Actively promote information disclosure on environmental impact by business activities. All offices work together to reduce environmental burdens.

Environmental Audits

The Alpine Iwaki headquarters and subsidiary Alpine Manufacturing have adopted environmental accounting for use in environmental management, seeking to balance corporate management and environmental conservation.

Environmental Protection Cost

Classification		Description of main items	Investment	Expenditure	Related page
Cost within business area	Pollution control	Cost for preventing pollution	1,432	8,867	>>>
	Global environmental protection	Cost for protecting the global environment	28,345	22,518	>>>
	Resource recycling	Cost for waste reducing, processing and recycling	0	23,889	>>>
Upstream / downstream cost		Recycling, collection, reuse in products, and appropriate processing of products and the like	0	109	>>>
Management activity cost		Cost required for ISO14001 certificate acquisition, maintenance, education and awareness-raising	0	47,192	>>>
R&D cost		Research and development cost for products and the like that contribute to environmental protection	0	54,725	>>>
Social activity cost		Conservation of nature, greening, beautification and improvement of the environment (landscapes), as well as disclosure of such information	0	5,531	>>>
Environmental damage cost		Cost for restoring soil contamination and destruction of nature	0	0	－
Total			29,777	162,841

Result of environmental protection effort		Related page
Amount of energy consumption/greenhouse gas (GHG/CO2) restraint	-732t	>>>
Fukushima protocol: Received grand prize in the Manufacturing category for two consective years.	-	>>>
Continued ISO14001 certification	-	－
Annual internal eco-audit	-	－
Installation of above-ceiling heat shields (special heat shields installed in the ceilings to prevent above-ceiling radiant heat from having an effect on floors)	-	>>>
Use of waste heat (the warm current of air produced by the environmental lab is used to warm the lobby)	-	>>>
Contribution to the local community, including participation in environmental NPO events	-	>>>
Energy conservation efforts (Cool Biz, Lights Off Campaign, etc.)	-3.1t per year	>>>
Implementation of cleanup activities at the Shin River (regional contribution)	-	>>>
Promotion of measures to reduce effects on the environment (reductions in size, weight, power consumption, number of parts, etc.)	-3% to -10%	>>>

Economic effect resulting from environmental protection measures		Related page
Revenues from sales of valuable resources resulting from recycling promotion	4,008	>>>
Reduction of electricity and oil consumption through eco-activities and natural energy substitution	6,188	>>>
Total	10,196

* Monetary amounts of only substantial effects are tabulated in Alpine's environmental accounting.

Environmental Performance

FY2017 Environmental Activity Result