Independent Assurance Report
To ensure the reliability of environmental and social performance data included in Sustainability Report 2024, INPEX has obtained independent third-party assurance from SOCOTEC Certification Japan for all data marked with the symbol () in the ESG Performance Data.
Scope of Assurance: 2024 data covering the period from January to December for the following environmental and social performance data.
Environmental performance indicators
<Scope: Operational control in Japan1>
- Scope 1 emissions (Emissions source, Gas types)
- Scope 2 emissions (Market-based, Location-based)
- Energy consumption
- Water consumption and discharge of produced water
- Emissions to the atmosphere (VOC, NOx, and SOx)
- Waste – Hazardous waste (waste diverted from disposal, waste directed to disposal), Non-hazardous waste(waste diverted from disposal, waste directed to disposal), and Drilling waste (waste diverted from disposal, waste directed to disposal, cuttings)
<Scope: Overseas operational control2>
- Scope 1 emission (Emissions source, Gas types)
- Scope 2 emission (Market-based, Location-based)
- Emissions to the atmosphere (VOC, NOx, and SOx)
<Scope: Equity share based3>
- Scope 1 emission
- Scope 2 emission
- Scope 3 emission Category 11 (Use of sold products)4
<Scope: Operational control including Japan and global organizations5>
- Oil Spill (Quantity of Spills)
Social performance indicators
<Scope: Operational control including Japan and global organizations5>
- Lost time injury rate (LTIR) by contract
- Total recordable injury rate (TRIR) by contract
- Process Safety Events Tier 1
1 Reported on an operational control basis including Head office, Technical Research Center and Operational organizations in Japan(operated by INPEX Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries)as of the end of December 2024
2 Reported on an operational control basis including Overseas offices and Oversease operational organizations(operated by INPEX Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries)as of the end of December 2024
3 Equity share based Scope1, 2 emissions cover the production projects where INPEX takes the role of operator as of the end of December, 2024, Headquarters and Technical Research Center
4 Category 11 is calculated by multiplying the total sales volume of crude oil, natural gas, and LPG by each product’s emission factor under the assumption that all amounts of them are combusted
5 Reported on an operational control basis including Head office, Technical Research Center and Overseas offices and Operational organizations in Japan and overseas(operated by INPEX Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries) as of the end of December 2024
