Environmental conservation costs are regularly totaled up
The Takasago International Group regularly discloses the costs and benefits of its environmental protection efforts in accordance with the Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005.
■Environmental conservation costs of main production facilities and R&Ds in and outside Japan (unit: thousand yen)
Period covered: April 2021-March 2022
| Category | Key Activity and the Outcome | Investment | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Business Area Cost | 343,931 | 1,652,076 | |
| 1-1. Pollution prevention cost | Improvement and maintenance of wastewater treatment and deodorization facilities Periodic measurement of noise, vibration, and odor |
160,418 | 765,864 |
| 1-2. Global environmental conservation | Energy conservation, renewal of equipment using Fluorocarbons, and installation of new pollution control equipment | 178,767 | 134,327 |
| 1-3. Resource circulation cost | Waste fertilization and waste treatment | 4,746 | 751,885 |
| 2. Up- and downstream costs | Green procurement | 0 | 213,945 |
| 3. Administration cost | ISO acquisition and maintenance, green space management, employee training | 250 | 59,265 |
| 4. R&D costs | Process development | 12,471 | 27,762 |
| 5. Social activity cost | Green space development, participation in local environmental organizations | 57 | 11,089 |
| 6. Environmental remediation cost | Insurance premiums | 33 | 15,084 |
| Total | 356,742 | 1,979,221 |
■Environmental Conservation Benefits
Period covered: April 2020 - March 2022
| Classification of benefits |
Environmental performance index | Unit | FY2020 | FY2021 | Comparison (FY2020/FY2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits relating to resource inputs into business operations |
Electricity inputs | MWh | 85,715 | 85,331 | -384 | |
| Heat Quantity by Electricity | GJ | 671,614 | 688,637 | 17,023 | ||
| Fossil Fuel and Input of heat | GJ | 613,899 | 544,104 | -69,795 | ||
| Waste Oil (Incineration Amount） |
GJ | 48,475 | 50,518 | 2,043 | ||
| Biomass (Incineration Amount） |
GJ | 39,432 | 43,338 | 3,906 | ||
| Water resource inputs | m3 | 3,164,486 | 3,173,578 | 9,092 | ||
| Benefits relating to environmental impacts of and waste from business operations | Greenhouse gas emissions | t-CO2 | 65,418 | 61,579 | -3,839 | |
| Total waste generated | MT | 16,827 | 21,127 | 4,299 | ||
| Amount of waste ultimately discarded | MT | 566 | 263 | -303 | ||
| Total wastewater generated | m3 | 2,995,153 | 2,968,516 | -26,637 | ||
| Water quality | BOD | MT | 96 | 108 | 12 | |
| COD | MT | 182 | 222 | 40 | ||
| SS | MT | 16 | 20 | 4 | ||
| NOx | MT | 15 | 11 | -5 | ||
| SOx | MT | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dust | MT | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Finished Products | MT | 72,827 | 77,209 | 4,382 | ||