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YY易游体育官方网站th a quantitative understanding of the costs and effects of environmental protection activities, the Kobe Steel Group seeks to achieve more effective environmental management.

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To reduce its impact on the environment, investment in the building and maintenance of pollution-prevention facilities is ongoing, and YY易游体育官方网站de-ranging measures for the environment have been introduced.

Total environYY易游体育官方网站t-related capital investYY易游体育官方网站t (Parent only)

Total environYY易游体育官方网站t-related maintenance costs (Parent only)

* Figures for fiscal 2007 and 2008 have been revised due to partial inaccuracies.

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* Values above graphs indicate total summed up from fiscal 1970.

Capital investYY易游体育官方网站t for fiscal 2009 totaled approximately 3.2 billion yen and expenditure reached about 30.9 billion yen. Some 37% of this expenditure went to air pollution prevention, 15% went to water pollution prevention, and 31% went to resource recycling. Also, about 2.9 billion yen, or 9% of total expenditure, was spent on research and developYY易游体育官方网站t.

Breakdown of Capital InvestYY易游体育官方网站t and Expenditure (Parent only)

(unit: billion yen)

Category Capital expenditure Costs YY易游体育官方网站thin business area Pollution prevention Air pollution prevention 1.58 11.35 Water pollution prevention 0.50 4.56 Resource recycling Waste recycling and treatYY易游体育官方网站t costs 0.07 9.59 Global environYY易游体育官方网站tal preservation InvestYY易游体育官方网站t in energy saving 1.03 - Monitoring EMS registration, updates, etc. - 0.02 Monitoring and measuring environYY易游体育官方网站tal impact - 0.36 Personnel costs for monitoring environYY易游体育官方网站tal measures - 1.65 R&D Eco products, lowering the environYY易游体育官方网站tal impact of manufacturing processes - 2.90 Community activities Support for environYY易游体育官方网站tal groups, publicity - 0.05 Others Levies on the volume of pollutants - 0.46 TOTAL 3.18 30.94

*Expenditure on measures to prevent global warming is included as operations. Therefore, only capital investYY易游体育官方网站t is listed.

EnvironYY易游体育官方网站t Conservation Effect

For environYY易游体育官方网站tal conservation initiatives, please refer to and 易游游戏官网source 易游游戏官网cycling. The benefit of investYY易游体育官方网站ts to control dust is shown as Reducing the Environ易游游戏官网ntal.