ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE DATA

DATABANK ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE DATA

■Reporting Period

Fiscal 2022 (January 1 to December 31, 2022)

■Guidelines Used for Reference

Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Report Guidelines (2012 Edition)

Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2005 Edition)

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

■Organizational Units Covered

From 2012, the scope of coverage was extended to all consolidated subsidiaries.

Consolidated Subsidiaries Other Subsidiaries and Affiliates
Japan KOKUYO Co., Ltd. KOKUYO K Heart Co., Ltd., Heartland Co., Ltd., IWAMI Paper Industry Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Hokkaido Sales Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Tohoku Sales Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Kitakanto Sales Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Tokai Sales Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Hokuriku-Niigata Sales Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Sanyo-Shikoku Sales Co., Ltd.
Kaunet Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Marketing Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Supply Logistics Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Logitem Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Product Shiga Co., Ltd., KOKUYO MVP Co., Ltd., LmD International Co., Ltd., Actus Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Finance Co., Ltd, KOKUYO & Partners Co., Ltd.
Overseas KOKUYO Vietnam Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., KOKUYO (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Commerce (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., KOKUYO Design Consultants (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., KOKUYO International Asia Co., Ltd., KOKUYO International (Malaysia) Sdn Hbd, KOKUYO Vietnam TRADING Co., Ltd., Kokuyo Camlin Limited KOKUYO-IK (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Scope of Report: KOKUYO Co., Ltd., 20 consolidated subsidiaries, and 10 affiliates ( 165 locations )

2022 Results

Environmental Policy Goals and Results for 2022 Goal met?
Goal Result
Prevention of global warming
*Domestic consolidated subsidiaries, Kokuyo K Heart, Heartland
  • Reduction of CO2 emissions
    Total year-on-year change in volume: +5.1%
    (when production is excluded: -2.0%)
  • -0.0%
    (reduction efforts reduced emissions by 1.9%)
No
Reduction of unit energy consumption Year-on-year reduction: -1.0% Per unit of sales: +8.2% No
Resource Conservation and Recycling
  • Improve recycling rate in relation to total waste volume
    • •Business offices: 97.4% and over
    • •Construction sites: 82.0% and over
    • Business offices: 95.9%
No
    • Construction sites: 82.3%
Yes
Procurement, development, and provision of eco-friendly products Maintain eco x zero Maintained Yes
Information disclosure and communication
  • Publication of CSR report 2022
  • Publication of CSR report 2022
Yes
Environmental management ISO 14001: Regular inspection in 2015
  • Regular inspection results
    • •Strong point: 0 cases
    • •Good points: 10 cases
    • •Matters pointed out for improvement: 0 cases
    • •Opportunities for improvement: 28 cases
Yes

Environmental Friendliness Efficiency Indicators

Kokuyo Group designates unique environmental friendliness efficiency indicators as indices to comprehensively evaluate financial performance and impact on the global environment.

These indicators show the extent to which products and services are being offered to society with respect to specific environmental load and correspond to the following four items.

  1. CO2 emissions
  2. Final waste disposal
  3. Usage of chemical substances subject to PRTR regulations
  4. Water usage

Using fiscal 2000 as the baseline for each indicator, the progress status for each fiscal year can be determined.

Environmental Friendliness Efficiency Indicators

“Chemical substances” indicates the volume of Class 1 PRTR substances handled by reporting sites that are required to report the data under PRTR regulations.

JEPIX

The Japan Environmental Policy Priorities Index (JEPIX) is a method of quantifying the individual amount of different types of environmental loads, such as greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants, as single indicators called Environmental Impact Points (EIP). The EIP is calculated by multiplying the environmental load of each environmentally harmful chemical by the integrated coefficient, which is calculated from the ratio between Japan’s environmental policy target and the actual amount of emissions (environmental friendliness factor), and then obtaining the sum total of them all.

JEPIX

Emissions of soot and smoke (SOx and NOx )
designated by the Air Pollution Control Act

( Fisical year )

2020 2021 2022
SOx - - -
NOx 0.37 0.30 0.13
( Unit tons )

Global Warming Preventive Measures (Material issue 3: Respond to the climate crisis)

Attainment of 2024 goal

Domestic consolidated subsidiaries, Kokuyo K Heart, Heartland

CO2 Emission Transition

The graph excludes greenhouse gas emissions from sources other than electric power as such emissions were negligible (accounting for less than 0.1% of total emissions).

Electricity-based emission factors are calculated using the basic emission factors of the relevant electrical power companies for each given year

Results for 2020 and later are disclosed based on a market-based approach.

Scope 1 and 2 Emissions

Kokuyo, 20 consolidated subsidiaries (domestic and overseas), 10 affiliates (domestic and overseas)

CO2 emission transitions

Market-based

In line with the GHG Protocol’s Scope 2 Guidance, we take the market-based approach (which reflects supplier-specific emissions factors associated with our energy purchases).

Differences due to changes in emission factors are calculated using the average emission factors of all power sources in 2000 (0.378kg-CO2/kwh).

CO2 emission by source

Market-based

CO2 emission by source

Market-based

CO2 emission by country

Location-based

Scope 3 categories and emissions

Category Applicable/ Not applicable Reason for Non-applicability Scope 3 Emissions As Percentage of Total As Percentage of Total Emissions
Category 1 Purchased products / services Applicable - 972,882 80.6% 78.1%
Category 2 Capital goods Applicable - 19,026 1.6% 1.5%
Category 3 Fuel not included in Scope 1 or 2 and energy-related activities Applicable - 6,276 0.5% 0.5%
Category 4 Shipping and delivery (upstream) Applicable - 33.436 2.8% 2.7%
Category 5 Waste materials generated by businesses Applicable - 3,870 0.3% 0.3%
Category 6 Business trips Applicable - 1,169 0.1% 0.1%
Category 7 Commuting by workers Applicable - 3,057 0.3% 0.2%
Category 8 Leased assets (upstream) Not applicable Included in Scope 1 / 2 - - -
Category 9 Shipping and delivery (downstream) Applicable - 127 0.0% 0.0%
Category 10 Processing of sold products Not applicable Kokuyo is a manufacturer of completed products and does not deal with intermediate products - - -
Category 11 Use of sold products Applicable - 71,429 5.9% 5.7%
Category 12 Discarding of sold products Applicable - 94,596 7.8% 7.6%
Category 13 Leased assets (downstream) Applicable - 303 0.0% 0.0%
Category 14 Franchises Applicable - 446 0.0% 0.0%
Category 15 Investments Not applicable No investments - - -
Total - - - 1,206,618 - -

Greenhouse gases emitted by the supply chain
(by scope) (Tons of CO2)

Greenhouse gases emitted by the supply chain
(for Scope 3)

Resource Saving and Recycling

Waste Materials: Recycling and Final Disposal Amounts

Waste Materials by Activity

Waste material types (Recycling rate in brackets)

Plastic waste generation (in Japan)

Emissions by Country

Hazardous Waste Generation

( Fisical year )

2020 2021 2022
Waste generated 45 70 56
( Unit tons )

Kokuyo Group defines and manages specially controlled industrial waste (as defined in Act on Waste Management and Public Cleansin) as hazardous waste.

Kokuyo Group covers Kokuyo Co., Ltd. and 20 consolidated subsidiaries and 10 affiliates.

Water Resources

Water used, water recycled, water discharged

Water recycled: Water recycled in factories

Water discharged: Wastewater discharged into public water bodies or sewers

The volume of water used and discharged increased in 2022 because the Indian subsidiary was included in that year.

Water usage by location

Water usage by country

Hazardous Waste Generation

( Fisical year )

2020 2021 2022
Public water areas 39 42 40
Grandwater 112 111 138
Total 151 153 177
( Unit 1,000㎥ )

Chemical Substances Subject to PRTR Law

Official No. Chemical name Vol. handled (kg) Vol. Released Vol. Treated (kg) Vol. Consumed (kg)
Vol. Released into Air (kg) Vol. Released into Public Bodies of Water (kg) Vol. Released into Sewers (kg) Vol. Sent to Landfill (kg) Sub-total (kg)
1 Zinc compounds (water-soluble) 201.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 201.9 201.9 0.0 0.0
20 2-aminoethanol 165.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 165.2 165.2 0.0 0.0
30 Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonic Acid and its salts (LAS) 195.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 195.0 195.0 0.0 0.0
53 Ethylbenzene 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.0
57 Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
71 Ferric chloride 9,030.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,030.0
80 Xylene 21.3 21.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 0.0 0.0
82 Silver and its water-soluble compounds 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
125 Chlorobenzene 16.1 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 10.5 0.0 5.6
134 Vinyl acetate 216.7 21.7 3.5 1.8 13.1 40.1 0.0 176.5
235 Water-soluble salts of bromic acid 505.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 505.9 0.0
300 Toluene 81.2 17.8 0.0 0.0 4.4 22.2 0.0 59.0
302 Naphthalene 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 12.2
306 Hexamethylene diacrylate 455.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.7 23.7 0.0 431.7
309 Nickel compounds 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0
354 Di-n-butyl phthalate 82.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 0.0 77.9
392 N-hexane 178.7 178.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 178.7 0.0 0.0
403 Benzophenone 63.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 0.0 59.8
407 Poly(oxyethylene) alkyl ether 682.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 398.9 413.3 1.9 266.8
410 Poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 8.5
412 Manganese and its compounds 17.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 6.3 7.1 0.0 10.7
448 Methylenebis(4,1-cyclohexylene) diisocyanate 438.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 438.1
453 Molybdenum and its compounds 204.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 204.6
Total 12,609.6 265.8 3.5 16.3 1,017.0 1,302.6 525.6 10,781.4

The volume of PRTR Law Class I Designated Chemical Substances that were used, handled, released, transferred, disposed, recycled, and consumed by the business establishments (in Japan) subject to notification under the PRTR Law. For the calculation methods, see the Ministry of the Environment/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s PRTR Release Estimation Methods Manual, version 4.2 (March 2019).

“Volume treated” refers to those PRTR designated substances that were treated on site by incineration, neutralization, breaking down, reactive process, etc.

“Volume consumed” refers to the volume of substances that were removed from the site by the removal of the products containing or accompanying them or that were modified for disposal by means of chemical reaction with other substances.

Environmental Load Material Flow

Planning, R&D Manufacturing Sales, services Distribution (storage, deliveries) Logistics (contracted goods transportation) Total
Inputs Energy (GJ) 63,635 537,693 74,171 112,739 317,905
Water (km3) 17 218 6 29
Total volume transported (Mt) 202.0
Substance inputs (t) 89,377
Paper (t) 54,389
Metals (t) 15,177
Resins (t) 3,723
Wood (t) 1,741
Cloth (t) 174
Chemical products (t) 10,378
Other (t) 3,795
Total volume sold (kt × 10) 22.0
Packaging (t) 10,322
Recycling Water recycled in factories (m3) 4,957
Outputs CO2 emissions from electrical power (tCO2) 2,693 27,272 3,668 5,159 19,547
GHG emissions from sources other than electrical power (tCO2e) 15.6
SOx (t) -
NOx (t) 0.13
Waste (t) 787 10,620 398 8,318
Wastewater (km3) 17 125 6 29
Discharges to public water bodies (km3) 40
COD (kg) 201
BOD (kg) 62
Used products collected (t) 2,474
Used products reused (t) 176

Input items

Indicator Unit Calculation method
Volume of energy used GJ Power, gas (city gas, LPG, natural gas), oil (gasoline, light oil, kerosene, fuel oil A), heat (hot water, cold water) The power unit calorific values are the daytime and nighttime power values stated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on the Rational Use of Energy (effective from April 1, 2008). The unit calorific values of gas, oil, and heat are those values presented in the Greenhouse Gas Emission Calculation and Reporting Manual, Ver. 4.8 (Jan 2022, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
Water km3 Tap water, water for industrial use
Substance Input t The volume of raw materials used to manufacture Kokuyo products
Overall Sales Volume kt × 10 Data from furniture and stationery products
Container and Packaging Materials t The volume of packaging materials used to package products

Output Items

Indicator Unit Calculation method
CO2 Emissions from Energy Use t-CO2 CO2 emissions from the use of electricity, gas, oil, and heat (see Global Warming Preventive Measures: Respond to the climate crisis) Coefficients based on the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (adjusted emission coefficients for each power company for fiscal 2019 and 2020) were used to calculate the CO2 emissions from power consumption in Japan. For power consumption overseas, we use the local emissions factors listed in IEA Emissions Factors 2022. Values presented in the Greenhouse Gas Emission Calculation and Reporting Manual, Ver. 4.8 (Jan 2022) (Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) were used to calculate CO2 emissions from the use of gas, oil, and heat. The ton/kilo method and the fuel consumption method were both used to calculate the distribution (consigned transportation) CO2 emissions.
Other Greenhouse Gases t-CO2e Emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) related to production activities, (in Japan), but excluding such emissions from energy sources, have been converted to a CO2 basis. Emission coefficient values were taken from the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Greenhouse Gas Emission Calculation and Reporting Manual, Ver. 4.8 (Jan 2022).
SO2">x, NO2">x t Emissions from smoke- and soot-producing facilities at manufacturing plants (in Japan)
Waste t The volume of discharged waste (emissions) is the total amount of waste and valuable substances discharged from business establishments. The recycle volume is the total of the volume of discharged waste (emissions) that has been recycled through material or thermal recycling, and the volume of valuable substances. The final waste volume is the combined total of the recycling residue and the volume of waste directly disposed of in landfills, out of the total volume of discharged waste (solid waste) (see Resource Saving and Recycling: Contribute toward a circular economy). If industrial waste has been calculated by cubic measurement, conversion factors (reference) for converting cubic measurements of industrial waste into weights as stated in a notice released by the Ministry of the Environment (December 27, 2006; Env. Ind. Waste Issue No. 061227006) were used.
Wastewater km3 Wastewater discharged to areas of water for public use and into the sewage system
COD, BOD kg Of plants in Japan, the volume of effluent discharged to areas of water for public use by plants with a legal obligation to measure water quality

Other items

Indicator Unit Calculation method
Overall Transportation Volume tkm The total of the following outsourced transportation volumes: total domestic transportation in Japan including the transportation of furniture products, store fixtures, stationery products, transportation of catalog sales by Kaunet, and transportation of Actus products; and transportation of products between overseas sites and within Malaysia.
Cyclical Water Use at Plants m3 The volume of water used in a cyclical way (i.e. recycled) on business premises
Cyclical Resource Use on Sitest t The volume of recycled resources, such as packaging materials, on the business premises of Kokuyo Logitem and Kokuyo Supply Logistics.
Collected Used Products t The volume of used products collected from customers by Kokuyo Logitem.
Re-use of Used Products t The volume of re-used products from the used products collected from customers by Kokuyo Logitem.

Environmental Accounting

Environmental Accounting (Unit: Multiple of 10 thousand yen)

Item Environment-related Investments Costs Effects Total
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Pollution prevention 0 690 0 3,963 1,532 1,778 0 0 0 3,963 1,532 1,778
Global warming prevention 11,842 10,785 7,491 8,363 8,200 2,481 ▲1,923 ▲2,160 ▲1,603 6,440 6,040 878
Resource saving and recycling 0 0 0 42,117 54,265 50,736 ▲15,315 ▲24,564 ▲26,213 26,802 29,701 24,523
Procurement and provision of eco-friendly products 0 0 0 3,181 3,583 4,980 0 0 0 3,181 3,583 4,980
Survey and research into environmental technology 0 0 0 184 160 148 0 0 0 184 160 148
Environmental communication 0 0 0 1,442 1,623 3,547 0 0 0 1,442 1,623 3,547
Setting up management structures 0 0 0 5,881 6,369 9,244 0 0 0 5,851 6,369 9,244
Environmental damage response 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,842 11,475 7,491 65,100 75,732 72,915 ▲17,237 ▲26,723 ▲27,817 47,863 49,009 45,098

Breakdown of economic effects

Item Content of countermeasures 2020 2021 2022
Global warming prevention Effects of introducing energy-saving facilities ▲703 ▲1,124 ▲633
Effects of solar power generation ▲1,009 ▲978 ▲936
Effects of improving operations ▲211 ▲58 ▲34
Resource saving and recycling Proceeds from garbage sorting and recycling ▲15,313 ▲24,561 ▲26,213
Waste Reduction ▲2 ▲2 0
Cost reductions achieved through the promotion of recycling   0 0
Total   ▲17,237 ▲26,723 ▲27,817

Sites with ISO 14001 Certification

Seventy-two sites, or 43.6% of the total 165 sites have received ISO 14001 certification.

No. Company Name Site Name
1 Kokuyo Head Office (including XT and WS)
2 Tokyo Shinagawa Office
3 Tokyo Shinagawa SST Office
4 Tokyo Kasumigaseki Office
5 Nagoya Office
6 Osaka Umeda Office
7 Mie Factory
8 Shibayama Factory
9 Kokuyo K Heart Head Office
10 Kokuyo MVP Tottori Factory
11 Aoya Factory
12 Kokuyo Product Shiga Head Office
13 Kokuyo Logitem Head Office
14 Sapporo Distribution Center
15 Sendai Distribution Center
16 Gunma Distribution Center
17 Central Japan Delivery and Distribution Center
18 Central Japan Delivery Center
19 Shin Chiba Distribution Center
20 Shiga Distribution Center
21 Mie Distribution Center
22 Ina Distribution Center
23 Chubu Delivery and Distribution Center
24 Toyama Distribution Center
25 Fujiwara Distribution Center
26 Komono Distribution Center
27 Kansai Delivery and Distribution Center
28 Okayama Distribution Center
29 Kyushu Distribution Center
30 Kokuyo Supply Logistics Head Office
31 Sapporo Distribution Center
32 Ibaraki Distribution Center
33 Metropolitan Area Integrated Distribution Center
34 Kyushu Integrated Distribution Center
35 Chubu Integrated Distribution Center
36 Shiga National Distribution Center
37 Kinki Integrated Distribution Center
38 Osaka Nanko Distribution Center
39 Fukuoka Distribution Center
No. Company Name Site Name
40 Kaunet Head Office
41 Tokyo Shinagawa Office
42 Kokuyo Marketing Head Office
43 Tachikawa Office
44 Chiba Office
45 Saitama Office
46 Yokohama Office
47 Nagano Office
48 Matsumoto Office
49 Nagoya Office
50 Shizuoka Office
51 Umeda Office
52 Kyoto Office
53 Kobe Office
54 Wakayama Office
55 Hiroshima Office
56 Yamaguchi Office
57 Matsue Office
58 Fukuoka Office
59 Nagasaki Office
60 Miyazaki Office
61 Kagoshima Office
62 Kumamoto Office
63 Oita Office
64 Okinawa Office
65 Kokuyo (Malaysia) Head Office
66 Kokuyo-IK Thailand Head Office
67 Kokuyo Camlin Patalganga Plant
68 Tarapur Plant
69 Samba Plant
70 Kokuyo Commere (Shanghai) Head Office
71 Beijing Office
72 Shenzhen Office