Environmental Performance Data
Reporting period: FY2023 (2023.1.1～2023.12.31)
Guidelines: Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Reporting Guidelines FY2018"/ ISO 26000
Reportable organizations:
| PLUS CORPORATION | Including Maebashi Plant, Yorii Plant, Tokorozawa Plant, and Osaka Plant |
|---|---|
| Some of the plants of consolidated subsidiaries | Nippon Notebook Corporation Nippon Notebook Corp. Okayama Plant |
| Nippon Notebook Corporation Nippon Notebook Corp. Vietnam Plant | |
| PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Dong Nai Province, Vietnam) | |
| PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai City, China) | |
| Shantou PLUS Instruments Co., Ltd. (Shantou City, China) |
Independent third-party assurance report
Environmental Performance Data for reportable organizations has been verified by a third party (Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd.) for the reliability of information disclosure.
Independent third-party assurance report
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Emissions of The PLUS Group※
- The PLUS Group indicates the target organizations of the above report.
Breakdown of GHG emissions by category in FY2023
| Scope | Category | Scope/Category name | Emissions intensity (t-CO2) |
Ratio by Scope (%) |
Scope 3 ratio (%) |
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| 1 | - | Direct emissions | 3,347 | 0.8 | - |
| 2 | - | Indirect emissions from energy sources※ | 17,448 | 4.2 | - |
| 3 | 1 | Purchased goods and services | 309,058 | 95.0 | 77.7 |
| 2 | Capital goods | 744 | 0.2 | ||
| 3 | Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in Scope 1 and 2 | 2,783 | 0.7 | ||
| 4 | Upstream transportation and distribution | 16,894 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | Waste generated in operations | 570 | 0.1 | ||
| 6 | Business travel | 824 | 0.2 | ||
| 7 | Employee commuting | 1,551 | 0.4 | ||
| 8 | Upstream leased assets | - | - | ||
| 9 | Downstream transportation and distribution | - | - | ||
| 10 | Processing of sold products | - | - | ||
| 11 | Use of sold products | 16,752 | 4.2 | ||
| 12 | End-of-life treatment of sold products | 48,783 | 12.3 | ||
| 13 | Downstream leased assets | - | - | ||
| 14 | Franchises | - | - | ||
| 15 | Investments | - | - | ||
| Scope 1 and 2 total | 20,795 | 5.0 | |||
| Scope 3 total | 397,959 | 95.0 | |||
| Total | 418,754 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
- Indicates market-based emissions (numerical values obtained by applying the emission factor to each contracted electric power company and contract type).
By organization
| Companies | Emissions intensity (t-CO2) |
Ratio(％) |
| PLUS CORPORATION | 343,247 | 82.0 |
| PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 45,645 | 10.9 |
| Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd | 2,990 | 0.7 |
| Nippon Notebook Corp. Okayama Plant | 12,955 | 3.1 |
| SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD | 7,772 | 1.9 |
| PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. | 6,146 | 1.5 |
| Total | 418,754 |
Changes in scope of calculation and trends in GHG emissions
- In fiscal year 2019, we started calculating Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions in our stationery business field (three plants of PLUS CORPORATION, and five plants of overseas consolidated companies).
- In fiscal year 2020, we expanded our calculation scope to add Scope 3 calculation and include our furniture business field (Maebashi Plant).
- In fiscal year 2023, the current reportable organizations expanded to include PLUS CORPORATION offices and JOINTEX business fields in the calculation scope.
- The scope of calculation of the stationery business field and furniture business field
Until FY2022: stationery business field (plants only) and furniture business field (plants only)
In FY2023: Only PLUS CORPORATION in both stationery business field and furniture business field
Some the plants of consolidated companies have been newly added to the scope of calculation
Environmental performance data (*plant)
Furniture business field material balance
Environmental impact intensity
This index indicates the scale of each environmental burden versus sales volume. Environmental burden generated by production is targeted.
| GHG emissions intensity (t-CO2/million yen)※ |
0.69 |
|---|---|
| Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) |
6.82 |
| Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) |
0.11 |
- Targeting Scope 1 and 2
Stationery business field material balance
Environmental impact intensity
| GHG emissions intensity (t-CO2/million yen)※ |
0.72 |
|---|---|
| Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) |
3.53 |
| Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) |
0.04 |
- Targeting Scope 1 and 2
Waste product breakdown
| Item | Furniture business field | Stationary business field | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste emissions(t)※1 | Recycling rate(%)※2 | Waste emissions(t)※1 | Recycling rate(%)※2 | |
| Metal | 0.0 | 100 | 0.6 | 88 |
| Plastic | 141.0 | 8.4 | ||
| Paper | 2.3 | 469.3 | ||
| Others | 787.0 | 349.2 | ||
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exclude household waste
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include valuable waste
Recycled content ratio
| Item | Furniture business field | Stationary business field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled materials purchased(t) | Recycled content ratio(％) | Total materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled materials purchased(t) | Recycled content ratio(％) | |
| Plastic | 54.9 | 24.4 | 44.4 | 10,715.6 | 3,659.0 | 34.1 |
| Paper | - | - | - | 7,384.4 | 4,535.3 | 61.4 |
- The purchase volumes are the masses converted assuming a 100% recycling rate for plastics and 100% compounding ratio for wastepaper pulp.(excl. plastic parts and packaging finished on the purchase)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions
| Plant | Waste emissions(t) |
|---|---|
| PLUS CORPORATION Maebashi Plant | 36.873 |
| PLUS CORPORATION Yorii Plant | 0.000 |
| PLUS CORPORATION Tokorozawa Plant | 0.184 |
| PLUS CORPORATION Osaka Plant | 0.213 |
| PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD | 3.285 |
| PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. | 0.015 |
| SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. | 1.856 |
| Nippon Notebook Corp. Okayama Plant | 0.040 |
| Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd | 0.000 |
| Total | 42.466 |
Chemical substances consumption
| Plant | Substance name used | Volume handled (kg) | Release and Transfer (kg) | Amount removed by plant treatment equipment (kg) | Amount of consumption (kg) | ||||||
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| Emissions to the atmosphere | Discharge into public waters | Emissions to soil at relevant business sites (plants) | Amount of landfill disposal at relevant business sites (plants) | Amount transferred to sewer | Amount transferred outside of relevant business sites (plants) | Subtotal | |||||
| PLUS CORPORATION Maebashi Plant | zinc compounds(water-soluble) | 1,984.00 | 0.00 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.20 | 1,532.00 | 449.80 |
| ethylbenzene | 1,965.00 | 1,296.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 585.00 | 1,881.00 | - | 84.00 | |
| xylene | 2,009.00 | 1,327.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 585.00 | 1,912.00 | - | 97.00 | |
| dichloromethane; methylene dichloride | 141.00 | 140.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 141.00 | - | 0.00 | |
| trimethylbenzene | 670.00 | 466.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | 490.00 | - | 180.00 | |
| toluene | 478.00 | 340.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 138.00 | 478.00 | - | 0.00 | |
| naphthalene | 276.00 | 193.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 193.00 | - | 83.00 | |
| nickel compounds | 223.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 172.00 | 172.00 | - | 51.00 | |
| bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 1.00 | |
| n-hexane | 798.00 | 798.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 798.00 | - | 0.00 | |
| poly(oxyethylene)alkyl ether (alkyl C=12-15) | 664.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 226.00 | 246.00 | - | 418.00 | |
| formaldehyde | 69.00 | 48.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.00 | - | 21.00 | |
| methylnaphthalene | 276.00 | 193.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 193.00 | - | 83.00 | |
| PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | ethylenediamine | 38.52 | 16.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.37 | 0.00 | 22.15 |
| poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether | 17.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.51 | |
| SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. | Methylenebis (4,1-phenylene) diisocyanate | 959.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 959.00 |
| PLUS CORPORATION Tokorozawa Plant | poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether | 38.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Yes※1 (not individually countable) |
0.00 | 0.00 | less than 38.73 |
| PLUS CORPORATION Osaka Plant | poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether | 13.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Yes※1 (not individually countable) |
0.00 | 0.00 | less than 13.29 |
| Nippon Notebook Corp. Okayama Plant | n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and its salts (alkyl C=10-14) | 2.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.40 |
| poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether | 1.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.20 | |
| Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd | Vinyl acetate | 39,978.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39,978.00 |
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PLUS group companies strive to decrease the amount of emissions into the environment and check substances designated under the PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Law with annual emission or transfer of more than 1kg.
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Referred to “Manual for PRTR Release Estimation Methods Version 5.0” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment for calculation.
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The amount of consumption shows the amount of the substances that are changed to another substance due to reaction, or removed from the plant in, or attached to, products.
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Individual aggregation load: Aggregation of individual substance is not possible because it is changed to another substance due to reaction or mixed with another substance.