环保面的工作开展
Material Flow in Business Activities (Fiscal 2008)
The Kuraray Group uses a great deal of energy, chemical substances, and water resources in the course of our business activities. We make quantitative surveys of resources used and substances emitted, and use this information to minimize the environmental load associated with our business activities.
Environmental Accounting
Environmental Preservation Costs (million yen)
| Category | Investments | Cost | Principal Activities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs within the sites |
Pollution prevention costs |
637 | 2,167 | Operating cost of environmental facilities, measures to prevent emissions of chemical substances |
| Global environmental conservation costs |
89 | 546 | In-house reuse of PC ash as a fuel | |
| Resource recycling costs |
186 | 797 | Transformation of production process scrap back into a resource and in-house reuse of PC ash as a fuel |
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| Total | 912 | 3,510 | ||
| Upstream and downstream costs | − | 142 | Recycling and reuse of packaging materials, improvement of container packaging |
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| Administrative costs | − | 142 | ISO 14001, environmental measurement, environmental education |
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| Research and development costs | − | 128 | Development of environmentally friendly products | |
| Social activity costs | − | 0 | Afforestation, beautification, provision of environmental information to host community residents |
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| Environmental damage costs | − | 0 | ||
| Total | 912 | 3,922 | ||
- Total investment during the reporting period: 30.7 billion yen (totaled in accordance with the scope of environmental accounting)
- Total R&D costs during the reporting period: 11.1 billion yen (same as above)
Environmental Preservation Effects
| Category | Unit | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollution prevention effect |
SOx emissions | tons | 484 | 302 | -182 |
| NOx emissions | tons | 1,618 | 1,432 | -186 | |
| Particulate emissions | tons | 54 | 39 | -15 | |
| Emissions of PRTR Lawdesignated substances |
tons | 1,285 | 972 | -313 | |
| COD load | tons | 679 | 587 | -92 | |
| Global environment preservation activities |
GHG emissions | 1,000 tons of CO2 | 1,310 | 1,190 | -120 |
| Energy consumption | 1,000kl (crude oil equivalent) | 458 | 369 | -89 | |
| Resource recycling activities |
Unutilized externallyprocessed industrial waste |
tons | 406 | 480 | 74 |
| Industrial waste utilization rate | % | 89 | 91 | 2 | |
| Water resource use | million m3 | 82.5 | 73.2 | -9 | |
| Total emission of wastewater | million m3 | 75.9 | 69.3 | -7 | |
Investment in Environmental Facilities
- (1) Basis for environmental accounting calculations
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- Reporting period: April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
- Scope covered: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- (2) Environmental conservation cost calculation criteria
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- Depreciation: Straight-line method
- Standard for allocating costs: In principle 100% of costs are allocated to environmental individual conservation items. However, a portion of costs is allocated on a pro rata basis.
- (3) Standard for calculating environmental preservation effects
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- Effects are calculated in a simple comparison with the total environmental load of the previous fiscal year and are not adjusted for production volume.
- (4) Standard for calculating economic effects (benefits) of environmental preservation measures
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- Although material effects such as income from recycling are known, benefits are deducted from environmental preservation costs.
