Environmental Report 2013

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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 2012 Data

Costs in FY 2012 were nearly the same as in FY 2011. Investments in fighting climate change grew dramatically, resulting in a total investment amount that was more than double the amount in FY 2011.

●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	2,590
		Maintenance and operations, including wastewater treatment facilities	32,910	56,360
		Boiler maintenance and maintenance and operations of other environment-related facilities	0	3,410
		Subtotal	32,910	62,360
	Global environment cost	Expenditures for measures against climate change	475,360	11,420
	Global environment cost	Subtotal	475,360	11,420
	Recycling costs	Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling industrial waste	2,280	50,770
		Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling general waste	300	6,400
		Operation of raw garbage processing machines	0	1,100
		Investments and expenditures for other waste	5,800	340
		Subtotal	8,380	58,610
	Total for costs within business area		516,650	132,390
Upstream/downstream costs		Expenditures for studying eco-friendliness of products and checking environmental quality	4,960	64,570
Upstream/downstream costs		Subtotal	4,960	64,570
Management activity costs		Labor expenses for dedicated environment personnel, ISO audit expenditures, and environmental activity man-hours in each division etc.	0	176,650
		Creation of environmental reports and web pages	0	1,660
		Measurement of exhaust gas, wastewater, noise, and groundwater	14,690	10,560
		Education by position and training in emergency response	0	8,720
		Cleanup and tree planting around each site	0	6,560
		Subtotal	14,690	204,150
R&D costs		R&D investments and expenditures for complying with chemical substance regulations	0	9,780
		R&D other than the above	113,880	14,720
		Subtotal	113,880	24,500
Communal activities costs		Expenditures for JAE Group Forest and activities at each site that contribute to society	0	5,310
Communal activities costs		Subtotal	0	5,310
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction			0	0
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction		Subtotal	0	0
Total			650,180	430,920

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

Item	Description	Amount
Total investment for period in question	Investments for measures against climate change, introduction of pretreatment measures and measurement facilities, and other R&D	650,180
Total R&D expenditures for period in question	Compliance with chemical substance regulations and other R&D man-hours, etc.	24,500

●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	1,542,940

Scope:	JAE Group sites in Japan
Reference guidelines, etc.	2005 edition of Environmental Accounting Guidelines issued by Japan's Ministry of the Environment
Target period:	April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013
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 prorating the portion related to environmental activities.

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