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Social and Environmental Initiatives 2010

Conserve Resources and Reduce Waste

Reduce

In order to reduce the volume of waste generated, we are pouring effort into the introduction of pay-per-use systems, and reduction in the use of disposable items.

Pay-per-Use System and Waste Disposal Volume Measurement

In retail properties, the generation of waste is curbed through the introduction of a pay-per-use system in which tenants are charged based on the quantity of waste disposed. In addition, measuring instruments are set up within facilities to measure the waste disposed by tenants, which contributes to an enhancement of tenant awareness.
Moreover, as of the end of June 2010, 29 of the facilities that the Mitsui Fudosan Group operates and manages have introduced the pay-per-use system.

A List of Retail Facilities that Have Introduced the Pay-per-use System

  • LaLaport TOKYO-BAY
  • Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu
  • LaLaport Kashiwanoha
  • LaLaport Yokohama
  • LaLaport Iwata
  • LaLaport Shin Misato
  • Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
  • Treage Shirohata
  • Lovela Bandai
  • LALA Garden Tsukuba
  • LaLa Terrace Minamisenju
  • LALA Garden Kasukabe
  • LALA Garden Kawaguchi
  • LaLa Square Utsunomiya
  • Mitsui Outlet Park Iruma
  • Mitsui Outlet Park Sendaikou
  • Ginza Velvia
  • Nitta Building
  • Ginza Glasse
  • Ginza gCube
  • Koujun Building
  • LaLa Garden Nagamachi
  • Ginza Trecious
  • Ario Kameari
  • Shiodome City Center
  • Tokyo Midtown
  • Coredo Nihonbashi
  • Gradito Shiodome
  • Comodio Shiodome

Efforts to Reduce in Hotels

At all Mitsui Garden Hotels, except “Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier” (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), we have installed dispensers for body soap, shampoo and rinse and have placed stickers on bathroom walls requesting guests to completely use toilet paper in guest rooms. Through such efforts, we are striving to reduce the amount of waste produced.

A poster recommending the use of “My Hashi,” etc.

A poster recommending the use of “My Hashi,” etc.

Activities to Promote “My Hashi,” “My Cup,” etc.

At “Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu,” we are carrying out activities to promote the use of “My Hashi (bring your own chopsticks),” “My Cup (bring your own cup),” and other things. These activities were first started by calling upon employees of tenants to use “My Cup (their own cups).” Based on a suggestion brought forward by the tenants' meeting comprised of store/restaurant managers, we are expanding activities to promote the discontinuance of waribashi (disposable, wooden chopsticks) at restaurants and the use of “My Bag (customers' own bag)” at stores. We are also calling upon customers and are striving to promote the use of “My Hashi,” ”My Cup,” and “My Bag.”

Reuse

We are also working on reusing products, etc. rather than disposing them after one time use, in order to reduce the generation of waste.

Floor guide collection box (LaLaport Iwata)

Floor guide collection box (LaLaport Iwata)

Reuse of Floor Guides

At retail facilities, we are promoting the “Eco Hello! Floor Guide Reuse Project.” This project involves the collection of floor guides that are no longer being used, selection of those that are reusable and then placing them in buildings once again. As of the end of June 2010, we are implementing this project in 15 facilities throughout Japan.

Topics: Eco Hello! Clothing Support Project

LaLaport Yokohama

LaLaport Yokohama

At retail facilities, we are implementing the “Eco Hello! Clothing Support Project.” This entails collecting clothes that are no longer needed in homes and making donations to refugees or disaster victims around the world through the NPO, Japan Relief Clothing Center. By reusing clothing that are no longer necessary, waste can be reduced and at the same time, we can support people who lack clothing.
Starting from the autumn of 2008, we have been executing this once every six months, making the event held on March 2010, the fourth time. This project first began at 2 facilities, but it has grown to 14 facilities throughout Japan as of March 2010. Volunteer staff who participated totaled 142 employees coming from Mitsui Fudosan and LaLaport Management Co., Ltd. Furthermore, 3,804 customers cooperated and we were able to donate approximately 21 tons of clothing and approximately 430,000 yen of charity funds.

Recycle

Mitsui Fudosan is promoting recycling through such efforts as the establishment of its own recycling system of used paper, fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries. The company is also working on recycling food scraps.

Recycling of Food Scraps

We collect food scraps generated by restaurants, etc. in sixteen office buildings and ten retail properties and recycle them primarily into fertilizers, raw materials for biomass power generation and feeding stuff. The recycling rate of food scraps in fiscal 2009 was around 66% for office buildings and 97% for retail facilities.

Implementation Status of Recycling Food Scraps (Fiscal 2009)

Type Facility Name Location Food Scraps Recycled Use
Volume Disposed (tons) Volume Recycled (tons) Recycling Rate (%)
Office Building Shinjuku Mitsui Building Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 470 105 22 Power generation
Gate City Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 185 185 100 Feeding stuff
143 143 100 Power generation
Oval Court Osaki Mark West Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 18 18 100 Feeding stuff
Garden Air Tower Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 4 4 100 Feeding stuff
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower Chuo-ku, Tokyo 80 80 100 Power generation
Hibiya Mitsui Building Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 43 43 100 Power generation
Toyosu Center Building Koto-ku, Tokyo 267 93 35 Feeding stuff
Toyosu Center Building Annex Koto-ku, Tokyo 73 73 100 Feeding stuff
Akasaka Biz Tower Minato-ku, Tokyo 27 27 100 Power generation
Ginza Mitsui Building Chuo-ku, Tokyo 24 24 100 Power generation
Shinkiba Center Building Koto-ku, Tokyo 20 20 100 Feeding stuff
Shinkiba Daini Center Building Koto-ku, Tokyo 5 5 100 Feeding stuff
Celestine Shiba Mitsui Building Minato-ku, Tokyo 49 22 45 Feeding stuff
TIS Takeshiba Building Minato-ku, Tokyo 29 29 100 Power generation
Shin Kawasaki Mitsui Building Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi 87 47 54 Power generation
Shiodome City Center Minato-ku, Tokyo 252 252 100 Feeding stuff
Total 1,774 1,170 66 -
Retail Facility LaLaport TOKYO-BAY Funabashi-shi, Chiba Prefecture 474 474 100 Fertilizer
Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu Koto-ku, Tokyo 431 431 100 Feeding stuff
Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi 848 848 100 Feeding stuff
LaLaport Yokohama Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi 379 379 100 Fertilizer
LaLa Garden Kasukabe Kasukabe-shi, Saitama Prefecture 71 40 56 Feeding stuff
Mitsui Outlet Park Iruma Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture 114 114 100 Fertilizer
Mitsui Outlet Park Sendaikou Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi 79 79 100 Fertilizer
LaLaport Iwata Iwata-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture 271 258 95 Feeding stuff
LaLaport Shin Misato Misato-shi, Saitama Prefecture 104 52 50 Fertilizer
4 4 100 Feeding stuff
LaLa Garden Nagamachi Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi 26 26 100 Fertilizer
Total 2,800 2,704 97 -

Note:
1. Since figures have been rounded off, the sum of individual figures may not tally with the total.
2. The lower column for LaLaport Shin Misato indicates the disposed volume of food which has expired, etc.

Food Scrap Recycling System at LaLaport Yokohama

At “LaLaport Yokohama,” (Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi) we collect the food scraps generated by restaurants, and compost it by outsourcing the operations to a recycling manufacturer. The recycled compost is used as fertilizer for outdoor plants at “LaLaport Yokohama.” Furthermore, we also distribute them to participants at events, etc. held at the facility.
In fiscal 2009, we used 2,000kg of compost for plants along the paths found at the peripheries of facilities. Furthermore, at the “Eco Classroom/Uchimizu Daisakusen (an event for sprinkling water on streets to control airborne dirt or ease heat) & Icicle Display” held in August, we distributed a total of 400kg (400gX1,000 bags) to participants.

Food Scrap Recycling System at LaLaport Yokohama

Recycle Loop System for Used Paper

The Mitsui Fudosan Group has established its own recycle loop system for used paper. It collects the used paper generated in 153 office buildings in Tokyo prefecture which it directly administers and operates, and in LaLaport TOKYO-BAY (Funabashi-shi, Chiba prefecture), to be reproduced and used as “Toshisaisei” (Toshisaisei is a pun on the Japanese words for recycled paper in cities and city revitalization), which is its original recycled paper for office automation use, or as toilet paper, and other items.

Fiscal 2009 Results

Volume of used paper collected Volume collected from 153 office buildings in Tokyo prefecture 9,631 tons
Volume collected from LaLaport TOKYO-BAY 1,107 tons
Volume of recycled paper purchased Volume purchased by the Mitsui Fudosan Group
(office work-related)
362 tons

Overview of Recycle Loop System for Used Paper at Mitsui Fudosan

Overview of Recycle Loop System for Used Paper at Mitsui Fudosan

Complete Recycling System for Used Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-cell Batteries

Mitsui Fudosan has established a complete recycling system for fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries through cooperation with five companies. Under the system, we collect fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries that are disposed of at office buildings administered and operated by the Mitsui Fudosan Group, etc. and reproduce the mercury as material to be used for new fluorescent lamps, dry-cell batteries, etc., and reproduce the aluminum and glass to be used as recycled aluminum and glass.

Fiscal 2009 Results

Number of Buildings Where Collections are Performed Total of 51 buildings (46 buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area and 5 buildings in the Kansai area)
Volume collected Fluorescent lamps: Approx. 28 tons; Dry-cell batteries: Approx. 4 tons

Note: The 1 building in Sapporo which was included in the calculations until fiscal 2008 has been excluded starting from fiscal 2009 since it is a building for which we are outsourced the administration.

Overview of Complete Recycling System of Used Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-Cell Batteries

Environment-responsive Carpet Tiles

Mitsui Fudosan has established a system to collect used carpets that offices administered and operated by the Group disposed of, recycle them into environment-responsive carpet tiles and reuse them in office buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In fiscal 2009, about 150,000m2 of used carpets were collected. The volume of environment-responsive carpet tiles delivered was approximately 57,000m2 and the volume accumulated since fiscal 2002 totaled roughly 377,000m2.

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