Environmental Impact generated by Our Business Activities

Illustrated here is a comprehensive image of the environmental impact generated by the domestic DIC Group`s business activities in FY 2011. As input, 2 items are indicated: energy consumption and total water consumption. As output, 6 items are indicated: emissions of 567（+1 substance group） chemicals released into the environment, including PRTR*1 chemicals, CO₂ emissions, NOx emissions, SOx emissions, COD emissions through waste water, and industrial waste disposed of as landfill.

About DIC Group （overseas）, the data for 2011 （including energy consumption as input and CO₂ emissions and industrial waste disposed of as landfill as output）, is shown.

• *1567 substances （and 1 substance group）: Targeted for check by the DIC Group are 462 PRTR class 1 designated chemical substances + 105 substances targeted for study by the Japan Chemical Industry Association （excluding class 1 designated chemical substances） and 1 substance group （chain hydrocarbons with 4 to 8 carbons）
• *2The PRTR （Pollutant Release and Transfer Register） is a scheme for assessing, aggregating and disseminating data on the sources of hazardous chemicals, amounts released into the environment and amounts transferred off-site from industrial establishments via waste products

• * Overseas data includes that from January 2011 to December 2011