Environment

Material Flow

Material Flow

Environmental Data of the Furukawa Electric Group in FY2023

We tallied data for Furukawa Electric, domestic group companies, and overseas group companies - a total of 91 companies.

Please see below for a list of all applicable companies.

INPUT

Category Domestic Overseas Unit
Raw materials
Copper 119.6 109.9 1000t
Aluminum 5.8 23.8 1000t
Steel 4.0 10.9 1000t
Glass 1.2 1000t
Plastic 23.7 48.4 1000t
Energy 5,002 5,861 TJ
Electricity  400 586 GWh
Purchased Electricity (except for renewable energy) 212 527 GWh
Purchased Electricity (renewable energy) 188 59 GWh
Private Power Generation (hydroelectric and solar) 95 4.7 GWh
City gas, Natural gas 13,729 19,287 1000m³
LPG、LNG 9.0 0.4 1000t
Fuel Oil (kerosene, light oil, heavy fuel oil A) 2,426 260 kℓ
Water 9,420 2,328 1000m³
Industrial water 6,633 68 1000m³
Groundwater 2,253 48 1000m³
Tap water 534 2,212 1000m³
Chemical substances
Volume handled *1 45.0 1000t
Packaging *2
Cardboard, Wood, Paper 2.4 9.7 1000t
Plastic 0.03 4.37 1000t
Furukawa Electric and 91 group companies in and out of Japan.Furukawa Electric and 
91 group companies in and out of Japan.

OUTPUT

Category Domestic Overseas Unit
Waste*3
Total waste generated*4 20.0 18.4 1000t
Final waste disposal 0.3 3.8 1000t
Recycling amount 18.8 14.5 1000t
Atmospheric emissions
CO₂ 158 293 1000t-CO₂
SF₆ 42 1000t-CO₂
SOx 6 t
NOx 63 t
Soot 3 t
Chemical substances
Volume emitted 82 t
Volume transferred 264 t
Water discharge 8,233 1,911 1000m³
Public waterways 7,819 364 1000m³
Rivers 7,089 157 1000m³
Sea 712 0 1000m³
Other 18 207 1000m³
Sewer 414 1,547 1000m³
BOD 27 t
COD 27 t
SS 27 t
Volume of water recycled and reused 1,100 49 1000m³

*1 PRTR-listed substances

*2 Cardboard, wood, paper, and plastic used in product shipping

*3 Including valuable resources (Japan)

*4 Emissions off-site

DFF Inc., サステナビリティ推進室, 環境部