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Medium- and long-term environmental goals and progress in fiscal 2004 with regard to these goals are as follows. |
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During fiscal 2004, all business sites placed particular priority on the reduction of waste sent to landfills. Significant progress was made as a result. |
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Three items were added to NOF’s medium-term goals: reduce releases of PRTR chemicals; eliminate equipment containing CFCs; and operate a green procurement program. |
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In fiscal 2005, emphasis is being placed on improving the unit energy consumption index. |
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Established |
Item |
Base year |
Goal |
Final year |
Fiscal 2003 status |
Evaluation |
| Long-term goals |
1998/2 |
Unit energy consumption index |
1990 |
Below 90% |
2010 |
Non-cons: 91% |
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| Waste sent to landfills |
1990 |
Below 20% |
2010 |
Non-cons: 31% |
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| Recycling ratio index |
1990 |
Above 115% |
2010 |
Non-cons: 223% |
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| Greenhouse gas emissions |
1990 |
93% |
2010 |
Non-cons: 97% |
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| Medium-term goals |
1999/3 |
ISO 14001 certification |
— |
All factories |
2005 |
5 factories certified |
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| 2003/3 |
MSDS management system |
— |
Completion of restructuring |
2004 |
80% completed |
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| 2003/12 |
Volume of PRTR chemical releases |
2002 |
Below 50% |
2006 |
Non-cons: 93% |
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| Equipment containing specified CFCs |
— |
Elimination |
2008 |
Non-cons: 264 units remain |
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| Green procurement |
— |
Start operations |
2004 |
Project has started |
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Self-evaluation FExceeds plan FAs planned FBelow plan |
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The NOF Group has been taking various steps to achieve goals tailored to respective business segment operations regarding the three core environmental themes: reduce unit energy consumption; reduce waste sent to landfills; and raise the recycling rate. Furthermore, each Group company is creating a voluntary environmental management system that reflects its scale of operations and their environmental impact.
Acquisition of third-party certification: Supplementary information |
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Reflecting the benefits of environmental activities in management
In fiscal 2004, environmental expenses at NOF totaled ¥1,982 million, about 7% more than in fiscal 2003. The increase was mostly due to growth in expenses for the treatment and recycling of industrial waste. Fiscal 2004 environmental investments were ¥373 million, mainly for updating wastewater treatment facilities at the Chidori Plant and installing a catalytic combustion odor removal system at the Aichi Works. In fiscal 2005, the Group plans to invest ¥92 million in environmental facilities and expects that environmental expenses will on a par with fiscal 2004. |
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(2) Environmental Benefits
Benefits of environmental programs are measured in terms of changes in absolute volumes and in amounts per ton of products manufactured. These changes are shown relative to the previous fiscal year (fiscal 2003), and fiscal 1991, the base year for NOF’s environmental goals.
| Benefit Item |
Item |
Unit |
Environmental benefit index |
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vs. FY91 |
| Benefit from resources used in business activities |
Energy purchased |
thousand GJ |
+106 |
-176 |
| GJ/ton of products |
-0.01 |
-0.86 |
| Water consumption |
thousand tons |
-22 |
-876 |
| tons/ton of products |
-1.5 |
-4.1 |
| Benefit from environmental impact and waste materials of business sites |
Greenhouse gas emissions |
tons of CO2 |
+15,577 |
-4,816 |
| kg/ton of products |
+25 |
-27 |
| SOx emissions |
tons |
-3.0 |
-6.2 |
| g/ton of products |
-19 |
-28 |
| NOx emissions |
tons |
-0.5 |
-17.9 |
| g/ton of products |
-24 |
-84 |
| COD emissions |
tons |
+0.6 |
-4.9 |
| g/ton of products |
-23 |
-25 |
| Waste sent to landfills |
tons |
-2,873 |
-5,630 |
| kg/ton of products |
-14 |
-26 |
| PRTR chemical releases |
tons |
-26 |
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| kg/ton of products |
-0.2 |
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Highlights of benefits
Big drop in waste sent to landfills - Measures to reduce industrial waste
Reduction in PRTR chemical releases - PRTR |
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Purpose of environmental accounting
NOF began conducting environmental accounting during fiscal 2003 (for fiscal 2002 operations) to monitor the benefits of Responsible Care activities in a quantitative manner. There are two main objectives of this accounting:
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Increase the efficiency of environmental programs by monitoring benefits in relation to costs |
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Provide information that will increase the public’s understanding of NOF’s environmental activities by releasing environmental accounting data |
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Basis for compilation and calculation of data
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Accounting is based on the 2002 Environmental Accounting Guidelines issued by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. |
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Data covers the period from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004 and includes only the operations of NOF CORPORATION. |
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Investments represent total investments during fiscal 2004 for the purpose of conducting environmental activities. |
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Expenses represent the total cost of depreciation, maintenance and management of environmental equipment and related personnel expenses. |
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In cases where equipment is used for environmental protection and other purposes, the entire cost of that equipment is not included in environmental accounting if it is not possible to clearly divide the portions used for environmental and other purposes. |
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Physical volumes are used to measure the benefits of environmental programs. Economic benefits are shown only in the form of income from sales of waste materials because of the inability to determine monetary values based on a sufficiently accurate assessment of fluctuations in volumes. Consequently, there is also no data for effective benefits based on risk avoidance and other assumptions. |
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NOF has been making capital expenditures for environmental protection for many years. In fiscal 2004, these expenditures were mainly for updating wastewater treatment facilities at the Chidori Plant and installing a catalytic combustion odor removal system at the Aichi Works. (Since these two projects spanned two fiscal years, capital expenditures in fiscal 2003 were low, while there was a sharp increase in fiscal 2004 when these projects were completed.)
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