Environmental Data

Environmental Accounting in Fiscal 2015

Konica Minolta has implemented global-scale, consolidated environmental accounting in order to quantitatively assess the costs of environmental preservation in business operations and the benefits obtained from those activities.
Expenses in fiscal 2015 were approximately 14.1 billion yen, about the same as in fiscal 2014. Expenses were primarily incurred for the development of environmentally friendly products in the areas of business technologies and functional products. Investments were about 1.0 billion yen and consisted primarily of investments related to next-generation products in functional materials and regular facility updates.

(Million yen)

Results for Fiscal 2015

Types of Environmental Conservation Activities		Major Initiatives	Fiscal 2015 Results
			Investment	Expenditures	Economic Benefits
1. Business area cost			622	3,367	20,093
	1) Pollution prevention cost	Implemented wastewater treatment facilities maintenance, reduced atmospheric emission of VOCs, and carried out chemicals management	73	1,328	0
	2) Preventing global warming cost	Promoted energy conservation	365	720	2,420
	3) Resource circulation cost	Recovered solvents	185	1,319	17,672
2. Upstream / downstream costs		Collected and recycled products	0	2,002	3,044
3. Administration cost		Implemented environmental management systems	3	1,295	0
4. R&D cost		Developed energy-saving products and products containing no hazardous substances	334	7,266	0
5. Social activity cost		Implemented environmental conservation activities	0	101	0
6. Environmental remediation cost		Restored contaminated soil	13	70	0
7. Other costs			0	45	0
Total			973	14,146	23,136

Fiscal 2015 Results: Environmental Conservation Benefits

Stage	Type of benefit	Benefits
Production	Water use reduced *1	925,014 t
	Electricity reduced *1	9123,050 MWh
	Natural gas reduced *1	911,335 thousand m3
	Heavy oil reduced *1	998 kl
	Emissions of target chemical substances reduced *1	912 t
	Resource input reduced *1	9133,160 t
	External recycling and reuse of waste *2	913,532 t
Sales	Packaging reduced *1	9247 t
	Recycling and reuse of materials from used products *2	916,102 t
Usage	CO2 emissions reduced *3	96,607 t

*1

Calculated by subtracting the actual consumption amount from the consumption amount estimated for cases in which the environmental conservation activity was not implemented.

*2

The environmental conservation benefits are calculated as the volume recycled and reused.

*3

CO₂ emissions are calculated for major new products that were shipped in fiscal 2015 by subtracting the estimated CO₂ emissions associated with the new products in use from the estimated CO₂ emissions associated with the conventional products in use.

Fiscal 2015 Results: Impact of End User Usage

Stage	Type of benefit	Benefits
Usage	Electricity consumption reduced *4	15,619 MWh
	Electricity bills reduced *5	225 million yen

*4

Electricity consumption reduced is calculated for major new products that were shipped in fiscal 2015 by subtracting the estimated energy consumption of the new products in use from the estimated energy consumption of the conventional products in use.

*5

Calculated by multiplying the average electrical power unit price over the Group's production sites in Japan by the amount of electricity consumption reduced.

Boundary for Fiscal 2015 Results

Konica Minolta, Inc.

16 Japanese affiliates

• Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Information System Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Supplies Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Supplies Manufacturing Kansai Co., Ltd.
• Toyohashi Precision Products Co., Ltd. *
• Konica Minolta Electronics Co., Ltd. *
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. *
• Konica Minolta Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Opto Products Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Opto Device Co., Ltd.,
• Konica Minolta Technoproducts Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Healthcare Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Technosearch Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Business Associates Co., Ltd.
• Kinko's Japan Co., Ltd.

22 affiliates outside Japan

• Konica Minolta Business Technologies (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Business Technologies (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions (China) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Supplies Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Deutschland GmbH
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Supplies Manufacturing France S.A.S.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions France S.A.S.
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia Pty. Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Business Technologies (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
• Konica Minolta Opto (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Optical Products (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Opto (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc.
• Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V.
• Konica Minolta Sensing Singapore, Pte. Ltd.
• Instrument Systems GmbH
• Konica Minolta Medical Imaging U.S.A., Inc.
• Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Imaging Europe B.V.
• Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.