Action policy | Principal activities | Goals for 2000 | Results |
1. Establishment of the necessary internal system |
(1) Establishment of environmental management and auditing system
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- Establishment of a system that incorporates ISO 14000 certification standards
- Establishment of a plant management system in 1996 through the creation of a Plant Environmental Committee
- Expansion of internal audits at principal plants
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- ISO 14001 certification of all domestic plants
- Implementation of internal audits of all plants
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- ISO 14001 certification of all plants
- Organization of liaison conference on environmental issues with business partners
- Establishment of a management system with installation of a Plant Environmental Committees and Specialized subcommittees at the Plant Level
- Implementation of internal audits
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(2) Establishment of environmental prior assessment system
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- Establishment of prior assessment system that reduces the environmental impact of activities occurring in the development, manufacture, use and disposal of a product
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- Establishment of LCA prior assessment system for principal products
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- Promotion of LCA evaluations for principal products by Product Technology Subcommittee
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2. Development of environment-friendly business activities |
(3) Development of environment-friendly products
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- Reduction in level of engine emissions
- Reduction of product's noise
- Improved energy consumption of products
- Recycling-conducive design
- Material markings for plastic and rubber parts
- Use of easily recycled materials
- Promotion of design that facilitates simple disassembly and separability
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- Reduction in level of engine emissions
- Improved energy consumption of products
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- Emissions reduction in diesel engines for Corolla, Caldina and forklift trucks
- Commercialization of a variable displacement car air-conditioning compressor contributing to more fuel efficient, lighterweight vehicles
- Air jet looms with reduced electricity consumption
- Material identification for plastic and rubber parts in automobiles and engines
- Reduction in number and types of parts for compressors and forklift trucks
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(4) Reduction of environmental impact
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- Expansion of environmental impact reduction activities
- Reduction of paint solvent emissions through improvement in painting efficiency
- Stronger voluntary measures that take into consideration the environmental impact of hazardous substances
- Voluntary control, priority control of prohibited-use substances
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- Stronger voluntary measures for reduction of hazardous substances and their emissions
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- Reduction in VOC emissions due to installation of metallic bell and thinner recovery equipment
- Reduction in wastewater nitrogen levels due to installation of denitrogenation processing equipment
- Commencement of prior assessments of environmental impact of hazardous substances
- Establishment of prohibited-use substances, grasp of use of 176 substances in preparation for PRTR legislation
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(5) Promotion of energy saving
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- Stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions at the fiscal 1990 ratio of emissions-to-sales by fiscal 2000 year end
- Implement technologies that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions with measures such as the installation of cogeneration systems and changes in heat sources
- Promote waste elimination on production lines
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- Stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions at fiscal 1990 levels
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- 4% reduction in fiscal 1990 levels of carbon dioxide emissions by fiscal 2000 year-end
- Installation of cogeneration systems in Kariya, Takahama, Nagakusa and Hekinan plants
- Promotion of conversion from heavy oil to CNG (compressed natural gas)
- Promotion of waste elimination activities on production lines with measures such as equipment consolidation and energy saving
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(6) Promotion of waste output control and reuse of resources
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- Reduce the volume of production waste emissions 75% from fiscal 1990 levels by fiscal 2000 year-end
- Expand recycling of cast metal
- Promote waste elimination at the source
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- Reduction of emissions 75% from fiscal 1990 levels
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- Reduction in the volume of production waste emissions 86% from fiscal 1990 levels by fiscal 2000 year-end
- Reduction in the volume of cement and recycled sand, with efforts focused on foundry sand
- Reduction in waste coolant due to installation of condensation equipment
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(7) Improvement in efficiency of distribution systems
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- Higher efficiency through improved transportation routes
- Improve load efficiency in container transport
- Promote resource saving related to packaging and packaging materials
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- Higher efficiency through improved transportation routes
- Promote resource savings related to packaging and packaging materials
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- Rationalized distribution through improved transport routes and mixed loading
- Transition to returnable packaging for forklift truck parts, resulting in a 4500-ton reduction in packaging
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(8) Environment- friendly overseas business
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- Transfer of environmental management system and environment-friendly technologies to overseas bases
- Support through interaction among employees
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- ISO 14001 certification of overseas production bases
- Support through interaction among employees
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- ISO 14001 certification of two U.S. plants
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3. Contribution to society |
(9) Employee education activities
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- Awareness raising through in-house newsletters
- Use of education activities for each job level as an opportunity to expand employee knowledge
- Increase employee awareness through monthly environment-related activities
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- Raise awareness of employees through in-house newsletters and monthly environment-related activities
- Use education activities for each job level as an opportunity to expand employee knowledge
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- 10 informative activities per year through in-house newsletters
- Publication of monthly environmental news
- Lectures on the environment covering topics such as LCA, environmental accounting, zero emissions (3 lectures)
- Incorporation of environmental education in training for newly-appointed managers
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(10) Development of PR activities
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- Appropriate disclosure of status of environment-related policies
- Continuous environmental campaign through participation in community environment-related activities
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- Continuous environmental campaign through participation in community environment-related activities
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- Publication of annual environmental report since 1999
- Promotion of information disclosure regarding the environment to the mass media
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(11) Promotion of forest preservation and "greening activities"
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- Continuous support of tree planting in exchange for collected "green marks"
- Creation of "green zones" at plants
- Promotion of paper recycling and paperless offices
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- Creation of "green zones" at plants
- Promotion of paperless offices
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- Promotion of the greening of the area surrounding Company plants
- Reuse of wastepaper through sorted trash collection
- Promotion of paperless offices through the installation of Office Automation equipment
- Participation in and support for the Greening Promotion Council of Aichi Prefecture
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(12) Promotion of contribution to society
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- Support of academic pursuits with an environmental protection theme
- Support of employee volunteer activities
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- Support of academic pursuits with an environmental protection theme
- Support of employee volunteer activities
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- Contribution to the Japan Federation of Economic Organization's Nature Preservation Fund
- Support of iris cluster environmental preservation activities
- Support of the OISCA* Children's Forest Program (CFP) in Indonesia through contribution of telephone cards
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