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 2024 imposed by its plants and research laboratories.

  • *
    Consolidated (global)

Environmental Accounting

The Kyowa Kirin Group identifies how much investment was made in environmental protection and the economic effects in quantitative terms. In 2024, total investment and total costs amounted to ¥416 million and ¥1,643 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, sola power generation system and other environmentally friendly features. The economic effect generated by recycling waste (as valuable resources) and saving energy amounted to approximately ¥13.5 million.

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Environmental conservation cost*1,2
Cost classification FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Investment Expense Investment Expense Investment Expense
(1) Business area cost 1,043 561 638 1,039 416 1,404
Details (1)-1 Pollution prevention cost 712 236 263 616 195 782
(1)-2 Global environment conservation cost 329 51 149 182 221 207
(1)-3 Resource circulation cost 2 274 226 241 0 415
(2) Upstream/downstream cost 0 1 0 1 0 0
(3) Administration cost 19 144 0 110 0 235
(4) R&D cost 0 0 0 0 0 0
(5) Social activity cost 0 2 0 4 0 4
(6) Environmental remediation cost 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1,063 709 638 1,154 416 1,643

(Millions of yen)

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Economic benefit*1,2
Item Activities FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Total investment Expansion and rationalization of production and research facilities 18,003 13,705 22,222
Total R&D cost R&D for new products and technologies 55,596 62,137 73,675
Sales of valuables in connection with (1)-3 and (2) Used paper and scrap metal, and waste plastic 3 5 4
Resource-saving effects in connection with (1)-2 and (1)-3 Energy and resource conservation and waste reduction 38 12 10

(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.