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Environmental Activities and Results

We are working hard to conserve the environment, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making effective use of resources, in order to coexist harmoniously with society, our global community and nature ("Living Together").

FY 2022 Targets and Results

Category FY 2022 Targets FY 2022 Results

Energy use

Improve energy use per unit by 2% year-on-year

Improved 2.1%

CO2 emissions

Implement measures to reduce 158 [t-CO2]

Reduced 123 [t-CO2]

Industrial waste generation

Implement reduction measures equivalent to 10% of the previous year's amount per unit
An amount equivalent to 10% = 5,400 [kg]

Implemented reduction measures equivalent to 7,488 [kg]

Water use

Implement reduction measures equivalent to 1% of the previous year's amount per unit
Implemented reduction measures equivalent of 313 [m3]

Implemented reduction measures equivalent of 240 [m3]

Implement measures to reduce plastic usage

Implement 5 measures to reduce plastic usage

Energy Conservation Efforts

In FY 2022, too, we exchanged our facilities with more energy-efficient ones to reduce power consumption.

● Historical Power Consumption Data

Historical Power Consumption Data

Efforts to Reduce Industrial Waste

Promotion of recycling by sorting Promotion of recycling by sorting
Promotion of recycling by sorting

Separating plastic and composite waste into more categories enabled us to recycle waste. In addition, we recycled waste toner (not fit for commercialization) generated during production and sorted/reused wooden pallets that had previously been disposed of as wood waste.

● Historical Industrial Waste Generation Data

Historical Industrial Waste Generation Data

Efforts to Reduce Water Use

We improved the waste-water treatment equipment at toner production area to reduce water usage. This resulted in a reduction in water consumption of 240 [m3] per year.

● Historical Water Use Data

Historical Water Use Data

See below for the plant's other FY 2022 environmental data.

FY 2023 Targets

Category FY 2023 Targets

Greenhouse gas emissions

Improved 4,774 [t-CO2](4% compared with FY2022)

Industrial waste generation

Implement reduction measures equivalent to 1% of the previous year's amount per unit
An amount equivalent to 1% = 7,772 [kg]

Water use

Implement reduction measures equivalent to 1% of the previous year's amount per unit
An amount equivalent to 1% = 3,558 [m3]

Continuation of zero emission

Implement measures to reduce plastic usage

Participation in "Uchi-mizu Large-scale Operation"

In response to the call from the Hirakata City Global Warming Prevention Council, to address the summer heat, as part of the efforts, our plant participated in the city-wide "Uchi-mizu Large-scale Operation," conducted collectively for the local administration, businesses, and individuals in Hirakata City. We carried out the watering of roads within the factory premises as a measure.

Uchi-mizu Large-scale Operation #1
Uchi-mizu Large-scale Operation
Uchi-mizu Large-scale Operation #2
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