1. Publication of the Sustainability Report

Sustainability Report 2005, which describes the efforts of the JR East Group toward building a sustainable society in terms of the environment (prevention of global warming, recycling resources, etc.), society (safety, customer relations, community relations, employee relations, etc.), and the economy (financial results, economic relations with stakeholders), has just been published. This report not only presents JR East Groups efforts in various areas to a wide audience, but will also serve as a tool for eliciting readers' opinions.
We have also created a digest version, which highlights the most important issues and which will be distributed to all employees to raise their environmental awareness. The digest version will also be distributed at various events.
The main points covered in Sustainability Report 2005 are as follows.

• "Highlights Section": Documenting Our Major Efforts (pp. 8-16)
  

  This report is divided into a Highlights Section and a Comprehensive Section.
  In contrast to the Comprehensive Section, which gives a detailed description of each program, the Highlights Section turns the spotlight on employees who stand in the forefront of these programs, bringing the concepts and detailed descriptions of the processes involved into sharp relief.

  Contents

  Environmental Aspects

  Social Aspects

  "Creating the World's Most Environmentally-Friendly High-Speed Train" "Rooftop Greenery: Good for the Environment, Good for People" "Recycling Resources, Growing Vegetables"

  "Learning from Disaster: Responses to the Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake" "Station Reinvention: From 'A Place to Pass Through' to 'A Place to Be'"

  In addition, the basic concepts concerning railroad safety are presented in "Our Aim: Ultimate Safety."

• "Goals to Be Met by FY 2008": Setting Numerical Goals for the Entire Group (p. 21)
  

  To carry out its environmental protection programs in a well-planned manner, the JR East Group has set specific numerical goals to work toward. We have been working on goals that were to be achieved in FY 2005. Our FY 2003 results show that we have achieved six out of eleven numerical goals and are moving steadily toward attaining the rest. With the aim of furthering its environmental programs, the JR East Group has set up new "Goals to Be Met by FY 2008." These not only revise the previous goals upward, but also set new goals for the JR East Group as a whole.

2. Major Environmental Protection Activities in FY 2004

• "Reduction of CO2 Emissions from Business Activities," our program to prevent global warming, had met its FY 2005 goals in FY 2003, but after our hydropower plant was damaged in the Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake in FY 2004, the amount of power generated by our thermal plants increased, leading to a 13% reduction from FY 1990 levels, which was short of our goal. (Goal for FY 2005: 20% reduction, goal for FY 2008: 22% reduction)
• "The Ratio of Energy-Efficient Railcars to Total Rolling Stock," increased 4 percentage points over the previous fiscal year to 76%. (Goal for FY 2005: 80%, goal for FY 2008: 82%).
• Due to the introduction of energy-efficient railcars, "energy consumption in train operation per unit of transport volume" improved by 2 percentage points over the previous fiscal year, representing a 13% reduction from FY 1990 levels. (Goal for FY 2005: 15% reduction, goal for FY 2008: 19% reduction)
• "The recycling rate for waste generated at stations and on trains" rose 4 percentage points over the previous year to 43%, achieving the goal. (Goal for FY 2005: 40%, goal for FY 2008: 45%)

Reference: Goals to Be Met by FY 2008

East Japan Railway Company
* Reductions are stated using figures from FY 1990 as the base value.

JR East Group

For details, please see Sustainability Report 2005 on our Web site at
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/environment/.