Environment - CSR Report 2007

CO2 emissions in business activities

Since fiscal 2001, we have been calculating the total amount of CO2 emissions from our business activities based on accounting data, with the cooperation of NEC Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories. In doing business, we take account of indirect environmental burden off the company premises in all phases, from outside procurement of maintenance parts and materials to service and recycling activities.

■Business activities (scope of assessment)

Materials procurement	Raw materials (maintenance parts and materials), products, and fixed tangible assets newly acquired in the year in question
Service activities	Fuel costs and charges for utilities (electric power, gas, and water)
Recycling	Resources recovered and recycled

CO2 emissions (tens of thousands of tons)

Materials procurement:
The amount of CO2 emissions at the phase of manufacture of the maintenance parts and other materials and equipment which were made by other firms and purchased by Fielding in the year in question.
The calculation is based on monetary amounts of purchase for each item and industrial tables, and applies LCA data compiled at NEC Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories.

Service activities:
The amount of CO2 emissions accompanying use of electric power, gas, and other energy on Fielding premises.
The calculation is based on the actual figures for amount of energy use and LCA data.

Recycling:
The remainder after subtraction of 1) the amount of CO2 emissions that would have resulted in manufacture of materials gained through recycling from the raw materials from 2) the amount of CO2 emissions due to recycling. Calculations are made from the actual figures for resource recovery.

FY	Material procurement (tens of thousands of tons)	Service activities (tens of thousands of tons)	Recycling (tens of thousands of tons)	Total (tens of thousands of tons)	Sales (millions of yen)	CO2 emission rate (tons per million yen)
2004	30.4	3.5	-0.1	33.8	239,458	1.41
2005	27.8	3.5	-0.1	31.2	228,716	1.36
2006	25.1	3.6	-0.1	28.6	210,866	1.36

Overall CO2 emissions in fiscal 2006 were reduced around 8% (26 thousand tons) compared to fiscal 2005, to around 286 thousand tons. While this was partially due to a decline in sales, it was also the result of a reduction in CO2 omissions when materials were purchased. It was possible to maintain a level of CO2 emission/unit output that was equivalent to the level in fiscal 2005.

* Calculated and evaluated using the Business Environmental Burden Evaluation Method development by the NEC Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories.

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Mass balance of corporate activities

We determine the mass balance to get a clearer picture of the connection with environmental burden in our business activities per se, and use the results in deploying measures aimed at mitigating environmental burden. In fiscal 2006, we managed to lower the absolute values relative to the previous year for many items of environmental burden.

Scope:	NEC Fielding,
	NEC Fielding Group (NDEC and Fielding Support Crew)

* Starting with this report, figures for the “greenhouse gases excluding CO2” and “greenhouse gases emitted from company cars” will be provided.

Switch to eco vehicles

In fiscal 2003, we began to make the switch to eco vehicles, mainly for leased vehicles, which make up most of our company cars. In fiscal 2006, we increased the share of our fleet occupied by low-emission vehicles to 81%. We intend to continue promoting the switch with the goal of increasing the share to 100% by the end of fiscal 2008.