AISIN - CSR - Environmental Aspects

Environmental Management

Number of companies that have acquired ISO 14001 certification / acquisition rate
	All AISIN Group manufacturing companies
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Number of manufacturing companies	88	88	87
Number of companies that have acquired certification	81	84	82
Proportion of manufacturing companies with certification (%)	92%	95%	94%

Number of environmental accidents and
incidents exceeding agreed-upon values
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Exceeded values agreed upon with regional governments and the local community	3^*1	0	0
Environmental accidents	0	0	1^*3

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Exceeded values agreed upon with regional governments and the local community	3^*1	0	0
Environmental accidents	1^*2	0	1^*3

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Exceeded values agreed upon with regional governments and the local community	3^*1	0	0
Environmental accidents	1^*2	0	3^*4

^*1 Aisin Seiki's Nishio plant (exceeded agreed-upon values for coliform bacteria, noise), Ogawa plant (exceeded agreed-upon BOD values)
^*2 Aisin Chemical's headquarters plant (ground pollution)
^*3 Aisin Seiki's Handa plant (flow of fuel)
^*4 *3 and Aisin Seiki's two affiliates (ground pollution)

Environmental inspections
(conducted by departments in charge of environmental management)

	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2010
Frequency of environmental inspections (times)	4	4	3
Implementing departments	31	22	19
Items indicated as being in need of improvement	127	97	49
Number of internal inspectors	597	687	824
Frequency of training of inspectors (times)	2	2	3

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Frequency of environmental inspections (times)	26	23	49
Implementing departments	59	50	45
Items indicated as being in need of improvement	588	263	269
Number of internal inspectors	1,649	1,692	2,090
Frequency of training of inspectors (times)	28	9	14

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Frequency of environmental inspections (times)	47	41	68
Implementing departments	119	91	84
Items indicated as being in need of improvement	824	416	441
Number of internal inspectors	1,954	1,995	2,324
Frequency of training of inspectors (times)	35	16	18

Participants of Environmental Training(persons)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Training of environmental divisions	29	62	388
Training of ordinary divisions	2,165	1,823	13,783

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Training of environmental divisions	231	328	479
Training of ordinary divisions	3,851	2,433	14,455

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Training of environmental divisions	371	377	507
Training of ordinary divisions	6,146	2,644	15,330

Greenhouse Gases

Japan Auto Parts Industries Association's coefficient is used for CO₂ conversions.
Calculations of HFCs, SF₆ and CO₂ employ global warming figures prescribed by the Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming enforcement regulations.

Emissions of greenhouse gases (tons-CO2)
	Non-consolidated
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total emission	195,798	351,601	211,337	197,612
Itemization of total emissions
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	195,798	267,473	207,221	189,233
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)	0	1,673	531	14
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	0	82,455	3,585	8,365

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total emission	750,203	1,012,621	814,792	851,894
Itemization of total emissions
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	750,203	929,635	810,778	843,515
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)	0	531	429	14
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	0	82,455	3,585	8,365

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total emission	1,041,958	830,748	881,243
Itemization of total emissions
Carbon dioxide (CO2)	958,972	826,734	872,864
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)	531	429	14
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)	82,455	3,585	8,365

CO2 emissions per sales unit (tons-CO2/ 100 million yen)
	Non-consolidated
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Units	36.4	28.0	26.6	25.1

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Units	72.6	47.2	42.4	40.5

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Units	45.9	39.8	38.0

Note: No methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) were emitted.

Energy

Energy to heat conversions employs figures prescribed by the Act on the Rational Use of Energy Enforcement Regulations.

Direct energy consumption (GJ)
	Non-consolidated
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total direct energy consumption	1,193,299	2,517,253	2,384,836	2,036,416
Coal products (anthracite, coke, etc.)	0	0	0	0
Natural gas	620,054	2,290,838	2,193,992	1,943,337
Petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, LPG, etc.)	573,245	226,415	190,844	93,079

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total direct energy consumption	4,388,968	8,199,079	7,519,561	6,979,041
Coal products (anthracite, coke, etc.)	1,612,006	1,266,485	996,968	1,075,769
Natural gas	1,122,007	5,882,917	5,721,132	5,154,609
Petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, LPG, etc.)	1,654,955	1,049,677	801,461	748,663

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total direct energy consumption	8,091,693	7,580,767	7,128,423
Coal products (anthracite, coke, etc.)	1,266,485	996,968	1,075,769
Natural gas	5,709,573	5,732,760	5,254,305
Petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, LPG, etc.)	1,115,634	851,039	798,349

Indirect energy consumption (GJ)
	Non-consolidated
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total indirect energy consumption	3,369,247	2,582,754	2,405,251	2,489,456
Electric power purchased	3,369,247	2,582,340	2,404,818	2,488,989
Solar and wind-generated power	-	414	433	467

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY1991 (standard year)	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total indirect energy consumption	10,926,740	13,036,408	12,202,344	13,262,532
Electric power purchased	10,926,740	13,035,994	12,201,911	13,262,065
Solar and wind-generated power	-	414	433	467

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total indirect energy consumption	13,491,540	12,497,592	13,726,836
Electric power purchased	13,491,126	12,497,041	13,726,259
Solar and wind-generated power	414	551	577

Chemical Substances

(tons)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
VOC emissions	317	267	201
PRTR emissions	63	55	50

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
VOC emissions	796	682	569
PRTR emissions	180	162	155

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
VOC emissions	799	683	572
PRTR emissions	182	163	157

Input Raw Materials

(tons)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total input raw materials	379,895	428,983	403,550
Itemization
Metals, resins, etc. (purchased materials)	379,637	428,708	403,328
Chemical substances (Total for substances subject to PRTR notification)	258	275	222

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2010
Total input raw materials	1,031,901	1,139,638	1,064,571
Itemization
Metals, resins, etc. (purchased materials)	1,029,636	1,137,541	1,062,943
Chemical substances (Total for substances subject to PRTR notification)	2,265	2,098	1,628

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total input raw materials	1,038,028	1,164,922	1,103,972
Itemization
Metals, resins, etc. (purchased materials)	1,035,597	1,162,660	1,102,179
Chemical substances (Total for substances subject to PRTR notification)	2,431	2,262	1,793

Waste Products and Recycling

Total emissions of waste, etc. (tons)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources
Total emissions of waste, etc.	51,450	51,140	51,708
Amount of recycled waste resources	51,033	50,600	51,298
Recycling ratio (%)	99%	99%	99%
Quantity of end-processed (direct landfill) waste	3.1	3.9	0.04
Industrial waste
Total emissions of industrial waste	3,157	2,672	2,919
Recycled resources (recycling)	2,972	2,335	2,509
Recycling ratio (%)	94%	87%	86%
Quantity of end-processed industrial waste	3.1	3.9	0.0

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources
Total emissions of waste, etc.	350,274	345,097	356,645
Amount of recycled waste resources	337,354	315,449	337,146
Recycling ratio (%)	96%	91%	95%
Quantity of end-processed (direct landfill) waste	28.8	4,790.0*	6.0
Industrial waste
Total emissions of industrial waste	124,906	109,723	129,348
Recycled resources (recycling)	124,174	102,232	109,848
Recycling ratio (%)	99%	93%	85%
Quantity of end-processed industrial waste	28.8	4,790.0*	6.0

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources
Total emissions of waste, etc.	358,560	352,384	365,694
Amount of recycled waste resources	345,095	322,495	345,726
Recycling ratio (%)	96%	92%	95%
Quantity of end-processed (direct landfill) waste	116.3	4,884.0*	72.2
Industrial waste
Total emissions of industrial waste	127,099	111,590	131,832
Recycled resources (recycling)	126,131	103,877	111,864
Recycling ratio (%)	99%	93%	85%
Quantity of end-processed industrial waste	116.3	4,884.0*	72.2

* Reflecting the tightening of standards applicable to recycling, certain waste was temporarily disposed of in landfills.

Total emissions of waste, etc., per unit sales (tons/100 million yen)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources	6.9	7.0	6.9

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources	17.7	18.0	17.1

	23 main companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Industrial waste and valuable resources	17.2	17.0	16.2

Water

Quantities of water resources used(tons)
		Non-consolidated
		FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total quantity used		3,138,630	2,638,043	2,579,013
Itemization	Public water supply	205,220	199,952	203,349
	Industrial water	1,923,943	1,837,093	1,896,354
	Underground water	1,009,467	600,998	479,310

		10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
		FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total quantity used		8,662,486	7,333,729	8,212,005
Itemization	Public water supply	898,575	809,229	849,009
	Industrial water	5,616,258	5,046,564	5,433,659
	Underground water	2,147,653	1,477,936	1,929,337

Total quantity of waste water(tons)
	Non-consolidated
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Public water area	2,896,088	2,437,231	2,372,883

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Public water area	5,686,404	4,876,718	4,638,390

Shipping

Calculations of CO2 emissions employ calculation methods prescribed in the Act on the Rational Use of Energy and related guidelines.

Quantities of CO2 accompanying Shipping
	Non-consolidatedx
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total quantity of emissions(tons-CO2)	13,900	12,600	12,771
Per sales unit (tons-CO2 / 100 million yen)	1.89	1.75	1.67

	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Total quantity of emissions(tons-CO2)	52,852	46,895	49,240
Per sales unit (tons-CO2 / 100 million yen)	2.73	2.50	2.37

Environmental Accounting

These figures are based on Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005, issued by Japan's Ministry of the Environment.

(100 million yen)
Environmental conservation costs	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Environmental conservation costs	Non-consolidated
Cost for business operation	38.7	34.6	28.0
Costs of management activities	1.9	2.6	3.7
Upstream and downstream costs	13.8	12.5	11.6
Research and development costs	51.9	56.1	46.8
Costs of community involvement	1.3	5.1	2.7
Environmental damage countermeasure costs	0.6	0.7	0.7
Total	108.2	111.6	93.5

Environmental conservation costs	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Environmental conservation costs	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
Cost for business operation	107.4	76.7	68.1
Costs of management activities	8.3	7.2	7.8
Upstream and downstream costs	25.6	19.3	27.9
Research and development costs	88.1	89.3	84.0
Costs of community involvement	2.4	5.9	3.7
Environmental damage countermeasure costs	1.5	0.7	0.7
Total	233.3	199.1	192.2

Environmental conservation costs	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Environmental conservation costs	23 main companies in Japan
Cost for business operation	114.6	82.1	74.3
Costs of management activities	9.0	8.7	9.4
Upstream and downstream costs	26.3	20.1	28.9
Research and development costs	88.1	89.4	84.1
Costs of community involvement	2.4	5.9	3.7
Environmental damage countermeasure costs	1.5	0.7	0.7
Total	241.9	206.9	201.1

(100 million yen)
Effects of environmental conservation measures	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Effects of environmental conservation measures	Non-consolidated
Energy-saving	3.0	2.1	2.9
Resource saving	2.2	2.6	1.5
Effects of reducing waste materials	0.1	0.0	0.0
Sale of valued property	35.4	13.9	11.2
Total	40.7	18.6	15.6

Effects of environmental conservation measures	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Effects of environmental conservation measures	10 main manufacturing companies in Japan
Energy-saving	7.3	9.7	8.2
Resource saving	2.2	2.5	1.5
Effects of reducing waste materials	0.6	0.6	0.4
Sale of valued property	79.7	35.1	44.1
Total	89.8	47.9	54.2

Effects of environmental conservation measures	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
Effects of environmental conservation measures	23 main companies in Japan
Energy-saving	7.5	9.9	8.4
Resource saving	2.3	2.6	1.6
Effects of reducing waste materials	0.6	0.7	0.4
Sale of valued property	81.8	36.1	45.7
Total	92.2	49.3	56.1

Scope of data calculations
Non-consolidated	Aisin Seiki only
10 main manufacturing companies in Japan	Aisin Seiki, Aisin Takaoka, Aisin Chemical, Aisin AW, Aisin Keikinzoku, Aisin Kiko, Aisin AI, Aisin Sin'ei, Aisin AW Industries, Hosei Brake Industry
23 main companies in Japan	Aisin Seiki, Aisin Takaoka, Aisin Chemical, Aisin AW, Aisin Keikinzoku, Aisin Development, Aisin Kiko, Aisin AI, Aisin Sin'ei, Aisin AW Industries, Hosei Brake Industry, Aisin Tohoku, Aisin Kyushu, Saitama Kogyo, Kotobuki Industry, Aichi Giken, Aisin Maintenance, Aisin Engineering, Sinsan, Konan Kogyo, Hekinan Unsou, Sanetsu Unyu, Yamagata Clutch