Environment Related Data

• Environmental Data of Group Companies in Japan
• Environmental Data of Group Companies Overseas
• Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2019

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.

Sumitomo Forestry Crest Co., Ltd.

Item (unit)		Kashima Plant	Shizuoka Plant	Niihama Plant	Imari Plant	Subtotal
Energy Input (GJ)		30,517	28,499	26,605	16,760	102,381
Raw Material Input (t)		7,377	34,335	4,488	7,817	54,017
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service Water	3,318	5,023	4,005	102	12,448
	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	-	-	-	84,100	84,100
	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)	1,178	1,373	1,725	941	5,217
	Methane (CH4)*	8.3	4.8	6.8	-	19.9
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	1.9	0.5	0.6	-	3.0
Waste generations (t)		2,108	2,150	700	331	5,288
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	2,012	0	4,005	0	6,017
	Ocean	0	0	0	76,730	76,730
	Rivers	0	5,023	0	0	5,023
	Lakes	0	0	0	0	0
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	-	-	375	1,399	1,774
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	-	-	1,357	-	1,357
	Soot and dust	-	-	42	-	42

* 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)		2,345	5,857	8,202
Raw Material Input (t)		13,365	6,523	19,888
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service Water	538	1,217	1,755
	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)	133	366	499
	Methane (CH4)*	-	-	-
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	-	-	-
Waste generations (t)		31	35	66
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	0	0	0
	Ocean	0	0	0
	Rivers	1,217	538	1,755
	Lakes	0	0	0
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	-	31	31
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	-	709	709
	Soot and dust	-	554	-

* 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)		5,236,808	1,483,270	17,918	11,465	7,523	6,756,984
Raw Material Input (t)		4,589	37	87,773	63,656	87,157	243,212
Water Resource Use (m³)
	Service Water	1,055,090	9,990	326	4,753	256	1,070,415
	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	-	347,780	-	-	-	347,780
	Main Water Source	-	Mabechi River	-	-	-	-
Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)
	Carbon dioxide (CO2)	91,954	394	1,166	256	509	94,279
	Methane (CH4)*	5,754	2,279	-	-	-	8,034
	Dinitrogen oxide (N2O)*	83,985	23,756	-	-	-	107,741
Waste generations (t)		13,611	2,364	1	771	-	16,687
Water discharge (m³)
	Sewerage	418,132	-	265	-	-	418,397
	Ocean	-	96,935	-	-	-	96,935
	Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lakes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emissions to the air (kg)
	Sulfur oxides (SOx)	115,153	663	-	-	-	115,816
	Nitrogen oxides (NOx)	264,852	65,090	-	-	-	329,942
	Soot and dust	2,718	0	-	-	-	2,718

* 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.

Overseas Manufacturers 1/2

* 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 2019

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

Environmental Protection Costs

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

*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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