Environmental accounting

Mass Balance/Environmental Accounting

Main environmental performance factors(NOF Group)

 The standing of environmental loads ensuing from business activities by the NOF Group in fiscal 2023 is shown below.

Main environmental performance factors(NOF Group)
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Environmental accounting

 The environmental accounting*1 of the Domestic Group in fiscal 2022 is stated below. The period covered is from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024.

Environmental expenses |NOF Group                (in million yen)
Category Major activities Investment Expenses
(1)Business area expenses -1 Pollution prevention Enhancement of wastewater treatment facilities, enhancement of air pollution control facilities 357 1,060
-2 Global environmental protection Upgrade to energy-saving facilities, replacement of fluorescent lamps to LED 559 161
-3 Resource recycling Waste heat recovery equipment, waste disposal costs 27 940
(2)Upstream/downstream expenses Reduction in containers and packaging materials 8 2
(3)Management activity expenses Environmental audits/improvements/personnel 1 465
(4)R&D expenses R&D to curb environmental impact 0 497
(5)Community activity expenses Support for regional environmental activities 0 10
(6)Environmental damage response expenses 0 0
Total *2 952 3,135

Environmental benefits |NOF Group
Benefit item Item FY2023 vs FY2022
(1)Benefit from resources used in business activities Total energy input (thousand GJ) 2,907 ▲203
Total substance input
(thousand tons)
248 12
Water resource input
(thousand m3)
8,358 ▲140
(2Benefit from environmental impact and waste materials of business sites Gas emissions
(thousand tons of CO2)
 Production activities:
      Energy-related
 Production activities: Others
 Transportation-related
169


143
17
10
▲16


▲6
▲10
-
PRTR chemical releases (tons) 167 ▲24
Plant emission volumes (tons) 22,541 ▲2,616
Final disposal of waste by landfill (tons) 617 ▲478
Waste water volumes
(thousand m3)
6,090 ▲331
COD emission volumes (tons) 171 23
NOx emission volumes (tons) 58 3
SOx emission volumes (tons) 8 1

Real economic effects |NOF Group                 (in million yen)   
CategoryParticulars of effects Sum
(1)Profits Business income from recycling of wastes from main business or recycling of used products, etc. 281
Other business income 0
(2)Costs saved Reduction in energy cost by energy saving 25
Reduction in waste disposal ensuing from materials saving or recycling 18
Other reductions 15
Total *2 339

Changes from the past
Category Item FY
2019
FY
2020
FY
2021
FY
2022
FY
2023
Environmental Expenses

Domestic Group
Investment
(million yen)
686 1,203 1,300 1,140 952
Expenses
(million yen)
2,657 3,136 3,155 3,448 3,135
Resource volumes used in business activities

NOF Group
Total energy input
(thousand GJ)
3,330 3,247 3,377 3,112 2,909
Total substance input
(thousand tons)
253 231 261 236 248
Water resource input
(thousand m3)
8,232 8,319 8,420 8,498 8,358
Environmental loads ensuing from business activities

NOF Group
Greenhouse gas emissions (thousand tons of CO2)
 Production activities
   Energy-related
   Others
 Transportation-
    related
205



173
23
9
195



167
20
8
198



172
18
9
185



149
27
10
169



143
17
10
PRTR chemical releases (tons) 158 147 155 143 167
Plant emission volumes (tons) 28,446 28,955 29,164 25,157 22,541
Waste sent to landfills (tons) 1,302 1,588 950 1,095 617
Waste water volumes (thousand m3) 6,424 6,552 6,642 6,421 6,090
COD emission volumes (tons) 441 219 154 148 171
NOx emission volumes (tons) 55 57 55 55 58
SOx emission volumes (tons) 6 4 5 7 8

*1:In business activities, Environmental Accounting is a procedure necessary for communicating quantitatively the results based on costs and effect for the environmental conservation activities by the monetary unit or material quantity, the purpose of which is to promote efficiently and effectively the environment conservation, keeping the good relationship with the society.
*2:Rounding of fractions may sometimes make the total inconsistent with individual figures.

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