The Japan Paper Association(JPA)has been actively working to save energy since 1997 when it established its“Committed Action Plan on Environment”. JPA declares its policy of restraining CO
2 emissions in the action plan, and has worked toward the following targets:
・On a five―year average basis from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2012, reduce specific fossil energy consumption and fossil energy derived CO
2 emission intensity by 20% and 16% from the level of fiscal 1990, respectively
・By fiscal 2012, expand forest plantation area owned or managed by the industry at home and abroad to 700 thousand hectares.
According to the fiscal 2013 survey, fossil specific energy consumption per ton of paper production and fossil energy derived CO
2 emission intensity in fiscal 2012 reduced by 24.8% and 20.3%, respectively, compared with the level of fiscal 1990. This is mainly thanks to manufacturers' continuous efforts such as energy saving and energy conversion from heavy oil to biomass and waste energy. On the other hand, forest plantation area at the end of the fiscal 2013 was 676 thousand hectares, falling short of the 700 thousand hectares target.
In addition to the results of the follow―up survey, this report introduces the energy situation in the Japanese pulp and paper industry, and information such as JPA's Action Plan for low―carbon society and the impact of the raise in electricity prices on the industry after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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