Environmental Performance Data

ITOCHU Corporation strives to achieve environmental conservation not only through business activities, but also through office activities, such as cutting back electricity consumption and the promotion of the recycling of waste, in which all its employees can easily participate. In addition, since fiscal 2012, it has expanded the scope of the collection of environmental performance data to understand the actual environmental situation and improve its environmental conservation activities in the future.

Participation in “Challenge 25 Campaign”

ITOCHU Corporation is a participant in the national “Challenge 25 Campaign^(*)” to mitigate global warming. This campaign includes such initiatives as adjusting the air conditioning temperatures during the summer and winter, turning off lights when they are not needed, and setting computers to a "hibernation" mode when away from the desk for extended periods. It also encourages the separation of trash inside the office and promotes recycling.
As a result, all employees act to protect the environment starting with the little things around them every day.

*The name was changed in January 2010 from “Team Minus 6%” to “Challenge 25 Campaign”

Environmental Performance

Scope of the Data

○:in scope of aggregation
	Electricity consumption	CO₂ emissions from business facilities	CO₂ emissions from distribution	Total waste volume	Paper consumption	Water consumption
Tokyo headquarters	○	○	○	○	○	○
Osaka headquarters	○	○	○	-	-	-
Branches in Japan	○	○	○	-	-	-
Other branches and business facilities in Japan^*1	○	○	○	-	-	-
Group companies in Japan^*2	○	○	-	○	-	○
Overseas subsidiaries^*2	○	○	-	-	-	-

*1 Aggregation since FY2010 (FY2010: 18 offices; FY2011: 16 offices; FY2012: 22 offices)
*2 Aggregation since FY2012 (FY2012: 27 group companies in Japan and 10 overseas subsidiary offices)

Electricity Consumption

The table below shows electricity consumption and CO₂ emissions from business facilities from FY 2009 and FY2012. ITOCHU installed inverters for the ventilation systems and LED desk stands, and introduced other energy-saving facilities, while all employees took the initiative of turning off lights and office equipment when not in use.

Unit:Thousand kWh
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
Tokyo headquarters	13,253	13,493	13,111	10,516
Osaka headquarters	1,399	1,858	1,750	1,119
Branches in Japan	592	4,274	4,483	3,876
Other branches and business facilities in Japan	-	4,274	4,483	3,876
Group companies in Japan	-	-	-	1,915,610
Overseas subsidiaries	-	-	-	983

・The scope of the data since FY2010 has been in compliance with the Act on the Rational Use of Energy in Japan (It covers business facilities ITOCHU Corporation owned or rented, excluding the facilities for dwellings)
・In FY2012, the scope of date collection was expanded to 27 group companies in Japan who responded to the survey among those who had obtained ISO14001 certification or those who were considered to be a specific business operator under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and to 10 overseas subsidiary offices who had obtained ISO14001 certification. The relevant figures are the total of these entities.

CO₂ Emissions from Business Facilities

Unit:t-CO₂
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
Tokyo headquarters	7,540	7,642	7,211	6,286
Osaka headquarters	497	784	647	669
Branches in Japan	287	1,792	1,647	746
Other branches and business facilities in Japan	-	1,792	1,647	746
Group companies in Japan	-	-	-	1,376,911
Overseas subsidiaries	-	-	-	2,018

・The scope of the data since FY2010 has been in compliance with the Act on the Rational Use of Energy in Japan (It covers business facilities ITOCHU Corporation owned or rented, excluding the facilities for dwellings)
・In FY2012, the scope of date collection was expanded to 27 group companies in Japan who responded to the survey among those who had obtained ISO14001 certification or those who were considered to be a specific business operator under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and to 10 overseas subsidiary offices who had obtained ISO14001 certification. The relevant figures were the total of these entities based on the CO₂ conversion factor of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

CO₂ Emissions from Distribution

The table below shows the CO₂ emissions generated by distribution from FY2009 to FY2012. We have been striving to reduce environmental load entailed by distribution by means such as improving load efficiency, requesting the use of energy-saving vehicles, and increasing the use of domestic vessels.

Unit:t-CO₂
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
Emissions from distribution	21,615	25,893	24,935	21,193

The data collected in compliance with the Act on the Rational Use of Energy in Japan which covers domestic transport where ITOCHU Corporation is the consignor.

Total Waste Volume

The table below shows the total waste volume generated in Tokyo headquarters building from FY2009 to FY2012, and in 27 group companies in Japan in FY2012. We have been promoting waste segregation.

		FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
Tokyo headquarters building	Total waste volume (Unit: t)	1,013	1,074	1,049	706
Tokyo headquarters building	Recycling rate (%) (Unit: %)	90	90	89	89
Group companies in Japan^*	Total waste volume (Unit: t)	-	-	-	389,578
Group companies in Japan^*	Recycling rate (%) (Unit: %)	-	-	-	91

* In FY2012, the scope of date collection was expanded to 27 group companies in Japan who responded to the survey among those who had obtained ISO14001 certification or those who were considered to be a specific business operator under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy. The relevant figures are the total of these entities.

Paper Consumption

The table below shows the paper consumption in Tokyo headquarters building from FY2009 to FY2012. We have been promoting the reduction of paper consumption by means such as encouraging paperless activities and stopping the unnecessary use of paper.

Unit: Thousand sheets (A4 equivalent)
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
Copy paper consumption	41,389	38,175	36,558	37,472

Water Consumption

Unit:m³
	FY2009	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
City water usage by the Tokyo headquarters	52,567	46,532	41,860	64,666
Gray water production by the Tokyo headquarters	37,330	33,553	31,577	37,000
City water usage by group companies in Japan^*1	-	-	-	6,280,685
Gray water production by group companies in Japan^*1	-	-	-	464,670

*1 The data has been collected since FY2012. (In FY2012, 27 group companies in Japan were subject to the survey.)

Environmental conservation at the Tokyo Headquarters Building

Solar power generation

We installed solar panels on the roofs of our TOKYO headquarters and the adjacent CI Plaza. It has started to generate electricity since March 2010. The capacity of generation for solar panels is total 100kw which is equivalent to prevailing 30 detached houses (approximately 3.0kw per detached house). We make use of all clean energy generated solar power in our TOKYO headquarters and it regards as electric energy (Maximum power generation at moment) covered 3.5 floors lighting.

Effective Use of Water Resources

Since the treatment facilities for recovered water (gray water, rainwater and spring water) were installed when the Tokyo Headquarters was built in 1980, recovered water have been effectively utilized to flush the toilets.
The change on amount of securing gray water may be caused by the rainfall every year so that city water usage tends to increase when the rainfall is a little.
Therefore, we take care of saving water to install the devise for economize hand washing water and flushing in toilets.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Program to prevent Global Warming

ITOCHU Corporation submitted the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan for FY2006 to 2010 to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in accordance with their Ordinance on Environmental conservation. In the plan, we committed to reduce CO₂ emissions in the Tokyo Headquarters by 4.1%, compared to the benchmark (the average of annual CO₂ emissions from FY2003 to 2005), during the period between FY2006 and FY2010 ITOCHU emitted 7,549 tons of CO₂ in FY2010 with the reduction rate 18%, compared to the amount of the benchmark. (Data for FY2011 will be reported to Tokyo Metropolitan Government in November 2012 after they are complied.)

Those below submitted to Tokyo Metropolitan Government are available in Japanese.

* The plan submitted to Tokyo Metropolitan Government for greenhouse gas emission reduction includes not only the Tokyo Headquarters, but also the adjacent commercial facility, “CI PLAZA”.

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