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Environmental Data
The charts below indicate aggregate data regarding Alps Electric’s discharge of greenhouse gases and waste material, as well as consumption of energy and other resources.
| Category | Main Objective | Investment | Costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '09 | '10 | '09 | '10 | ||
| Operating costs | Pollution Prevention Measures to Combat Global Warming |
41.6 | 20.4 | 288.4 | 210.0 |
| Upstream and downstream production costs | Green procurement, Database for Chemical Substance Management |
0.0 | 16.5 | 82.8 | 89.6 |
| Administration costs | ISO 14001 certification maintenance | 0.0 | 0.0 | 110.4 | 105.4 |
| R&D costs | － | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.2 |
| Social contribution costs | Community cleanup activities | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 11.5 |
Environmental restoration costs |
Remediation of soil and groundwater | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.8 |
| Other costs | － | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 41.6 | 36.9 | 520.1 | 417.4 | |
(*1) Environmental costs consist of all investments and expenses incurred solely for environmental preservation purposes, and do not include partially-related expenses.
(*2) Investment comprises capital investment and leasing expenses.
(*3) Costs include administrative, maintenance, depreciation, and lease expenses for the current period.
| Category | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| '09 | '10 | |
| Profit on sales of materials | 522.0 | 718.3 |
| Cost reductions due to energy saving | 213.8 | 64.3 |
| Total | 735.8 | 782.6 |
* Economic benefits include the sale of wastes that have been separated, recycled and recovered, as well as electric, fuel and other cost savings due to energy conservation. Economic benefits do not include deemed benefits.
Material Balance Data by Plant
| Major domestic business locations | Electricity (ten thousand kWh) |
Fuel (crude-oil equivalent) (kL) |
CO2 emissions (t) |
Water consumption - domestic mains (t) |
Waste discharge (t) |
VOC emissions into atmosphere (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FURUKAWA PLANT | 1,845 | 567 | 9,791 | 93,000 | 1,003 | 8 |
| WAKUYA PLANT | 1,587 | 333 | 8,074 | 28,302 | 907 | 7 |
| KAKUDA PLANT | 1,788 | 441 | 7,841 | 48,649 | 1,229 | 2 |
| KITAHARA PLANT | 498 | 20 | 2,304 | 9,753 | 75 | 0 |
| ONAHAMA PLANT | 398 | 25 | 1,868 | 15,678 | 86 | 2 |
| TAIRA PLANT | 553 | 335 | 3,386 | 18,981 | 265 | 10 |
| NAGAOKA PLANT | 3,310 | 440 | 15,893 | 232,219 | 443 | 43 |
| SENDAI R&D CENTER | 214 | 182 | 1,332 | 13,856 | 13 | 0 |
| HEAD OFFICE Map | 256 | 2 | 1,166 | 11,912 | 74 | 0 |
| Overseas production bases | Electricity (ten thousand kWh) |
Fuel (crude-oil equivalent) (kL) |
Water consumption (t) |
CO2 emissions (t) |
Waste discharge (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Electric Korea Co., Ltd. | 1,816 | 425 | 16,646 | 8,397 | 1,742 |
| Alps Electric (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. | 2,798 | 79 | 293,400 | 12,261 | 2,524 |
| Dandong Alps Electronics Co., Ltd. | 329 | 50 | 37,735 | 2,699 | 48 |
| Dalian Alps Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2,792 | 114 | 99,153 | 22,326 | 3,063 |
| Tianjin Alps Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1,560 | 64 | 95,755 | 12,524 | 374 |
| Wuxi Alps Electronics | 3,378 | 192 | 179,997 | 27,462 | 1,560 |
| Ningbo Alps Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2,411 | 326 | 165,875 | 19,072 | 865 |
| ALPS ELECTRIC(IRELAND) LIMITED | 310 | 129 | 5,339 | 1,903 | 505 |
| Alps Electric Europe GmbH, Dortmund Plant | 417 | 208 | 3,001 | 1,858 | 304 |
| ALPS ELECTRIC CZECH, s.r.o. | 228 | 179 | 2,481 | 1,582 | 267 |
| ALCOM ELECTRONICOS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | 2,173 | 39 | 18,059 | 10,305 | 1,280 |
The GHG protocol’s coefficient has been used to convert purchased electricity volumes into CO2 values.
Data on Substances Subject to PRTR Law
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Nickel | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Silver and its water-soluble compounds | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Toluene | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Methylnaphthalene | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Inorganic cyanide compounds | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Silver and its water-soluble compounds | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Methylnaphthalene | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Methylnaphthalene | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Silver and its water-soluble compounds | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Silver and its water-soluble compounds | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Xylene | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | ||
| Xylene | 14.1 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Toluene | 7.5 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Methylnaphthalene | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ethylbenzene | 11.2 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Water-soluble salts of peroxodisulfuric acid | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
Not applicable to Kakuda Plant, Sendai R&D Center, nor Head Office.
| Substance | Volume Used | Volume Emitted | Volume Transferred | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Water | Sewage | Transferred to Subcontractors | |||||||
| '09 | '10 | '09 | '10 | '09 | '10 | '09 | '10 | '09 | '10 | |
| Inorganic cyanide compounds | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Nickel | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Nickel compounds | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Silver and its water-soluble compounds | 6.2 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Lead and its compounds | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Xylene | 1.4 | 19.8 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Toluene | 34.3 | 10.1 | 32.6 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| Methylnaphthalene | - | 18.5 | - | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
| 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene | - | 5.3 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 |
| Ethylbenzene | - | 11.2 | - | 10.5 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.7 |
| Water-soluble salts of peroxodisulfuric acid | - | 2.7 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 2.7 |
* The above data covers domestic production subsidiaries.
* PRTR Law: The Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Law was established in 1999 in Japan to encourage business entities to voluntarily manage chemical substances by quantifying volumes of emissions released into the environment. Business entities are required to submit an emissions report of specified chemical substances, which is used by the central government to publish overall emissions levels.
