2001.

2002.3

TOKYO GAS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

2002
C o n t e n t s

Outline of Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd.(independent of affiliated companies) 1 Editorial policy for the Tokyo Gas
Message 2 Environmental Report 2002
Pursuing Corporate Management in Harmony with the Environment 2 At Tokyo Gas, environmental reports are regarded as important
tools of corporate communication and have been published on
A Look Back at the Environmental Activities in fiscal 2001 3 an annual basis since fiscal 1994.
While trying to maintain the level of understandability estab-
Outline of the FY2001 Environmental Activities 4 lished in previous editions, the format of the Environmental Re-
Management Philosophy, Environmental Policy and port 2002 differs in that it presents environmental performance
Results of the FY 2001 Environmental Activities 4
data in terms of performance category instead of business field.
Environmental Accounting and
Environmental Conservation Efficiency 6 In addition, the reports on the environmental communication
field and social aspects under the heading of "labor safety and
Report on Environmental Conservation health", begun in fiscal 2001, have been integrated into a single
Environmental Management 8 report on social activities.

Environmental Management 8
Environmental Management System/ Environmental Management Organization/
Environmental Management Based on ISO14001/
"Eco-check" and Review (Internal Environmental Audit)/
Environmental Management in Affiliated Companies/
Education and Consciousness-raising/ Green Purchasing Notation
Guideline
Reducing Environmental Risk 12
This indicates that the item is a subject to the Guidelines
Soil Studies and Contamination Countermeasures/
for Environmental Conservation.
Management of Chemical Substances/ Environment-related fines/ Safety Measures
Review
Report on Environmental Conservation This indicates that the item is a subject to independent
Environmental Performance 14 review.
An Environmental View of Tokyo Gas Business Activities in 2001 14
Environmental Performance in Business Activities 16
Use of Energy and Water/ Emissions into the Atmosphere and Water System/
Countermeasures for Industrial Waste/ Countermeasures for General Waste Tokyo Gas Environmental Report 2002
Countermeasures for Waste in Gas Pipeline Installation/
Environmental Performance in Affiliated Companies Subject year:
FY2001 (April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002)
Environmental Performance in Products 22
Countermeasures for Global Warming at Customer Locations/ Protection of the Ozone Layer/ Scope of data presentation:
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
NOx Emission Countermeasures at Customer Locations/ Waste Countermeasures at Customer Locations
(use of estimates for some items in the case of the
Shinjuku Park Tower section)
Report on Environmental Conservation
Environmental Technology Development 26 The 13 affiliated companies included in
consolidated statements:
Development of Micro Cogeneration Systems/ Tokyo Gas Energy Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Gas Chemicals
Further Increase in the Efficiency of Gas Cogeneration Systems/ Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Oxygen and Nitrogen Co., Ltd.; Tokyo
Other Environmental Technology Development Gas Urban Development Co., Ltd.; Park Tower Hotel
Co., Ltd.; Kanpai Co., Ltd.; Gastar Co., Ltd.; TG Credit
Service Co., Ltd.; Chiba Gas Co., Ltd.; Tsukuba
Report on Social Activities Gakuen Gas Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Gas Engineering Co.,
Partnership/ Workplace Conditions 28 Ltd.; TG Information NETwork Co., Ltd.; TG Enterprise
Co., Ltd.
Community Contribution 28
"Eco-life" Proposals/ Support for Environmental Education/ The 6 affiliated companies not included in
Support for Volunteer Activities/ Other Community Contribution Activities consolidated statements:
Tokyo Carbonic Acid Co., Ltd.; Japan Super Freeze
Environmental Communication 30 Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Gas Building Service Co., Ltd.; Tosetz
Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Gas Housing Co., Ltd.; TG
Information Disclosure/ Commendation by Outside Parties
Automobile Service Co., Ltd.
Overseas Environmental Cooperation 32 Fields of data presentation:
(1) Environmental conservation
Workplace Conditions 33 (2) Social activities

Data Sheets 34 Month and year of publication: July 2002

History of City Gas Feedstock Scheduled month and year of
publication of Environmental Report 2003: July 2003
Independent Review Report and Orientation for the Future 36
 Outline of Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd.(independent of affiliated companies)
1. Date of establishment: October 1, 1885
2. Capital: 141.8 billion yen ( as of March 31,2002)
3. Major business: (1) Manufacture, supply, and sales of gas
(2) Sales of gas appliance and related construction work
(3) Supply of heat
(4) Supply of electricity
4. Supply area: Major cities in the Metropolis of Tokyo and the prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama,
Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, Yamanashi, and Nagano
5. Key data:
Sales Operating income Net income
(Billion yen) (Billion yen) (Billion yen)
1000 974.6 100 50 48.5
92.3

800 80 40

600 60 30

400 40 20

200 20 10

0 0 0
97 98 99 2000 2001 FY 97 98 99 2000 2001 FY 97 98 99 2000 2001 FY

Gas sales Number of customers

(Million m3) (Million)
10000 10
9219 9.04

8000 8

6000 6

4000 4

2000 2

0 0
97 98 99 2000 2001 FY 97 98 99 2000 2001 FY

About natural gas Comparison of emission levels (coal = 100)

Natural gas: 0
Natural gas is the main feedstock for city gas. It has the reputation of be-
ing a clean energy because its controlled combustion releases lower
levels of substances that cause global warming or air pollution.
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major cause of global warming, is emitted when Natural gas: 60 Natural gas: 20-40
carbon combines with atmospheric oxygen in the air during combustion.
Natural gas consists mainly of methane (CH4), and has a smaller propor-
tion of carbon atoms in its molecules than do either oil or coal. As a
result, of all fossil fuels, Natural Gas releases the least CO2 when com-
busted.
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollute the air. A major cause of NOx emissions is Oil: 80 Oil: 70 Oil: 70
the combustion of fuels containing nitrogen, because the nitrogen con-
tained in a fuel and that in the air react with oxygen during combustion.
Fuel made from natural gas, however, has almost no nitrogen content.
Moreover, because it is a gas, its combustion can easily be controlled by
burner design and therefore very low NOx emissions, compared to other
fossil fuels, can be obtained. Similarly, virtually no emissions of sulfur ox- Coal: 100 Coal: 100 Coal: 100

ides (SOx) because sulfur-containing impurities, such as hydrogen

sulfide (H2S) , are removed at the time of liquefaction. CO2 (carbon dioxide) NOx (nitrogen oxides) SOx (sulfur oxides)
Ever since 1969, Tokyo Gas has been importing liquefied natural gas Source:IEA Natural Gas Prospects (1986), Natural Gas Prospects and Policies (1991)
(LNG) as a feedstock for its manufacture of city gas (see page 35).

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Pursuing Corporate Management
in Harmony with A Look Back at the Environmental
Activities in fiscal 2001
the Environment In its status as a leader in Japan's energy industry, Tokyo Gas has naire survey with them regarding their concern for the
taken conservation of the environment as one of its top priorities. environment. In addition, we furnished our employees with sys-
Besides executing multiple measures for this purpose, we have tematic instruction under our program of environmental education,
Hideharu UEHARA made provisions for the wide-spread disclosure of information and conducted an employee questionnaire survey on environmen-
President about our efforts and their results. Information has been dissemin- tal awareness, knowledge, and action. We plan to use the results
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ated through both these environmental reports and the Internet, in our future environmental activities.
with a view to gaining the understanding and support of all. The
major achievements of our environmental activities in fiscal 2001,
Reinforced environmental partnership
With the start of the new century, we find ourselves in a world that fledged environmental management, (2) positive environmental from this perspective are outlined as follows. In the area of environmental partnership, we furnished assistance
is more complex and diverse than ever before. When considering partnership with all of our stakeholders, and (3) the development in all aspects to the "Forum for Lifestyle Review," an event spons-
environmental issues as well, observers have pointed out all sorts of environmental businesses. On the environmental management FY2001 targets and achievements ored by government, citizens, and companies to prevent global
of problems on both global and regional levels, with complicated front, we have launched a Group-wide effort, with the participation In accordance with the medium and long-term goals noted in our warming. Our wide-ranging activities of environmental information
causality and widening influence. Although most parties have rec- of all employees, toward the goal of having the departments in our Guidelines for Environmental Conservation posting, we set targets dissemination encompassed the dispatch of experts from within
ognized the need to address these problems, approaches to gas business, our consolidated affiliates, and other affiliates with for fiscal 2001 and worked to attain them through the "plan-do- the company to make presentations on all kinds of environmental
solving these problems have not exactly been making rapid head- a potentially great environmental impact win certification under check-action" (PDCA) cycle. As a result, we were able to assist our topics to parties outside the company and the development of
way, partly because of conflicting national interests as well as ISO14001, the international environmental standard. We believe customers to cut their CO2 emissions by 2.34 million tons-CO2, information exchange initiatives with environmental non-govern-
environmental versus economic considerations. A case in point is that, through ISO14001 certification, we can raise the level of and also to reduce the basic units of energy use in our business mental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organizations (NPOs).
the problem of global warming. Last autumn, an agreement was environment-conserving measures even higher and thereby activities. The development and increased use of low-NOx burner Because of the addition of national requirements for general envir-
finally reached on the rules for the implementation of the Kyoto increase our corporate value. I, for one, am convinced that man- technology enabled us to cut the average NOx concentration of onmental instruction initiative in elementary, middle, and high
Protocol. Japan decided in favor of ratification this June. Neverthe- agement with concern for the environment can enhance the value emissions from city gas equipment to 80% of fiscal 1990 levels. schools, Tokyo Gas decided to support this education and educa-
less, there remains some doubt about actual efficacy of the of our company, benefit our sales and fund-raising efforts, and Meanwhile, in the area of resource recycling, more rigorous sort- tional materials on environmental and energy issues by develop-
protocol because of disengagement by the United States and the lead to our continued advancement and growth. ing of industrial waste reduced the final disposal volumes to about ing and supplying various tools to schools. It should also be noted
lack of participation by developing countries. The energy field appears to be heading for more intense competi- 10% of the amount generated. We also made efforts to reduce the that, in our pursuit of full information disclosure, we are voluntarily
The same applies to the problems of waste disposal, air pollution, tion for market share as newcomers enter from various industries, generation of waste paper, and were able to achieve a 9% reduc- providing information on even negative subjects, such as the
and soil contamination. In Japan, a succession of laws have been and expanded deregulation. While we aspire to evolve into a total tion from fiscal 1999 levels. More extensive use of shallow pipe restoration of contaminated soil .
enacted in these areas, but actual countermeasures have not yet energy supplier to survive in this age of megacompetition, we installation and trenchless construction methods made it possible We sincerely hope that this report will provide you with a good
taken root. To achieve breakthroughs in this situation requires must take a proactive approach to environmental conservation to decrease the off-site disposal volumes of residual soil from con- understanding of the approaches for environmental conservation
positive-minded action to improve the environment to be taken by issues while continuing to achieve solid results. This will be appre- struction for gas pipelines to 37% as much as would have been being taken by the Tokyo Gas Group. We would appreciate your
national and local governments, companies, and citizens, with ciated by our communities, customers, and shareholders, who will generated under the conventional methods. feedback and frank opinions to help us make our future environ-
each party doing what it can and coordinating their actions with recognize the Tokyo Gas Group as an extremely environment- mental activities even more fruitful.
the others. Companies have a particularly vital role to play in miti- conscious organization and prefer it over our competitors. This is Promotion of environmental management
gating the environmental impact of their production/manufacture why I think environmental management is nothing less than a fun- In the area of environmental management, we hope to win July 2002
of goods, and services. This is the major factor behind the growing damental strategy for our sustained advancement. ISO14001 certification for the entire Group. As a first step, we initi-
tendency to rate companies in terms of their environmental friend- To these ends, we must fulfill our role as a good corporate envir- ated efforts to this end in all divisions of Tokyo Gas and the offices
liness and to consider this rating when selecting goods and onmental citizen by measures including a further reduction of the under its direct jurisdiction in September. At the same time, we
services. environmental burden associated with our corporate activities, the began providing full support for the use of environmental manage-
Under these circumstances, we added a pledge to make contribu- promotion of the more efficient utilization of natural gas, the devel- ment systems at our 19 affiliates (i.e. our consolidated affiliates
tions toward the alleviation of global environmental problems to opment of a diverse environmental business that will expand the and affiliates with the greatest potential environmental impact). In
our Management Philosophy last year, and have pledged vigorous sphere and profits of the Group, and the promotion of "Eco-life" this way, we assisted the further spread of environmental manage-
and ongoing promotion of environmental conservation activities by activities in Japan and technical cooperation in other countries. ment throughout the Group. To encourage "green purchasing," we
all members of the Tokyo Gas Group. We also reaffirmed our dedi- sought the cooperation of our transaction partners with "green
cation to the three main tasks set up by the Company: (1) full- July 2002 delivery" (the switch to low-emission delivery vehicles and rules
against engine idling when stopped), and conducted a question-
Mitsunori TORIHARA
Senior Exective Officer and
Chairman of the Environment Conference

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 Outline of the FY2001
Management Philosophy, Environmental Policy and Environmental Activities
Results of the FY 2001 Environmental Activities
As a total energy industry, the Tokyo Gas Group shall
make an active contribution to pleasant living and the
1 Tokyo Gas shall strive to evolve into a new utility that
simultaneously satisfies the goals of contribution to cus- 3 Tokyo Gas shall contribute to the alleviation of global environ-
mental problems as a leading practitioner of environmental 5 Tokyo Gas shall pursue innovation on an ongoing basis to
promote a cost effective business approach and a flexible but
tomers and communities as a public-minded enterprise
development of environmentally friendly cities, and and increases its corporate value as a joint-stock cor- management. resilient disposition.
Management also pursue ongoing advancement together with the poration.
Philosophy Tokyo Gas shall observe the letter and spirit of laws and 4 Tokyo Gas shall remain keenly aware of its obligations to be a
6 Tokyo Gas shall aspire to build organizations that are brimming
rest of society, as a corporate group that earns and
maintains the trust of its customers, shareholders, and
2 regulations, and work for socio-economic advancement
good corporate citizen and assist the emergence of a more
fulfilling society through contributing to community activities.
with vitality based on the full exercise of and respect for the ta-
through business activities that are both fair and trans- lents, desires, and creativity of each and every employee.
communities through its various activities. parent.

Philosophy Policies

The Tokyo Gas Group will promote

the harmonious use of energy to
1 Reduce the environmental
impact of customers’
energy use
2 Reduce the total
environmental impact of
Tokyo Gas’ business activities
3 Strengthen environmental
partnerships with local areas
and the international community
4 Promote
environment-
related technology
Environmental R&D
Policy contribute to the conservation of Tokyo Gas will actively and on an ongoing basis at- Tokyo Gas will continuously reduce the basic units of energy and Tokyo Gas will strengthen its environmental partner-
tempt to reduce the environmental impact of resource use in its business activities through the development of ships with both the local areas in which it operates and
regional and global environments Tokyo Gas will proactively research
customers’ energy use. We will do this by promoting increasingly efficient and effective environmental management the international community by engaging in a wide vari-
and develop environmental tech-
the use of environmentally friendly natural gas and activities to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society. ety of activities. These activities will range from
as well as to the sustainable providing highly efficient products and systems with At the same time, Tokyo Gas will reduce overall environmental participation in regional environmental activities to inter-
nologies, including renewable
energy, to conserve regional and
development of society. minimal environmental impact. impact by aggressively promoting “green purchasing” and the re- national sharing of technological developments, start-
global environments.
duction, reuse and recycling of industrial waste. ing with strategies to prevent global warming.

Hitting our Targets! Doing our Best

Guidelines for Environmental Conservation * The Guidelines for Environmental Conservation are applied solely to the activities of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. alone.

1 Global Warming Prevention Guidelines 2 NOx Reduction Guidelines 3 "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" promotion guidelines 4 Green Purchasing
Guidelines
Review Curtailment of CO2 Emissions at Customer Locations Review P.24 Review Final Disposal Rate of Industrial Waste P.19
(104 tons-CO2) P.22 Reduction of the average NOx
(%)
15
Promote green purchasing in
Reduction of the total quantity of 800 700 Reduce, to no more than 5% of 13% all divisions by placing envir-
CO2 emissions from customer concentration in the emissions the original amount, the share of
12
10% onmental friendliness along-
600 from city gas appliances to 70% of 9%
sites by 5 million tons in fiscal 500 non-recyclable industrial waste 9 side cost, quality, delivery
2005 and 7 million tons in fiscal 372 fiscal 1990 levels in fiscal 2005 derived from our business activi- 6 5% speed, and other conditions
400
2010, by increasing the efficiency and to 60% in fiscal 2010. ties, i.e., a 95% recycle rate, in 3 to be considered when con-
240 234
of their utilization of city gas and 200 fiscal 2005. 0 tracting for construction and
by the increased use of natural Average NOx Concentration in the Emissions FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005
Target Actual Target Target services, or when purchasing
gas as a primary energy source. 0 from City Gas Appliances (relative to FY 1990) products and materials.
FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 FY2010
Target Actual Target Target Target (ppm) Review Review
120
Review Reduce the amount of waste paper derived in Reduce the amount of residual soil Purchase through the Internet
Rate of Reductions in the Basic Units of Energy use 100
in our Business Activities (relative to the previous year) 83% offices by 25% in fiscal 2005 relative to the fis- derived in pipeline construction to
Average annual reduction of at 80% 75% 25% (relative to an estimated amount Green Purchasing Expenditures
Gas Manufacturing Plants 80 cal 1999 level, while also recycling at least 85%
least 1% in the basic units of ener- 19% reduction 70% if conventional methods had been
of the total.
(per unit of production) 60% used) in fiscal 2005 and to 15% in fis- 169 million yen
gy use in our business activities, P.16 60
cal 2010 through promotion of
over the medium and long-term. District Heating and Cooling Systems Rate of Reduction in the Amount of
1.6% reduction reduction, reuse, and recycling. Number of Designated Items
(per unit of heat sales) 40
Waste Paper (relative to FY 1999) P.20
P.17 (tons) 416 items
Business Units (total amount) 2.6% reduction 20 Rate of Residual Soil Derivation
1500 10% 9% 14% (relative to an estimated quantity
P.17 0 FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 FY2010
reduction reduction reduction 25% with conventional methods) P.20 Green Purchasing Rate
1000 reduction (104 tons)
average annual
Medium/ long-term Target
reduction of 1%
Target Actual Target Target Target
500
300 71%
0 P.11
Overseas FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 200
Help for prevention of global warm- Cooperation with Target Actual Target Target
ing through assistance with the Environmental Waste Paper Recycling Rate
development of, and technical sup- Technology (%) 100
port for, projects for the reduction or 80% 85% 38% 34%
75% 37%
absorption of greenhouse gases in P.32 80 70% 25%
other countries. 60 15%
0
40 FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 FY2010
Target Actual Target Target Target
20
The installation of a centralized district * Figures indicate the quantity of residual soil hauled off the site for
A natural gas vehicle with very low NOx emission levels 0
cooling and power supply system in Manila, disposal as a percentage of a corresponding estimated quantity, if
(community bus in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo) FY2001 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 Samples of items designated for green purchasing
the Philippines, is under study Target Actual Target Target
the construction had been executed by the conventional method.

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 Outline of the FY2001
Environmental Accounting and Environmental Activities

Environmental Conservation Efficiency

Environmental Accounting Review Notes about how the data was compiled
The decrease in investment for "pollution prevention" is due to the reduced invest- The decrease in costs for "environmental R&D" resulted from reduced expenditures
Beginning with its first environmental report issued in Novem- Concept of Environmental Accounting at Tokyo Gas ment for deodorization facilities and other such equipment. for testing and research related to gas appliances and systems.
ber 1994, using its own standards, Tokyo Gas has calculated The increase in investment for "global environmental conservation" came from the The increases in investment and costs for "activities of social contribution" came
Investment and expenditure for Environmental acquisition of cogeneration facilities, absorption refrigerators, and absorption-type from the inclusion of costs for education about energy and the environment, eco-
the costs of environmental conservation, mainly in terms of in- chiller/heaters. Cost increases were also the result of a rise in leasing fees be- cooking classes, and greening of business units.
environmental conservation conservation effect
vestments made, and published the results. With the prepara- cause of an increase in the number of natural gas vehicles in the company fleet. When calculating of "cost reduction due to the reduction of residual soil generation"
tion of Environmental Report 2000 (which covered fiscal Company business Reduction of The decreases in investment and costs for "resource recycling" stemmed from the re- among the economic benefits, a switch was made from progress relative to the pre-
1999), it started publishing environmental accounting data as Pollution prevention, global environmental conservation, environment-burdening duction in expenditures for R&D related to pipeline installation methods and materials. vious year to comparison with the open-cut method. In addition, the fiscal 2000 eco-
part of its promotion of information disclosure. resource recycling, environmental management, etc. material The investment for "EMS" refers to the acquisition of an environmental accounting nomic benefit was recalculated by the new method.
Customer locations (basic units of emission) The "other" category includes the decrease in costs due to the reduction of waste
With a view to raising the level of transparency and facilitating system.
Environmental R&D, recycling of discarded gas appliance Amount of waste generated at and to the water-conserving activities implemented at business units.
comparison, the data calculation and publication for fiscal reduction The increase in costs in the "other" category came mainly from expenditures for soil
Community contribution The fiscal 2000 economic benefit was recalculated with the inclusion of these items.
(reference figures) restoration.
2001, like that for fiscal 2000, applies standards from the Man- activities
Material reduction in environmental
ual for the Incorporation of Environmental Accounting in the burden at customer locations
City Gas Business, prepared by the Japan Gas Association.
Practical economic benefit Activities for Fiscal 2002
(1) Continue and broaden the collection of environmental accounting data (3) Continue the use of the "Tokyo Gas Environmental Accounting Sys-
Decrease in overhead
from affiliated firms with the future implementation of these standards tem" as a management tool for the analysis of plants, district heating
Sale of valuables
on a consolidated basis as the goal. and cooling centers, and other such sites, as well as for energy-saving
(2) Firmly root the "Tokyo Gas Environmental Accounting System", which remodeling and other projects.
Environmental Accounting at Tokyo Gas (fiscal 2001)
was constructed for automatic extraction and totaling of non-consolida-
Date period: April 2001-March 2002 ted data for finances, energy utilization, waste, etc., within the company.
Data scope: Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.(independent of affiliated companies) (Millions of yen)

Environmental conservation cost items Investment Cost Level of environmental burden

Major content (examples) FY2001 FY2000 FY2001 FY2000 Item FY2001 FY2000 FY1990 Environmental Conservation Efficiency Review
Amount of capital investment,
NOx (plants) mg/m3 1.6 2.4 28.0
Pollution maintenance expenses, depreciation Tokyo Gas decided to establish a new indicator entitled and disclose its degree of contribution to a sustainable society
prevention costs, personnel expenses, etc., for 9 27 96 100 NOx (district heating and cooling) g/GJ 16.6 18.7 31.7
prevention of air pollution, water "Environmental Conservation Efficiency" in order to ascertain through its management and environmental activities.
COD (plants) mg/m3 0.1 0.2 1.2
pollution, noise pollution, etc.

Amount of capital investment, Environmental Conservation Efficiency Indicator

Global maintenance expenses, depreciation CO2 (plants) g-CO2/m3 12.2 15.2 46.1
Company business

environmental costs, personnel expenses, etc., for 241 113 733 628 CO2 (district heating and cooling) kg-CO2/GJ 67.0 68.0 84.7 World Business Council for Sustainable Developmentproposed the For this report, as the initial indicator, Tokyo Gas decided to select
conservation energy conservation, effective use of
energy, protection of the ozone layer, etc. CO2 (business units) g-CO2/m3 8.3 8.8 10.6 idea of environmental efficiency in its exploration of approaches to global warming countermeasures (as opposed to other items con-
minimize the environmental impact of corporate activities and maxi- tained in the Tokyo Gas’ guidelines for environmental conservation)
Amount of capital investment, mize the value created by companies. In accordance with this idea, and to make calculations for an indicator established for the curtail-
Residual soil(103 tons) 901 1,213
Resource maintenance expenses, depreciation Tokyo Gas is attempting to establish indicators that integrate corpor- ment of CO 2 emissions.
costs, personnel expenses, etc., for 176 203 799 822 Industrial waste(tons) 3,930 4,491
recycling reduction/recycling of residual soil,
General waste(tons) 2,468 2,591 ate management (gas sales volume) and environmental conserva- In the future, Tokyo Gas intends to disclose the results of additional
waste control, etc.
tion (guidelines for environmental conservation to produce company- calculations for indicators that can be applied to items other than
Costs of green purchasing, environmental wide targets). countermeasures for global warming.
Environmental education, EMS construction,
management environmental organizations, etc.
13 357 330
Rationale Behind the Calculation of the Environmental
Costs of related to greening of plants Conservation Efficiency Indicator Decrease in environmental burden: CO2 indicator
Other and remediation of soil in accordance 125 170 1,569 780 Curtailment of CO2 emissions in
with plant sitting laws and ordinances.
Tokyo Gas’ own business activities
Environmental
Customer locations

(Reference figures)
Costs for R&D of burden-mitigating
Environmental technology, high-efficiency appliance
555 540 1,141 1,426
CO2 emission curtailment(104 tons-CO2) 234 181 for FY1990 Environmental Conservation Curtailment of CO2 emissions at customer locations
R&D and systems, etc. Average NOx concentration(ppm) 93 101 117 Conservation
Corporate CO2 emissions can be curtailed through factors such as increasing the ef-
(Reference figures)
Efficiency Management ficiency of energy use and level of conservation in the company's business
Recycling of activities, and/or through increasing in the efficiency of appliances and in-
Recovery of discarded gas
discarded Costs for recovery and recycling of 5 3 appliance and scrap 5,033 5,522
stalling cogeneration systems at customer locations.
gas appliance, packaging, etc.
as appliance metal by SRIMS(tons)

Community contribution activities 85 64 607 517 Product Value: Gas Sales Volume
total 1,204 1,117 5,309 4,606 Results of Environmental Conservation Efficiency Calculation (CO2 indicator)
* Depreciation costs included in figures for cost of 635 million yen in fiscal 2001 and 702 million yen in fiscal 2000.
Item Units FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
(Millions of yen) Curtailment of CO2 emissions at customer
locations (relative to FY1990) 104 tons-CO2 136 143 160 181 234
Economic benefit FY2001 FY2000 FY2001 Total capital investment 92,555 Millions of yen
Cost reduction due to operation of energy-saving facilities 626 515 Environmental capital investment 1.3 % Curtailment of CO2 emissions in business
activities (relative to FY1990) 104 tons-CO2 3 0 0 2 2
Cost reduction due to reduction of residual soil generation 6,916 6,719
FY2001 Total sales 974,566 Millions of yen Gas sales volume 104 m3 799,468 815,825 841,758 887,214 921,898
Sales of valuables 470 526
Environmental costs 0.5 %
Other 161 148 Environmental conservation efficiency
total 8,173 7,908 (CO2 indicator) g-CO2/m3 174 176 190 202 257
* The calculation of the CO2-curtailing effect due to the reduced use of electrical power was based on the CO2 emission factor (CO2-equivalent) of the average thermally generated
electric power at the user end.

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 Report on Environmental Conservation

Environmental Management
Environmental Management

Environmental Management System Environmental Management Based on ISO14001

In accordance with its Management Philosophy and Environmental PDCA cycle of environmental conservation activities In March 1997, Tokyo Gas obtained ISO14001 certification at two Business units with ISO14001 certification
Policy, Tokyo Gas has established an environmental management of its LNG terminals, Negishi and Sodegaura, becoming the first Date of Date of
Name Business certification renewal
system for the promotion of its environmental conservation activi- city gas company in Japan to be so certified. In January 2001, its
Establishment of Guidelines for Negishi LNG Terminal Gas manufacture March 1997 March 2000
ties. This system is based on performance of the "plan-do-check- Environmental Conservation Ohgishima LNG Terminal was certified. As a result, all three of its
action" (PDCA) cycle. We also conduct environmental audits Establishment of division-specific LNG terminals have been certified ISO14001. Similarly, in March Sodegaura LNG Terminal Gas manufacture March 1997 March 2000
("Eco-checks" and reviews) in conformance with the ISO14001. environmental policies and targets 2000, its Shinjuku District Heating and Cooling Center became Ja- Ohgishima LNG Terminal Gas manufacture January 2000
Tokyo Gas's three city gas manufacturing plants (at Negishi, So- Formulation of action plans pan's first district heating facility to obtain ISO14001 certification. Shinjuku District Heating
degaura, and Ohgishima) and its two district heating and cooling (medium-term and annual) and Cooling Center District heat supply March 2000
Its Makuhari District Heating and Cooling Center was certified in
centers (at Shinjuku and Makuhari) have already obtained Makuhari District Heating
January 2002. and Cooling Center District heat supply January 2002
ISO14001 certification. Execution of environmental In September 2001, Tokyo Gas launched efforts aimed to obtain
conservation activities ISO14001 certification for the entire company.
Review of the results of
environmental conservation activities
Review of environmental
policies and targets
"Eco-check" and Review (Internal Environmental Audit)
External environmental auditing (ISO14001)
Internal environmental auditing In February 2002, Tokyo Gas implemented an "Eco-check" system
"Eco-check" Results At 93.5%, the overall rate of com-
("Eco-check" and review)
for all of its business units excluding those currently with and Review pliance in fiscal 2001 was up 2.4
Analysis of environmental control data
ISO14001 certification. "Eco-checks" are a type of internal environ- points from fiscal 2000. The com-
mental audit devised independently by Tokyo Gas, and have been pliance rates for items concerned with the observance of laws and regu-
carried out since fiscal 1993. The "Eco-check" covers a total of 96 lations and those dealing with voluntary standards both increased from
Environmental Management Organization items, 71 deal with the observance of laws and regulations, and 25 fiscal 2001. Specifically, they came to 99.7 and 88.5%, respectively, as
cover voluntary standards. Also in fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas imple- compared to the corresponding figures of 98.8 and 84.7% in fiscal
To promote activities of environmental conservation, Tokyo Gas under the leadership of personnel appointed to act as environmen- mented a cross-checking format, whereby the "Eco-check" leaders 2000.
has instituted an organization consisting the Environmental Affairs tal managers. visit business units other than those in which they are employed.
Department and an interdivisional unit (the Environment Confer- The actual efforts in each establishment are led by "Eco-leaders" This approach ensures high levels of reliability, fairness, and ob-
ence). (46), personnel responsible for environmental matters (103), and jectivity.
In addition, in each division, environmental activities are promoted "Eco-check" leaders (85). Subject sites Survey items
Subject sites Number Items Number
Scheme to Promote Environmental Activities Executive

Observance of
Customer Service Division 41 Management of general waste 16

regulations
Management

laws and
Residential Sales and Service Division 23 Management of industrial waste 13
Environment Energy Sales and Service Division 19 Management of specially controlled industrial waste 10
Conference District heating and cooling centers 14 Management for prevention of air pollution 18
Inter-Regional Sales and Service Division 11 Management for energy conservation 14
Pipeline and Safety Management Division 13 Formulation and execution of action plans 15

standards
Environment Environmental

Voluntary
Liaison Conference Affairs Department Production Division 3 Management for energy and resource conservation 4
Affiliated Companies Division 1 Promotion of green purchasing 1
R&D Division 4 Waste Management 5
Headquarter divisions 6 Total 96
Customer Residential Sales Energy Sales Inter-Regional Pipeline and Affiliated Each Total 135
Service Production R&D Division
and Service and Service Sales and Safety Management Companies Headquarters
Division Division
Division Division Service Division Division Division Department
(including 11 Branch Offices) (including 7 (including 5 Pipeline (Including (including 48 Affiliated (15 Departments)
Service Branches) Regional Offices) three plants) Companies)
Environmental Management in Affiliated Companies
Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief
Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental The Tokyo Gas Group consists of ten business fields reviews (internal environmental audit) at these affiliates, and,
Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager (headed by energy sales) in 48 companies. as in fiscal 2000, Tokyo Gas also compiled data on environ-
In its Environmental Policy, Tokyo Gas has made a clear mental performance indicators supplied by them (see page
Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental
Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager commitment to promote environmental conservation on the 21).
Group level. As a first step, in fiscal 2000,Tokyo Gas began ISO14001 certification was obtained by Gastar Co., Ltd. in
Environment Conference Environment Liaison Conference providing strong support for the establishment of environ- October 2001 and Kanpai Co., Ltd. in March 2002. Prepara-
mental management systems (EMS) at its 13 consolidated tions are being made to obtain ISO14001 certification at four
Chairman : Director in Charge of the Environment Chairman : General Manager of the Environmental Affairs Department affiliates and the 6 non-consolidated affiliates with the great- other affiliates, i.e., Tokyo Gas Energy Co., Ltd. Tokyo Gas
Members : 18 group managers in charge of environmental Members : 18 group managers in charge of environmental affairs
affairs in the concerned divisions in the concerned divisions est potential environmental impact. In fiscal 2001, it furn- Urban Development Co., Ltd. Chiba Gas Co., Ltd. and Tsu-
Role : Deliberation on environmental measures and plans, Role : Set the agenda of the Environment Conference ished assistance for the implementation of "Eco-check” and kuba Gakuen Gas Co., Ltd.
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Environmental Management Environmental Management

Education and Consciousness-raising

Environmental Questionnaire Survey
In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas augmented its arrangements for environ- Environmental education programs Tokyo Gas Group employees participated in an environmental Sample questionnaire item: action in the workplace
mental education by carrying out a variety of instructional and con- questionnaire survey at P-JAM (a questionnaire survey Internet (n=1,782; multiple response permitted) (%)
Level-specific training Consciousness-raising Training 0 20 40 60 80 100
sciousness-raising programs in order to enhance awareness of the web site) in October 2001. The survey site was open for about
Newly hired Monthly events Internal environmental auditors
environment, impart environmental knowledge required for work, and employees "Eco-check" leaders three weeks, and completed forms were received from 1,782 em- Waste sorting 97.4
Correspondence courses
improve levels of related expertise. Middle-ranked Seminar on revised laws and regulations
Family environmental ployees (for a participation rate of about 9%). It concerned mainly Use of both sides/backs
87.4
employees program Facility tour group of paper for copying
environmental awareness, knowledge, and action. Smoking only in
Environmental Education The survey found that about 97% of the respondents were sorting designated areas 69.2
waste in their workplace, and 87%, making an effort to conserve Use of personal
In line with its philosophy of environmental education, Tokyo Gas sys- Events during month-long programs(FY2001) cup/glass for beverages 53.0
tematically implemented many types of training and enlightenment Month Program Outline paper. Some 68% rated the goal of being the vanguard of environ- Energy-saving adjustment of
mental management as "important." air conditioning and dress 52.2
programs. It also encourages employees to obtain various environment- Apr Green Week "Green" fund-raising drive
related qualifications in order to deepen their expertise in this area. The survey findings will assist future planning for and improvement Avoidance of making hard
Jun Environmental Month Environmental symposium copies as far as possible 51.7
Aug Energy Conservation Month Campaign to promote energy-saving in the office of environmental education. Turning off lights and
In fiscal 2001, a training seminar was conduc- computers when not in use 49.8
Seminar for middle- Oct Recycling Promotion Month Campaign for rigorous reduction of waste
ted for middle ranked employees, which inclu- Effective use of office
ranked employees Dec Prevention of Global Warming Month Provision of information related to the prevention of global warming automation equipment 36.3
ded workshops on the topics of reducing
waste paper and saving energy in the office. These workshops were staged in the Feb Energy Conservation Month Campaign to promote energy-saving in the office Participation in volunteer
environmental activities 9.3
second half of the seminar for the purpose of making the training participation-orien- Would like to take environmentally
ted and interactive in addition to the one-way transmission of knowledge. friendly action, but cannot 5.6
Number of employees who acquired environmental qualifications(FY2001, cumulative) No particular environmentally
Qualification Number friendly action 4.6
Consciousness- Tokyo Gas stages campaigns and events during a
month-long series of environment-related pro- Environmental pollution control operatior 1,035 Other 2.0
raising activities Water quality controller 80
grams. At the environmental symposium held on
June 4th, Mr. Saburo Kato, Chairman of the Japan Association of the Environment and Operations chief of work on Special Chemical Substances, etc. 1,387
Society for the 21st Century, was invited to speak on the topic "Corporate Manage- Energy managers 377
ment in the Age of the Global Environment - Toward Environmental Management". His Environmental measures 57
lecture was attended by Company directors and about 400 employees of Tokyo Gas International environmental advisor 1
and its affiliates. Beginning in fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas also instituted an environmental Green saver 8 Green Purchasing Guideline
program for its employees, including those from affiliates and cooperating companies, Environmental counselor 4
and their families. The program was held twice, in October and February, and attrac- Special controlled industrial waste manager 15
Tokyo Gas has been promoting "green purchasing" since fiscal "Green purchasing"
ted about 90 participants. It provided hands-on learning experiences and was ap- Assistant EMS auditor 8
Internal EMS auditor 1996. Its green purchasing guidelines, established in fiscal 2000, (example of
plauded for its "education with enjoyment for the whole family" style. 173 designated products)
expanded the scope from the conventional office supplies to con-
A seminar was held in December to en- struction work, services, and materials. In addition to selecting
Seminar for Family environmental program: Donguri Korokoro Exhibit
sure proper compliance with newly environmentally friendly items, the provisions call upon personnel
environmental personnel
amended versions of Japanese laws to encourage business partners to establish environmental man-
and regulations, and was attended by about 200 personnel from Tokyo Gas and its affili- agement systems and otherwise show more concern for the
ates. In October and February, a total of about 200 employees, in eight groups, toured
environment.
other environmentally progressive firms and facilities for the disposal of industrial waste.
In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas sought the cooperation of business part-
ners with "green delivery" (i.e., a switch to low-emission delivery
Internal Provision of Environmental Information vehicles and the pledge to turn off the ignition of stopped vehicles).
To elevate the environmental awareness of its employees, Tokyo It also conducted an environmental questionnaire survey with
Gas disseminates information to them through channels includ- them. In addition, it prepared a uniform environmental manage-
ing the company Intranet, the company newsletter, and internal ment specification sheet setting forth the tasks to be undertaken Green purchasing via the Internet (actual, FY2001)
video news reports. In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas also began posting by contractors in order to minimize the environmental impact of Item Unit Actual data
manuals of the "Eco-checks" and reviews, along with auditing their construction work.
data sheets, on the Intranet. It also sends related information to Number of Items designated items 416
In October 2000, Tokyo Gas began purchasing office supplies via
affiliated companies via e-mail, as necessary. Facility tour: NEC Tamagawa 169,275
Renaissance City the Internet in the interest of higher efficiency. It also extended the Purchase of "green" items thousand yen
list of subject items and encouraged their adoption in affiliated Green purchasing rate % 71
Environmental Commendation companies as well. As of the end of fiscal 2001, green purchasing
Commendation ceremony covered a total of 416 items and was being practiced by 20 affili-
In June, in conjunction with its Environmental Symposium, Tokyo
Gas staged a ceremony to present the Third Chairman's Prize of the ated companies. Green purchasing via the Internet is steadily Number of natural gas vehicles owned by Tokyo Gas
Number of vehicles
Environment Conference and held a meeting for presentations by spreading within the Tokyo Gas Group.
1000
the winning entrants. The Chairman’s Prize was instituted to recog- Tokyo Gas is also promoting a shift to low-emission (natural gas) 986
nize companies, departments, and individual employees of Tokyo vehicles for its own use. It added 212 such vehicles in fiscal 2001, 800
Gas and its Group for outstanding achievements in the areas of en- and this brought the cumulative total to 986. 774
vironmental improvement in the context of gas business, "Eco-office" Tokyo Gas is also supporting the green purchasing movement out- 600 632
activities, research and development of environmental technology, or
side the company by, for example, serving as the secretary of the 400 506
environmental activities that made a community contribution. In fiscal
2001, there were 15 candidates, and awards were given to eight, Green Purchasing Network (GPN). 343
consisting of three in the area of environmental improvement in the 200
36
gas business, two for "Eco-office" activities, one for environmental Green purchasing: placement of priority on the purchase of goods and service 0
technology and R&D, and two in the area of community contribution. which impose the least burden on the environment. 92 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY)

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Environmental Manegement
Reducing Environmental Risk

In its business, Tokyo Gas has positioned the Groups active efforts have resulted from its past activities, announcing the findings, and
to mitigate environmental problems, on both the regional and glo- taking prompt countermeasures, in the conviction that such action PCB Countermeasures
bal levels, as one of its top priorities. On its own initiative, it is is essential for environmental conservation. Replacement of a PCB-
Based on the results of the fact-finding study of the use of poly-
studying the environmental pollutants and contamination that may containing fluorescent
chlorinated biphenyl (PCB) throughout the company conducted in lamp ballast
fiscal 2000, Tokyo Gas replaced all fluorescent lamp ballasts that
contained PCB (approximately 1,700 in a total of 44 buildings).
These ballasts and other waste PCB articles are being centrally
Soil Studies and Contamination Countermeasures stored under strict control, mainly at the Negishi LNG Terminal.
The Company intends to dispose of them as soon as arrangements
In fiscal 1999, Tokyo Gas voluntarily launched studies of the land- The first such announcement (for four sites) in January 2001 was are made for their consignment to an outside business for disposal.
use history of former plant sites and all other company locations followed in fiscal 2001 by eight more for a total of 15 sites. In each
where there was a possibility of soil contamination. These studies case, Tokyo Gas has notified the proper authorities and residents,
are being conducted in compliance with the standards and guide- and mounted the requisite countermeasures. Recovery of CFCs
lines established by Ministry of the Environment for testing, and Tokyo Gas began recovering chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from gas conditioners in accordance with the Law for Recycling of Specified
recommended countermeasures, for contamination of soil and heat pumps (GHPs) in fiscal 1998, and recovered a total of 17.9 Kinds of Home Appliances enacted in April 2001.
groundwater. tons in fiscal 2001. It also recovered 5.4 tons of CFCs from gas air
Soil studies and contamination countermeasures (FY2001)
Date of Area Contamination Situation (maximum multiplier relative to environmental standard values)
Site Location Countermeasures Environment-related fines
announcement (103 m2) Soil elution Groundwater
Hitachi Works Hitachi, Ibaraki 16 Total cyanic compounds 28 Benzene 22 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Pumping up
04/23/2001 Utsunomiya Utsunomiya, Tochigi 7 Benzene 47 Removal by excavation There were no environment-related fines or other penalties
Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 11 Arsenic 3.3 Total cyanic compounds 1.0 Removal by excavation
imposed on Tokyo Gas in fiscal 2001.
Kofu Service Branch Kofu, Yamanashi 5 Benzene 1,900 Benzene 1,400 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Pumping up
07/04/2001
Kofu Works Kofu, Yamanashi 11 Benzene 280 Removal by excavation
Tsurumi Yokohama, Kanagawa 180 Arsenic 710 Arsenic 1,400 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Pumping up
Safety Measures
07/26/2001 Suehiro Yokohama, Kanagawa 39 Total cyanic compounds 39 Benzene 390 Pumping up
Many gas-related accidents occur due to inattention during its use Microcomputer-controlled meter Microcomputer-controlled meter:
Yokohama Yokohama, Kanagawa 171 Benzene 9,300 Benzene 3,500 Water barrier, Pumping up a safety system made by installing
as opposed to during manufacture or supply. To eliminate such ac-
09/26/2001 Hiranuma Yokohama, Kanagawa 32 Benzene 77 Benzene 180 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Air sparge gas meters with microcomputer-
Removal by excavation, Water barrier, cidents, Tokyo Gas has taken measures in all aspects of its control devices
11/07/2001 Fukagawa Koto Ward, Tokyo 31 Benzene 1,300 Benzene 1,500 Pumping up, Air sparge
(Countermeasures to be taken at the time of
business to improve safety.
12/25/2001 Kumagaya Kumagaya, Saitama 3 Lead 1.4 soil improvement)
Chiba
Minato- Chiba, Chiba 10 Total mercury
Nitrate nitrogen
5.4 and nitrite 1.5 Removal by excavation
Safety Measures at the Stage of Use Emergency response vehicle
03/13/2002 machi nitrogen
At all customer sites, Tokyo Gas is installing microcomputer-control-
Kisarazu Kisarazu, Chiba 12 Benzene 8.5 Benzene 4.0 Removal by excavation, Pumping up, Insolubilization
led meters, which automatically shut off the flow of gas upon sensing
Maebashi Maebashi, Gunma 3 Total cyanic compounds 18 Total cyanic compounds 5.7 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Pumping up abnormalities such as leaks, neglecting to turn off gas appliances,
03/28/2002
Takasaki Takasaki, Gunma 4 Total cyanic compounds 6.5 Total cyanic compounds 4.9 Removal by excavation, Water barrier, Pumping up and earthquakes. Besides notifying customers how to use gas cor-
rectly and carrying out periodic checks of their facilities, Tokyo Gas
has also implemented a program for emergency mobilization around-
the-clock, 365 days a year, to prevent accidents.

Management of Chemical Substances Earthquake/Disaster-prevention Measures

Tokyo Gas has mounted three stages of counter measures to pre-
vent disaster from earthquakes: damage prevention, emergency
Conformance with PRTR Law
response, and safe restoration. For the first stage, damage preven-
Although there are only a few applicable chemical substances in the PRTR Law, which concerns the determination of environmental tion, it has applied the latest in seismic technology to its gas
the gas business, Tokyo Gas is working to manage and reduce the emissions of specific chemical substances and improvement of production and supply facilities in order to hold any earthquake Control center in the Tokyo Gas head office
use of pollution-causing chemicals in compliance with the Pollutant their management, Tokyo Gas made required notifications for all damage to a minimum. In the second stage, emergency response,
Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Law. In accordance with relevant facilities by the end of June 2002. in order to prevent the outbreak of secondary disasters such as con-
flagrations and explosions, it has made preparations to swiftly shut
Release and Transfer of substances designated in PRTR Law (actual, FY2001) off the gas supply to extensively damaged districts by remote control
Handling volume Release volume Transfer from the control center in the head office. For the third stage, safe
Units Substance Class 1 designated (see Note) (atmospheric) volume Comments restoration, Tokyo Gas stages regular drills for both the safe and
number chemical substances (tons / year) (tons / year) (tons/ year)
swift resumption of supply to all districts where gas service was sus-
Negishi LNG Terminal 63 Xylene 4.0 4.0 0.0 Coating of manufacturing facilities, etc.
pended, and has constructed a support system to determine the
40 Ethyl benzene 2.4 2.4 0.0 Coating of manufacturing facilities, etc. most efficient gas-restoration work plan. In July 2001, it started up
Sodegaura LNG
Terminal 63 Xylene 6.9 6.9 0.0 Coating of manufacturing facilities, etc. (notification subjects) the Super-dense Real-time Monitoring of Earthquakes System (SU-
227 Toluene 1.3 1.3 0.0 Coating of manufacturing facilities, etc. PREME), which offers even higher levels of precision in providing
(Note) This table presents data only for annual volumes of at least 0.5 tons for Class 1 substances and 1 ton for other designated substances. disaster-prevention information than the previous system.

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An Environmental View of Tokyo Gas Environmental Performance

Business Activities in 2001 Review

To k y o G a s Global warming countermeasures: see page22
NOx emission countermeasures: see page24
Protection of the ozone layer: see page 23
For environmentally friendly utilization of resources and energy
Gas manufacturing plant Cogeneration: see page 22
Fuel cells: see page23
Natural gas, which is produced overseas, is transported by LNG tanker to the city gas manufacturing plants of Tokyo Gas.
Natural gas vehicles : see page 24
After conversion into city gas through adjustment of its calorific value, it is delivered to our customers by pipelines. This Pipelines Absorption-type gas air conditioners: see page23
section presents an environmental view of the entire process, from receipt of the feedstock to its use as city gas, in the form The network of pipelines
of a material flow chart showing the input of resources and energy and the resultant CO2 emissions and waste generation transmitting city gas to
in business activities.
customers has a total
length of 49,000 km. Gas
Purchase of
transmission is performed gas appliance
Input efficiently by use of pres- CO2, NOx, etc.
sure differentials. CO2:19.46 million tons
NOx:15 thousand tons

LNG:
The imported LNG is vaporized at Gas sales:
Marine Transport 6.81 million tons Feedstock
plants in Japan. After its calorific
value is adjusted to that of 13A city
9,219 million m3 Customers
A tanker can carry from 75,000 to 135,000 m3 LPG: see page 16 gas, it is sent out through high-pres-
of LNG at a time. A round-trip from Japan 0.35 million tons sure pipelines.
takes anywhere from 15 to 31 days during
which time the tanker makes effective use of
the LNG which vaporizes during the trip, by Amount of city gas use (by Tokyo Gas):
using it as fuel for its voyage.
Electrical power sales:
127 million m3 4 GWh

District heating and

Electrical power: cooling systems (see Note 2)
LNG liquefaction plants 334 GWh
Heat sales:(see Note 3) Office buildings,
Vehicle fuel, etc.: Energy and water 3.71 million GJ
For more efficient transportation, upon extraction,
2,075 kL (see Note 1) see page 16,17 plants, and home
the natural gas is taken to a liquefaction plant
where it is condensed into liquefied natural gas Water:
(LNG) by cooling to -162˚C. It is transported to Ja- 5.14 million m3 Discarded gas
pan as LNG. Liquefaction induces a roughly 600- appliance
fold reduction in volume and so enables transport

Pipelines
of large quantities by tanker. It also enables the re-
moval of sulfur-containing compounds. PE pipe
Steel Pipe High-efficiency energy plants fu-
eled with city gas, supplying
Cast-iron pipe Gas pipe heat to an entire district
(total length of
Waste countermeasures: see page25
pipeline installed:
Natural gas fields 906 km)
Natural gas, the feedstock for production of Business
city gas, is extracted from fields overseas.
Many of the sources of the natural gas im- Copier paper:
units
ported by Tokyo Gas are in Southeast Asia, 97.23 million sheets Company vehicles Output
so there is little dependence on imports Green purchasing:
from the Middle East. 416 items Paper and office supplies
see page 11
Number of natural
gas vehicles added: CO2:0.43 million tons (see Note 4)
Sources of LNG import by Tokyo Gas (FY2001) (104 tons) 212 NOx:73 tons (see Note 5) Emissions
see page18

Alaska
30 29
Wastewater:
Qatar Import: 0.88 million m3
340 (see Note 6) see page18 Wastewater
120
Malaysia 698 COD:1.2 tons (see Note 7)
Brunei 84 95 (FY2001)

Indonesia
Australia
Amount of general waste
Notes: for disposal:1,012 tons
1) Crude-oil-equivalent; excluding fuel for natural gas vehicles Amount of industrial
2) District heating and cooling systems and small-scale heat supply systems (for spot supply of heat)
Recycling waste for final disposal: Proper
operated directly by Tokyo Gas
401 tons see page19 treatment
3) 1 GJ =1 109J=238,889 kcal Amount of general waste recycled: Amount of waste PE pipe recycled:
4) CO2-equivalent; the calculation of CO2 emissions from purchased power applied to the factor of 1,456 tons 130 tons see page21 Amount of residual soil
371g/kWh(based on actual FY2000 data for average of all power sources at the user end) Amount of industrial waste recycled: Amount of steel and cast-iron pipe recycled: for external disposal:
5) Emissions from plants and district heating and cooling systems 3,227 tons see page19 6,225 tons see page21
0.9 million tons see page20
6) Wastewater from plants (wastewater purification facilities) and district heating and cooling systems Amount of residual soil recycled:
(excluding that in the Tama district)
0.76 million tons see page20
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Environmental Performance in Environmental Performance
Business Activities

Use of Energy and Water Guideline Review

District Heating and Cooling Systems
One of the objectives for the global warming prevention guide- Amount and basic units of energy use (crude-oil-equivalent, FY2001) District heating and cooling systems provide the total supply of Energy use per unit of heat sales
lines is to reduce the basic unit of energy use of Tokyo Gas by an Rate of reduction Reduction rate target heat (and/or cooling, depending on climate) needed in entire dis-
(L/GJ)
annual average of at least 1% over the medium and long term. Amount (relative to FY2000) (relative to the
40
Field Basic units tricts with high efficiency by consolidating its generation into a
(kL) (%) previous year) (%)
In fiscal 2001, this target was attained at all gas manufacturing 36.4 36.5 37.0 36.5 35.9 35.5
Gas manufacturing single energy plant. A total of 80 such systems, including 33 op-
plants, district heating and cooling centers, and business units. plants 69,925 7.7 kL/million m3 18.9 1 30 (Target)
District heating
erated directly by Tokyo Gas, have been installed in the Tokyo
Company-wide energy use for the year came to 241,676 kL of and cooling systems 133,485 35.9 L/GJ 1.6 1 Gas service area. Among them is the Shinjuku District Heating
crude-oil-equivalent. Business units 38,266 2.6 1 20
and Cooling Center, which was the first such system to obtain
The corresponding figure for water use was 5.139 million m3. Total 241,676 ISO14001 certification. In fiscal 2001, their basic units of energy
used (per unit of heat sales) came to 35.9 L/GJ, down 1.6% from 10
fiscal 2000.
0 97 98 99 2000 2001 2002 (FY)
City Gas Manufacturing Plants
Use of energy and water at district heating and cooling systems operated directly by Tokyo Gas
The LNG imported by tankers is stored in tanks before being This represented a remarkable reduction of almost 19% from fis- Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
sent to gasification facilities. These facilities transform the LNG cal 2000. Heat sales 103 GJ 3,332 3,482 3,592 3,821 3,713
back into a gas through heat exchange with sea water. After ad- Electrical power (purchased) MWh 89,149 97,144 100,872 108,974 101,391
(Note) There are 13 groups of city gas, and each group is referred to by a num-
mixture of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to adjust the calorific ber and letter of the alphabet, e.g., 6B and 13A. Gas 103 m3 82,142 85,357 89,262 93,171 89,745
value to the proper level for 13A-city gas (see Note), it is supplied Energy Total (crude-oil-equivalent) kL 121,210 127,147 132,774 139,565 133,485
use
to customers. Trend of energy use per unit of gas production Basic units (per unit of heat sales) L/GJ 36.4 36.5 37.0 36.5 35.9
Because the process of gas manufacture is simple and requires (kL / millions m3) Rate of reduction in basic units % 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.6
12 Use of water 103 m3 1,966 2,062 2,115 2,243 2,158
little energy consumption, as described above, energy efficiency
at the stage of gas manufacture is extremely high, on the order 10
9.7 10.2 9.8
of 99%. The plants also operate environmental management 9.5
8
systems in compliance with ISO14001 and are making effective
6
7.7 7.6 Business Units
use of energy. They are working for further energy savings by (Target)
use of the cryogenic energy of LNG to generate electrical power, 4 In fiscal 1996, Tokyo Gas launched a campaign for piled into leaflets for distribution, to raise consciousness in this
for example. "environmentally friendly office living" to step up the various ener- area. In fiscal 2001, it took measures such as changing the air-
2 gy-saving activities already being undertaken at its business units.
Thanks to these activities, the basic unit of energy use (per unit conditioning temperature setting at its headquarters building and
of production) in fiscal 2001 was 7.7 kL/million m3. 0 Over the succeeding years, it conducted studies and measure- many other business units. As a result, energy use in these office
97 98 99 2000 2001 2002 (FY)
ments to ascertain the facts of energy use. The results were com- buildings fell by 2.6% from fiscal 2000.
Use of energy and water at gas manufacturing plants Use of energy and water at Tokyo Gas’ business units
Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
Electrical power (purchased) MWh 63,373 65,759 63,490 59,788 57,292
Feedstock LNG 103 tons 5,941 6,026 6,159 6,469 6,808
Gas 103 m3 19,537 18,469 17,085 17,545 17,402
Feedstock LPG 103 tons 224 254 322 355 351
Gasoline kL 2,659 2,538 2,219 2,266 2,152
13A city gas production 106 m3 7,893 8,041 8,281 8,688 9,081 Fuel for
Diesel oil kL 39 38 29 26 22
Electrical power (purchased) MWh 155,892 185,011 192,755 197,440 174,933 Energy vehicles
use Natural gas 103 m3 Included in the figure for gas noted above 188 228 284
Gas 103 m3 29,842 27,552 25,521 25,326 19,854 Other fuels kL 230 90
Other fuels kL 2 1 6 6 4 Total (crude-oil ewuivalent)(see Note 1) kL 42,462 41,714 39,393 39,279 38,266
Use of Reduction rate % 8.2 1.8 5.6 0.3 2.6
energy Total (crude-oil-equivalent) kL 76,732 81,729 81,376 82,386 69,925
Basic unit (per unit of production) kL / million m3
Shinjuku Park Tower - electrical power (reference) (see Note 2) MWh 2,551 3,048
9.7 10.2 9.8 9.5 7.7
Rate of reduction in the basic unit 43.0 4.6 3.3 3.5 18.9 Use of Use of water 103 m3 1,526 2,190 1,989 1,684 1,334
% water Shinjuku Park Tower - water (reference) (see Note 2) 103 m3 2 2
LNG cryogenic energy 103 tons 1,348 1,472 1,781 1,759 2,048
(Note 1) Figures for use of energy include energy used to generate power sold to electric power companies.
Use of Water (tap and industrial) 103 m3 1,592 1,664 1,714 1,761 1,647 (Note 2) Only for Tokyo Gas offices in Shinjuku Park Tower
water Seawater 103 m3 260,750 290,888 299,430 296,073 282,815
Example of Approaches at The building managers of the Oji Green Energy In April 2001, Tokyo Gas joined the Green
Business Units Building in Tokyo's Kita Ward are Procurement Power Certification System (operated by
Use of LNG LNG is transported at a very low tem- Actual use of cryogenic energy (fiscal 2001) working to reduce energy and the Japan Natural Energy Company
Cryogenic Energy perature (-162˚C) and turned back into are vigorously pursuing other Eco-activities. They put out a monthly publica- Limited) to promote use of renewable energy. Members pledge to purchase
Amount of LNG whose cryogenic
a gas at the gas manufacturing plant. In Applications energy was used (103 tons) tion entitled "Me de Miru Eko Jisseki News" (News of Tangible Eco-results), at least 1 million kWh per year of "green power" generated by windmill plants.
the liquid state, it has a cryogenic energy of about 870 kJ/kg. The term prepare graphs showing the In April 2002, facilities such as the Energy & Earth Exploratorium began to
Cold storage 49
"use of LNG cryogenic energy" refers to the recovery and effective use trend of electric power use, and make use of this power.
Production of liquefied carbonic acid gas and dry ice 47
of this energy as opposed to its waste. Practical technology is now have a strict rule for turning
Cryogenic power generation 784
available for use of this energy at all temperature levels. In fiscal 2001, Liquefied oxygen and nitrogen lights off when not in use. These
539
Tokyo Gas made use of the cryogenic energy of 2.048 million tons of efforts enabled the building’s
Production of 13C-methane 15 Green Power
energy use to be reduced by Certification
LNG. BOG treatment 613
4.2% in fiscal 2001 compared System mark
Total 2,048
with fiscal 2000.
BOG: Boil-off gas; gas deriving from the vaporization of liquid in LNG tanks due to Noshiro Wind
heat infiltration from outside "Turn off lights when not needed" Power station
signs in the Oji Building

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Environmental Performance in Business Activities Environmental Performance

Emissions into the Atmosphere and Water System Review

Business Units
As part of its efforts to mitigate global warming, Tokyo Gas has CO2 and NOx emissions (fiscal 2001) CO2 emissions have been also decreasing from Tokyo Gas’ own CO2 emissions at Tokyo Gas business units
been working to conserve energy in its business activities. In fiscal CO2 emissions NOx emissions business units, in parallel with the decline in energy use. In fiscal
2001, company-wide CO2 emissions amounted to 428 thousand Field (103 tons-CO2) (tons) Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
2001, CO2 emissions from office buildings and other operations
tons-CO2. This represented a decrease of 34 thousand tons-CO2 Gas manufacturing plants 111 14 CO2 emissions 103 tons-CO2 76 73 69 70 68
amounted to 68 thousand tons-CO2. They are expected to fall fur- (see Note)
from fiscal 2000 in spite of increases in gas production and heat District heating and cooling systems 249 59 ther with the switch to natural gas vehicles and spread of energy-
sales. Emissions of NOx, which is an air pollutant and a cause of (Note) CO2 emission factors per unit of purchased electrical power are based on
Business units 68 saving equipment. values for average of all power sources at the user end in each fiscal
acid rain, came to 73 tons or 16 tons less than in fiscal 2000. Total 428 73 year (fiscal 2000 values were also used for fiscal 2001).

Gas Manufacturing Plants

Countermeasures for Industrial Waste Guideline Review
City gas used to be produced from coal and oil. The increased im- Trends of CO2 and NOx emissions per unit of gas production
CO2 emissions (g-CO2/m3) NOx emissions (mg/m3)
port of LNG as the main feedstock for city gas production and 50 50 One of the objectives of the "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" promo- Generation of industrial waste (fiscal 2001)
overall efficiency gains have dramatically reduced the environmen- 46.1
CO2 tion guidelines is to reduce the final disposal rate for industrial Amount Amount to Final FY2002 Final
tal burden of gas manufacturing plants. The CO2 emissions waste in business activities to no more than 5% in fiscal 2005. In Field Generated Final Disposal Disposal Disposal
40 NOx 40 (tons) (tons) Rate (%) Rate Target (%)
associated with city gas production, which amounted to 247 thou- fiscal 2001, industrial waste sent out for final disposal company-
sand tons-CO2 in fiscal 1990, have consequently been reduced to wide amounted to 401 tons, for a rate of 10%. This met the target Gas Manufacturing Plants 467 42 9
less than half as much by fiscal 2001, despite the steady increase 30 28.0 30 Business Facility Installation 2,289 50 2
for fiscal 2001 (13%).
in the production volume. The level of CO2 emissions per unit of Business Units 1,188 309 26
gas production has also been steadily falling and in fiscal 2001 20 20 Total 3,944 401 10 9
15.8 16.0 15.5 15.2
came to only 12.2 g-CO2/m3, or about one-fourth as much as in fis- 12.2
cal 1990. Per-unit NOx emissions, too, are very low, and amounted 10 10
to 1.6 mg/m3 of gas produced in fiscal 2001. It should be added 3.2 Gas Manufacturing Plants
2.5 2.4 2.4 1.6
that city gas production has little impact on the level of chemical
0 0 To lower the environmental impact at the stage of gas production,
oxygen demand (COD) in water systems. 90 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY) Generation of Industrial Waste at Gas Manufacturing Plants
Tokyo Gas is striving to curtail the generation of industrial waste at Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
CO2, NOx, and COD emissions and wastewater at gas manufacturing plants gas manufacturing plants. In fiscal 2001, the industrial waste from
Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 plants amounted to 467 tons, slightly more than in fiscal 2000. As Amount Generated tons 2,768 1,243 842 432 467
CO2 emissions (see Note 1) 103 tons-CO2 a result of efforts to reduce waste volume and recycle waste by Amount Recycled tons 526 343 163 217 150
125 128 128 132 111 (see Note)
Atmosphere
NOx emissions tons 25 20 20 21 14 transforming it back into usable resources, the final disposal Amount to Final Disposal tons 2,242 900 679 141 42
Wastewater (see Note 2) 103 m3 680 555 amount fell to 42 tons, for a final disposal rate of 9%.
Water Final Disposal Rate % 81 72 81 33 9
system COD emissions tons 1.0 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.2
(Note) Figures for fiscal 2000 do not include reduction of waste volume.
(Note 1) CO2 emission factors per unit of purchased electrical power are based on values for average of all power sources at the user end in each fiscal year (fiscal 2000
values were also used for fiscal 2001).
(Note 2) Wastewater from wastewater purification facilities
Sales Facility Installation
District Heating and Cooling Systems The installation of gas equipment, heating and cooling systems, Generation of Industrial Waste in Sales Facility Installation
and water heaters undertaken by Tokyo Gas itself generates waste Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
In fiscal 2001, the total amount of CO2 and NOx emissions from Trend of CO2 and NOx emissions per unit of heat sales
in the forms of rubble, scrap metal, and waste plastic. This waste is
district heating and cooling systems operated directly by Tokyo CO2 emissions (kg-CO2/GJ) NOx emissions (g/GJ)
Amount Generated tons 2,369 2,228 2,289
100 100 recycled and otherwise properly treated in accordance with the
Gas were lower than in fiscal 2000. In addiction, thanks to effective CO2 NOx Amount Recycled
84.7 company rules for the disposal of industrial waste. In fiscal 2001, (see Note) tons 2,291 2,156 2,239
use of energy, CO2 emissions per unit of heat sales came to 67.0
80 80 rigorous sorting enabled recycling of 2,239 tons representing 98%
kg-CO2/GJ, and have stayed at roughly the same level since 1995. 68.0 67.8 68.9 68.0 67.0 Amount to Final Disposal tons 78 71 50
of the total amount generated; only 50 tons or 2% of the total was
NOx emissions per unit of heat sales were 16.6 g/GJ. 60 60 Final Disposal Rate % 3 3 2
sent out for final disposal.
(Note) Figures for fiscal 2001 do not include reduction of waste volume.
40 31.7 40
19.7 18.4 20.1 18.7 16.6 20
20
Business Units
0 90 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY) 0 The main types of industrial waste generated at business units are Generation of Industrial Waste at Business Units
scrap metal and waste plastic. In response to the stricter obliga-
CO2 and NOx emissions and wastewater at district heating and cooling systems operated directly by Tokyo Gas Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
tions imposed on source business units by the amended version of
Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Waste Disposal and Public Cleaning Law and other such legisla- Amount Generated tons 1,866 1,905 1,773 1,831 1,188
CO2 emissions (see Note 1) 103 tons-CO2 226 236 248 260 249 tion, Tokyo Gas is stepping up its activities to ensure proper Amount Recycled tons 466 710 898 1,345 838
Atmosphere (see Note)
NOx emissions (see Note 2) tons 63 61 69 68 59 sorting, recycling, and disposal for such waste. In fiscal 2001, the Amount to Final Disposal tons 487 309
Water system Wastewater (see Note 3) 103 m3 325 328 industrial waste generated by business units amounted to 1,188
(Note 1) CO2 emission factors per unit of purchased electrical power are based on values for average of all power sources at the user end in each fiscal year (fiscal 2000 tons, a decrease of 643 tons from fiscal 2000. Of this total, 838 Final Disposal Rate % 27 26
values were also used for fiscal 2001).
(Note 2) Emissions from smoke generating facilities. tons (71%) were recycled, and 309 tons (26%) were sent out for fi- (Note) Figures for fiscal 2001 do not include reduction of waste volume.
(Note 3) Excluding the Tama District Heating and Cooling Center. nal disposal.

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Environmental Performance in Business Activities Environmental Performance

Countermeasures for General Waste Review

Recycling of Waste Gas Pipe
In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas continued its hard-hitting campaign to re- Amount of general waste generated As in fiscal 1999 and 2000, Tokyo Gas attained a recycling rate of List of articles made from recycled PE pipe
duce amounts of waste paper and other general waste. General (tons)
3000 100% for waste gas pipe derived from pipeline installation in fiscal Type Articles
waste amounted to 2,468 tons, for a reduction of about 5% from 2906 2001, thanks to its steady promotion of recycling.
2825 Shopping bags, Garbage bags, Document holders
fiscal 2000. 2531 2591 In fiscal 1994, Tokyo Gas established a system for recycling poly- Commercial
2468 Office files, Ball-point pens
A total of 28 garbage disposal units, of both the high-temperature 2000 products
ethylene (PE) pipe scraps and excavated sections. In fiscal 2001, it Mechanical pencils ,Chairs for office use, etc.
biological and dry types, fueled with city gas have been installed in recycled a total of 130 tons of such pipe. Besides being put to in- Explanatory labels on gas meters
the Company to transform organic waste from employee cafeterias Gas works
1000 house reuse as gas construction material (labels, marker tape for Tape for marking buried gas pipe
into compost. materials
underground pipes, etc.), waste pipe is increasingly being trans- Materials for hot-water system piping
formed into commercial products by other firms and offered for
Examples of
0 sale to the general public. Shopping bags, document holders, ball- articles made from
97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY)
point pens, and other articles made from recycled PE pipe are recycled PE pipe
used extensively in Tokyo Gas offices as part of the green pur-
chasing program.
Curtailment and Recycling of Waste Paper Guideline In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas also recovered 6,225 tons of obsolete
In accordance with its "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" promotion steel and cast-iron pipe. Steel makers, etc., recycled this entire
Waste paper amount and recycling rate
guidelines, Tokyo Gas is working to reduce the amount of waste amount as raw material, for a recycling rate of 100%.
paper, which accounts for almost all of the general waste gener- Item Unit FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2005 Recycling of waste gas pipe
Target Target
ated at its offices. The guidelines call for a reduction of 25% Amount of generation Items Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
Curtailment

(relative to fiscal 1999) in fiscal 2005, and therefore a correspond- (see Note) tons 2,000 1,917 1,827 1,720 1,500
Recovered amount tons 109 118 103 129 130 PE pipe: Polyethylene (PE) gas pipes offer excellent
Amount of 83 173 280 500
ing target of 10% was set for fiscal 2001. Actual results fell slightly reduction tons PE pipe Recycled amount (see Note) tons 67 72 103 129 130 resistance to earthquakes and corrosion,
short of this target; waste paper amounted to 1,827 tons, for a re- and their installation has rapidly spread in
Reduction rate % 4 9 14 25 Recycling rate % 61 61 100 100 100
the wake of the Great Hanshin Earth-
duction of 9% relative to fiscal 1999. Steel and Recovered/recycled amount tons 5,552 5,332 5,419 6,225 quake. At present, more than 95% of the
At 75%, the recycling rate was above that of 70% targeted for fis-
Recycling rate % 65 75 80 85 cast-iron pipe Recycling rate
% 100 100 100 100 low-pressure lines newly installed under
cal 2001. (Note) The fiscal 1999 amount is the guideline standard. (Note) FY1999 figures is calculated using a method based on the actual situation. roads are made of PE.

Environmental Performance in Affiliated Companies Review

Countermeasures for Waste in Gas Pipeline Installation Review
In fiscal 2001, Tokyo Gas again collected data on indicators non-consolidated companies with the greatest potential en-
Curtailment of Residual Soil Generation and Promotion of Reuse and Recycle Guideline of environmental performance (such as energy use) from its vironmental impact.
affiliated companies, in keeping with its goal of promoting Tokyo Gas is also furnishing extensive support for the estab-
The installation of gas pipelines under roads generally results in Decline in generation of residual soil and actual generation
the generation of residual soil and chunks of asphalt and concrete. Amount (104tons) Actual residual soil rate (%) environmental conservation at the Group level. The collec- lishment of environmental management systems (EMS) at
400 55% 60
Tokyo Gas is reducing the generation of residual soil by the instal- Actual residual Quantity of Actual residual tion began in fiscal 2000, and again in fiscal 2001, the affiliated companies (see page 9).
soil amount reduction soil rate
lation of pipes at shallow depths and by applying the trench-less subjects were the 13 consolidated companies and the 6
45%
method. It is also expanding the reuse of residual soil and soil that 300
has been improved. In fiscal 2001, the residual soil sent outside 34% Use of energy, water, and copy paper, and generation of general and industrial waste, at affiliated companies
37% target 40
the Company for disposal came to 0.9 million tons, or 37% as 13 consolidated companies 6 non-consolidated companies
25% Item Unit
much as the potential 2.46 million tons that would have been gen- 200 target FY2000 FY2001 FY2000 FY2001
erated by the use of conventional installation methds. The 15%
Company therefore met its target of 38% for reduction of this target 20 Electrical power (purchased) MWh 88,083 80,293 7,858 8,666

Use of energy
waste. And because of the corresponding decline in operation of 100 Gas 103 m3 1,027 1,409 106 100
trucks to transport the soil, these activities are also helping to cur- 486 939 239 148
Vehicle Gasoline kL
tail CO2 and NOx emissions. 0 fuel
0 Diesel fuel kL 16 93 15 15 Example of efforts at affiliated companies:
99 2000 2001 2002 2005 2010 (FY) Very-low-temperature cold storage applying
Total (crude-oil-equivalent) kL 25,020 23,898 2,441 2,564 LNG cryogenic energy
Reduction and recycling of residual soil CO2 emissions 103 tons-CO2 36 36 4 4
Item Unit FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 target FY2005 target FY2010 target Use of water 103 m3 187 238 11 10
Total length of pipeline installed km 865 857 906 956
Use of copy paper (A4 size) 103 sheets 18,546 29,453 4,437 4,575
Potentially generated amount 104 tons 274 268 246 295
Generation of general waste tons 1,362 1,125 97 129
Actual reduction

Reduced generation 104 tons 46 76 81 86

Residual soil

Reuse 104 tons 50 38 44 57 Generation of industrial waste tons 1,447 15,237 90 112
Recycling 104 tons 27 32 32 52 * Beginning in fiscal 2001 there was a great increase in the number of business units covered.
* Amounts at Tokyo Gas Building Service Co., whose environmental management is integrated with that of the
Total reduction amount 104 tons 123 147 156 194 Example of efforts at affiliated companies:
business units of Tokyo Gas, are included in those for Tokyo Gas, except for copy paper.
104 tons 152 121 90 100 Production of dry ice utilizing
Actual residual soil amount * The method of data collection for electrical power and water was partially revised beginning in fiscal 2000. LNG cryogenic energy
Actual residual soil rate % 55 45 37 34 25 15

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Environmental Performance
Environmental Performance in Products

The city gas sent to customers is utilized in a variety of gas the promotion of natural gas use, which has excellent environ- Third-party Verification of In December 2001, Tokyo Gas Baselines and estimates of CO2 emission reduction
equipment and systems. mental features, the use of high-efficiency equipment and sys- CO2 Emissions Reduction joined with the Chuo Sustain- CO2 emission reduction
ability Research Institute Hypothetical baseline
Tokyo Gas is working to mitigate the environmental impact of tems, and the recycling of used gas appliances. (tons-CO2)
energy utilization by our customers through measures including Corporation in conducting Japan's first third-party verification of CO2
emissions reduction due to the installation of gas cogeneration systems. Case 1 Purchased electrical power plus 9,540
gas boiler
With the cooperation of Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., which has in-

Countermeasures for Global Warming at Customer Locations Guideline

stalled such systems within the Company’s service area, the verification Case 2 Steam turbine cogeneration
checked the reduction realized at its plant in Tokyo's Tama district in fis- system, operation in proportion
with the increase in the steam turbine 3,750
cal 2000. This plant first used a steam turbine cogeneration system that cogeneration system demand
Tokyo Gas's of global warming prevention guidelines post the CO2 emission curtailment Review was later replaced with a gas cogeneration system for further conserva-
target of curtailing CO2 emissions at customer locations by (104 tons-CO2)
700 tion of energy. The check found that the gas cogeneration system Case 3 Steam turbine cogeneration system,
800 steam cogeneration system working
more than 5 million tons-CO2 in fiscal 2005 and 7 million tons- Improvement of appliance efficiency (Target) reduced CO2 emissions by 5,940 tons in fiscal 2000. rate equal to the average over the last five 5,940
CO2 in fiscal 2010. Installation of cogeneration systems years, and coverage of shortage through use of
In fiscal 2001, CO2 emissions accompanying gas utilization 600 Increased use of natural gas 500 purchased power and gas boilers
(Target)
came to some 19.46 million tons-CO2, and this represented a 372 (Note) Case 3 was selected as the baseline because it is based on conven-
curtailment effect of 2.34 million tons-CO2. The latter figure (Target) Fuel cells are systems for generation of electrical tional facilities and assumes realistic handling of shortages.
400 Fuel Cells power through the chemical reaction between hy-
consisted of 0.1 million tons-CO2 from improvement of the effi- Phosphoric
ciency of city gas appliance and systems, 1.62 million tons-CO2 234 drogen produced from substances such as natural acid fuel cell
200 160 181 gas and the oxygen in the air. They have excellent environmental fea-
from the diffusion of cogeneration systems, and 0.63 million
tures, including a high generation efficiency, minimal emissions of CO2
tons-CO2 from increased use of natural gas.
and NOx, and absence of vibration and noise.
* The calculation of the CO2-curtailing effect due to the reduced use of electrical 0
power was based on CO2 emission factors (CO2-equivalent) of the average 99 2000 2001 2002 2005 2010 (FY)
thermally generated electric power at the user end. Increased use of fuel cells Number of
Capacity (kW) 60 units
12000 57 60
Capacity 54
Spread of Gas Cogeneration Systems Number 51
10000 45 50
Gas cogeneration systems generate electricity with turbines or Increased use of gas cogeneration systems 9680
9180
engines fueled with city gas, and use the waste heat derived in 8000 8780 40
(MW) 8280
the process for air conditioning and water heating. With their 1000 Consumer 7230 The phosphoric acid type of fuel cell is already in practical use. It has
"cascade use" of energy, they efficiently extract electrical and 6000 30 been installed at various sites as the generation unit in gas cogeneration
Industrial
thermal energy and attain a total energy efficiency in the range 806 systems. As of the end of fiscal 2001, a cumulative total of 60 units with
of 70 - 80%. The high total efficiency for gas cogeneration sys- 800 761 4000 20 a combined capacity of 9,680 kW had been installed in the service area
tems helps to curtail CO2 emissions. 654 681 of Tokyo Gas.
2000 8 10
A cumulative total of 772 gas cogeneration systems with a com- 593 In preparation for the age of distributed power generation, Tokyo Gas is
600
bined capacity of 806 MW kilowatts had been installed as of the 880 also promoting the development of home-use cogeneration systems ap-
0 0
end of fiscal 2001. (Of this total, industrial systems accounted 90 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY) plying fuel cells of the polymer electrolyte type (see page 26).
for 251 with a combined capacity of 598 MW, and consumer 400
systems, 521 systems with a combined capacity of 208 MW.)
Protection of the Ozone Layer
Cascade use: Efficient energy utilization requires not only an increase in the 200 147
efficiency of the equipment per se, but also a multistage use of
energy, i.e., at all levels of temperature (from high to low) and
Increased Use of Absorption-type Gas Air Conditioners
from the top to the bottom of the entire energy cascade. Such
utilization of energy is referred to as "cascade use". 0 Absorption-type gas-fueled air conditioners do not use Increased use of absorption-type gas air conditioners
90 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY) Number of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for refrigerant, and are therefore Capacity
(104 kW)
Capacity Number installation
extremely valuable for protection of the ozone layer. As of the end 10000
Comparison of the CO2 emission levels of conventional and gas cogeneration systems 1000 8762 8945 9052
of fiscal 2001, a combined capacity of 8.99 GW had been installed 8224 8498
Conventional system Gas cogeneration system at a total of 9,052 locations. 800 8000
To expand the use of these highly environmentally friendly air 842 877 899
5703 768 796
Total CO2 emissions: 278g-C (1019g-CO2) Total CO2 emissions: 185g-C (678g-CO2) conditioners, Tokyo Gas collaborated with Osaka Gas and Toho 600 6000
Gas in inaugurating a "green system" especially for the absorption
CO2 emissions: 103g-C CO2 emissions: 175g-C CO2 emission AC’s. Under this system, which is aimed at encouraging the 400 4000
CO2 emissions: 185g-C
reduction 424
increased use of absorption-type gas air conditioners in particular,
rate: 200 2000
about 33% the three companies set new standards for reduction in
Coal Electrical Generation efficiency: environmental burden and pledged to jointly promote absorption-
0 0
Oil power: 30% type chiller-heaters that meet these standards. 90 97 98 99 2000 2001 (FY)
LNG Generation efficiency: 1kWh
Thermal power 38% Natural gas:
plant 0.29m3
Switch of GHP Refrigerant
In order to protect the ozone layer, use of hydrochlorofluorocar- use of either a HCFC type (R22) or a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
Natural gas: Heat: Cogeneration bon (HCFC) refrigerants is to be reduced worldwide beginning type (R407C). In January 2002, however, a complete switch was
0.16m3 Efficiency: 90% 1.4 Mcal Waste heat recovery: in 2004 and completely phased out by 2020. For refrigerant, the made to R407C, which has a zero coefficient of ozone layer de-
Boiler 50%
gas heat pumps (GHPs) sold by Tokyo Gas thus far have made struction.
Source: "Planning and Design Manual for Natural Gas Cogeneration 2002,"
a separate volume of "Clean Energy"
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Environmental Performance in Products Environmental Performance

NOx Emission Countermeasures at Customer Locations Guideline Waste Countermeasures at Customer Locations Review

Average NOx concentration of emissions from all gas appliance

Promotion of Low-NOx Emission Gas Appliance Review (as percentage of the fiscal 1990 level) Response to the Home Appliance Recycling Law
(%)
In fiscal 2001, the average NOx concentration of emissions from 100 In April 2001, Japan enacted Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds Response to Law for Recycling of Specified Kinds of
100% Home Appliances (residential-use air conditioners)
all gas appliance was 93 parts per million (ppm), or about 80% 117ppm of Home Appliances, which covers the residential-use gas air condi-
as high as in fiscal 1990. This reduction is being driven by the de- 80 88% 86% tioners bearing the Tokyo Gas brand. In response, Tokyo Gas joined Item Unit FY2001
103ppm 101ppm 80% Number of items received at designated handling sites Units 13,111
velopment and increased use of low-NOx emission technology 75% the Home Appliance Recycling System (commonly referred to as
93ppm
for cogeneration systems and GHPs, and enabled Tokyo Gas to (target) 70% the "A Group") organized mainly by Matsushita Electric Industrial Number of items hauled away to processing plants Units 12,956
60 (target)
meet its fiscal 2001 target of holding these emissions to no more 60% Co., Ltd., to ensure proper recovery and recycling of these products. Processing volume for recycling Units 12,465
than 83% of the fiscal 1990 total. In fiscal 2001, NOx emissions (target) In fiscal 2001, it recycled approximately 76% of the entire weight, of
Recycling
(retransformation Processing weight for recycling tons 569
40
from all gas appliances totaled about 15.4 thousand tons. units recovered, back into products (as compared to the legal stan- into products) Recycled weight tons 437
dard of 60%), and destroyed the entire amount of CFC refrigerants, Recycling rate % 76
20 except for the stock in treatment plants. CFCs Recovery weight kg 5,376

0
90 99 2000 2001 2002 2005 2010 (FY)

SRIMS, the Recovery and Recycling System for Discarded Gas Appliances and Other Waste
Increased use of Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are a Increased use of natural gas vehicles and refueling stations
practical type of low-emission auto- (within the Tokyo Gas service area) In August 1994, Tokyo Gas developed its own system for recovery Mitigation of Environmental Treatment of discarded gas
Natural Gas Vehicles appliances necessarily entails
mobile fueled with clean natural gas Number of vehicles Refueling stations and recycling of discarded gas appliance. Known as the Saving & Burden under SRIMS
5000 70 hauling by vehicle. Tokyo Gas
instead of diesel fuel or gasoline. They do not emit any black smoke or Passenger cars Recycling Innovative Model System (SRIMS), this system is applied
conducted studies and checks to determine the degree of reduction in en-
SOx and have much lower emission levels for NOx. They are found in all 64 for the recovery of gas appliance and materials that are handled by
Trucks vironmental burden induced by the differences between SRIMS (use of vehi-
vehicle categories, from light cars and utility trucks, to large buses and cooperating firms (franchised service outlets and construction com- cle on their return trips to pick up used appliances for recycling) and the
trucks, and even forklifts. In the Tokyo Gas service area, a total of 1,926 Buses 60 panies, such as Enesta and Enefit) and subsequently discarded on conventional approach in respect of vehicle use (send a vehicle and driver
4000 Refueling stations
natural gas vehicles were added in fiscal 2001 with a combined NOx- 52 the occasion of the purchase of new models or gas construction and to a location specifically to pick up a used appliance).
emission-reducing effect, as estimated by Tokyo Gas, of about 80 tons 4690
renovation work at customer locations. In fiscal 2001, the scope of These studies found that SRIMS reduced levels of CO2, NOx, and SOx
50
per year. The cumulative number of natural gas vehicles on the road in SRIMS was expanded from gas appliances and the conventional emissions by about 15% relative to the conventional vehicle use. They also
Japan topped 10,000 in November 2001 and reached 12,012 (including 41 discarded articles, to also include products covered by Law for Re- showed that SRIMS was more economical, in that it reduced processing
4,690 in the Tokyo Gas service area) at the end of fiscal 2001.
3000 costs by 20 - 30%.
2764 40 cycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances. Under it, Tokyo Gas
The Tokyo Gas service area contained 64 high-speed refueling stations Tokyo Gas intends to make SRIMS even more environmentally friendly by
33 recovered a total of 10,633 air conditioners, 80 TV sets, 90 refrigera-
especially for natural gas vehicles as of the end of March 2001 includ- switching to natural gas vehicles for delivery and operating them more effi-
tors, and 81 washing machines, and hauled them off to designated
ing those under construction. This number includes 12 exclusively for ciently.
2000 30 handling sites.
buses and delivery trucks. These stations can refuel the vehicles with 1861 SRIMS program
compressed natural gas in a matter of minutes. Small refueling units that 22
can be readily installed in parking lots and other such places numbered 1300 20 Enesta and Enefit: Tokyo Gas sales networks Discarded gas appliance Recycling
156. Scrap metal
1000 Waste plastic
782 Recovery under
Rubble
Waste cardboard
Special-purpose refueling stations: 10 SRIMS
The Tokyo Metropolis, City of Yokohama, Ministry of the Envir-
onment, major transport companies, and other parties promot- 1 Intermediate
ing the diffusion of natural gas vehicles are installing refueling 22 processing
0 91 97 98 99 2000 2001 0
stations on their grounds especially for these vehicles. (FY)
Small refueling units: Units designed for installation at business units, parking lots, Customer
etc., for on-site refueling.

Final
Return run disposal
on deliveries
Estimate of NOx emission reduction due to NGVs (FY2001) Kasai truck terminal
Equipment delivery vehicle
NOx emission
Number of reduction
Type units (tons per year)
Waste recovery under SRIMS (Unit: tons)
Passenger cars 67 0.04
Item FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001
Lightcars 238 0.27 Keisen University
Vans 124 0.07 school bus Gas appliance (see Note) and scrap metal 2,000 2,770 5,278 5,522 5,033
Trucks 1,178 67.74 Waste plastic 310 470 1,128 1,275 1,376
Buses 58 4.62 Rubble 91 210 354 337 414
Garbage trucks 241 7.71 Cardboard 129 260 636 730 747
Other 20 Other 160 50 0 242 266
Total 1,926 80.45 Total 2,690 3,760 7,396 8,106 7,836
(Note) Figures for fiscal 2001 do not include the kinds of home appliances specified under the recycling law.

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Environmental Technology Development

Environmental Technology Development

In its pursuit of more effective use of energy and the conservation conducting research and development programs aimed at develop- Further Increase in the Efficiency of Gas Cogeneration Systems
of the global environment, Tokyo Gas is developing technology ing practical systems that apply fuel cells and micro gas turbines to
with an emphasis on gas cogeneration systems. In particular, it is the dispersed energy supply system of the next generation.
High-efficiency Miller-cycle Lean Combustion Gas Engines
The attainment of higher levels of energy conservation and eco- ena. It attained a thermal efficiency of 43%, the highest in the
Development of Micro Cogeneration Systems nomic performance with gas cogeneration systems demands the world (with a rated generation output of 350 kW). Tokyo Gas is go-
development of gas engines with a higher thermal efficiency. The ing to develop a cogeneration package utilizing this engine.
Conventionally, cogeneration systems have been installed only for as well is rising. In response, Tokyo Gas is working on the develop- gas engine newly developed by Tokyo Gas applies Miller-cycle
large-scale structures. In light of their exceptional energy-saving ment of smaller systems adapted for use in homes and other technology to a lean-combustion gas engine. It features a higher Miller-cycle engine: As compared to the conventional Otto-cycle engines, Miller-
cycle engines have a higher expansion ratio but about the
qualities, the need to install them in medium and small structures facilities. expansion ratio, better combustion characteristics, and advanced same compression ratio, and make it possible to extract
control technology to suppress knocking and other such phenom- more of the energy released by the combustion of gas.

Fuel Cell Cogeneration System for Home-use

Tokyo Gas is currently engaged in the development of polymer Technology Using Thermoelectric Materials
electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) cogeneration systems for home use.
Operating test at Thermoelectric materials have a high thermoelectromotive force 1997, Tokyo Gas discovered an excellent thermoelectric material
The systems have a capacity on the order of 1 kW, and are targe-
an actual home
ted for commercialization in fiscal 2004. In fiscal 2001, a PEFC co- when subjected to a high temperature difference. Their application in NaxCoO2, which does not contain any toxic or rare elements. In
generation system manufactured by Ebara Ballard Corporation, that to power generation is referred to as "thermoelectric power gener- 2001, it developed a synthesis method for NaxCoO2 single crystals
was integrated with the high-efficiency fuel processing technology ation." Such technology enables the direct conversion of thermal which delivered the world's best performance for an oxide. The
developed by Tokyo Gas achieved an electrical generation efficien- energy to electrical energy. Moreover, it does not have a drive unit agenda for the future includes the preparation of thermoelectric
cy of 34% and total efficiency of 81% (in LHV terms). These figures (rotating generator), and therefore makes less noise and requires modules (devices) and studying methods to apply them to the ex-
reach the targets for initial commercialization. Tokyo Gas' fuel pro- no maintenance. Its application to recover of the (otherwise was- haust system of gas cogeneration units. The recovery of electricity
cessing technology was essential in attaining this efficiency. Test ted) heat of combustion from exhaust streams is expected to from the heat of automobile exhaust will also be investigated.
operation of two PEFC cogeneration systems installed in actual increase the generation efficiency of gas cogeneration systems. In
homes was initiated to test their operation based on the optimal
control system for power and heat output. This control system was
developed by Tokyo Gas. Other Environmental Technology Development
Latent heat recovery-
Latent Heat Recovery-type Bath Water type bath water heater
Heater (TES Boiler) (TES boiler)

Micro Gas Turbine Cogeneration System Tokyo Gas is developing high efficiency water heater models. Since
developing and commercializing the Model 20, a business-use high
Since fiscal 1999, Tokyo Gas has been vigorously promoting the 50kW micro gas turbine
cogeneration efficiency water heater (which won the Ministry of International
commercialization of micro gas turbines. In fiscal 2001, it initiated
system (exterior) Trade and Industry's Prize at the 10th Energy Conservation Grand
field demonstration of a 28 kW micro turbine cogeneration system.
Prix) in fiscal 1999, Tokyo Gas has developed and commercialized
Ten such systems are in regular operation at stores and other lo-
other high efficiency water heaters for both business and home
cations.
use. In fiscal 2001, it expanded the line by developing the TES boi-
We also conducted a proving test of a 50 kW class micro gas tur-
ler, a high efficiency water heater based on recovery of latent heat.
bine and has commenced test operations aimed at commercializa-
tion. High-efficiency
absorption-type
In addition, we developed a 270 kW micro gas turbine cogenera-
tion system incorporating a low-NOx combustor. This system pro-
Absorption-type chiller-heaters chiller-heater

duces only two-thirds as much NOx emission as the former one. It Tokyo Gas is developing high efficiency absorption-type chiller-
also offers a lower cost and size reduction of about 40% in com- heaters, which do not use any CFC refrigerant. In fiscal 2001, it
pared with other units in its capacity class. achieved a coefficient of performance (COP) of 1.35 (in HHV
50kW micro gas turbine terms; the highest in the world for gas-fueled absorption equip-
cogeneration system (structure) ment) with one such model, and is planning to come out with a
commercial version in the near future. It is also developing models
that apply a triple-effect cycle and have a COP of more than 1.6.
Furthermore, since partial loads account for most of a system’s
Small Gas Engine Cogeneration System operation time, it is working to integrate the components to raise
COP: Coefficient of Performance, an indicator of the level of cooling and heating
performance per kilowatt-hour of energy consumed; a higher COP indi-
the energy efficiency of the entire system by 15% (as opposed to cates higher efficiency.
Tokyo Gas developed a small gas engine cogeneration system 6kW Small Gas Engine just concentrating on the air conditioning unit proper).
with a 6 kW output. This system is designed to generate power Cogeneration System
and hot water for customers in business sectors using a lot of hot
water (such as homes for the aged, restaurants, and public baths).
Combustion-type Exhaust Gas Treatment Unit
For a small system of this type, it delivers a high electrical Tokyo Gas developed a combustion-type gas treatment unit that is completely. This unit, which treats the process exhaust gas from
generation efficiency (26.5%) and has a total efficiency (inclusive capable of decomposing carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) with a high effi- semiconductor plants by means of combustion, has high energy
of waste heat recovery) of 86%. ciency of more than 99%. CF4 has a global warming coefficient efficiency, a high level of safety and can be used with many differ-
We launched sales of this system in February 2002. that is 6,500 times that of CO2. It is a very stable compound and ent kinds of fuel.
conventional anti-pollution equipment is not able to decompose it

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Community Contribution

"Eco-life" Proposals
Corporate Pavilions
For many years, Tokyo Gas has been advocating environmentally participated in environmental lectures staged by municipalities and Tokyo Gas has established three pavilions to provide accurate in- Outline of Tokyo Gas Pavilions and number of visitors (fiscal 2001)
friendly living under the banner of "Eco-life". Besides offering "Eco- seminars held by various organizations in order to provide informa- formation and stimulate thought about energy and environmental Year of Number of
life" tips in "Midori's Eco-life Calendar" (a brochure which we have tion for and make presentations on "Eco-life" promotion. issues which are closely bound up with contemporary life. Offering Name Location Features opening visitors
published each year since 1996) and through our website, we have first-hand experience of environmental problems, the Energy and The Exploratorium allows chil-
Earth Exploratorium has been widely praised as an excellent ven- Energy & Earth Tsurumi-ku, dren to experience environmen-
Eco-cooking ue for environmental education. In 2001, its third year, the cumula- Exploratorium Yokohama tal facts in a playful atmosphere FY1998
98,319
of learning through the senses.
People are apt to regard environmental problems as complicated tive number of visitors topped 300,000.
"Eco-cooking" class data The Center is a venue of enjoy-
and remote ones. To stimulate learning about them in an enjoyable Gas Science Koto-ku, able education about gas
Item Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Center Tokyo through experiments, demon- FY1986 106,795
fashion and with familiar items, Tokyo Gas has been holding "Eco-
strations, videos, and models.
cooking" classes since fiscal 1995. The classes propose environ-
Sessions times 67 105 94 200 250 The Museum houses exhibits
mentally friendly culinary practices in all areas, from shopping and Kodaira, on the history of gas and the FY1967 21,461
Gas Museum Tokyo changes in lifestyle over time.
cooking to tidying up after meals. In addition to those held at Tokyo Participants persons 1,800 2,000 1,900 3,500 4,700
Gas showrooms and cooking classrooms, we are increasingly stag-
ing classes for municipalities, education groups, consumer groups,
and even other companies. Since fiscal 2001, we have also been "Eco-cooking"
sending "Eco-cooking" instructors to elementary schools for pro-
Reader Support for Volunteer Activities
grams there. As this indicates, the classes are steadily becoming es-
tablished as venues for raising environmental awareness. Tokyo Gas supports employees engaged in volunteer activities provides paid leaves of absence for volunteer activities. In fiscal
In fiscal 2001, "Eco-cooking" classes were held in conjunction with making a vital contribution to society. Besides holding experience- 2001, 46 employees took leave to engage in volunteer work (see
Environment Month (June), Recycling Promotion Month (October), oriented classes (four times a year) and providing information to a page 33).
and Energy Conservation Month (February), as well as events such related employee organization (Tokyo Gas Volunteer Network), it
as Earth Day 2001 Tokyo and the Life Style Review Forum. In all,
they numbered 250 and attracted a total of 4,700 participants. This
brought the cumulative number of class participants to some
16,000.
Other Community Contribution Activities
Life Style The Life Style Review Forum 2001 was staged
Review Forum as a part of Global Warming Prevention Month "Eco-cooking" Tokyo Gas actively provides support and cooperation for environ- corporate policy of community contribution to those for voluntary
in December. This event, which rests on col- at the Life Style
Review Forum mental activities of all types, from those conducted as part of the participation by individual employees.
laboration among government, business, non-governmental organiza-
tions (NGOs), and citizens, was initiated in 2000 for the purpose of en-
Prize-winning film of the 10th EARTH VISION
couraging a switch to environmentally friendly life styles. We support this "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears"
aim, and held "Eco-cooking" classes at our Shinjuku show room to pro- (56min/Palestine, U.S.A.) Examples of community contribution activities (fiscal 2001)
pose ways of putting culinary life more at harmony with the environment. type Activity Description
Ms. Daniela Ozik, who is an expert in Italian cuisine, was invited to give
It has been held annually in Tokyo since 1992 to
demonstrations and speak on the secrets to preparing delicious waste- Support for EARTH VISION
The Tokyo Global understand our environment better through moving
free dishes and the sensible culinary habits found in Europe. The two- environmental
events Environmental images and photographs from Asia, Oceania and
day program drew a total of 72 participants.
Film Festival Polynesia.
It drew about 200 people for planting in the Mount
Fuji area in May 2001, about 40 for tending to the
Support for Environmental Education Acorn tree-planting
festival planted seedlings in June, and about 150 for
Acorn tree-planting festival
gathering acorns for production of seedlings in
Support for Education about the Environment and Energy in General Education Classes October.
Greening
Elementary and middle schools recently invested class time for free and nature In fiscal 2001, it collected contributions of 836,933
conservation "Green"
learning about things in the world around them. To aid with this ini- fund-raising drive yen for a cumulative total of over 5 million yen.
tiative, in June 2001 Tokyo Gas established a new section to sup-
port education about the environment and energy, and prepared
Tokyo Gas This group has been engaged in planting, brush-
many tools for education, including a work sheet entitled "Let's
Forestry Group clearing, and trimming activities since 1993.
Learn about the Environment and Energy!," the videos "Let's Build
Let's Learn about the
New Communities" and "The Earth: BOOO!," and the "Midori" ser- Environment and Energy! Charity flea market
ies of Eco-life booklets. These tools were distributed to boards of As part of its "Heartful Program" Tokyo Gas held a
Recycling activities Flea market
education and elementary schools in Tokyo Gas’ service area. It charity flea market in November.
also launched a website entitled "Energy Plaza for All" and began "Midori's Eco-life
supplying a program for research-type learning for students in the booklets"
Tokyo Gas supplied one natural gas truck to carry
upper grades of elementary school. Provision of Tokyo
International the camera covering the race and one medium-
Tokyo Gas has prepared eight programs for classes on subjects low-emission
vehicles Women's Marathon sized natural gas bus to pick up runners who
such as "Eco-cooking" and natural gas vehicles. Tokyo Gas sends its dropped out before finishing.
employees to teach these classes to schools which request them.

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Environmental Communication

Information Disclosure
Dispatch of Instructors to Lectures and Seminars
Tokyo Gas sends instructors to lectures and seminars to speak on
Environmental
Environmental Report and Environmental Website Report issues related to energy and the environment.
Tokyo Gas has published the Environmental Report every year Partial list of lectures/seminars to which Tokyo Gas sent speakers (fiscal 2001)
since 1994. As of the end of May 2002, it had distributed about Event Sponsor Month Place Subject
10,000 copies of the 2001 edition (Japanese version). Beginning Shinshu Environmental Fair 2001 Nagano Employer's September Yamabiko Dome (Shinshu Sky Park) Approaches to the environment at Tokyo Gas
with the 2000 edition, Tokyo Gas has inserted a questionnaire to Third Global Environmental Convention Association
"Environmental Management and Human
obtain the opinions of readers for consideration in preparing the National/Panasonic Matsushita Electric
October
Multimedia Center, Matsushita Resources Development," a panel discussion
Environmental Forum Industrial Co., Ltd. Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
next edition. Since fiscal 1996, it has been presenting information at the Environmental Forum 2001 LE symposium
about its environmental efforts on its Internet website. Kanagawa Chapter Boiler Day Japan Boiler Association, Measures to prevent global warming and
November Hotel Rich Yokohama energy-saving systems
Convention Kanagawa Chapter
The 5th International Workshop Countermeasures for soil contamination at
Geo-Environmental January Tokyo International Forum former sites of Tokyo Gas coal gas plants as
on Geo-Environmental
Provision of Information on Energy Conservation Restoration - IWGER 2002
Protection Center an example of efforts in this area in Japan

For more skillful, waste-free use of our finite energy resources, First Shibuya Ward Environment Shibuya Ward February Shibuya ward office Promotion of energy-saving action
Conference
Tokyo Gas provides information on energy conservation. Besides
* Tokyo Gas has also sent instructors to many other events related to technology development.
offering the booklets "Ultra Energy-Saving Reader" and "Pleasant
Eco-life with Gas," Tokyo Gas provides information on the Internet
and assists in the preparation of specials on the subject on TV and
Tours of Facilities
in magazines. Its meter-reading slips, distributed to customer
homes once a month, show the amount of gas used in both the Ultra Energy-Saving Reader Tokyo Gas has made facilities at gas manufacturing plants and Outline of facilities and number of visitors (fiscal 2001)
current month and the preceding one to enable comparison. district heating and cooling centers available for tours. These tours Facility Description Number of
visiters
give visitors a deeper understanding of Tokyo Gas' environmental Negishi LNG terminal Tour of facilities for 3,717
protection and energy conservation measures. manufacturing city gas
Participation in Exhibitions Sodegaura LNG terminal (LNG tanks, vaporizers,
etc.), demonstration of LNG
3,160
Ohgishima LNG terminal cryogenic energy, etc. 2,770
Tokyo Gas presented its environmental activities and related Eco-Products 2001 Shinjuku District Heating and Cooling Center 2,234
technology at exhibitions held at various venues. Saitama New City Center Highly environmentally
District Heating and friendly facilities fueled with 1,730
Cooling Center city gas
Major exhibitions in which Tokyo Gas participated (fiscal 2001)
Other district heating and cooling centers 1,230
Event Sponsor Month Place Description
Earth Day Earth Day 2001 Tokyo Yoyogi Park and
April Staging of "Eco-cooking" classes
2001 Tokyo executive committee other locations
Commendation by Outside Parties
Eco Car World 2001 Ministry of the Environment,
(Low-emission Tokyo Metropolitan Government, June Yoyogi Park Display of natural gas vehicles
vehicle fair) and other entities Tokyo Gas has been selected by outside parties for various efforts and development of related technology.
Exhibition of New awards and commendations in recognition of its environmental
September Display of products made of ENEX 2002
Technology Toward
a Recycling-
TEPIA Foundation TEPIA recycled scrap PE pipe, Major awards received (fiscal 2001)
March "Eco-cooking" instruction, etc.
Oriented Society Commendation Sponsor Subject Reason
Life Style Review Forum 2001 General Award - Agency of Natural Information Center for Energy Valuable contribution to understanding of energy and
Life Style Review Shinjuku Park Staging of "Eco-cooking"
Executive Committee December Resources and Energy Director's and Environment Education, environmental issues among members of the next
Forum Tower classes, etc. Japan Productivity Center for Energy & Earth Exploratorium generation and local communities with a view to promoting
Ministry of the Environment Award, 11th Energy Information
Facility/Activities Commendation Socio-Economic Development education in this area
Japan Environmental Management Presentation of environmental Chairman's Award, 11th Energy Information Center for Energy
Eco-Products Science Squad Eco-Rangers Stimulation of interest in and understanding of energy and
Association for Industry and December Tokyo Big Sight measures and Eco-products, Information Facility/Activities and Environment Education,
2001 (event at the Energy & the environment among children, using mascot characters
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. and "pellet class" Commendation - Divisional Award Productivity Center for
Earth Exploratorium) popular with them
(Event Division) Socio-Economic Development
January
Display of energy-saving and Chairman's Award, Excellent Chiller that is a hybrid of the Highly efficient and environmentally friendly system using a
ENEX 2002 Energy Conservation Center Tokyo Big Sight
February environmental technology Energy-Saving Equipment Japan Machinery Federation ammonia and lithium bromide natural refrigerant with zero coefficients of ozone layer
Commendation Award absorption types destruction and global warming
Energy Conservation Center Tough Jet, a high-efficiency Major increase in thermal efficiency through recovery of
Chaieman's Prize, 12th Energy Energy Conservation Center
gas water heater for business use latent heat in exhaust gas
Conservation Grand Prix
Kawasaki
Participation in Community Environmental Events Environmental Day (June) Japan Institute of Energy Japan Institute of Energy
Development of an air conditioning
system driven by an
Simultaneous attainment of the world's highest energy-
saving rate (COP of 1.8) and prevention of global warming
Progress Award (Technical Division) environmentally friendly gas engine (use of a natural refrigerant)
Tokyo Gas is an enthusiastic participant in environmental events Excellent Award, 3rd Consumer National Institute on Midori's Eco-Life Calendar Simple description of environmental problems using data
held by local communities. At such events, it profiles its Education Material Commendation Consumer Education and a quiz format
(Printed Matter Division)
environmental activities, displays products made of recycled gas Architecture built with a rich creativity and outstanding
Excellent Award, 2nd JIA Japan Institute of Architects Earth port technology, grounded in a distinct philosophy about
pipe, and introduces visitors to natural gas vehicles. Environmental Architecture Award environmental conservation and development
Development of a condensing water Instantaneous water heating by gas, with a thermal
Grand Technical Award, Japan Gas Association heater and a hot water generator for efficiency of up to 95% and ultra-low NOx emissions
Fiscal 2001 Technical Award room heating and hot water supply (30 ppm)
Technical Award, Japan Gas Association Development of a Burner delivering a roughly 25% increase in efficiency as
Fiscal 2001 Technical Award high-efficiency range burner well as convenience and safety assurance
Environmental Expo Technical Award, Development of a Miller-cycle Application of a Miller cycle to a three-way catalyst gas
Japan Gas Association
Suginami 2001 (October) Fiscal 2001 Technical Award cogeneration system engine for high efficiency and ultra-low emissions

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Workplace Conditions

Overseas Environmental Technology Cooperation

As part of its activities of cooperation with other countries in the area Feasibility study areas (Philippines)
of environmental technology, Tokyo Gas carried out three feasibility
studies in the Philippines in fiscal 2001.
Luzon Island

South China Sea Manila

Pacific Ocean
Malampaya gas field

Study Concerning a Project for a Centralized District Cooling and Power Supply System in the Philippines
In the Philippines, there are plans to supply Manila with natural gas water) and electrical power would assist energy conservation, reduce
beginning around 2006. Natural gas, from deposits beneath the sea- emissions of environmental pollutants, and save space through ener-
bottom off Malampaya in the western part of the country, will be used. gy plant centralization. It also showed that the system would be more
The Department of Energy has made the development of the natural economical than installation of
gas industry a pillar of the Philippine national energy policy. separate plants and confirmed
Tokyo Gas has conducted a feasibility study for the installation of a its feasibility.
centralized district cooling and power supply system fueled with natu-
ral gas in Global City, in southeastern Manila. Global City is the
subject of a large-scale redevelopment project, and is projected to Feasibility study site for the
have an immense demand for power and air conditioning. installation of a centralized
The study found that the simultaneous supply of thermal energy (cold district cooling and power
supply system in Manila

Feasibility Study for a Natural Gas Pipeline in Southern Luzon, the Philippines
In order to expand utilization of the country's natural gas resour- The study demonstrated that a switch from oil fuels to natural gas
ces, the Philippine Department of Energy is planning to construct a in the markets of power generation and industrial use, where sub-
pipeline to carry natural gas produced at the Malampaya gas field stantial demand growth is expected, would curtail air pollution and
to Manila. Tokyo Gas has studied related matters, such as the pro- bring other environmental benefits as well as economic ones.
jected gas demand, pipeline route, environmental impact, and
economic merit.

Feasibility Study for a Project for Conversion to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicles for Public Transport in the Manila Metropolitan Area
About 80% of the air pollution in the area surrounding Manila, the It found that the project would have far-reaching benefits for the
national capital, is reportedly caused by diesel vehicles. The Philip- environment, health, and society, because the resultant reduction
pine government is considering the conversion to condensed of environmental pollutants (including CO2, NOx, SPM, and SOx)
natural gas (CNG) for public transport in the area, for reasons of would help to prevent global warming and lessen adverse effects
both energy security and environmental improvement. on health and crops.
Tokyo Gas conducted a feasibility study premised on operation of
310,000 NGVs for public transport (e.g., taxicabs and buses) and
installation of CNG refueling stations at 500 locations.
The study divided the project into four phases, including funding
with official development assistance (ODA) and execution on the
private-sector (commercial) basis.

Natural gas vehicle

in trial operation

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Workplace Conditions

Workplace Conditions

Hiring and Training

Tokyo Gas uses impartial and fair assessments to hire people who Hiring (newly graduated personnel who joined the Company in April 2001)
have the capabilities and aptitude that it seeks. Because Tokyo Category Number of new hires Details
Gas expects all of its employees to act in an effective, systematic, University graduates 36 male: 28, female: 8
and strategic manner, it provides training in accordance with its Technical school graduates 2 male: 2
fundamental principle of developing personnel who are professio-
High school graduates (see Note) 32 male: 32
nals and can think and act for themselves in their respective fields.
Total 70
(Note) there were no female applicants.

Programs Supporting Motivation and Morale

In January 1992, Tokyo Gas instituted a program of leave for long- search assistance to help former employees remain active in society
term care of a dependant and parental leave. This will allow employ- and a program for rehiring retirees (especially those who have
ees, with the will and talent, to continue making the full and efficient passed the age of retirement) on the basis of one-year contracts.
use of their capabilities on the job instead of being compelled to
quit, for such reasons. Beginning in July 1991, to enrich company
Programs supporting motivation and morale (fiscal 2001)
life, it also made provisions for long-term leave to enable employees
to refresh their energies at major junctures in their career. Program Number of users
In addition, in January 1992, Tokyo Gas instituted a support pro- Leave for long-term care of a dependant 5
gram for employee’s volunteer activities . (see page 29) Leave for child rearing 52
Other measures in this area include providing post-retirement job- Leave for volunteer work 46

Human Rights and Workplace Communication

Tokyo Gas conducts systematic, ongoing programs of training for all Tokyo Gas has also taken measures for, and is actively promoting, the
employees to enhance awareness of human rights issues, such as prevention of sexual harassment and the emergence of societies
discrimination against the descendants of "burakumin" (people en- open to full and equal participation by men and women.
gaged in "outcast" occupations during the medieval period). In fiscal
2001, it held such seminars not only for specific employee strata and Major training in human rights awareness (fiscal 2001)
positions but also for each workspace. In addition, it supported similar Number of Number of
Seminar sessions participants
programs at affiliates and other companies. Through an ad-hoc, in-
house unit (the Communication Support Office), it is supporting ef- For specific classes 25 717
forts to develop workspaces that motivate employees, help them to For specific positions 51 482
concentrate, and let them work with peace of mind. * Seminars were also held in each workspaces.

Labor Safety and Health

Tokyo Gas has developed an in-house system to prevent work- In keeping with its goal of maintaining
Health Management
place and traffic accidents and to maintain a pleasant workspace workplaces that are healthy, motivat-
Activities
environment. It also conducts campaigns for dealing with specific ing, and pleasant, Tokyo Gas has
safety and health issues. been running employee health programs since fiscal 1978. The pro-
grams revolve around health maintenance and promotion of healthy
Tokyo Gas’ safety campaigns, which lifestyles (i.e., primary prevention), and complete health exams to pre-
Safety Management
also involve its affiliate companies, pro- vent diseases arising from lifestyle (secondary prevention).
Activities
mote the goal of workplaces that are
accident- and disaster-free, and that facilitate work. It is also taking ac-
Curtailment of increase in number of days off due to long-term sickness
(days)
tive steps to prevent and reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents.
Tokyo Gas has about 4,000 company cars, and employees must first 40000
undergo instruction to raise levels of skill and awareness and then ob-
tain a special Tokyo Gas driver's license before driving them. About
7,000 employees now have taken the training and have obtained these 35000
in-house licenses.

Accident incidence rate (calendar years) 30000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Rate 0.62 1.08 0.79 0.99 1.67 25000
The accident incidence rate is calculated as follows:
6
Accident incidence rate = number of injuries / total number of working hours 10
0 81 86 91 96 2001 (FY)

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Data Sheets Review Data Sheets

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (independent of affiliated companies) Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Notes Affiliated companies Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Notes
Feedstock Feedstock LNG 103 tons 5,941 6,026 6,159 6,469 6,808 Energy use (crude-oil-equivalent) 13 consolidated companies kL - - - 25,020 23,898
and Feedstock LPG 103 tons 224 254 322 355 351 6 non-consolidated companies kL - - - 2,441 2,564
manufacturing
Gas production million m3 7,893 8,041 8,281 8,688 9,081 Electrical power 13 consolidated companies 103 kWh - - - 88,083 80,293 Calculated with a partial revision
Gas sales million m3 7,995 8,158 8,418 8,872 9,219 6 non-consolidated companies 103 kWh - - - 7,858 8,666 of the compilation method
Heat sales 103 GJ 3,332 3,482 3,592 3,821 3,713 Gas 13 consolidated companies 103 m3 - - - 1,027 1,409
Electrical power sales 103 kWh - - - - 4,327 6 non-consolidated companies 103 m3 - - - 106 100
Energy use (crude-oil-equivalent) Gas manufacturing plants kL 76,732 81,729 81,376 82,386 69,925 Vehicle Gasoline 13 consolidated companies kL - - - 486 939
District heating and cooling systems kL 121,210 127,147 132,774 139,565 133,485 6 non-consolidated companies kL - - - 239 148
Business units kL 42,462 41,714 39,393 39,279 38,266 Diesel oil 13 consolidated companies kL - - - 16 93
Total kL 240,404 250,590 253,543 261,230
Excluding the space leased in
241,676 Shinjuku Park Tower 6 non-consolidated companies kL - - - 15 15
Electrical power Gas manufacturing plants 103 kWh 155,892 185,011 192,755 197,440 174,933 Water use Water 13 consolidated companies 103 m3 - - - 187 238 Calculated with a partial revision
District heating and cooling systems 103 kWh 89,149 97,144 100,872 108,974 101,391 6 non-consolidated companies 103 m3 - - - 11 10 of the compilation method
Business units 103 kWh 63,373 65,759 63,490 59,788 57,292 Atmospheric CO2 13 consolidated companies 103 tons-CO2 - - - 36 36
Excluding the space leased in
Total 103 kWh 308,414 347,914 357,117 366,202 333,616 Shinjuku Park Tower emissions 6 non-consolidated companies 103 tons-CO2 - - - 4 4
(Space leased in Shinjuku Park Tower) 103 kWh - - - 2,551 3,048
Others General Generation 13 consolidated companies tons - - - 1,362 1,125
Gas Gas manufacturing plants 103 m3 29,842 27,552 25,521 25,326 19,854
waste 6 non-consolidated companies tons - - - 97 129
District heating and cooling systems 103 m3 82,142 85,357 89,262 93,171 89,745
Industrial Generation 13 consolidated companies tons - - - 1,447 15,237
Business units 103 m3 19,537 18,469 17,085 17,545 17,402
waste 6 non-consolidated companies tons - - - 90 112
Total 103 m3 131,521 131,378 131,868 136,042 127,001
Other fuel Gas manufacturing plants kL 2 1 6 6 4 Fuel oil and kerosene Customer locations Unit FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Notes
Business units kL - - - 230 90 Fuel oil
Number of customers 103 customers 8,451 8,583 8,715 8,872 9,044
Total kL 2 1 6 236 94
Vehicle fuel Gasoline kL 2,659 2,538 2,219 2,266 2,152 Atmospheric CO2 Total 104 tons-CO2 1,705 1,732 1,782 1,869 1,946
Diesel oil kL 39 38 29 26 22 emissions Curtailment amount 104 tons-CO2 136 143 160 181 234
Natural gas 103 m3
Included in the amount of
188 228 284 NOx Total 103 tons 15.8 15.7 15.6 16.0 15.4
gas use noted above

Use of LNG Portion sent to affiliated companies 103 tons 590 606 627 666 635 Average concentration ppm 109 106 103 101 93
cryogenic energy Cryogenic power generation 103 tons 758 616 756 587 784 Waste Specified Home air Number recovered units - - - - 13,111
Production of 13C -methane 103 tons - - 15 15 15 home conditioners Processing volume for recycling units - - - - 12,465
BOG treatment 103 tons - 250 383 491 613 appliances Processing weight for recycling tons - - - - 569
Total 103 tons 1,348 1,472 1,781 1,759 2,048 Recycled weight tons - - - - 437
Water use Tap water and Gas manufacturing plants 103 m3 1,592 1,664 1,714 1,761 1,647 CFCs Recovered weight kg - - - - 5,376
industrial water District heating and cooling systems 103 m3 1,966 2,062 2,115 2,243 2,158 SRIMS recovery tons 2,690 3,760 7,396 8,106 7,836
Business units 103 m3 1,526 2,190 1,989 1,684 1,334
Excluding the space leased in CO2 emission Factors Unit FY1990 FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 FY2000 FY2001 Source Notes
Total 103 m3 5,084 5,916 5,818 5,688 5,139 Shinjuku Park Tower
"Measures for Prevention of Global The fiscal 2000 values were used
(Space leased in Shinjuku Park Tower) 103 m3 - - - 2 2 Warming in Electric Power Companies
Purchased electricity Average for all power sources g-CO2/kWh 420 370 360 370 371 371 2001," Federation of Electric Power because actual values for fiscal
2001 have not yet been released.
Companies of Japan
Seawater Gas manufacturing plants 103 m3 260,750 290,888 299,430 296,073 282,815
Emissions Atmosphere CO2 Gas manufacturing plants 103 tons-CO2 125 128 128 132 111 Unit Basic units Source Notes
into the District heating and cooling systems 103 tons-CO2 226 236 248 260 249 Excluding emissions from intake vapor Calculated on the basis of the
atmosphere City gas 13A g-CO2/m3 2,355 standard constitution of city gas
(13A) (at 0 °C and 1 atmosphere)
Business units 103 tons-CO2 76 73 69 70 68
and
water system Total 103 tons-CO2 427 437 445 462 428
Unit Basic units Source Notes
NOx Gas manufacturing plants tons 25 20 20 21 14
Other fuels Fuel oil A g-CO2/L 2,698 "Guidelines for Preparation
District heating and cooling systems tons 63 61 69 68 59 Emissions from smoke-producing facilities of Plans for Local Measures
Diesel oil g-CO2/L 2,644 to Prevent Global Warming,"
Total tons 88 81 89 89 73 Environment Agency
Gasoline g-CO2/L 2,359
Water Wastewater Gas manufacturing plants 103 m3 - - - 680 555 Waste water from wastewater
purification facilities

system District heating and cooling systems 103 m3 - - - 325 328 Excluding the Tama District Heating
and Cooling Center

Total 103 m3 - - - 1,005 883

COD Gas manufacturing plants tons 1.0 2.4 1.8 1.7 1.2
Others General
waste
Generation Total
Wastepaper
tons
tons
2,825
2,164
2,531
2,017
2,906
2,212
2,591
1,917
2,468 Excluding the space leased in
Shinjuku Park Tower
The guideline standard is
1,827 2,000 tons (FY1999).
History of City Gas Feedstock
Recycling Total tons 1,438 1,388 1,608 1,346 1,456
Wastepaper tons 1,398 1,279 1,489 1,246 1,363
Following the Industrial Revolution, coal has long City gas feedstock composition and CO2 emissions from plants
remained the major fuel in Japan. Feedstock composition (%) CO2 emissions (103 tons)
Industrial Generation Gas manufacturing plants tons 2,768 1,243 842 432 467 100 1500
waste Sales facility installation tons - - 2,369 2,228 2,289 Up to 1955, it was also the major feedstock for
Business units tons 1,866 1,905 1,773 1,831 1,188 the production of city gas. Thereafter, a feedstock Naphtha LPG
Total tons 4,633 3,148 4,984 4,491 3,944 switch was made to petroleum products, which 80 Coal 1200
Recycling Gas manufacturing plants tons 526 343 163 217 150 Excluding
from FY2000
the amount of reduction
contained less sulfur. In 1969, Japan’s first im-
Sales facility installation tons - - 2,291 2,156 Excluding the amount of reduction
2,239 from FY2001 Japanese-produced
ported liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Alaska
natural gas
Business units tons 466 710 898 1,345 838 Excluding
from FY2001
the amount of reduction
arrived at Tokyo Gas’ Negishi LNG Terminal. To- 60 900
Total tons 992 1,053 3,352 3,718 3,227
LNG
day, this clean-burning natural gas is the main
Final Gas manufacturing plants tons 2,242 900 679 141 42 CO2 emissions (see Note)
feedstock for city gas.
disposal Sales facility installation tons - - 78 71 50 40 600
Business units tons - - - 487 309
Total tons 2,242 900 757 699 401
Gas pipe PE pipe Recovery tons 109 118 103 129 130 20 Coke
Calculated by a method better reflecting Off gas 300
Recycling tons 67 72 103 129 130 the realities beginning in fiscal 1999
Steel/cast-iron pipe Recovery and recycling tons - 5,552 5,332 5,419 6,225 Crude oil
Residual soil Actual residual soil 104 tons 140 171 152 121 90 Figures for fiscal 1997 are 0 0
Reduction 104 tons 62 113 123 147 156 for district mains only. 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 (FY)
(Note) Figures exclude emissions associated with purchased electrical power.

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 Independent Review Report and Orientation for the Future
The Environmental Report was reviewed by an auditing firm methods for presentation of environmental performance indica-
(Asahi & Co.) about its credibility. The review procedure and re- tors and environmental accounting indicators.
sults are noted in the firm’s independent review report, which is In consideration of these suggestions as well as the results of
reproduced at left. Apart from this review report, the firm also the questionnaire survey of our readers, Tokyo Gas is deter-
submitted a report on its implementation of the reviews noted in mined to make further improvements in its environmental
the Environmental Report. In this report, it made observations, activities and future Environmental Reports, through action on
for reference purposes, on matters such as improvement of the tasks noted below.

Ongoing Tasks
Reader-centered perspective and emphasis on ease of com- In addition to the indication of environmental performance
1 prehension in Environmental Report editing.
5 (including fuel use, water resource input, CO2 and NOx
emission levels, and waste generation) in absolute value,
Preparation of spreads showing the entire flow from the
2 Management Philosophy to the Environmental Policy, Guide-
presentation of relative indicators for CO2, NOx, and COD
emission levels per unit of gas production, to give readers a
lines for Environmental Conservation (targets), and results of
better grasp of efficiency and change over time.
environmental conservation activities (environmental perfor-
mance) for better understanding of the degree of target Presentation of Group-level data for environmental conser-
attainment. 6 vation activities and their impact on affiliated companies.
Presentation of business activity input and output in easy-to- Appropriate use of both paper media and the Company In-
3 understand figures and graphs 7 ternet website for the provision of environmental information.
Provision of detailed information on the status of, and meas- Fuller presentation of information regarding the social di-
4 ures taken to mitigate environmental risks (soil/groundwater 8 mension, in response to mounting desires for the same in
contamination, PCB-use devices, etc.) environmental reports.

Future Challenges
Periodic compilation of data from affiliated companies during The Company intends to augment the environmental ac-
1 the year (as opposed to only once a year) could add impetus
3 counting data to serve as a tool for internal business man-
to the environmental conservation activities by the entire agement.
Group.
The Report began presenting environmental impact data for
Indicators of environmental conservation efficiency are calcu- 4 affiliated companies last year. A further aim is the implemen-
2 lated as original integrated barometers for environmental tation of Group-wide, consolidated environmental accounting.
conservation activities. The Company would like to endow
them with more practical effect that will allow their utilization
in determining in-house investment for environmental conser-
vation and assessing the business results in the Company.

Afterword by the Editors

This is the 9th edition of the Environmental Report, which it was

first published in 1994. Like previous editions, it is a carefully craf-
ted culmination of the expertise and hard work of the editorial Hiroshi HIRAI
staff. In the interest of better readability, we organized the Report Executive Specialist and
in terms of performance instead of business fields, and also indi- General Manager
cated degrees of fiscal year target attainment by marks. To ensure Environmental Affairs Department
credibility and the ability for comparison, which are of particular
importance, we clearly denoted the scope of review by a third par-
ty and also endeavored to increase the number of data items nies. Those reaching our hands from other companies now
disclosed based on its advice and views expressed in this review. number over 100. Many of them are elaborate compilations that
On both the global and local levels, environmental problems are genuinely impress us. We intend to learn from the strengths of
becoming more serious. Companies are increasingly being asked these other reports as we strive for even higher levels of excel-
to disclose and explain their efforts on behalf of environmental lence in our report. As such, we would like to ask all those who
conservation to the community. To fulfill these demands of ac- read this report to give us their comments and thoughts on it.
countability, more and more companies are putting together Please do not hesitate to give us your frank views.
reports of their own style and design. A recent estimate has it that
such reports are being prepared by about 30% of all listed compa- July 2002

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The pictures on the cover are the winning entries of the "We Love the
Earth - Mail Art Contest" for children which was held at the Tokyo Gas
Energy & Earth Exploratorium. We would like to thank all of the
contestants for their participation.
Atsushi Ayabe Masayuki Ikeda Mari Inui Masaki Fukunishi
Deiji Mizuno Yukari Ichikawa Hiroaki Edazawa Takashi Nakadegawa
Asako Funagayama Shigeyuki Watanabe

TOKYO GAS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002

Person in charge of publishing: Hiroshi HIRAI
Executive Specialist, General Manager
Environmental Affairs Department
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

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