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"Green-Ink" Corporate Report 2005


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For the Earth with “iki-iki”(happiness and health) Environmental Accounting

Fiscal 2004 Environmental Activity Data

How much benefit?


Table 2: Environmental Conservation Benefit

How much did we reduce our environmental impact?

Takara Shuzo’s environmental impact includes CO2 emissions in the production process and CO2, NOx and SOx emissions in distribution. This table shows how much this environmental impact was reduced by investment in facilities and other activities to reduce emissions. For the Green-Ink Accounting, a total-volume based comparison is made for each reporting purpose, in consideration of “inputs and outputs with the earth.”
(Scope of calculation: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. alone; Reporting period: April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005; Baseline year: Fiscal 2000)
Environmental Conservation Benefit Category Environmental Performance Indicator Units Fiscal 2000 Fiscal 2001 Fiscal 2002 Fiscal 2003 Fiscal 2004
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Resources Input into Business Activities Raw materials kg/kl 341 366 341 391 376
Natural resources used for containers and packaging kg/kl 64.9 60.3 54.6 47.4 45.6
Fuel MJ/kl 2,994 2,,952 2,876 2,791 3,008
Electricity kWh/kl 115 126 122 122 131
Water m3/kl 18.6 17.8 14.7 13.5 12.8
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Waste or Environmental Impact Originating from Business Activities CO2 in production kg-CO2/kl 241 238 231 226 246
CO2 in distribution kg-CO2/kl 67.3 66.8 67.9 65.9 65.3
NOx g/kl 538 522 517 512 547
SOx g/kl 506 468 415 379 376
Waste water m3/kl 15.4 14.8 13.2 12.4 12.2
Waste kg/kl 17.7 16.2 13.3 10.9 13.1
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Goods and Services Produced from Business Activities Waste materials not recycled kg/kl 64.8 63.3 55.7 52.9 51.0
Other Environmental Conservation Benefits Electricity in offices kWh/kl 8.38 8.25 7.07 5.93 5.80
Copier paper sheets /kl 37.2 37.8 33.4 27.0 26.3

Environmental Conservation Benefit Category Environmental Performance Indicator Units Fiscal 2004 total-volume-based
Results (Units)		 Environmental
Conservation Benefits
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Resources Input into Business Activities Raw materials kg/kl 127,000 t - 11.9 t (*1)
Natural resources used for containers and packaging kg/kl 15,461 t 6,513 t
Fuel MJ/kl 1,019,000 GJ - 5,281 GJ (*2)
Electricity kWh/kl 44,476,000 kWh - 5,368,000 kWh (*3)
Water m3/kl 4,332,000 m3 1,966,000 m3
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Waste or Environmental Impact Originating from Business Activities CO2 in production kg-CO2/kl 83,235 t-CO2 - 1,627 t-CO2 (*4)
CO2 in distribution kg-CO2/kl 22,128 t-CO2 668 t-CO2
NOx g/kl 185 t - 2.86 t (*5)
SOx g/kl 127 t 44.2 t
Waste water m3/kl 4,127,000 m3 1,078,000 m3
Waste kg/kl 4,438 t 1,541 t
Environmental Conservation Benefit Related to Goods and Services Produced from Business Activities Waste materials not recycled kg/kl 17,270 t 4,687 t
Other Environmental Conservation Benefits Electricity in offices kWh/kl 1,964,000 kWh 876,000 kWh
Copier paper sheets /kl 8,893,000 sheets 3,706,000 sheets

Environmental conservation benefit = Fiscal 2000 environmental impact × (Fiscal 2004 production ÷ Fiscal 2000 production) - Fiscal 2004 environmental impact
For green purchasing, the figures represent increases in the green purchasing amount.

[Reasons for deterioration (-)]
*1: Increase in raw materials: Attributable to the increase in materials for authentic shochu and raw alcohol
*2: Increase in fuel: Attributable to an increased ratio of alcohol distillation
*3: Increase in electricity: Attributable to increased air-conditioning facilities for stricter quality control
*4: CO2 emission in production: Attributable to the same cause as the increase in fuel
*5: NOx emissions: Attributable to the same cause as the increase in fuel


Table 3: Economic Benefit Associated with Environmental Conservation Activities

What income results or cost saving resulted from environmental conservation?

The main objective of environmental activities is to reduce environmental impact. However, secondary effects such as cost reductions and improved sales resulted from cuts in administration costs and use of eco-products. The sales effectiveness resulting from social contribution activities and PR efforts has not been accounted for, because it is difficult to determine the causes and to express the results in figures. Takara Shuzo has selected to disclose the results of the items that can be expressed in monetary terms, such as revenues gained and costs reduced through recycling.
(Scope of calculation: Takara Shuzo Co.,Ltd . alone; Reporting period: April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005; Units: 1,000 yen)
Details of Benefit Amount Remarks
Revenue Income from recycling in production 19,973  
Cost Reduction Cost reduction due to energy conservation activities in the administration division 1,016 Amount of reduction from previous year’s result: Calculated at \20/kWh
Cost reduction due to activities to reduce copier paper consumption in the administration division 344 Amount of reduction from previous year’s result: calculated at \1,500 per box (2,500 sheets)
Cost reduction due to reduction in total purchasing of office supplies 3,462 Amount of reduction from previous year’s result



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