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Environmental Policy
As a part of the “Co-Creating value for indivisuals, communities and people's lifestyles” we seek an environment-centered way of thinking for the future, and strive to realize a society in which people live happily in coexistence with the environment by providing more environmentally friendly goods and services.
Environmental Activity Priority Themes
To realize a society in which people coexist spiritually with the environment, we strive for the following four categories of environmental activity priority themes.
1 Helping in the fight against global warming. /For a society without global warming, we strive for energy conservation when providing goods and services for customers and in our business processes. We also work to utilize new energy sources such as solar and wind power.2 Protecting natural resources. /To realize a recycling society, we promote 3R* activity. In addition, when considering a products lifecycle, we promote resource-saving, longer-lasting, resource-recycling goods. *3R: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.3 Promoting harmony with the natural environment. /To pass a rich natural environment down to the next generation, we address issues of global environmental conservation such as forest protection. Also, we promote the building and greening of towns that are balanced with their surrounding environment.4 Preventing pollution by harmful chemical substances. /For a society where people and the ecosystem experience no adverse effects from things such as chemical materials, we strive to reduce, substitute and properly control toxic chemicals.
Environmental Principles
  1. Reduce environmental impact from goods/services
    Provide goods/services with less environmental impact by ecologically planning/designing throughout all life cycle stages.
  2. Reduce environmental impact from business processes
    Understand the effect on the environment of each of our business processes and keep improving them to reduce environmental impact.
  3. Compliance with laws/regulations
    Comply with applicable laws and agreed claims from stakeholders to be a trusted corporate citizen.
  4. Education/Training
    Develop environmental management systems and regularly provide education/training in order to recognize the importance of the environment and engage in creative environmental activities.
  5. Communication
    Proactively disclose information on the environment, and communicate with each stakeholder to promote our environmental vision.
  6. Green procurement
    Procure environmentally friendly materials and products in cooperation with our business partners.
  7. Develop environmental technologies/businesses
    Develop technology and business models that reduce environmental impact, and innovate new global businesses.