CSR activities in FY2017
Business activities and environmental impact
Business activities and environmental impact
The NTN Group works on reducing environmental impact in all processes ranging from design and development to logistics. Part of these efforts involves quantifying and working to reduce all of the inputs to manufacturing processes (raw materials, energy, chemical (PRTR) substances and water) and outputs from manufacturing processes (atmospheric emissions, wasteproducts, chemical (PRTR) substances and wastewater).
■Environmental impact from production activities in Japan (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2018)
(The NTN Group in Japan)
*1 |
PRTR substances |
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Substances regulated under Japan’s PRTR (Pollutant Release and TransferRegister) Act. |
*2 |
Material recycling |
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Recycling into raw materials. |
*3 |
Thermal recycling |
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Recycling into fuel. |
Environmental Accounting
To ensure work on environmental preservation is done efficiently, the domestic Group companies have quantified investment/development costs and benefits as they are classified in guidelines released by the Ministry of the Environment. FY 2018 environmental preservation costs (including eco-friendly product R&D costs) were about 6.5 billion yen, and economic benefits from environmental preservation measures were about 840 million yen.
■Environmental Preservation Costs
(Millions of yen/year)
| Classification | Equipment investment | Development costs | Grand total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs | Details | Costs | Details | |||
| Work areas internal costs | Pollution prevention costs | 1 | Environmental equipment (dust collectors etc.) | 254 | Cost of maintaining, inspecting, etc., environmental facilities (including dust collectors and wastewater treatment equipment) | |
| Expenses to preserve the global environment | 551 | Energy saving equipment (Invertors for air compressor, LED lighting apparatus, High-effiency air conditioning equipment) | 493 | Installation, maintenance and inspection etc, of energy saving equipment | ||
| Resource recycling expenses | 4 | 632 | Labor costs related to the Environmental management system (EMS) | |||
| Disclosure of information on advertising and NTN Report and the greening and cleaning of business sites | ||||||
| Upstream/downstream costs | 0 | 75 | Costs of analysis related to green procurement | |||
| Costs of management activities | 29 | 436 | ||||
| Disclosure of information on labor costs related to the EMS (advertising and NTN Reports) and the greening and beautification of company grounds | ||||||
| R&D costs | 2,784 | 1,249 | R&D of eco-friendly products (such as bearings, CVJ and electric modules) | |||
| Costs of social activities | 1 | 6 | Greening and cleaning outside the company | |||
| Environmental remediation expenses | 0 | 5 | Cost of soil sampling and countermeasures | |||
| Total | 3,369 | 3,150 | 6,519 | |||
| (Reference) Total for fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 | 1,650 | 3,840 | 5,490 | |||
■Impact on Environmental Preservation
| Indicator | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| CO2 emissions | 277,000 tons | 286,000 tons |
| Reduction of waste | Recycling rate 99.9% | Recycling rate 99.9% |
■Financial Effect of Environmental Preservation Activities
(Millions of yen/year)
| Item | Costs | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Global environment preservation expenses, effects | 89 | Benefit from the use of energy-efficient air conditioning, compressors, and lighting |
| Resource recycling expenses, effects | 751 | Profit from valuable materials such as metal sludge |
| Other | 4 | |
| Total | 844 | |
| (Reference) Total for fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 | 565 |