-saving equipment and introducing renewable energy facilities along with enhancing the sustainability of our businesses and society by providing products, technologies, and services that contribute to reducing GHG emissions.
• Response to the circular economy: While promoting the effective use of resources in both business activities as well as products and services, we work to decouple resource consumption and environmental impacts from economic activities. In active collaboration with industrial associations, the government, and other companies, we will pursue a circular economy business model.
• Consideration of ecosystems: Toshiba Group will contribute to realizing a society in which people live in harmony with nature and continue to enjoy the blessings of ecosystems by promoting efforts to address water risks, such as floods and droughts, which are becoming more serious around the world, and conservation of biodiversity.

Guided by the Essence of Toshiba, Toshiba Group works on material issues that could impact business activities from a medium and long-term perspective in accordance with the Sustainability Policy and promotes sustainability management that contributes to the development of society.

Toshiba Group has set out the following as material issues to be addressed so as to increase its corporate value. By addressing these material issues, we will push forward with the strengthening of ESG in order to achieve our vision for 2030. In the area of E (environment), we are working to achieve carbon neutrality and a circular economy while promoting activities that give consideration to ecosystems, such as responding to water risks and conserving biodiversity. In the area of S (social), we are working to realize a culture of respect for human rights as a prerequisite for nurturing people and technologies that create abundant value and give back to society. In the area of G (governance), we are working to strengthen governance and improve cyber resilience in order to achieve honest management.

Environmental Stewardship: Advancing Climate Action

Based on Toshiba Group’s Environmental Future Vision 2050, we have formulated the Eighth Environmental Action Plan with an activity period covering FY2024 to FY2026. The Eighth Environmental Action Plan sets out eight targets for three key activity areas—"Response to climate change", "Response to the circular economy", and "Consideration of ecosystems".

• In response to climate change:
  • Toshiba Group aims to avoid GHG emissions through the use of products and services associated with energy consumption by 11 million t-CO in FY2025 and FY2026 each.
  • Carbon Neutrality Goals: The Group aims to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3 by 55% by FY2026 compared to FY2019 levels.
  • Product Impact: The Group aims to avoid over 130 million tons of CO, emissions through energy-efficient products and services in FY2026
• In response to circular economy:
  • Toshiba is targeting substantial resource savings of 110,000 tons for FY2025 and 120,000 tons in FY2026.
  • improve waste generation per unit by 4% by FY2026, compared to FY2022.
• In consideration of ecosystems, Toshiba Group aims to:
  • reduce in the amount of water received per unit by 4% in FY2026, compared to the FY2022 basic unit
  • reduce the total amount of chemicals discharged per unit by 4% in FY2026, compared to the FY2022 basic unit.
  • promote activities for biodiversity conservation that contribute to the seven GBF (Global Biodiversity Framework) targets

Toshiba India's Sustainability Report: An Update On Environmental Responsibility by Toshiba Businesses in India

• Development of Energy Infrastructure: in April 2025, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Private Limited (TTDI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a proposed investment of INR 562 crore, with the Government of Telangana to bolster Toshiba’s manufacturing footprint in India and deliver high-quality, sustainable energy solutions for India and the world.
• Powering efficiency & decarbonization - Toshiba JSW offers cutting-edge solutions and services for power plants through Cyber-Physical Systems and IoT-enabled platforms such as EtaPRO^TM, which enhances the efficiency and reliability of power-generating assets. Complementing these digital advancements, Toshiba’s Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technology enables the separation and capture of CO, emissions from thermal power plants— supporting a smoother, more scalable transition toward a carbon-neutral society.
• Smarter energy storage with SCiB^TM - Toshiba lithium-ion battery SCiB^TM technology is redefining clean energy and mobility in India by delivering unmatched safety, performance, and adaptability. SCiB^TM is ideal for both mobile applications and Energy Storage Solutions (ESS) that are crucial to renewable energy integration and grid resilience. Its robust design ensures reliable operation across urban, rural, and industrial environments, making it a foundational technology for India's sustainable future.
• Safe water for sustainable future - Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited (Toshiba Water) successfully delivered the first stream of water supply from the T.K. Halli plant, carrying 387MLD of water daily to over one million residents across Bengaluru’s various regions. This marks a major step forward in enhancing Bengaluru’s water supply capacity and sustainability. This achievement aligns with Toshiba’s commitment to establishing sustainable water systems and creating environmentally advanced communities.

New Technologies For A New Future

• Next-Gen SCiB module: a new module, a lithium-ion battery designed for use in EV buses, electric ships, and stationary applications. The new product features an aluminum baseplate that dissipates approximately twice the heat of current modules.
• GridDB® Cloud database service: Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (Toshiba) launched its cloud-based service GridDB® Cloud, for managing IoT and the high frequency generation of large volumes of big data. GridDB® Cloud offers a cloud-based managed service as core data infrastructure for Digital Transformation.

Looking Ahead: Toshiba's Vision for 2050

Toshiba is taking a long-term view toward realizing a sustainable future by aligning its business activities with global environmental and social priorities. Toshiba Group will aim to achieve carbon neutrality throughout its entire value chain by FY2050. This includes ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward renewable energy sources in both manufacturing and daily operations.

In addition, the company is committed to promoting a circular economy. Toshiba Group aims to realize a circular economy that achieves both Environmental impact reduction and economic efficiency. This involves increasing resource circulation, minimizing waste, and designing products for long-term sustainability.

On the Social front, the company is reinforcing its human rights framework with the establishment of a reporting system for human rights from employees and business partners to strengthen grievance mechanisms and transparency. In addition, Toshiba aims to create new value through digital transformation (DX) and green transformation (GX) to solve social issues through its business.

In Governance, Toshiba has expanded its disclosures to reflect a more robust management framework by adding gover- nance structure and expansion of cyber resilience-related disclosures, reinforcing Toshiba’s efforts to safeguard corporate value in an increasingly digital and complex risk environment.

With this forward-focused roadmap, Toshiba continues to invest in technologies that not only power innovation but also protect the planet—reinforcing its mission to “turn on the promise of a new day” for future generations.