For the Environment
Asahi Holdings Group has formulated and implementedpolicies to address conservation activities for the global
environment, and aims for sustainable development
harmonious with the environment.

INDEX

Environmental Impact Resulting
from Business Activities
21 Global Warming Prevention Efforts
23 Reduction of Environmental Burden
Through Business Activities
25 Environmental Management
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environMental iMpaCt resultinG froM Business aCtivities
This indicates the INPUT of the resources and energy needed for our group’s business activities,
as well as OUTPUT in the form of the environmental impact produced through our business activities.

<Legend>OUTPUT■ Envisioned positive environmental impacts

INPUT

Recycling

Recycling

Resources

Products

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

■ Envisioned negative environmental impacts

Procurement

Sales

Precious
metal bullions

Dental alloys

Industrial society

Production■ Effective utilization ofDistribution

resources■ Effective utilization ofresources

Reuse
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Liquid crystal
monitors

Recycling raw materials

Computers■ Effective utilization ofresources

Industrial waste

Asahi Holdings GroupWastePlants■ Reducing the final disposal

volume■ Capacity shortage for final
disposal sites

Exhaust fumes

Effluent

Business sites,
research lab,etc.

Energy■ Consumption of resources,Water

Global warming* Electrical generation time at power
plants(Purification until it is within the standard values for discharge)■ Global warming■ Consumption of resources

Environmental Performance
The energy, resources (water), chemicals, and so on used in our precious metal
recycling and environmental protection business activities are listed as INPUT,
while the environmental burdens given off from conducting business activities
with the substances in the form of INPUT are listed as OUTPUT data.

INPUT
Unit

FY2006

FY2007

FY2008FY2009

Electricity

MWh15,892

18,94222,503

21,960

Heavy oil

kℓ

1,410

2,433

2,406

1,466

Kerosene

kℓ

574

569

541

379

Light oilkℓ

2,823

2,746

2,804

2,965

Gasoline

kℓ

632

704

804

848

Urban gas

1,000 m3

784

700

684

527

Water

1,000 m3

206

253

366

345

t

20,082

21,336

17,347

13,293Chemical, etc.

OUTPUTUnit
CO2 emissions *1FY2006t

FY2007

FY2008FY200921,65325,23327,35524,466

Effluent *1,000 m

252

250

245

208Wastet

23,70024,84820,886

16,6442320*1 : Calculated in accordance with the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming in 2009.
*2 : Purified until it is within the standard values for discharge.

Environmental Accounting
For the promotion of environmental management, we have introduced environmental accounting starting in FY2005 and publicly disclose costs related toenvironmental protection. These are prepared in line with the EnvironmentalAccounting Guidelines of the Ministry of the Environment.

●●Environmental Protection Costs

1. Costs within the business area

2. Upstream and downstream costs(Unit: million yen)

Category

Contents of major initiatives

Expenses

Investments(1) Cost of preventing pollution

Control and maintenance of gas emission
facilities, water drainage, and so on.

417.0428.28(2) Cost of protecting the earth’s
environment

Energy saving (Decreasing electric consumption,
improving fuel-efficiency for vehicles, and so on.)

8.55

9.47

(3) Cost of recycling resources

Entrustment of industrial waste treatment

214.19

25.48

—

0.00

0.00

3. Cost of management activities

Management activities of ISO14001
Preparation of Corporate Report

59.70

5.48

4. Research and development costs

Improving efficiency for the precious metal refining
process Decreasing the landfill disposal volume

85.47

0.00

5. Cost of social activities

Clean up activities in the neighboring
communities

4.42

0.00

6. Cost of handling environmental damage

—

0.00

0.00

Total—

789.3768.71

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GloBal warMinG prevention efforts
The Japanese government has announced the goal to reduce 25% of greenhouse gasses compared to the amount in1990 by the year 2020. We are working proactively toward meeting that goal by establishing a “CO2 Reduction Office”
to promote measures of reducing greenhouse gasses.

Cutting GHG emissions by 25% or greater by 2020 from 2008 levels.
Major Policies① Effective use of wastes (alternative use of fossil fuel).
② Updating energy efficient machines, facilities and buildings.

③ Effective use of wasted heat from incineration furnaces.
④ Introduction of photovoltaic generation.

The results of this fiscal year’s efforts are as follows.

●●Transition of Greenhouse Gas Emission VolumeWe calculated the volume of greenhouse gas emission from energy
sources (electricity, fossil fuels) and non-energy sources (from incineration of industrial wastes).

<Transition of greenhouse gas emission volume>（t）

80,00075,100Industrial Waste Furnaces

The volume of CO2 created during the incineration of industrial
wastes is calculated by following the Law Concerning the Promotionof the Measures to Cope with Global Warming.

<Transition of greenhouse gas emission volume from industrial waste furnaces>（t）

72,00070,00021●●Greenhouse Gas Emission Volume from12,000

10,54910,4482008

2009

10,00060,0008,000

50,00040,0006,000

30,000

4,702

4,000

20,0002,000

10,0000200802009

2007

The volume of CO2 emission increased as a result ofbeing given a large industrial waste furnace in FY 2007.

●●Greenhouse Gas Emission Volume Details
Calculated using energy sources*1 and non-energy sources*2.
1: CO2 created when use of energy such as electricity and fossil fuel takes place.

*

2: CO2 created when wastes are incinerated and methane gas created during
sewage treatment.

*<Greenhouse gas emission volume by origin of cause>
Electricity

12.0%（ℓ/km）
0.145013.5% Total emissions
8.5%

We have numerous vehicles in service and are making efforts to promote energy efficiency as the assigned transporter. With fuel cost
reduction through the introduction of digital tachograph and bettertransportation efficiency through using more efficient collection
routes, we continue to achieve fuel cost reduction of over 3% compared with the data yielded in FY 2005, prior to the introduction ofdigital tachograph.

<Comparison of vehicle fuel costs>

Car fuel

Heavy fueloil, etc.

●●Car Fuelfor FY2009:
Appx. 72,000 tons

Non-energy caused CO2

66.0%

The emission coefficient given under
the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with
Global Warming is used to calculate
greenhouse gas emission volume.
For CO2 emission from wastes, theemission coefficient is used by calculating from the analysis value ofwastes per category in the Wastes
Disposal and Public Cleansing Act.

0.14030.14000.13570.13500.13000.12500.020052009

3.3% more costefficient

●●Basic Unit of Energy (Fossil Fuel) Consumption●●Actual Examples of Energy-Saving Efforts

Basic unit of energy consumption per ton during industrial waste incineration has showed a substantial continued decline as a result ofbeing given a large industrial waste furnace in November 2007 andreducing fossil fuel by separation of waste incineration.

<Actual examples of energy-saving efforts in FY 2009>

with Industrial Waste Furnaces<Basic unit of energy consumption in industrial waste furnaces>

at Each Plant

Plant

Details

Volume of greenhousegas reduction*

KitaKyushu

Reduction of Class-A heavy fuel oil by 15%
and electricity by 20% through better sortingof wastes and energy eﬃcient incineration

2,090 t / year

Fukuoka

Reduction of 48,000kWh through cycling ofwater discharged from the chiller andconcentrated operation.

27 t / year

KitaKyushu
HibikiClass-A heavy fuel oil basic unit reduced
by 20% through adequate management of
the amount of air conditioning.

41t / year

（GJ/kg）
3.00

2.50

2.48

2.00

1.70

1.50

1.00

* : Conversion of energy (electricity and fossil fuel) reduction volume into CO2emission volume.

0.68

0.5002007

20082009●●Trial Introduction of LED Lighting●●Basic Unit of Energy Consumption in Precious

and Rare Metals Recycling Business

Basic unit of energy consumption increasingly reduced due to achange in the composition of the production volume of precious
and rare metals in FY2009.

<Basic unit of energy (electricity, fossil fuel) consumption
with precious and rare metals recycling>
standard year（MJ/kg）
350
300

292

280

280

reduced by 41%

250

LED fluorescent lights were introduced at the Techno Center
office as a trial. The practicalityof LED lighting is evaluated inregard to the brightness, effects
on working conditions andother aspects.

22●●Efforts to Improve Recycling Rate
We have achieved 80% of recycling rate in FY 2009 as a resultof our efforts in recycling various types of wastes.

<Recycling rate>（%）
8278.6

78

192

200

76

150

74

100

72

50

0080.8
79.1

80

2006

2007

2008

72.3
2006

2007

2008

2009

2009

●●Accessible Energy Saving●●Participaing in “CO2 Minus Project”
We have participated in “CO2 Minus Project” since 2009, which National Federation of Industrial Waste Management Associations has
advocated the independent guidelines. Members control emissions of greenhouse gasses inthe year 2010 at the same level as the year 2000.

A useful energy saving guide (published by the Energy ConservationCenter, Japan) for use at a plant, in the office and at home is madeavailable to everyone via our in-house information network, supporting the efforts being made at each of our business centers.

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reduCtion of environMental Burden throuGh Business aCtivities
Results of Our Group’s Environmental Burden Reduction (FY2009)
Volume(thousand tons / year)

Reducing of externalburdens on the environment

Recycling of glass andbricks

Fuel production
for energy generation

Photovoltaic
power generation

Fermenting andcomposting

Freon detoxification
treatment

Treatment
by incineration

Treatment of effluent

Construction waste
recycling

Reduction ofenvironmental
burdenIT equipment recycling

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Business process

Precious metal recycling

We evaluated the major businesses
and tasks of the company group tosee how much of the environmental
burden in the society as a whole has
been reduced through our businessactivities. The subjects of the evaluation were the two business divisions
for precious metals recycling and environmental protection, implementing
at our plants and offices activities tosave resources and make calculations
in regard to (1) the reduction volumeof natural resources, (2) the volume ofrecycling, (3) the volume of controlledgreenhouse gas emissions, (4) the effects of reduction of final disposal, and(5) the effects of fossil fuel reduction.

Saving exhaustible
natural resources

3,092

Recycling

340.8

Reduction ofgreenhouse gases

91.5

Minimization of thefinal disposal volume

86.1

Saving fossil fuels

7.0

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.

1. Results of Saving Exhaustible
Natural Resources: Calculated by weight: Not targeted for numerical evaluation

3,092.0 thousand tons / year

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●●Gravel●●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.

Wood chips made from wooden constructionwaste are used as a carbon-neutral fuel inplace of fossil fuels.

(Precious Metal Recycling)(Construction Waste Recycling)(Construction Waste Recycling)2. Recycling (Including Reused Products)

340.8 thousand tons

Various industrial wastes are treated for reuse as raw materials, with the following major recycled/reusable products being manufactured.
* : Raw materials in parenthesis.

●●Fermented Compost●●Gravel, Sand

11.9 thousand tons / year

69.0 thousand tons / year●●Fuel for Cement●●Metal Scraps(Food Waste)(Plastic Waste)

3.5 thousand tons / year

(Construction Waste)(Construction Waste, OA Equipment)

2.1 thousand tons / year●●Wood Chips●●Fire-Proof Bricks(Construction Waste)(High-Temperature Furnace Waste)

1.7 thousand tons / year

3.1 thousand tons / year●●Rivers*●●Glass Cullet

209.0 thousand tons / year

40.5 thousand tons / year

(Waste Liquid, Food Waste)(Bottles, Waste Sheet Glass)* : Water discharged from waste treatment facilities

3. Results of Reducing Greenhouse Gases
91.5 thousand tons

4. Results of Minimizing the Final Disposal Volume
Waste reduction volume: 27.1 thousand tons

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.

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

* : Subject of evaluation: gold, silver, palladium, platinum, indium, glass and fireproof bricks.

●●GoldWaste

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

100%
Treatment by incineration

Incinerated
ash

14.3%

6. Reduction of External Environmental Burdens
665.3 tons / year

5. Results of Saving Fossil Fuels
7.0 thousand tons / year
By effectively utilizing the thermal energy retained by waste (wasteoil, waste plastics, etc.) for the incinerator we are able to reduce thefuel (heavy oil) needed for incineration.

We are making efforts to reduce environmental burdens createdoutside of the company, such as by cutting back on the amount ofmaterials purchased (chemicals, printing paper, etc.) and changing
the route for outsourced transportation of wastes. The effects areconverted into the volume of CO2.
Subject

Kitakyushu Hibiki Plant

75% or greater
reduction

Kitakyushu Plant

Content

Amount Reduced

Rawchemicals

Reducing chemicals by 571t.

PPC paperManaging copying and PC printing via software;
reducing 854,000 sheets of A4 paper.

1.36t / year
(forest resource : 0.85t)

Altering final disposal site and changing the415t / year
(ship/car fuel : 160kl)

Transporta- transportation route from Tokyo » Kita-Kyushu totion route Tokyo » Chiba and Fukushima.

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environMental ManaGeMent
Environmental Policies
We will contribute to the environmental protection of the earth
and establish a sound material-cycle society through the company’s businesses on recycling of precious and rare metals and industrial waste treatment.
(1) In all business activities we will strive to conserve resources andenergy and reduce, reuse, and recycle waste to minimize theenvironmental burden.
(2) We will promote the recycling of resources of precious and rare
metals to achieve a more effective use of the limited resourcesof the 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 and regional communities. We will strictly follow the relevant environmental laws and regulations and other requirements which werecognize.
(5) We will establish environmental objectives and targets and periodically review them to continue improving our activities.

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Environmental Management
Promotion System
Our “Company-wide Environmental Purpose/Goal (annual plan)” isdevised based on the Environmental Policy that establishes our environmental protection philosophy.
With this established, the business offices which have acquired
ISO 14001 approval, set the “Center Environmental Purpose/Goal(annual plan)” and implement environmental protection activities
closely related to their business tasks. Furthermore, the EnvironmentCommittee of each center abides by the regulations set by the environmental law, revises plans and examines environmental education, etc. and provides reports to the management. While the ISO
Office controls the environmental management system (EMS), an
environmental protection supervisor is assigned for each businessoffice as an aim to implement thorough promotion of environmental activities.

Manager(6) We will educate all our employees and increase their environmental awareness as members of the community, promote theirunderstanding of environmental protection activities, and participate in such activities.
These environmental policies shall be conveyed to all of our employees and all those working for the company and announced tothe public as our commitment.

Environmental Management Supervisor
General Environment Committee
ISO Office
ISO 14001 approved center
Center Chief
Environmental Protection Supervisor

ISO14001 Approval
The Asahi Holdings Group has obtained comprehensive ISO approval for the 10 centers including the 6 large centers of Asahi Pretec.
In addition, 4 companies and 7 centers related to Japan Waste havealso individually obtained the approval.

ISO14001 Authentication Certificate

Internal Environmental Inspection Team
Environment Committee

ISO14001 Environmental Audits
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.

An internal environmental audit