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Sojitz promotes energy conservation, resource efficiency, waste reduction, recycling and green procurement. Specific activities to conserve energy include early introduction of the "Cool Biz" program, a "Warm Biz" program, reducing air conditioner use outside regular working hours, removing some lights, turning off unnecessary lights during lunch break and at the end of the day, encouraging power saving with in-house announcements, participating in the Lights-Down campaign, shortening the amount of time before copiers and other office equipment switch to power-saving mode, and encouraging employees to use the stairs.

Office Environmental Load

CO2 Emissions

Scope of data:

Tokyo head office and Osaka office of Sojitz Corporation Branches (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Nagoya) were added starting in FY2008.

Note 1:	Figures are based on yearly coefficients for CO2 emissions from electric power presented by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan.
Note 2:	Total emissions for the year ended March 31, 2011, including the emissions of the entire Osaka office building (owned by Sojitz Corporation), were 1,694 t-CO2. for the year ended March 31, 2011 and 1,856 t-CO2 for the year ended March 31, 2012.

Total office floor area (thousand m² )

FY2007	FY2008	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
27.66	27.30	26.65	29.82	28.91

 

CO2 emissions per m² (t)

FY2007	FY2008	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
48.3	47.5	42.9	38.2	36.2

 

Wested Discharge and Recycling Rate

Scope of data:

Tokyo head office and Osaka office of Sojitz Corporation

 

(Reference) CO2 emissions from distribution (t-CO2)

FY2009	FY2010	FY2011
10,000	10,400	9,510

* As per the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, CO2 emissions from distribution in Japan for which Sojitz is considered to be the cargo owner

 

 

 

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