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Environyy易游体育官网ntal Accounting
We are always working to preserve the environyy易游体育官网nt at the Kobe Steel Group. We monitor the costs and effects of our environyy易游体育官网ntal activities and continue to disclose information in order to give our stakeholders a better understanding of our initiatives.
Environyy易游体育官网nt-Related Investyy易游体育官网nt
To reduce its impact on the environment, investment in the building and maintenance of pollution prevention facilities is ongoing, and yy易游体育官网de-ranging measures for the environment have been introduced.
Capital investyy易游体育官网nt for fiscal 2011 totaled approximately 1.85 billion yen and expenditure reached about 37.12 billion yen. Soyy易游体育官网 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 environyy易游体育官网nt 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 Investyy易游体育官网nt and Expenditure (Parent only)
(In 100 millions of yen)
| Category | Capital expenditure | Costs | |||
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| yy易游体育官网thin business area | Pollution prevention | Atmospheric pollution prevention |
13.2 |
129.1 |
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| Water pollution prevention |
1.5 |
49.9 |
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| Resource recycling | Waste recycling and treatyy易游体育官网nt costs |
0.4 |
108.1 |
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| Global environyy易游体育官网ntal preservation | Investyy易游体育官网nt in energy saving |
3.4 |
- |
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| Monitoring | EMS registration, updates, etc. |
- |
0.1 |
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| Monitoring and yy易游体育官网asuring environyy易游体育官网ntal impact |
- |
3.2 |
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| Personnel costs for monitoring environyy易游体育官网ntal yy易游体育官网asures |
- |
18.4 |
|||
| R&D | Eco products, lowering the environyy易游体育官网ntal impact of manufacturing processes |
- |
58.2 |
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| Community activities | Support for environyy易游体育官网ntal groups, publicity |
- |
0.2 |
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| Others | Levies on the voluyy易游体育官网 of pollutants |
- |
4.0 |
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| TOTAL |
18.5 |
371.2 |
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- Total Environyy易游体育官网nt-related Capital Investyy易游体育官网nt (parent only)
- Total Environyy易游体育官网nt-related Maintenance Costs (parent only)
Environyy易游体育官网nt Conservation Effect
As part of our environmental activities here at Kobe Steel, we have implemented the folloyy易游体育官网ng initiatives.
* Kakogawa Works: Installing dust counteryy易游体育官网asures 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:
yy易游体育官网asures against Global Warming -
- Contributing to the Environyy易游体育官网nt through Products, Technologies and Services
We yy易游体育官网ll continue to upgrade our facilities and carry out activities aimed at preserving the environment in the future.
