For the Environment
The Asahi Holdings Group complies ingood faith with the demands of its
customers and society in order tofulfill its responsibilities as a sensible
corporate group.
INDEX
17

Environmental Impact Resulting
from Business Activities

19

G lobal Warming Prevention Efforts
Reduction of Environmental Burden

20

Energy-Saving Efforts

21

Reduction of Environmental BurdenThrough Business Activities

23

Environmental Management

For the Environment

Environmental Impact Resulting from Business Activities
We are expanding business activities on the recycling of precious metals and environmental preservation,
thereby contributing to the protection of the earth’s environment<Legend>OUTPUT■ Envisioned positive environmental impacts

INPUT

Recycling

Recycling

Resources

Products

Cement, raw material for steel,emulsion fuel,fuel for biomass power generation, fuel for cement, gravel, sand,plastic, glass, fire-proof bricks,
fermented compost.

■ Effective utilization■ Envisioned negative environmental impacts

Procurement

Sales

Precious
metal bullions

Dental alloys

Production

Industrial
society

Distribution■ Effective utilization of resourc-of resources

esReuseLiquid crystalmonitors

Recycling raw materials

Computers■ Effective utilizationof resources

Industrial waste

Asahi Holdings GroupWastePlants■ Reducing the final disposalvolume■ Capacity shortage for final
disposal sites

Exhaust fumes

Effluent

Business sites,
research lab,etc.

EnergyWater■ Consumption of resources,

Global warming* Electrical generation time at powerplants(Purification until it is within the standard values for discharge)■ Global warming■ Consumption of resources− 17 −

Environmental Performance
The energy, resources (water), chemicals, and etc, used in our environmental preservation, precious and rare metal recycling businessactivities are listed as “INPUT” data, while the environmental burdens
given off from performing business activities with the substances arelisted as “OUTPUT” data.

The volume of CO2 emission has been decreased by reviewing theproduction efficiency and the disposal process, while we have expanded our business through M&A and have launched new businessprojects.

INPUT
Unit

FY2007

FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011

Electricity

MWh18,942

23,167

21,67424,097

23,816

Heavy oilkL

2,433

2,406

1,466

1,465

1,192

KerosenekL

569

547

379

440440Light oil

kL

2,746

2,852

2,965

3,216

3,200

Gasoline

kL

704

804

848

899

914

Urban gas3

1,000 m

700

684

527

64

27

LPG

t

15

18

1720

22

Water

1,000 m3

253

366

345

378

364

t

21,336

17,347

13,293

13,18914,191

Chemical, etc.

OUTPUTUnit
CO2 emissions

FY2007

FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011t25,23328,05024,327

24,79823,683Effluent*

1,000 m3

250

245

208

246

251

Waste

t

24,84820,886

16,644

16,24917,719* Purified until it is within the standard values for discharge.

Environmental AccountingFor the promotion of environmental management, we have introduced
environmental accounting starting in FY2005 and publicly disclose
costs related to environmental protection. These are prepared in linewith the Environmental Accounting Guidelines of the Ministry of theEnvironment.

● FY2011 Environmental Preservation Costs(Unit: million yen)

Category

Major Initiatives

Expenses

Investments

416.80127.12

12.22

4.23

(2)Cost of protecting the earth’s
environment

Control and maintenance of gas emission
facilities, water drainage, and etc.
Energy conservation activities (power-saving,improvement of fuel-efficiency for vehicles, and etc.)(3) Cost of recycling resources

Entrustment of industrial waste treatment

831.2813.50

2. Cost of upstream and downstream

—0.00

0.00

3. Cost of management activities● SO14001 management activities● Disclosure cost of environmental information

107.186.37

4. Cost of research and development● Improving efficiency for the precious metal refining process● Decreasing the volume of landfill disposal

70.43

0.00

5. Cost of social activities

Clean up activities in the neighboring
communities

3.95

0.00

(1)Cost of preventing pollution
1. Cost within business areas

6. Cost of handling environmental damages—

0.120.00

Total—

1,441.98

151.22− 18 −

Target: Cutting GHG* emissions by more than 25% by 2020 from a 2008 base of 100* Energy source CO2 determined in the Global Warming Countermeasures Law

Major Actions① Effective use of waste (alternative use for fossil fuels)② Renewal to energy efficient equipment, facilities and buildings③ Effective use of waste heat from incinerators④ Expansion of use of waste fuels● Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Energy sources : production, transportation and offices, etc.)
Regarding energy origin CO2 , we have worked proactively towards
the continuous improvement of incinerator operation method andenergy savings.

Volume of CO2 Emissions (t)30,00025,000Target Value of25% Reduction

20,000Consequently, the volume of GHG emissions in our business sites
decreased by 27.8% and achieved our objectives (only targeted theavailable sites at the time of FY2008).

15,00010,000GHG emission volume for reduction target
5,000
0GHG emission volume in relation to increases in our number ofbusiness sites
FY2008FY2009FY2010

FY2011● Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Net emissions*: production, transportation and offices, etc.)
80,000Volume of CO2 Emissions (t)For the Environment

GLOBAL WARMING PREVENTION EFFORTS

75,831

73,12375,322The volume of greenhouse gas emission has declined by 5.4% yearover-year due mainly to decommission of facility equipments from astandpoint of efficiency operations, attributing to the CO2 volume
reduction, while the number of the business sites has increased inFY2011 because of our business expansion.

71,30260,000Net Emission of Non Energy Source CO240,000Net Emission of Energy Source CO2
20,0000FY2008

FY2009FY2010* Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emission Volume (comply with Law Concerning
the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming )[Energy Origin CO2]=[CO2 released in connection with use of electricity and fossil fuels][Net Emissions]=[Energy Origin CO2]+ [CO2 released in connection with incinerationof industrial waste]

FY2011● Actions to deal with summer power shortages
Green goya (bitter gourd) curtains, heat shield window films, heatshield roof paints, heat insulating materials for attics, LED lights andefficient lightings were installed in all locations. In addition, adequate
room temperatures (28°C) were maintained to save electricity, simultaneous facility operation was avoided and operating hours wereadjusted to suppress peak power usage, in order to meet the electricity saving requirements to address summer power shortages.

Goya(bitter gourd) green curtain at the Technical Research Center− 19 −

ENERGY-SAVING EFFORTS	
● Energy Consumption (production, transportation and offices, etc.)

Energy Consumption (GJ/Year)

600,000

With regards to Fuel consumption, by replacing a part of fuel withwaste energy for waste
incinerator energy-saving operations, de512,776
creased by 4.7% year to year.
465,170

Asahi Pretec
Japan Waste

500,000

452,383

300,000
200,000

Decreased energy consumption volume by 3.2% in total at all sites year
to year.

100,000
0

FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011● Changes in Specific Energy Consumption compared toFY2008 (Asahi Pretec)
Precious Metal Recycling

Standard Year (FY2008)

100● Vehicle Fuel Consumption (Asahi Pretec)
In FY2011, Fuel Consumption is the same as the previous year. We
promote the eco-friendly drive by introducing digital tachometergraph, and work proactively towards improving transport efficiency byreviewing the collection routes.

Waste Treatment（km/L）
1085.6
80

77.9

81.3

80.5
72.6

8

66.0
60

7.08

7.01

6.93

6.89

FY2008FY2009FY2010FY201164042020450,058

Regarding electricity consumption, decreased 1.2% year to year bytaking electricity reduction measures such as introduction of lightning
equipment with high efficiency and eco-friendly air conditioning, andapplication of heat shield coating material to the roof at each site.

400,000

FY2009FY20100FY2011● Electricity saving assessment by a consulting firm

● Efforts for improvement of Recycling Rates

The power consumption of operating equipment/facilities and operating hours at the large scale Amagasaki Plant of the Hanshin Business
Office were investigated. The consultants provided effective advice andguidance by presenting other electricity saving measures and energy
saving alternative equipment.
Based on their assessment, we will study more efficient ways to operate
for the future and incorporate the results in the facilities investment plan.

Each company has promoted and addressed “Zero Emission”, resulting
in the decease of wastes for recycling. Against this backdrop, we havepushed ahead with the recycling of various kinds of wastes, which has
led to the ratio of recycling 82.1% in FY2011.
(Recycling Rates)
（%）
84
82
80

82.4

82.1

FY2010FY2011

80.8
78.6

7876
74
72
0
FY2008− 20 −

FY2009

For the EnvironmentReduction of Environmental Burden through Business Activities
Results of Our Group’s Environmental Burden Reduction (FY2011)

●

●

●
●

●

●

Minimization of thefinal disposal volume

IT equipment recycling●Freon detoxificationtreatment●Fuel production forenergy generation●

Fermenting andcomposting

Reduction ofgreenhouse gases

Treatment byincineration●Recycling

Recycling of glass andfire-proof bricks●

Construction waste
recycling

Saving exhaustible naturalresources

Business process

Environmental Preservation
Treatment of effluent

Reduction ofenvironmental
burdenPrecious Metal Recycling

We evaluated the major businesses and tasks ofthe company group to see how much of theenvironmental burden in the society as a whole
has been reduced through our businessactivities. As the subjects of evaluation, we makecalculations in regard to (1) the reduction volumeof natural resources, (2) the volume of recycling,(3) the volume of controlled greenhouse gasemissions and (4) the effects of reduction of final
disposal in the two business divisions - precious
metal recycling and environmental preservation.

●
●

◆

●

Results of reducing the final disposal volume: Covers the quantity by which the volume of waste brought to us(excluding waste oil, waste acids, and waste alkalis) is reduced (the quantity that could avoid controlled landfilldisposal) as a result of going through our waste treatment process.

●

●

●◆

: Calculated by weight: Not targeted for numerical evaluation

Results of Saving Exhaustible Natural Resources
Through recycling all kinds of raw materials, we are cutting back on the amount of natural resources (precious metals, non-ferrous metal ores, gravel,sand, agalmatolite, quartz sand, plaster, forests, etc.) that are being mined or felled, thus contributing to the protection of the global environment.

Precious Metal Ores

GravelFossil Fuels

TimberRecycling materials containing a lot of
precious and rare metals contributes tosaving mineral resources, such as preciousmetal ores.

Materials such as sand, gravel and backfill
soil are recycled from construction wastes
like concrete waste.

By making effective use of waste heat
energy (waste oil and plastics, etc.) in an
incinerator, fuels (fossil fuels) required forincineration can be reduced.

Wood chips made from wooden construction waste are used as a carbon-neutral fuelin place of fossil fuels.

3,137.6 Kt /year

13.2 Kt /year

13.1 Kt /year

6.6 Kt /year(Precious Metal Recycling)(Construction Waste Recycling)(Effective Use of Waste)− 21 −(Construction Waste Recycling)Recycling (including reuse products)
A variety of industrial wastes are recycled into raw materials and are mainly used to produce the following recycled/reused products:
Wastes used are shown in parentheses “( )”.

Glass cullet(bottles, waste glass sheets)

Fermented compost(Food wastes, organic sludge)

94.2 Kt /year

12.4 Kt /year

Non-ferrous metals materials(Liquid waste containing metals)

Refractory brick paving materials(Furnace waste materials)

4.5 Kt /year

4.2 Kt /year

Clay waste

Gravel, crushed stone(construction materials)

Wood chips(Construction scrap wood)

13.2 Kt /year

6.6 Kt /year(Construction metal scrap, OA equipment)

Fuels/raw materials for cement(Plastic waste, waste oil/liquidwaste, wood chips, sludge)

1.9 Kt /year

4.1 Kt /year

Scrap metals

Emulsion fuels

4.1 Kt /year

1.7 Kt /year

Results of Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Results of Minimizing the Final Disposal Volume133.6 Kt /year

Waste reduction volume:

The final disposal volume (landfill disposal) can be reduced byincinerating waste.

We are making contributions to help reduce greenhouse gas emission through business activities such as the collection of precious
metals, glass, fire-proof bricks and CFCs.

● GoldWaste

Amount of CO2 emitted frommine production
Amount of CO2 emitted fromour company’s recycling
production

25.3 Kt /year

100Treatment by incineration

14− 22 −75% or greater
reduction
Incineratedash

For the Environment

Environmental Management
Environmental Management
Promotion System

Environmental Policies
We will contribute to the environmental preservation of the earthand establish a sound material-cycle society through the company’sbusinesses on recycling of precious and rare metals and industrial
waste treatment.

Our “Company-wide Environmental Purpose/Goal (annual plan)” isdevised based on the Environmental Policy that establishes ourenvironmental preservation philosophy.

(1) In all business activities we will strive to conserve resources andenergy and reduce, reuse, and recycle waste to minimize theenvironmental burden.

With this established, the business offices which have acquired ISO
14001 approval, set the “Center Environmental Purpose/Goal (annualplan)” and implement environmental preservation activities closelyrelated to their business tasks. Furthermore, the Environment Committee of each center abides by the regulations set by the environmental
law, revises plans and examines environmental education, etc. andprovides reports to the management. While the ISO Office controls
the environmental management system (EMS), an environmental
preservation supervisor is assigned for each business office as an aim
to implement thorough promotion of environmental activities.

(2) We will promote the recycling of resources of precious and rare
metals to achieve a more effective use of the limited resources ofthe earth.
(3) We will adequately and safely perform our operations for thecollection, transportation, and treatment of industrial waste toprevent environmental pollution.
(4) We will prioritize a harmonious coexistence with nature andregional communities. We will strictly follow the relevant
environmental laws and regulations and other requirements
which we recognize.

Manager(5) We will establish environmental objectives and targets andperiodically review them to continue improving our activities.
(6) We will educate all our employees and increase their environmental awareness as members of the community, promote theirunderstanding of environmental preservation activities, andparticipate in such activities.

Environmental Management Supervisor
General Environment Committee

These environmental policies shall be conveyed to all of ouremployees and all those working for the company and announced
to the public as our commitment.

ISO Office
ISO 14001 approved center
Center Chief
Environmental Preservation Supervisor
Internal Environmental Inspection Team

ISO14001 Approval

Environment Committee

Our group companies have ISO certifications in 13 companies(23 locations) including Asahi Pretec and Japan Waste.

ISO14001 Environmental Audits

Asahi Pretec has acquired ten locations including six large scale sites,
and Japan Waste and Sansho has acquired two companies and fourlocations.

Regular inspections are carried out on the state of compliance withspecifications by an external examining authority for ISO14001
activities. Moreover, internal environmental audits are conducted atleast once a year at business sites in order to ensure that EMS isbeing properly administered.

ISO14001 Authentication Certificate

Regular external audit− 23 −