Environmental Related Data

• Environmental Data of Group Companies in Japan
• Environmental Data of Group Companies Overseas
• Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2020

Environmental Data of Group Companies in Japan

The Sumitomo Forestry Group reports information about its environmental impact of each company and each plant for domestic manufacturers and power plants that have a large influence on the environment.

* Data collection period: January to December 2020

Sumitomo Forestry Crest Co., Ltd.

Item (unit)		Kashima Plant	Shizuoka Plant	Niihama Plant	Imari Plant	Subtotal
Energy Input (GJ)		33,389	29,842	29,259	17,011	109,501
Raw Material Input (t)		8,184	30,583	3,786	7,830	50,383
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service water	4,695	6,197	4,974	109	15,975
	Main Water Source	Lakes -- Lake Kitaura in Kasumigaura (Protected region: A portion is part of Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park)	Groundwater -- Oi River Basin	-	Reservoirs	-
	Industrial water	-	-	-	76,150	76,150
	Main Water Source	-	-	Groundwater (water authority in Niihama City)	River -- Arita-gawa River basin (partly Mt. Kurokami mammal and avian species wildlife refuge)	-
Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)
	Carbon dioxide (CO2)	1,016	1,496	1,660	878	5,051
	Methane (CH4)*	19.1	4.1	12.9	-	36.0
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	3.2	0.5	1.2	-	4.9
Waste generations (t)		1,583	1,995	900	358	4,836
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	3,361	0	4,974	0	8,335
	Ocean	0	0	0	67,803	67,803
	Rivers	0	6,197	0	0	6,197
	Lakes	0	0	0	0	0
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	-	-	198	1,024	1,222
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	-	-	1,443	-	1,443
	Soot and dust	-	-	19	-	19

* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

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The Agro-Products division of Sumitomo Forestry Landscaping

Item (unit)		Tobishima Plant	Shinshiro Plant	Subtotal
Energy Input (GJ)		2,317	6,300	8,617
Raw Material Input (t)		13,013	6,359	19,372
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service water	937	560	1,497
	Main Water Source	River -- Kiso-gawa River Basin	River -- Toyokawa Prefectural Water System	-
	Industrial water	-	-	-
	Main Water Source	-	Well water	-
Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)
	Carbon dioxide (CO2)	129	389	518
	Methane (CH4)*	-	-	-
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	-	-	-
Waste generations (t)		30	38	68
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	0	0	0
	Ocean	0	0	0
	Rivers	937	560	1,497
	Lakes	0	0	0
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	-	32	32
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	-	717	717
	Soot and dust	-	677	677

* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

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Power Plants

Item (unit)		Mombetsu Biomass Power Generation	Hachinohe Biomass Power Generation	Okhotsk Bio Energy Co. Ltd.	Japan Bio Energy Co., Ltd.	Michinoku Bio Energy Co., Ltd.	Subtotal
Energy Input (GJ)		5,535,570	1,583,504	18,149	10,599	8,563	7,156,384
Raw Material Input (t)		4,348	744	78,046	55,172	101,604	239,914
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service water	1,073,652	9,255	459	5,484	261	1,089,111
	Main Water Source	Shokotsu River System	Mount Haku Water System Service Reserve	Shokotsu River System	Lake Sagami, Sagami River System, and Miyagase Dam	Mount Haku Water System Service Reserve	-
	Industrial water	-	342,992	-	-	-	342,992
	Main Water Source	-	Mabechi River	-	-	-	-
Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)
	Carbon dioxide (CO2)	89,623	454	1,139	233	580	92,030
	Methane (CH4)*	6,732	2,575	-	-	-	9,307
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	88,882	25,357	-	-	-	114,239
Waste generations (t)		13,390	2,162	1	578	-	16,131
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	420,117	-	459	-	261	420,837
	Ocean	-	95,003	-	-	-	95,003
	Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lakes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	77,905	760	-	-	-	78,665
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	279,343	44,635	-	-	-	323,978
	Soot and dust	3,516	0	-	-	-	3,516

* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

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Total for All Plants in Japan

* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

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Environmental Data of Group Companies Overseas

The Sumitomo Forestry Group reports information about its environmental impact for each plant for overseas manufacturers that have a large influence on the environment.

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* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

Overseas Manufacturers 2/2

* Methane and dinitrogen oxide are converted and calculated as carbon dioxide

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Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2020

Sumitomo Forestry publicizes aggregated data of environmental protection costs and effects and also economic impact of its activities for the purpose of promoting environmentally sound management.

* The basis of calculation includes Sumitomo Forestry on a non-consolidated basis and certain Group companies

* Data collection period: April to December 2020

Environmental Protection Costs

*1 Global environmental protection costs: Expenditures for preservation and management of Company-owned forests to foster sustainable forestry, and expenditures in Japan and overseas relating to the environmental business.

*2 Resource recycling costs: Expenditures on waste wood distribution operations and sorting, recycling, appropriate treatment, transportation and management of construction waste, as well as costs incurred in the recycling of potting mix.

*3 Upstream/Downstream costs: Expenditures for green purchasing.

*4 Management activity costs: Office expenses and auditing costs relating to maintenance of ISO 14001 certification; expenditures relating to disclosure of environmental information through advertising, environment-related exhibitions and sustainability reports; expenditures relating to lectures on environmental education; and costs for LCA inspections and environmental impact oversight.

*5 R&D costs: Expenditures for environment-related research conducted at the Tsukuba Research Institute

*6 Social contribution costs: Expenditures related to operating the Mt. Fuji Manabi no Mori natural forest restoration project, and maintaining and operating Forester House; expenditures related to other social contribution activities; donations to the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund; and provision of financial assistance to the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund commissioned by the Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation.

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Environmental Benefits

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