Eco-Communication Initiatives

Environmental Activities

Eco-Communication Initiatives

We actively disclose information and promote company-wide awareness as part of our eco-communication initiatives.

Basic Environmental Education

As part of our environmental education, we have divided our education system into general education and specialized education. For general education, we provide education on basic environmental knowledge necessary to all Japanese employees through measures such as e-learning. On the other hand, specialized education provides education of specialized environmental knowledge required for each specific function (development, design, sales, manufacturing) to operate, as well as education on the ISO14001 and ISO19011, provided with the goal to understand the mechanisms and train internal auditors.

Program Name	Purpose	Targets for 2024
General Environmental Education	Enhancement of environmental awareness and knowledge	Basic environmental education (targeting all employees in Japan) Position-specific education (new employees, newly appointed managers, etc.)
Specialized Environmental Education ISO14001 ISO19011	Acquisition of environmental knowledge required for specific functions	Environmental education for staff in development, design and sales departments Environmental education for sales staff Environmental education for staff in the manufacturing department
Specialized Environmental Education ISO14001 ISO19011	Understanding the mechanisms of ISO14001 and ISO19011 Development of internal auditors	ISO14001 basic training ISO19011 training Internal auditors training

Disclosure of Environmental Information

As part of our efforts in promoting our environmental activities, we participate in the “Environmental Reporting Platform Development Pilot Project" designed by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. Additionally, we have been working to disclose environmental information to appropriate stakeholders and information relating to our environmental initiatives in response to requests from various ESG ratings organizations.

Logo	Title	Details
Image	The Japanese Ministry of the Environment’s “Environmental Reporting Platform Development Pilot Project"	Joined in 2015
Image	Carbon Disclosure Project	Began providing information from 2012
Image	Ecovadis	Began providing information since 2019
Image	Sompo Asset Management’s SNAM Sustainability Index	Selected for inclusion in 2023
Image	Japan Climate Initiative	Joined in April 2021; proactively implementing preventative initiatives against climate change
Image Image	Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)	Joined in April 2021; also joined the TCFD Consortium based in Japan. We will disclose information in a transparent manner with the focus on analyzing the risks and opportunities climate change brings.
Image	S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index