Environmental Report 2015

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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.

FY 2014 Data

Fiscal 2014 costs declined from those of fiscal 2013 owing to lower maintenance costs and other factors. Investment amounts increased from fiscal 2013. Reasons for this included measures taken at companies around the Group to mitigate the risk of environmental pollution, including upgrades to retainer walls and reconfiguring pipes to run above ground, as well as investments related to an upgrade of power supply facilities at JAE Hirosaki.

●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	3,480
		Maintenance and operations, including wastewater treatment facilities	4,920	71,130
		Boiler maintenance and maintenance and operations of other environment-related facilities	204,800	14,850
		Subtotal	209,720	89,460
	Global environment cost	Expenditures for measures against climate change	46,410	22,110
	Global environment cost	Subtotal	46,410	22,110
	Recycling costs	Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling industrial waste	170	66,450
		Investments and expenditures for treating/recycling general waste	20	9,420
		Operation of raw garbage processing machines	0	1,130
		Investments and expenditures for other waste	690	580
		Subtotal	880	77,580
	Total for costs within business area		257,010	189,150
Upstream/downstream costs		Expenditures for studying eco-friendliness of products and checking environmental quality	150	69,680
Upstream/downstream costs		Subtotal	150	69,680
Management activity costs		Labor expenses for dedicated environment personnel, ISO audit expenditures, and environmental activity man-hours in each division etc.	0	176,570
		Creation of environmental reports and web pages	0	1,520
		Measurement of exhaust gas, wastewater, noise, and groundwater	0	10,460
		Education by position and training in emergency response	0	7,750
		Cleanup and tree planting around each site	0	10,070
		Subtotal	0	206,370
R&D costs		R&D investments and expenditures for complying with chemical substance regulations	0	3,500
		R&D other than the above	109,480	21,460
		Subtotal	109,480	24,960
Communal activities costs		Expenditures for JAE Group Forest and activities at each site that contribute to society	0	5,430
Communal activities costs		Subtotal	0	5,430
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			366,640	495,590

●Amount invested and R&D expenditures Unit: Thousand 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	366,640
Total R&D expenditures for period in question	Compliance with chemical substance regulations and other R&D man-hours, etc.	24,960

●Economic effect of environmental protection measures Unit: Thousand yen

Item	Description	Amount
Revenue for period in question	Revenue from sales of unneeded valuable materials	2,377,390

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, 2014 to March 31, 2015
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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