Material Balance

The table below shows the Nisshinbo Group’s business activities and environmental impact.
Environmental data sheets for principal subsidiaries are also published.

Because of the transfer of all shares of TMD FRICTION GROUP S.A. (TMD), a subsidiary in the Automobile Brakes business, on November 30, 2023, and for other factors, TMD and 21 other companies were excluded from the scope of consolidation. Therefore, TMD and 21 other companies are included in the data until November 2023.

On December 27, 2023, HVJ Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. and 7 other companies were included in the scope of consolidation, but are not included in the data for FY2023.

*1 Gigajoule (GJ): A unit of energy measurement. 1GJ=109 J=about 240,000 kilocalories

*2 Not including electricity sold under the feed-in tariffs scheme for renewable energy

*3 PRTR substances: Substances subject to the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) system pursuant to the "Act on the Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof" and reports of their amounts of release and transfer must be filed.

*4 Greenhouse gases

・Scope1:

Energy-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions = Σ[Fuel Consumption x CO₂ Emission Factor^*4-1]
Non-Energy-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions = Non-Energy-related CO₂ Emissions + Σ [Greenhouse Gas Emissions other than CO₂ × Global warming potential^*4-2]

*4-1 Emission factors based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures are used. Coal, however, uses a factor calculated based on actual calorific values, which is 1.870 t-CO₂/t in FY2023.
*4-2 Global warming potential based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures.

・Scope2:

Energy-related GHG emissions = Σ [purchased electricity and purchased steam volume x CO₂ emission factor^*4-3]

*4-3 Purchased electricity uses, in Japan, adjusted emission factors for each electric company based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures in Japan, and the in foreign countries, the emission factors for each electric company, and if unavailable, country-specific emission factors published for the year in question from "IEA Emissions Factors" are used. Data for FY2021 and earlier use country-specific emission factors for each year from "IEA Emissions Factors 2021".　Purchased steam uses an emission factor calculated by the purchasing company (0.0583 t-CO₂/GJ in FY2023).

*5 Energy-derived greenhouse gas emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions due to fuel consumption.

*6 Non-energy derived greenhouse gas emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions due to reasons other than fuel consumption, e.g. manufacturing process, waste products, etc.

*7 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Emissions of volatile organic compounds such as toluene.

*8 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): Chemical Oxygen Demand, or Chemical Oxygen Consumption, is an indicator that shows water contamination levels.

*9 Suspended Solids (SSs): The amount of foreign substances floating in water.

*10 Transportation volume: Total of land, sea, and air transport volumes

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