A total of 34 industries 1 participated in the 5th Follow-up, with one new industry (Japan Industrial Vehicles Association,) one industry adjourning (Camera & Imaging Product Association,) one industry left (Japan Glass Bottle Association,) and two industries united (electric and electronics).
These 34 industries emitted 499.88 million t-CO2 in fiscal 1990 2, equivalent to around 44.7% of the 1.1193 billion t-CO2 emitted by Japan as a whole during that year. Moreover, the emissions of the 34 industries represented approximately 80.1% of the total amount of CO2 emitted by the country's industrial and energy-converting sectors in fiscal 1990 (624.0 million t-CO2 3).
Keidanren has declared "to endeavor to reduce CO2 emissions from the industrial and energy-converting sectors in fiscal 2010 to below the levels of fiscal 1990," and industries and companies are striving to achieve this target.
Results of the 5th Follow-up indicate that CO2 emissions in fiscal 2001 were 483.70 million t-CO2, a 2.9% decrease compared to fiscal 1999 and a 3.2% decrease compared to fiscal 1990.
According to results in the current follow-up, CO2 emissions in fiscal 2005 will be 509 million t-CO2 (approximately 1.8% higher than in fiscal 1990); on a business-as-usual basis, CO2 emissions in fiscal 2010 will increase to 542 million t-CO2 (+8.4% compared to fiscal 1990).
| Fiscal year | 1990 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2005 (forecast) |
2010 (goal) | 2010 (BAU) 5 |
| CO2 emissions (million t-CO2) | 499.88 | 517.31 (+3.5% cf. 1990) | 491.13 (-1.8% cf. 1990) |
502.15 (+0.5% cf. 1990) | 498.23 (-0.3% cf. 1990) |
483.70 (-3.2% cf. 1990) | 509 (approx. +1.8% cf. 1990) |
Below the level of 1990 | 542 (approx. +8.4% cf. 1990) |
Of the 34 industries in the industrial and energy-converting sectors that participated in the current compilation, 21 reported declines in CO2 emissions compared to fiscal 1990, while 27 reported declines compared to fiscal 2000. Of the 13 industries that defined their goals in terms of reductions of CO2 emissions, 11 reported reductions compared to fiscal 1990 and 10 reported reductions compared to fiscal 2000 (see Attachment 1-1) 6.
4 of the 4 industries that defined their goals in terms of reduction of energy consumption reported reductions compared to fiscal 1990; 3 industries reported reductions compared to fiscal 2000 (see Attachment 1-2) 7.
Of the 20 industries that defined their goals in terms of either CO2 emissions per unit output or energy input per unit output, 14 reported improvements in their indices compared to fiscal 1990; and 2 of these industries also showed improvements in these indices compared to fiscal 2000 (see Attachment 1-3) 8.
To date 12 industries from the transportation, offices and household sectors have participated in the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan, formulating voluntary action plans and endeavoring to take steps to deal with global warming. In the latest Follow-up, there was additional participation from the following: from the offices and household sector, 1 new industry (Japan Hotel Association); and from the transportation sector, 2 industries (All Japan Freight Forwarders Association, Japan Federation of Coastal Shipping Associations) 9 (See Attachment 2).
CO2 emissions in fiscal 2001 were 3.2% lower than in fiscal 1990. And average CO2 emissions in 5 years from fiscal 1997 to fiscal 2001 were 498.50 million t-CO2, 0.3% lower than in fiscal 1990.
In fiscal 2000, energy consumption was 1.1% lower than in fiscal 1990 (versus the 3.2% decrease in CO2 emissions). Between fiscal 1997 and fiscal 2001, average energy consumption was 2.8% higher than in fiscal 1990 (versus the 0.3% decrease in CO2 emissions). These figures indicate that measures by industry to reduce CO2 emissions (shifts to less carbon intensive forms of energy) were taking increased effect. The efforts by industries and companies to reduce their emissions of CO2 added to the effect of lower production associated with the stagnation of economy.
While calling upon participating industries to remain committed to efforts to achieve their individual goals, Keidanren will work toward achieving the common goal set for all industries, namely "to endeavor to reduce CO2 emissions from the industrial and energy-converting sectors in fiscal 2010 to below the level of fiscal 1990."
Although stagnation of economy contributed significantly to a 3.2% decrease in CO2 emissions in fiscal 2001, industries and companies are achieving steady improvements in their indices of CO2 emissions per unit output and of energy input per unit output compared to fiscal 1990; they are also sustaining their shift toward greater use of less carbon intensive forms of energy. Consequently, anti-global warming measures by industry should continue to be based hereafter on voluntary efforts.
At the same time, in order to enable industry to continue its efforts to reduce emissions over the medium-to-long terms within the framework of voluntary action plans while it will continue such efforts to assure reliability hereafter, Keidanren established a Evaluation Committee for Voluntary Action Plan on Environment in July 2002 (See Attachment 3). The committee is supposed to evaluate the ways of collection, calculation and publication of data in the 5th Follow-up and to issue a report recommending improvement in them by the end of February 2003. Keidanren will constantly improve quality of the Follow-up every year based on the committee's report.
Over the long term, the success of measures to deal with global warming will rest critically on technological development. The aim of industry will thus be not only to apply such technological development to the reduction of CO2 emissions from the industrial sector; it will also be to continue to contribute to reduction of emissions from the transportation, offices and household sector.
The following are the 34 industries in the industrial and energy-conversion sectors:
Flat Glass Association of Japan; Japan Federation of Housing Organizations; Communications and Information network Association of Japan, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association, Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association, Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association; Japan Sugar Refiners' Association; Flour Millers Association; Japan Coal Energy Center; Petroleum Association of Japan; Limestone Association of Japan; Cement Association of Japan; The Japan Soft Drinks Association; Federation of Electric Power Companies; Japan Aluminum Association; Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association; Japan Chemical Industry Association; Japan Gas Association; Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, Japan Civil Engineering Contractor's Association, Inc. and Building Contractors Society; Japan Mining Industry Association; Japan Machine Tool Builder's Association; The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association; Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers; Japan Industrial Vehicles Association; Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association; Japan Auto-body Industries Association, Inc. ; Japan Auto Parts Industries Association; Japan Brass Makers Association; Japan Paper Association; Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associations of Japan and Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; The Shipbuilders' Association of Japan and The Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders; Japan Iron and Steel Federation; Japan Association of Rolling Stock Industries; Japan Electric Wire and Cable Makers' Association; Japan Dairy Industry Association; Japan Bearing Industrial Association; Brewers Association of Japan. Camera and Imaging Product Association skipped the current Follow-up because of reorganization of the association.When electric power per unit output is used to calculate emissions for industry as a whole, Keidanren uses the following data provided by the Federation of Electric Power Companies. When not otherwise specified, electric power per unit output cited by the respective industries is also based on data provided by the Federation of Electric Power Companies.
Other conversion coefficients for energy: with respect to caloric value, Keidanren utilizes data from the following: Comprehensive Energy Statistics, the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy's "Caloric Value Table by Energy Source" (dated March 30, 2001), and survey data by the Federation of Electric Power Companies. Due to revisions of the Caloric Value Table, caloric conversion coefficients for periods prior to FY1999 differ from those for after FY2000. For carbon conversion coefficients, Keidanren uses the Environment Agency's "Report on Survey of Carbon Dioxide Emissions (1992)."
{For FY 1990: 3.7; FY1997: 3.3; FY1998: 3.2; FY1999: 3.3; FY2000: 3.4; FY2001: 3.4; FY2005: 3.2; FY2010: 3.0; FY2010 (BAU): 3.4 (t-CO2/104kWh)}. The total of emissions from the energy conversion sector, industrial sector, and from industrial processes, as contained in the statistics on total CO2 emissions for Japan, which are announced by the Environment Agency.
Industries review actual and forecasted figures on CO2 emissions each year with the aim of improving the accuracy of such figures. Therefore, slightly different numbers may appear from those cited in the previous year.
BAU (business as usual): The amount of CO2 emissions in FY2010, assuming that the Voluntary Action Plan as of FY2002 is not executed from FY2002 on.
The goals of the Japan Gas Association, which defines its targets in terms of CO2 emissions and CO2 emissions per unit output, and of The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association, which defines its targets in terms of CO2 emissions and energy consumption per unit output, have been included among industries reporting improvements in each target.
For the Japan Electric Wire and Cable Makers' Association, which defines its targets in terms of energy consumption and energy consumption per unit output, results have been included among industries showing an improvement only when improvements in amounts of energy consumed were achieved.
For industries that define their targets in terms of both CO2 emissions per unit output and energy consumption per unit output, results were counted as improvements when at least one of the measures showed an improvement.
The participating industries from the offices and residential sector comprise the following:
Bankers Association; Japan LP Gas Association; The Marine & Fire Insurance Association of Japan, Inc.; Japan Chain Store Association; Japan Department Stores Association; Japan Hotel Association; Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc.; Japan Association of Refrigerated Warehouses; The Real Estate Companies Association in Japan, and the NTT Group.
The participating industries from the transportation sector comprise the following:
All Japan Freight Forwarders Association; Japan Trucking Association; The Scheduled Airlines Association of Japan; Japan Shipowners' Association; Japan Federation of Coastal Shipping Associations; Japan Non-Government Railways Association; and Japan Freight Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, Shikoku Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company, and Hokkaido Railway Company.