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Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2024

Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2024

Environmental Accounting Results for Fiscal 2024

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

Cost Category		Main Activities	Total Cost (Million yen)
Costs within operational area	Global environmental protection costs*¹	Sustainable forestry cultivation	559
	Resource recycling costs*²	Promotion of appropriate treatment, reduction, and recycling of industrial waste	6,679
		Waste wood chip distribution operations	257
		Volume sold of potting mix using recycled sediment from water purification	299
Upstream / Downstream costs*³		Green purchasing	21
Management activity costs*⁴		Operation and promotion of environmental management activities (ISO14001 certification, environmental education, LCA surveys, etc.)	298
		Monitoring of environmental impact	1
		Disclosure and administration of environmental information (Sustainability Report, environment-related advertising, environment-related exhibitions, etc.)	34
R&D costs*⁵		R&D activities related to environmental protection	1,308
Social contribution costs*⁶		Management and operation of Mt. Fuji Manabi no Mori	17
		Management and operation of Forester House	25
		Donations to the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund	2
		Donation to the Organization for Landscape and Urban Green Infrastructure	15
Total			9,516

*1Global environmental protection costs: Expenditures for preservation and management of Company-owned forests to foster sustainable forestry

*2Resource 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

*3Upstream/Downstream costs: Expenditures for green purchasing

*4Management 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

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

*6Social contribution costs: Expenditures related to operating the Mt. Fuji Manabi no Mori natural forest restoration project, maintaining and operating Forester House, and providing financial support to the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund entrusted by the Keidanren Nature Conservation Council, as well as donations to the Organization for Landscape and Urban Green Infrastructure

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Category	Effects	Benefits
Benefits from costs within operational area	Volume of recycled waste wood from distribution operations (converted into chip equivalents)	634,000m³
Benefits from costs within operational area	Volume sold of potting mix using recycled sediment from water purification	12,000t
Benefits from Upstream/Downstream costs	Green procurement ratio	63.9%
Benefits from management activity costs	Employees designated as internal environmental auditors	106
Benefits from R&D costs	Sales product launch of beam joint hardware for hybrid-structure buildings — Design work streamlined through standardized shapes: Promoting medium- to large-scale wooden constructions —	-
	Obtained one-hour fire resistance certification from the Minister for a wood-clad square steel pipe column — First in Japan: Wood cladding using only timber to promote the use of wood in medium-to-large-scale constructions —	-
	Start of construction for a six-story wooden hybrid-structure company dormitory — Toward CO₂ and cost reduction through proprietary technology —	-
	World’s first wooden satellite (LignoSat) completed and delivered to JAXA for operation in space Pursuing the potential of wood and aiming to expand the use of timber	-
	Verifying the effects of wood-based interior materials and the scent of wood on mental and psychological therapy "Wooden Psychotherapy Room": The Scent of Wood Provide Support for Introducing and Continuing Therapy for Depression	-
Benefits from social activity costs	Volunteers who participated in Mt. Fuji Manabi no Mori project	67
	Children participating in the Environmental Education Program at Mt. Fuji Manabi no Mori project	1,167
	Visitors to Forester House	3,233

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