Environmental Report 2016

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Environmental Accounting Data

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

Fiscal 2015 Data

Excluding resource recycling related costs, the amount of fiscal 2015 costs has increased overall since fiscal 2014. Investments declined compared to fiscal 2014, but R&D costs associated with compliance with chemical substance regulations increased slightly.

●Investments and R&D costs Unit: Thousand yen

Item		Breakdown	Investment amount	Cost
Cost within business area	Pollution control costs	Maintenance and operations, including exhaust gas-scrubbing facilities	0	18,400
		Maintenance and operations, including wastewater treatment facilities	95,800	55,770
		Boiler maintenance and maintenance and operations of other environment-related facilities	12,340	21,950
		Subtotal	108,140	96,120
	Global environment cost	Expenditures for measures against climate change	16,990	12,430
	Global environment cost	Subtotal	16,990	12,430
	Recycling costs	Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling industrial waste	100	59,820
		Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling general waste	10	8,610
		Operation of raw garbage processing machines	0	200
		Investments and expenditures for other waste	210	860
		Subtotal	320	69,490
	Total for costs within business area		125,450	178,040
Upstream/downstream costs		Expenditures for studying eco-friendliness of products and checking environmental quality	760	74,540
Upstream/downstream costs		Subtotal	760	74,540
Management activity costs		Labor expenses for dedicated environment personnel, ISO audit expenditures, and environmental activity man-hours in each division etc.	0	195,470
		Creation of environmental reports and web pages	0	1,850
		Measurement of exhaust gas, wastewater, noise, and groundwater	0	14,380
		Education by position and training in emergency response	0	12,260
		Cleanup and tree planting around each site	0	6,280
		Subtotal	0	230,240
R&D costs		R&D investments and expenditures for complying with chemical substance regulations	0	10,930
		R&D other than the above	7,500	20,930
		Subtotal	7,500	31,860
Communal activities costs		Expenditures for JAE Group Forest and activities at each site that contribute to society	0	6,260
Communal activities costs		Subtotal	0	6,260
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction		Cost of environmental pollution remediation, compensation and other payments associated with environmental protection	0	0
Costs for dealing with environmental destruction		Subtotal	0	0
Total			133,710	520,940

●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	133,710
Total R&D expenditures for period under review	Compliance with chemical substance regulations and other R&D man-hours, etc.	31,860

●Economic effect of environmental protection measures Unit: Thousand yen

Item	Description	Amount
Revenue for period under review	Revenue from sales of unneeded valuable materials	2,018,990

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, 2015 to March 31, 2016
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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