Sustainability
Environmental Accounting

Fuji Electric introduced environmental accounting in fiscal 2000 as a key means of assessing environmental management performance. Using the 2005 guidelines released by Japan's Ministry of the Environment, we established in-house calculation methods for environmental preservation costs and benefits. Each year, we ascertain and analyze these costs and benefits and disclose this information to the public.

Stance toward Environmental Accounting Calculations

We calculate “direct benefits,” such as revenue from sales of valuable items and energy conservation, as well as “estimated benefits,” which is a conversion to monetary value of the energy-savings benefit from the use by customers of existing environmentally friendly products (such as vending machines and some inverters) and energy-creating products (such as solar cells and geothermal systems).

Fiscal 2023 Achievements

Environmental conservation costs in fiscal 2023 totaled ¥22,413 million, with investment of ¥1,916 million and expenses of ¥20,497 million.
The environmental conservation benefit amounted to ¥131,873 million, including revenue from sales of items with value of ¥716 million, savings from energy conservation of ¥540 million, and estimated benefits of ¥130,617 million.
Environmental investment included in environmental conservation costs came to ¥1,658 million in fiscal 2023.
Investments were primarily aimed at energy conversation activities that made direct contributions to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and included the following:

（1）Replacement of air conditioners with more efficient models

（2）Introduce solar power generation at our operating bases

（3）Installation of LED lighting

The economic benefit of these environmental preservation measures equated to savings of ¥540 million achieved through the aforementioned energy conservation activities in Fuji Electric factories. In addition, we estimate that the economic benefit from reductions in the electricity bills of customers through the use of our products was ¥130,617 million as a result of increased sales of inverters, power conditioning systems for mega solar power generation systems, solar power generation systems, and electronic devices.

Environmental Conservation Costs and Benefits (Fiscal 2023)

Period covered: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
Scope: 12 business sites + 22 consolidated subsidiaries (nine subsidiaries in Japan and 13 overseas subsidiaries)

Environmental Conservation Costs (Fiscal 2023)

(Millions of yen)

Categories corresponding to business operations Main Content Total
(Compared to the previous term)		 Breakdown
Amount invested Expenses
1 Costs within the business sites 3,334(+850) 1,658 1,676
Pollution prevention costs Cost of improving and maintaining atmospheric and wastewater emission treatment facilities and sound dampening equipment 1,121(+286) 531 590
Global environmental conservation costs Installation and maintenance of energy efficient equipment 1,417(+314) 1,108 309
Materials recycling costs Waste reduction, maintenance and management costs 796(+250) 19 777
2 Upstream/downstream costs Cost of processing discarded products 0(0) 0 0
3 Management costs Costs of environmental education for employees, environmental management systems operation, monitoring and measurement of environmental impact, environmental conservation measures 303(-1) 1 302
4 R&D costs R&D costs for environmental conservation, such as energy conservation 18,724(-879) 257 18,467
5 Social activity costs Greenery preservation, greening costs, and the cost of supporting environmental activities 33(+5) 0 33
6 Environmental damage costs Cost of excavation and processing of contaminated ground, charges for the impact of pollution 19(-1) 0 19
Total
 22,413(-26) 1,916 20,497
Economic Benefit of Environmental Conservation Measures (Fiscal 2023)

(Millions of yen)

Categories Main details Total
(Compared to the previous term)
Revenue Amount received from sale of valuable items for recycling 716(+175)
Savings Reduction of expenses through energy conservation, reduction of landfill waste, reduction of water bill through water conservation 540(+28)
Estimated benefit Energy reduction through the use of environmentally friendly products by customers 130,617(+42,309)
Total 131,873(+42,512)

Note1

The “The “estimated benefit” is calculated as the economic benefit of energy savings when products with improved energy efficiency are used by customers, and is converted using the following formula:
Benefit (¥) = Σ〔(annual amount of electrical power consumed by former equipment - annual amount of electrical power consumed by new equipment)× Volume shipped annually in Japan × Electrical power standard cost〕(electrical power standard cost: ¥10/kWh)

Note2

The “estimated benefit" includes environmentally friendly products (such as vending machines, inverters), and energy creation products (such as solar cells, geothermal power generators ).

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