Material Balance and Environmental Accounting

Material Balance

The Kyowa Kirin Group strives to reduce its environmental impact. The following shows an overview of the Group’s environmental impact in fiscal 2023 imposed by its plants and research laboratories.

  • *
    Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the breakdown.

Environmental Accounting

The Kyowa Kirin Group identifies how much investment was made in environmental protection and the economic effects in quantitative terms. In 2023, total investment and total costs amounted to ¥638 million and ¥1,154 million, respectively. In response to the reorganization of production and research laboratories and the need to improve productivity, new buildings are being constructed with energy-efficient equipment and other environmentally friendly features. The economic effect generated by recycling waste (as valuable resources) and saving energy amounted to approximately ¥18 million.

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Environmental conservation cost*1,2
Cost classification FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Investment Expense Investment Expense Investment Expense
(1) Business area cost 1,269 725 1,043 561 638 1,039
Details (1)-1 Pollution prevention cost 847 411 712 236 263 616
(1)-2 Global environment conservation cost 396 113 329 51 149 182
(1)-3 Resource circulation cost 26 201 2 274 226 241
(2) Upstream/downstream cost 0 0 0 1 0 1
(3) Administration cost 9 194 19 144 0 110
(4) R&D cost 0 0 0 0 0 0
(5) Social activity cost 0 1 0 2 0 4
(6) Environmental remediation cost 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1,278 921 1,063 709 638 1,154

(Millions of yen)

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Economic benefit*1,2
Item Activities FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Total investment Expansion and rationalization of production and research facilities 8,435 18,003 13,705
Total R&D cost R&D for new products and technologies 55,543 55,596 62,137
Sales of valuables in connection with (1)-3 and (2) Used paper and scrap metal, and waste plastic 6 3 5
Resource-saving effects in connection with (1)-2 and (1)-3 Energy and resource conservation and waste reduction 16 38 12

(Millions of yen)

  • *1:
    Calculated based on "Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 (Ministry of the Environment)".
  • *2:
    Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the breakdown.