Environmental Accounting
We keep consolidated environmental accounting records that cover Citizen Holdings and all major Citizen Group companies handling production and sales. As economic benefits are calculated on an actual basis, figures do not reflect the various additional benefits that we gain as a result of risk avoidance.
Total investment for the year came to ¥17,272 million, with R&D costs coming in at ¥12,312 million.
Costs relating to environmental preservation activities (millions of yen)
| Category | Major Initiatives | Investment | Costs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business areas costs | 180 | 994 | ||
| Breakdown | 1) Pollution prevention | Prevention of air, water and sound pollution | 60 | 578 |
| 2) Environmental preservation costs | Energy conservation | 117 | 217 | |
| 3) Resource circulation | Waste reduction and recycling, effective water usage | 3 | 199 | |
| Upstream/down stream costs | Recycling containers and packaging, Eco Mark certification | 0 | 21 | |
| Administration costs | Environmental education, operation of environmental management systems, tree-planting and beautification at Company facilities |
6 | 367 | |
| R&D costs | LED lighting, solar-powered watches, basic watch technology R&D | 177 | 482 | |
| Social activity costs | Social contribution activities | 0 | 3 | |
| Environmental remediation costs | Air pollution charges | 0 | 40 | |
| Total | 363 | 1,907 | ||
Benefits of environmental preservation
| Quantitative benefits of environmental preservation activities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits | Indicators showing benefits of environmental preservation | |||||
| Indicator | Units | FY2007 | FY2008 | Change | ||
| (1) Benefits resulting from business area costs | [1] Benefits from resources invested in business activities | Energy used | GJ | 2,686,654 | 2,453,088 | -233,566 |
| Water used | km³ | 1,817 | 1,703 | -115 | ||
| Chemical used | t | 716 | 559 | -157 | ||
| [2] Benefits relating to environ-mental impact and waste produced by business activities | CO2 emissions (from energy use) | t-CO2 | 110,503 | 97,753 | -12,750 | |
| Greenhouse gases (five gases) | t-CO2 | 584 | 337 | -247 | ||
| Wastewater | km³ | 1,489 | 1,386 | -103 | ||
| Total waste | t | 7,588 | 6,647 | -941 | ||
| Incinerated waste | t | 93 | 89 | -4 | ||
| Waste recycled | t | 7,401 | 6,499 | -903 | ||
| (2) Benefits resulting from upstream/ downstream costs | [3] Benefits relating to goods and services stemming from business activities | Plastic containers and packaging used | t | 588 | 478 | -108 |
| Paper containers and packaging used | t | 230 | 231 | 1 | ||
Actual Economic Benifit Associated with Environmental Preservation Activities (Millions of yen)
| Benifit Amount | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Operating revenue from the sale of valuable resources produced through business activities | 385 |
| Cost Reduction | Reductions in energy costs through energy conservation | 201 |
| Saving on water usage costs and wastewater processing costs through resource conservation | 38 | |
| Reductions in waste disposal costs through resource conservation and recycling | 29 | |
| Other reductions | 21 | |
| Total | 674 | |
Environmental Efficiency index
* "Amount of environmental impact" refers to the amount of CO2 emissions that affects environmental conservation.
Scope of Environmental Accounting
<Japan>
21 companies: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO. LTD.; CITIZEN BUSINESS EXPERT CO. LTD.; CITIZEN WATCH CO. LTD.; CITIZEN SAITAMA CO. LTD.; JAPAN CBM CORPORATION; CITIZEN T.I.C. CO. LTD.; CITIZEN TOHOKU CO. LTD.; CITIZEN LOGISTICS SERVICE CO. LTD.; CITIZEN HEIWA WATCH CO. LTD.; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS TIMEL CO. LTD.; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS HACHINOHE CO. LTD.; CITIZEN ELECTRONICS FUNEHIKI CO. LTD.; CITIZEN FINETECH MIYOTA CO. LTD.; CITIZEN SYSTEMS CO. LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY CO. LTD.; CITIZEN SEIMITSU CO. LTD.; CITIZEN SEIMITSU KAGOSHIMA CO. LTD.; CITIZEN SAYAMA CO. LTD.; CITIZEN YUBARI CO. LTD.; CITIZEN PLAZA CO. LTD.
<Reporting Period>
April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009