Energy Management

In September 2020, Grape King Bio completed the second review for its ISO 50001 energy management system, and continued to follow the PDCA energy management system operation with a goal of saving energy in the 3 plants. The company also used the energy performance index baseline tool to track and manage overall electricity consumption by examining the energy consumption status of critical energy-consuming equipment or areas in the plant. We also prepared internal education and training projects, conducted internal and management audits, and regularly updated documentation such as relevant issues of internal and external risks.

Energy Usage

Item (Unit: MWh) 2020 2021 2022
Direct energy use Natural gas energy consumption 19,410 19,477 18,434
Diesel energy consumption 125 111 76
Gasoline energy consumption 66 99 178
Indirect energy use Electric power energy consumption 28,013 29,541 32,178
Purchased renewable electric power (Power Purchase Agreement, PPA) 0 0 300
Renewable energy (electric power) consumption 1 1 12
Total energy consumption 47,615 49,229 51,179

Energy intensity

Management of Greenhouse Gases

Item(Unit: tCO2e) 2020 2021 2022
Grape King Bio Pro-Partner
Scope 1 emissions 3,753.74 3,862.04 5,620.7264 12.9961
5633.7225
Scope 2 emissions 14,255.77 14,829.39 15,340.2627 1,203.7914
16,544.0541
Total 18,009.51 18,691.43 22,177.7766

Note 1: In 2020 and 2021, Grape King Bio used the “GHG Protocol” to conduct voluntary greenhouse gas inventories. Relevant parameters were taken from the Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor Table (version 6.0.4) released by the Environmental Protection Administration. The organizational scope of our voluntary inventory conducted in 2020 encompassed Grape King Bio, and the scope of our voluntary inventory conducted in 2021 encompassed Grape King Bio and Pro-Partner. Because we implemented external ISO 14064-1:2018 inventories for the first time in 2022, the base year was set as 2022.

Note 2: Electricity emission factors for 2022 referenced the electricity emission factor of 0.509 kg CO2e/kWh released by the Bureau of Energy.

Note 3: Electricity emission factors for 2021 referenced the electricity emission factor of 0.502 kg CO2e/kWh released by the Bureau of Energy.

Note 4: Electricity emission factors for 2020 referenced the electricity emission factor of 0.509 kg CO2e/kWh released by the Bureau of Energy.

Note 5: The Global Warming Potential (GWP) adopts the factors of Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
 

Scope 3 emissions(Unit: tCO2e) 2022
Category 4:Indirect GHG emissions from products used by organization 20,637.1618
Purchased goods and services 16,947.1729
Fuel Energy Related(Non Scope 1 & 2) 3,584.5053
Waste generated in operations 105.4835
Category 5:Indirect GHG emissions associated with the use of products from the organization 1,216.7875
Investments 1,216.7875
Total emissions 21,853.9493

Note:We implemented external ISO 14064-1:2018 inventories for the first time in 2022.
Note:Scope 3 boundary includes only Grape King Bio, excluding subsidiaries.
Note:Category 5: Investments include Pro-Partner Co.,Ltd. and Rivershine Ltd.

Air Pollution Prevention

Through the process conducted by the air pollution prevention facility, Grape King Bio improves and raises the quality of the environment. All plants of the company regularly implement various maintenance operations on the environmental protection and treatment facility to ensure the systems’ normal operations. We have also completely replaced heavy fuel oil with natural gas to reduce environmental impact and achieve co-prosperity with surrounding neighborhoods.