[Priority issue 1]Promote Global Warming Countermeasures ： Outline of Activities in FY2015「Global Warming Countermeasures」

In FY2015, despite our Group’s production output exceeding that of the base year, FY2005, the Group’s overall CO₂ emissions were reduced by 553 thousand tons (11%) from the base year level, and the medium-term target for FY2016 (a reduction of 10%) was achieved one year earlier. We have maintained a downward transition since FY2011 with a reduction of 5% compared to FY2014. In FY2015, we reduced CO₂ in all lifecycle stages including a reduction of 8% compared to FY2014 for procurement in particular. This was due to the contribution of reductions in procured amounts of raw materials (continuous recycling activities of aluminum from used PS plates and promotion of reduction of loss in manufactuing). CO₂ emissions in the manufacturing stage were reduced by 2% compared to FY2014 and by 16% compared to the base year (FY2005). Under conditions where the CO₂ emissions coefficients of the electric power utilities in Japan increased by 30%, this was achieved by further efforts to improve the energy usage efficiency at our facilities, through promotion of energy-saving measures across the group companies, enhanced utilization of inhouse co-generation systems in Japan, and utilization of renewable energy in overseas sites. In addition, we also made steady improvements from the perspective of environmental efficiency in terms of product value (revenue)/environmental impact, with an improvement of 5% compared to FY2014.

The Fujifilm Group founded the Global Warming Prevention Committee in FY2007 to promote significant improvements in production energy intensity and CO₂ emissions per unit production at six major factories in Japan, as well as the Energy Cost Reduction Project, across the company including overseas companies and factories since FY2010, both of which achieved their targets in FY2012. In FY2013 these energy management schemes were renewed and restarted as the Energy Strategy Promotion Committee, giving them control over energy procurement and supply. In FY2015, we reduced energy use by 3% compared to FY2014. In addition, in part due to the drop in energy unit prices (electricity and fuel), we achieved a significant (18%) reduction in energy costs.

As specific activities for FY2015, we devised energy minimum production plans in collaboration between the operations division and the power division, as well as groupwide activities such as energy-reducing seminars and mutual-inspections and energy-reduction diagnosis, etc. Furthermore, we also embarked on new measures such as the introduction of electricity from new power companies looking toward the separation of generation and transmission of electricity (implemented in April 2016), etc. Moreover, the inhouse co-generation system* that was launched in FY2014 to supply the power generated in the Fujifilm Fujinomiya Factory to sites among our group companies, was additionally expanded to 18 sites in FY2015, simultaneously contributing to alleviating peak demand to the power grid and to reducing energy costs.

* In-house co-generation system: Enforced in Japan following the revision of the Electricity Business Act, in April 2014.