Contents

1. Introduction

(1) The Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
(2) Establishment of the Evaluation Committee
(3) Scope and method of evaluation

2. Overall evaluation of follow-up

3. Short-term issues

(1) Adjustment of scope of follow-up
(2) Premises of fiscal 2005/2010 forecasts
(3) Clarification of reasons for use of emission or intensity targets
(4) Explanation of reasons for changes in emissions

4. Medium-term issues

(1) Factor analysis of changes in emissions
(2) Evaluation from the perspective of lifecycle assessment
(3) Development of methods of evaluation/databases and evaluation by specialist agencies

5. Conclusions