1.Basic Approach to the Environment
Recognizing that preservation of the global environment and protection of biodiversity are the foundation of human life and the source of our business activities, we have set environmental management as one of our material issues (materiality) and are promoting it strategically by integrating it into our management.
To put environmental management into practice, we have established an environmental policy and a voluntary environmental action plan to serve as the code of behavior for our various efforts. We take responsibility in all of our business fields and are working to solve environmental issues through our business activities while working together with various stakeholders.
2.Environmental Policy
(1) (Activity policy/target) Reduce environmental impact
We will use resources and energy efficiently and engage in business activities that have a low environmental impact at every stage of the supply chain.
(2) (Product development/sales) Environmental consideration in product sales
We will promote planning and sales of products and services that take the environment into consideration not only in-house but also through collaboration and co-creation with our suppliers.
(3) (Promotion system) Development of promotion system
Recognizing the impact of our business activities on the environment, we will establish environmental objectives and targets and work on making continuous improvements.
(4) (Education/edification) Compliance
In addition to familiarizing all employees with the Environmental Policy, we will raise the environmental awareness of each employee to ensure compliance*.
*Aggregation and proper disposal of waste, chemical substances contained in products, Energy Saving Act (Act on Rationalizing Energy Use), Warming Countermeasures Act (Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures), etc.
(5) (Disclosures) Promotion of communication
We will provide regular internal and external reports on our environmental conservation activities to build good relationships with our stakeholders.