Basic policy for environmental activities
Basic Policy
We fulfill our role as the SHIBAURA MACHINE Group in working toward the sustainability of a prosperous global environment and society.
We comply with all applicable international, regional, and national standards, laws, regulations, agreements, industry guidelines, and Company rules related to the environment.
We help to solve social issues through our business activities.
We actively work to reduce environmental impact, make effective use of resources, and conserve biodiversity.
Guidelines for Action
Continuous enhancement of environmental activities
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We treat environmental activities as one of our most important management tasks and promote environmental activities for future generations with climate change mitigation and　adaptation.
- We continuously improve our environmental management system to raise environmental performance.
- We adhere to our environmental impact reduction plan to achieve its objectives and goals.
- All employees continuously promote improvement under the leadership of environmental managers.
Development of environmentally conscious products
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To realize energy and resource conservation, we promote certification of environmentally conscious products and implementation of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment). This will in turn help our customers save energy and resources.
- We promote green procurement (products, parts, materials, and raw materials).
Energy and resource conservation and promotion of effective use of resources
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We improve production efficiency for the purpose of effectively using energy resources such as electricity and fuels. We also consider using sustainable resources (recyclable energy) to prevent global warming.
- We work to build a recycling society by emission reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste.
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We strive to understand and reduce the environmental impact of the entire corporate supply chain process.
Prevention of pollution
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We promote substitution, reduction, and collection of chemical substances which may contribute to pollution in order to prevent air, water, and soil pollution, and also to reduce emissions.
Promotion of environmental partnerships
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We release information of our environmental efforts to all stakeholders in a timely fashion and engage in bilateral communication with them. We respect diversity and continue our existence as part of our society.
Publish this environmental policy to the public
Enactment date:2025.4.1