Environmental Report 2018

Environmental Accounting Data

Investment amount and cost    Unit: Thousand yen
Item Breakdown Investment amount Cost
Cost within business area Pollution control costs Maintenance and operations, including exhaust gas-scrubbing facilities 0 3,330
Maintenance and operations, including wastewater treatment facilities 27,370 63,970
Maintenance and operation of environment-related facilities 0 37,160
Subtotal 27,370 104,460
Global environment cost Expenditures for measures against climate change 76,620 10,430
Subtotal 76,620 10,430
Recycling costs Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling industrial waste 60 67,200
Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling general waste 10 8,790
Operation of raw garbage processing machines 0 200
Investments and expenditures for other waste 140 520
Subtotal 210 76,710
Total for costs within business area 104,200 191,600
Upstream/downstream costs Expenditures for studying eco-friendliness of products and checking environmental quality 7,740 70,090
Subtotal 7,740 70,090
Management activity costs Labor expenses for dedicated environment personnel, ISO audit expenditures, and environmental activity man-hours in each division etc. 0 192,470
Creation of environmental reports and web pages 0 1,960
Measurement of exhaust gas, wastewater, noise, and groundwater 0 21,850
Education by position and training in emergency response 0 11,940
Cleanup and tree planting around each site 0 8,570
Subtotal 0 236,790
R&D costs R&D investments and expenditures for complying with chemical substance regulations 2,220 3,360
R&D other than the above 43,990 29,590
Subtotal 46,210 32,950
Communal activities costs Expenditures for JAE Group Forest and activities at each site that contribute to society 0 4,430
Subtotal 0 4,430
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction Investment and cost for restoring to natural state 0 0
Subtotal 0 0
Total 158,150 535,860

●Amount invested and R&D expenditures    Unit: Thousand yen
Item Description Amount
Total investment for period under review Investments for detoxifying countermeasures and other equipment installation, wastewater treatment facilities, and chemical substance-related regulations 158,150
Total R&D expenditures for period under review Compliance with chemical substance regulations and other R&D man-hours, etc. 32,950

●Economic effect of environmental protection measures    Unit: Thousand yen
Item Description Amount
Revenue for period under review Revenue from sales of unneeded valuable materials 2,081,910
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, 2017 to March 31, 2018
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.
    1. Pollution control costs
    2. Recycling costs
    3. Communal activities costs
  •      R&D costs are posted as total amounts without prorating the portion 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.