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Environmental Accounting
We are always working to preserve the environment at the Kobe Steel Group. We monitor the costs and effects of our environmental activities and continue to disclose information in order to give our stakeholders a better understanding of our initiatives.
Environment-Related Investment
To reduce its impact on the environment, investment in the building and maintenance of pollution prevention facilities is ongoing, and wide-ranging measures for the environment have been introduced.
Capital investment for fiscal 2011 totaled approximately 1.85 billion yen and expenditure reached about 37.12 billion yen. Some 35% of this expenditure went to atmospheric pollution prevention, 13% went to water pollution prevention, and 29% went to resource recycling.
We also contribute to the environment through our products, technologies and services. We have developed technology to recycle dust that contains iron for instance, and products such as a binary generation system. In fiscal 2011, approximately ¥5.8 billion, or 15% of our total expenditure, was spent on developing products and technologies such as these.
Breakdown of Capital Investment and Expenditure (Parent only)
(In 100 millions of yen)
| Category | Capital expenditure | Costs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within business area | Pollution prevention | Atmospheric pollution prevention |
13.2 |
129.1 |
|
| Water pollution prevention |
1.5 |
49.9 |
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| Resource recycling | Waste recycling and treatment costs |
0.4 |
108.1 |
||
| Global environmental preservation | Investment in energy saving |
3.4 |
- |
||
| Monitoring | EMS registration, updates, etc. |
- |
0.1 |
||
| Monitoring and measuring environmental impact |
- |
3.2 |
|||
| Personnel costs for monitoring environmental measures |
- |
18.4 |
|||
| R&D | Eco products, lowering the environmental impact of manufacturing processes |
- |
58.2 |
||
| Community activities | Support for environmental groups, publicity |
- |
0.2 |
||
| Others | Levies on the volume of pollutants |
- |
4.0 |
||
| TOTAL |
18.5 |
371.2 |
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- Total Environment-related Capital Investment (parent only)
- Total Environment-related Maintenance Costs (parent only)
Environment Conservation Effect
As part of our environmental activities here at Kobe Steel, we have implemented the following initiatives.
* Kakogawa Works: Installing dust countermeasures to prevent air pollution
* Saijo Plant: Upgrading glass water tanks to prevent water pollution
* Chofu Works: Improving plating tanks to prevent water pollution
For more details regarding the effects of these activities, please see:
Measures against Global Warming - Promoting Recycling
- Contributing to the Environment through Products, Technologies and Services
We will continue to upgrade our facilities and carry out activities aimed at preserving the environment in the future.
