Epson Becomes the Manufacturing Industry's First to Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity at All Sites in Japan

On November 1, Epson became the first company in the Japanese manufacturing industry to convert to 100% renewable electricity for all its domestic sites, amounting to a total of 530 GWh annually.

Epson had planned to convert to renewable electricity at all its domestic sites by the end of the 2021 fiscal year (ending March 2022) but will achieve this ahead of schedule, meeting a milestone on the path to transitioning to 100% renewable electricity for the entire Group's power needs. As a result, Epson forecasts that it can meet approximately 40% of the Group's total annual electricity needs with renewable electricity in the 2021 fiscal year.

Steps toward meeting the Epson Group's total electricity needs with 100% renewable electricity:

April 1, 2021: all sites in Nagano Prefecture, where many Epson sites are located.
November 1, 2021: all sites in Japan (originally planned for March 2022).
2023 (plan): all Epson sites globally.

As stated in Epson's Environmental Vision 2050, Epson seeks to become carbon negative and underground resource free. Accordingly, the company will invest approximately 100 billion yen in decarbonization, closing the resource loop, and environmental technology development over the next 10 years out to 2030.

Epson will concentrate most of its management resources on the development of products and services that help to reduce environmental impacts and that also contribute to reducing the environmental impacts of its customers.
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