leaf2 Future Topics for Green Ink Accounting

Corporations are facing an increasingly severe economic environment under global standards and increased economic competition. As a company faces harsh demands for responsibility toward its investments, how to continue environmental investments, viewed in the short term as a detriment to profits, calls its corporate ideals into question. Investments in environmental conservation must be judged on their results. Even environmental activities are required to be cost-effective.

The balance between environment and economy will be an important topic for corporations that want to survive in the 21st century. This can be viewed as a balance between "black ink" and "green ink". "Green ink" is an indicator of how corporate activities achieve a co-existence between responsibility to investments and responsibility to the environment in the coming century. The goal of Green Ink Accounting is not simply to add up and publicize impacts on the environment. What's important is pushing forward a variety of environmental conservation activities, with "green ink" a method of publicizing the results. Our FY 1999 "green ink" activities are already underway. Through these activities, we aim to improve our "green ink" figures for the September 2000 report and continue to undertake management in harmony with the environment.

Green Ink Activities in Progress, FY 1999

* ISO 14001 Certification for all plants (projected completion: 2002)
* Promotion of 100% recycling of waste from all plants (projected completion: 2002)
* Establishing and Implementing Green Purchasing Guidelines
* Beginning process of ISO14001 certification for business divisions
* Removing polyvinyl chlorine from product packaging
* Switching to tulc cans in soft drink beverage lines
* Changing PET bottles to EcoPet
* Expanding use of returnable bottles (promotion within company and industry)
* Environmental education activities
* Development of environmental accounting systems
* Eco Office Campaign (reducing environmental impact of business operations)
* Promotion of alternate uses for glass bottles


Profile of Takara Shuzo Co.,Ltd. (March 1999)

Headquarters: Takenaka-machi 609, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Head Office: Naginataboko-machi 20, Shijo-Karasuma Higashi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Established: September 6, 1925
Capital: 11,957,180,000 yen
Employees: 2,050
Sales: 175,170 million yen
Ordinary Profits: 10,611 million yen

Sales by Business Division Alcohol Business Division: 125,508 million yen
Food Business Division: 19,109 million yen
Condiment Business Division: 20,504 million yen
Bio Business Division: 7,696 million yen
Spirits Business Division: 2,086 million yen
Other: 267 million yen

Volume Sales by Product Division Shochu: 118,879 kl
Shusei: 12,909 kl
Alcoholic drinks: 57,235 kl
soft drinks: 96,363 kl
Sake: 49,560
Bio products: 7,696 million yen
Condiments: 40,560 kl

About the data used in the Green Ink Accounting Annual Report
* The data for environmental impact of production processes reflects impacts created by production at our plants.
* Data for environmental impacts during distribution and after sale covers products made in our plants and OEM products.
* Data for the business, sales and bio divisions are not included in the environmental impact data.

Publication
Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd.
September 1999

Opinions or questions regarding this report can be sent to the following:
Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd. Tokyo Office Environmental Services Division, Eco Challenge 21 Bureau
15-10 2-Chome Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8232
(Akira Yoshida/Yuichiro Suzuki)
Tel: 03-3271-6831 Fax: 03-3271-8397
e-mail: yoshidaa@takara.co.jp
homepage: http://www.takara.co.jp


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