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Environmental Data

The MOL Group conducts a range of business activities on land and at sea, including international shipping. In the course of those activities, we place a burden on the environment mainly associated with fuel consumption. The following is a summary of MOL's and the MOL Group's consumed resources and environmental impacts during fiscal 2010. The MOL Group is working to reduce these environmental impacts.

MOL Group (on land and at sea)

Activities at Sea (Vessels)

  INPUT OUTPUT
MOL
(nonconsolidated)
Fuel Oil
(C oil(*1))		 5,559
thousand tons
Diesel Oil
(A oil(*2))		 72
thousand tons
CO2 17,545
thousand tons
NOx 473
thousand tons
SOx 302
thousand tons
Group companies
(domestic shipping)(*3)
Fuel Oil
(C oil(*1))		 242
thousand tons
Diesel Oil
(A oil(*2))		 16
thousand tons
CO2 798
thousand tons
NOx 22
thousand tons
SOx - (*5)
Group companies
(international shipping)(*4)
Fuel Oil
(C oil(*1))		 522
thousand tons
Diesel Oil
(A oil(*2))		 26
thousand tons
CO2 1,710
thousand tons
NOx 46
thousand tons
SOx - (*5)

Activities on Land

  INPUT OUTPUT
MOL
(nonconsolidated)(*6)
Fuel 97 kl
Electricity 19,945
thousand kWh
Municipal gas 154 thousand m³
LPG 3 tons
Heat 1,884 GJ
Water 6,859 m³
Office pape 7,306
thousand sheets(*7)
CO2 7,366 tons
NOx 6 tons
Waste 120 tons
Group companies(*7)
Fuel 6,274 kl
Electricity 78,337
thousand kWh
Municipal gas 1,603 thousand m³
LPG 46 tons
Heat 42,194 GJ
Water 643,131 m³
Office pape 44,194
thousand sheets(*7)
CO2 66,128 tons
NOx 23 tons
Waste 2,347 tons

(*1)C oil (Marine fuel oil): Mainly for vessel main engines

(*2)A oil (Marine diesel oil): Mainly for onboard generators

(*3)MOL Ferry Co., Ltd., Ferry Sunflower Limited, Meimon Taiyo Ferry Co., Ltd., MOL Naikou, Ltd., Ube Port Service Co., Ltd., Kitanihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd., Green Kaiji Kaisha, Ltd., Green Shipping, Ltd., Kobe Towing Co., Ltd., Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd., and MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. (11 companies in total)

(*4)Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd., Tokyo Marine Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co., Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line, Ltd. (4 companies in total).

(*5)Data on SOx emissions of Group companies is not available.

(*6)All consolidated subsidiaries in Japan, and Meimon Taiyo Ferry Co., Ltd. and Nippon Charter Cruise, Ltd. which are both affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method. However, results exclude some companies whose environmental burden is negligible.

(*7)Converted to A4 size.

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At Sea (MOL vessels in operation)

MOL CO2 Emissions

MOL NOx and SOx Emissions

Average Sulfur Content (%) in Marine Heavy Fuel Used by MOL
FY2005 2.82%
FY2006 2.75%
FY2007 2.62%
FY2008 2.59%
FY2009 2.59%
FY2010 2.58%
MARPOL Treaty (general sea areas) 4.50%

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On land (MOL Head Office Building)


MOL Head Office Building

The MOL Group strives to reduce the environmental impact generated by office operations (office paper, electricity, waste) as well as in land and sea transportation activities. The MOL Head Office Building has won recognition for its vigorous paper waste reduction and paper recycling, winning an award in fiscal 2010 from Minato Ward, Tokyo, for its outstanding waste-reduction efforts. In terms of electricity use, motion sensors for lighting and other systems have produced results. In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, MOL has also taken rigorous steps to save power, including turning lights out at lunchtime and removing lighting.

Electricity Use in Head Office Building

Office Paper Use in Head Office Building

FY2010 Environmental Accounting

Environmental Protection Costs (Unit:¥ million)

Category Items Investment Cost
Costs in business areas
(Global environmental protection)		 Measures to reduce exhaust gas from vessels 5,287 1,098
Measures on vessels to preserve the marine environment 250 0
Office related 31 0
Costs for management activity Environmental management activities 0 92
Costs for R&D R&D 0 681
Social activity costs Social contribution activities 0 0
Total 5,568 1,871

Environmental Protection Effects

Category Details of effects Index
(g/ton,mile)		 FY2010 FY2009 Effects
Effects related to resources invested in business activities Total energy volume input Fuel 2.11 2.33 -0.23
Environmental burden of business activities GHG, etc. emissions CO2 6.570 7.271 -0.701
NOx 0.177 0.196 -0.019
SOx 0.109 0.122 -0.013

Aggregation Method

Reference guidelines
Japan's Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Accounting Guideline (FY2005)"
Cost does not include depreciation and amortization expenses.

Tabulation period
FY2010 (April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011)

Scope of tabulation
Head Office and operated vessels of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (non-consolidated) and ocean-going vessels and ferries operated by MOL Group companies in Japan.

Changes in aggregation method

  • From FY2010, ocean-going vessels and ferries operated by MOL Group companies in Japan are included in the scope of tabulation. (However, the SOx benefit in environmental protection benefits is for MOL on a non- consolidated basis.)
  • The method for calculating indicators of environmental protection benefits has changed. Accordingly, FY2009 figures to the left are different from figures contained in Environmental and Social Report 2010. Previous figures were 1.55 for fuel, 4.715 for CO2, 0.130 for NOx, and 0.083 for SOx.

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