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Minebea's Environmental Accounting

Image : Environmental Protection Costs, FY2008-FY2012The Minebea Group conducts environmental accounting to confirm its costs for environmental protection activities and the effect of its investments. The Japanese Ministry of the Environment's Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 is used as a reference. The Minebea Group's environmental conservation costs totaled \4,813 million in FY2012, a 22% increase over FY2011.

FY2012 Environmental Conservation Costs

(Units: million yen)
Environmental Protection Activity Costs Total
Category Activity Investment Expenses
1 Business area costs (costs to minimize the environmental impact from manufacturing and service activities within the business area) As set forth in breakdown for (1), (2), and (3) 567 3,542
Breakdown (1) Pollution prevention costs Costs related to installation, disposal, operation, maintenance, management, etc. of facilities to prevent water and air pollution 16 453
(2) Environmental protection costs Costs for installation of ozone-depleting substance (ODS)-free water-based cleaning facilities, high-efficiency refrigerators, depreciation, operating and maintenance costs, etc. 433 2,551
(3) Resource recycling costs Equipment and costs for waste disposal and recycling 118 538
2 Upstream/downstream costs related to manufacturing and service activities (costs to minimize the impact of key upstream and downstream operations) Costs related to analyzer installation and materials analysis as part of the Green Procurement Program; printing and revenue stamp costs for contracts with suppliers, etc. 0 65
3 Administrative activity-related environmental conservation costs (Administrative costs) Personnel, maintenance and management costs for environmental management system, etc. 2 386
4 R&D activity-related environmental conservation costs (R&D costs) Costs related to the research and development of water-based cleaning facilities, etc. 0 0
5 Community activity-related environmental conservation costs (Community activity costs) Costs related to greening programs, landscape preservation, etc. 0 2
6 Environmental remediation-related costs (Environmental remediation costs) Costs related to soil replacement and operation, maintenance and depreciation of water-based cleaning facilities for the remediation of soil 0 249
Total 569 4,244
Yen exchange rates :
1USD=¥82.3 1EUR=¥106.5 1THB=¥2.7 1CNY=¥13.1 1SGD=¥66.2 1GBP=¥130.4 1MYR=¥26.6

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