Environmental Performance Data
Reporting period: FY2022 (2022.1.1～2022.12.31)
Guidelines: Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Reporting Guidelines FY2018"/ ISO 26000
Reportable organizations:
| Furniture business field | PLUS Corp. Furniture company Maebashi Plant |
|---|---|
| Stationery business field | PLUS Corp. Stationery company Yorii Plant |
| PLUS Corp. Stationery company Tokorozawa Plant | |
| PLUS Corp. Stationery company Osaka Plant | |
| Nippon Notebook Corp. Okayama 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 PLUS Corporation's furniture and stationery business fields has been third-party verified by Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd. for the reliability of information disclosure.
Independent third-party assurance report
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GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) for Furniture business field + Stationery business field
| Scope1 | 4,464 t-CO2 |
| Scope2 | 23,407 t-CO2 |
| Scope3 | 136,105 t-CO2 |
| Forest absorption | -37 t-CO2 |
| Total | 163,939 t-CO2 |
Furniture business field
Material Balance
The energy and resource input of business activities in the furniture field and the output of substances that create environmental burden is shown below.
Scope3 Emissions
| Category | Contents | CO2emissions intensity （t-CO2） |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purchased goods and services | 31,182 |
| 2 | Capital goods | 675 |
| 3 | Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in SCOPE 1 and 2 | 1,401 |
| 4 | Upstream transportation and distribution | included in Scope1 |
| 5 | Waste generated in operations | 221 |
| 6 | Business travel | 15 |
| 7 | Employee commuting | 128 |
| 8 | Upstream leased assets | Excluded from calculation |
| 9 | Downstream transportation and distribution | Excluded from calculation |
| 10 | Processing of sold products | Excluded from calculation |
| 11 | Use of sold products | Excluded from calculation |
| 12 | End-of-life treatment of sold products | 6,102 |
| 13 | Downstream leased assets | Excluded from calculation |
| 14 | Franchises | Excluded from calculation |
| 15 | Investments | Excluded from calculation |
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)※ |
0.86 |
|---|---|
| Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) |
7.94 |
| Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) |
0.12 |
- Targeting Scope 1 and 2
Waste product breakdown
| Item | Waste emissions(t)※1 | Recycling rate※2 |
|---|---|---|
| Metal | 11 | 100% |
| Plastic | 139 | |
| Paper | 0.4 | |
| Others | 872 |
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※1
exclude household waste
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include valuable waste
Recycled content ratio
| Item | Total materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled content ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic | 57 | 23 | 41.0% |
- 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 Corp. Furniture company Maebashi Plant | 36.9 |
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) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| Maebashi Plant | zinc compounds(water-soluble) | 2,192.00 | 0.00 | 2.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.30 | 1,692.00 | 497.70 |
| ethylbenzene | 2,971.00 | 1,949.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 951.00 | 2,900.00 | 71.00 | 0.00 | |
| xylene | 3,011.00 | 1,977.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 951.00 | 2,928.00 | 83.00 | 0.00 | |
| dichloromethane; methylene dichloride | 141.00 | 140.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 141.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene | 496.00 | 341.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 381.00 | 115.00 | 0.00 | |
| 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene | 68.00 | 48.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | |
| toluene | 582.00 | 413.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 169.00 | 582.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| naphthalene | 267.00 | 187.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 187.00 | 80.00 | 0.00 | |
| nickel compounds | 246.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 190.38 | 190.63 | 0.00 | 55.97 | |
| bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 1.30 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| n-hexane | 907.00 | 907.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 907.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
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poly(oxyethylene)alkyl ether (alkyl C=12-15) |
721.44 | 0.00 | 21.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 245.29 | 266.93 | 454.51 | 0.00 | |
| formaldehyde | 68.96 | 48.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.27 | 20.69 | 0.00 | |
| methylnaphthalene | 4,482.14 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 4,480.64 | 0.00 | |
- 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.
Stationary business field
Material Balance
The energy and resource input of business activities in the stationery field and the output of substances that create environmental burden is shown below.
Scope3 Emissions
| Category | Contents | CO2emissions intensity （t-CO2） |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purchased goods and services | 79,439 |
| 2 | Capital goods | 2,749 |
| 3 | Fuel- and energy-related activities not included in SCOPE 1 and 2 | 1,841 |
| 4 | Upstream transportation and distribution | 438 |
| 5 | Waste generated in operations | 481 |
| 6 | Business travel | 215 |
| 7 | Employee commuting | 1,305 |
| 8 | Upstream leased assets | Excluded from calculation |
| 9 | Downstream transportation and distribution | Excluded from calculation |
| 10 | Processing of sold products | Excluded from calculation |
| 11 | Use of sold products | 44 |
| 12 | End-of-life treatment of sold products | 5,033 |
| 13 | Downstream leased assets | Excluded from calculation |
| 14 | Franchises | Excluded from calculation |
| 15 | Investments | 4,837 |
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)※ |
0.81 |
|---|---|
| Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) |
3.36 |
| Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) |
0.04 |
- Targeting Scope 1 and 2
Waste product breakdown
| Item | Waste emissions(t)※1 | Recycling rate※2 |
|---|---|---|
| Metal | 1.4 | 90.7% |
| Plastic | 15 | |
| Paper | 746 | |
| Others | 280 |
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※1
exclude household waste
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include valuable waste
Recycled content ratio
| Item | Total materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled materials purchased(t)※ | Recycled content ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic | 12,473 | 2,260 | 18.1% |
| Paper | 9,985 | 6,496 | 65.1% |
- 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 VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 1.846 |
| PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. | 0.025 |
| SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. | 1.968 |
| Yorii Plant | 0.000 |
| Tokorozawa Plant | 0.210 |
| Osaka Plant | 0.219 |
| Okayama Plant | 0.040 |
| Total | 4.3 |
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) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. |
ethylenediamine | 41.58 | 12.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.59 | 0.00 | 28.99 |
| poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether | 18.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.90 | |
| SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. | hexamethylene diacrylate | 4.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.80 |
| methylenebis(4,1-phenylene) diisocyanate | 1279.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1279.20 | |
| Tokorozawa Plant | hexamethylene diacrylate | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Yes※1 (not individually countable) |
0.00 | 0.00 | less than 6.50 |
| poly(oxyethylene)octylphenyl ether | 44.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Yes※1 (not individually countable) |
0.00 | 0.00 | less than 44.27 | |
| 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate | 15.12 | 15.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Osaka Plant | poly(oxyethylene)octylphenyl ether | 15.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Yes※1 (not individually countable) |
0.00 | 0.00 | less than 15.66 |
| 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate | 12.60 | 12.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Okayama Plant |
n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and its salts(alkyl C=10-14) |
1.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.60 |
| 2-(diethylamino)ethanol | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
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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.