Mazda is carefully assessing the costs and benefits of its environmental activities and is working constantly to improve their efficiency.
Data collection period:
April 2011 through March 2012
Basis of data collection:
Calculated according to Mazda's own guidelines in line with Environmental Accounting Guidelines. The amounts do not include depreciation expenses.
Scope of data collection:
Mazda Motor Corporation; six domestic/five overseas consolidated Group companies; six domestic/five overseas equity-method Group companies
- Mazda Motor Corporation
- Consolidated Group companies
- 6 domestic companies
(Manufacturing companies: Mazda Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd., Kurashiki Kako Co.,Ltd., Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd., Malox Co., Ltd., Mazda Ace Co., Ltd. Parts sales company: Mazda Parts Sales Co., Ltd.) - 5 overseas companies
(Compañía Colombiana Automotriz S.A., Mazda Motor of America, Inc., Mazda Motor (China) Co., Ltd., Mazda Motors of New Zealand Ltd., PT Mazda Motor Indonesia)
- 6 domestic companies
- Equity-method Group companies
- 6 domestic companies
(Yoshiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan Climate Systems Corporation, MCM Energy Service Co., Ltd., Mazda Processing Chugoku Co., Ltd., Mazda Parts Sales Hiroshima Co., Ltd., Mazda Parts Sales Nishi-Kyushu Co., Ltd.) - 5 overseas companies
(AutoAlliance International, Inc., AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd., Changan Ford Mazda Engines Co., Ltd., FAW Mazda Motor Sales Co., Ltd.)
- 6 domestic companies
Environmental Protection Costs
(Unit: million yen)
| Category | Major activities | Mazda unconsolidated | Mazda Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inv est ment |
Cost | Total | Inv est ment |
Cost | Total | |||
| Business area | Preventing pollution | Conforming to legal limits for air and water pollution, odor abatement, etc. | 1,060 | 2,063 | 3,123 | 1,264 | 3,250 | 4,514 |
| Protecting the global environment | Preventing global warming, conserving energy, preventing destruction of the ozone layer, and other environmental protection activities | 3,560 | 476 | 4,036 | 4,174 | 558 | 4,732 | |
| Recycling resources | Effective resource use, recycling waste, processing and disposing of waste | 53 | 1,121 | 1,174 | 368 | 2,704 | 3,072 | |
| Upstream/downstream | Container recovery, recovery of end-of-life vehicle bumpers | 0 | 210 | 210 | 0 | 235 | 235 | |
| Management activity | Employee environmental education, creating and operating environmental management systems, monitoring and measurement of environmental impact, other activities | 4 | 1,038 | 1,042 | 60 | 1,634 | 1,694 | |
| Research and development | R&D for products, production methods and distribution, to contribute to reduced environmental impact | 754 | 28,766 | 29,520 | 814 | 29,663 | 30,477 | |
| Social activities | Greening, beautification, and environmental improvement; support of community residents and organizations; information disclosure; and other activities | 0 | 81 | 81 | 0 | 83 | 83 | |
| Environmental damage | - |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total |
5,431 | 33,755 | 39,186 | 6,680 | 38,127 | 44,807 | ||


