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Murata strives to quantitatively ascertain the environmental impact associated with its business activities and analyzes that information to reduce the environmental impact.
Although the electronic components we manufacture are small, the amount of resources such as energy and water used in their production is not.
We have established goals related to the reduction of environmental impact for fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021 from a lifecycle perspective and are taking action to achieve those goals.
“Total substance input” and “Chemical substance atmospheric emissions” represent totals for manufacturing plants and subsidiaries in Japan. Other figures represent totals for manufacturing plants and subsidiaries in Japan and other locations.
Expenses for environmental activities in fiscal 2020 totaled approximately 7 billion yen. The figure for capital investment was approximately 2 billion yen.
As production increased, there was a commensurate increase in day-to-day management costs related to resource recycling measures. In addition, as a capital investment, we proactively introduced equipment to assist in the prevention of pollution.