Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Environmental Vision

Environmental Vision 2050
Energy（climate change）：
Aim for zero CO2 emissions with the energy conservation and the use of renewable energy, and business contributions.
Blessing of water：
Value the blessing of water and reduce the impact on water resources to the minimum.
Waste（resources）：
Reduce waste by minimizing the use of resources and maximizing recycling.
Chemical substances：
Thoroughly control chemical substances contained in raw materials on a global basis.

Basic Policy (May 18th, 2021, tenth edition)

We conduct the environmental load reduction activity with all concerned people under IBIDEN way. By doing so, we strive to solve environmental challenges through our business operation and, in our capacity as a company, aggressively promote improvements in the environment for the next generation, with the ultimate goal of creating harmony with the global environment and building an enriched society.

Environmental Policy

  1. We will promote the development of technology that contributes to the building of a decarbonized society and the positive and effective use of clean energy.
  2. We will work on minimizing the use of energy, water and other resources and reducing, reusing and recycling waste, with a view to creating a recycling-oriented society.
  3. We will contribute to the conservation of the global environment, including biodiversity while giving due consideration to the environment during the entire course of the product life cycle, from R&D, procurement, production and transportation to after-use disposal.
  4. We will comply with domestic and foreign environmental laws and regulations. We will set our own standards, thereby striving to advance our environmental management capabilities, such as the reduction of harmful chemical substance emissions.
  5. We will operate an environmental management system to ensure that every employee acts with the understanding of our environmental policy and to make continued improvements to attain our environmental purposes and goals.
  6. We will make this environmental policy public and push forward with our efforts in concert with our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.


President& CEO

Organization of Environmental Management

Grounded in values that emphasize harmony with the global environment, we are working group-wide to promote environmental management. We have established a company-wide environmental management system with the President& CEO serving as the head of the system. We have also set up a Company-wide Environment Committee, which is responsible for environmental safety and health across the company, with the executive officer in charge of Strategic Manufacturing Operation serving as the chairperson. For each plant, we have established a Plant Environment Committee presided over by the plant Manager. For employees, when employees join our company, we educate them about the impact that our business activities have on the environment, and through circle activities on workplace safety and health, we inform them of matters determined in the Committee and provide education regarding environmental preservation through circle activities on workplace safety and health. In addition, through meetings organized by environmental protection promoters who are designated by each operational division, the global environmental meetings jointly held with major overseas production bases, and the energy conservation meetings attended by energy conservation promoters of each division, we engage in Group-wide information sharing regarding environmental protection.

Compliance with Environment-related Laws and Regulations

The IBIDEN Group deals with many chemicals at many of its plants, some of which are adjacent to residential areas. Issues such as air pollution, wastewater, and noise pollution therefore require our special attention. The Group sets voluntary standards equivalent to national and local government standards, or strict standards, for activities and operations that may have a significant environmental impact from the perspectives of prevention of pollution and conservation of nature, and regularly measures and monitors the compliance status (see "Environmental Data for Individual Plants and Group Companies").With the twin aims of zero cases of violation of air pollution, wastewater, and noise pollution and zero complaints from residents, when emissions that violate the voluntary standards for environmental measurement occur, we immediately take corrective measures.
In FY2022, we did not confirm any environment-related recommendations for correction from the supervisory authorities, any chemical disasters, including chemical leakages, that woulld have a serious impact on the external environment, or any penalties or sanctions for violations of environment-related laws, regulations or rules.