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Environmental Accounting Data

The JAE Group adopted environmental accounting in FY 2002. Quantitatively comparing the cost of environmental activities with their effects helps the group ensure efficiency.

FY 2009 Data

●Investments and R&D Costs Unit: 1,000 yen

Item		Breakdown	Investment amount	Cost
Cost within business area	Pollution control costs	Maintenance and operations, including exhaust gas-scrubbing facilities	0	3,100
		Maintenance and operations, including wastewater treatment facilities	254,690	46,740
		Maintenance and operations, including boiler renovation and other environment-related facilities	120	130
		Subtotal	254,810	49,970
	Global environmental protection costs	Expenditures for measures against climate change	42,640	20,510
	Global environmental protection costs	Subtotal	42,640	20,510
	Recycling costs	Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling industrial waste	1,510	46,500
		Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling general waste	480	2,500
		Operation of raw garbage processing machines	0	1,150
		Investments and expenditures for other waste	3,390	1,030
		Subtotal	5,380	51,180
	Total for costs within business area		302,830	121,660
Upstream/downstream costs		Expenditures for studying eco-friendliness of products and checking environmental quality	8,940	86,910
Upstream/downstream costs		Subtotal	8,940	86,910
Management activity costs		Labor expenses for dedicated environment personnel, ISO inspection expenditures, and environmental activity man-hours in each division etc.	0	188,620
		Creation of environmental reports and web pages	0	2,140
		Measurement of exhaust gas, wastewater, noise, and groundwater	0	10,380
		Education by position and training in emergency response	0	7,630
		Cleanup and tree planting around each site	0	3,290
		Subtotal	0	212,060
R&D costs		R&D investments and expenditures for complying with chemical substance regulations	380	8,180
		R&D other than the above	2,000	4,930
		Subtotal	2,380	13,110
Communal activities costs		Expenditures for JAE Group Forest and activities at each site that contribute to society	0	3,130
Communal activities costs		Subtotal	0	3,130
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction			0	0
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction		Subtotal	0	0
Total			314,150	436,870

●Amount invested and R&D expenditures Unit: 1,000 yen

Item	Description	Amount
Total investment for period in question	Investments for introduction of pretreatment measures and other facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and compliance with chemical substance regulations	314,640
Total R&D expenditures for period in question	Compliance with chemical substance regulations and other R&D man-hours etc.	13,110

●Economic effect of environmental protection measures Unit: 1,000 yen

Item	Description	Amount
Revenue for period in question	Revenue from sales of unneeded valuable materials	658,410
Cost savings for period in question (see note)	Cost reduction due to energy saving, resource conservation, and recycling activities	40,950

Target period	JAE Group sites in Japan
Adopted guideline, etc.	2005 edition of Environmental Accounting Guideline issued by Ministry of the Environment
Target period	April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010
Data criteria	All sums are rounded off to the nearest 1,000 yen. All costs (excluding R&D) that are prorated as environmental activities out of all labor expenditures at environment-dedicated divisions and labor expenditures at other divisions are aggregated into management activities costs. Labor costs that may also be applicable to the following costs are also included. Pollution control costs Recycling costs Communal activities costs R&D costs are posted as total amounts without any prorating as to whether they were related to environmental activities. Note: Only amounts that can be clearly computed are included in the cost reductions for the economic effects resulting from environmental protection measures.

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