Change in Scope of Application of the Environmental Management System
Shindengen’s Asaka Office opened in April 2021. We consolidated the R&D, business operation, and head office functions in the Asaka Office and closed the Hanno Factory, thereby revising the scope of application of the environmental management system.
In February 2022, the scope of applications for Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. came to encompass the Asaka Office which now covers head office functions.
As a result, the Shindengen Group's environmental management system, which deploys environmental conservation activities, was reviewed with Shindengen’s Asaka Office and major domestic production companies as the scope of application.
Creating a System for Environmental Vision 2050
We reorganized the Energy Conservation Committee, which had been under the Environment Committee, in April 2022 to establish the Decarbonization and Energy Conservation Committee as an organization to promote the Shindengen Group’s Environmental Vision 2050 and FY 2030 environmental targets.
The Decarbonization and Energy Conservation Committee comprises environmentrelated departments, operating departments, and Group companies. In addition to Shindengen’s environmental management division, the Planning Department and Sustainability promotion office now serve also as its secretariats. In this way, the committee functions as a system that cuts across everything from top management down to the front lines.
Environmental Education
At the Shindengen Group, we are committed to increasing environmental awareness amongst our employees. For new hires, we provide simple explanations of ISO 14001 and the SDGs; provide education on the relationship between our business activities and environmental laws and regulations, our internal rules to ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations, and the importance of complying with environmental laws and regulations; and raise awareness about the interconnectedness of the environment and our operations.
Furthermore, we provide employee education on environmental laws and regulations in a systematic manner, believing that the awareness of each employee significantly affects the success of our compliance with these laws.
With the support of Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shindengen Three E conducted environmental internal auditor development training in April 2022. 11 persons at the assistant manager level or higher underwent the training, which was conducted with the aim of changing the generation of persons with environmental internal auditor qualifications and deepening each department heads’ understanding of the EMS. As a result of the environmental internal audit development training, it is now possible to implement environmental internal audits smoothly. Moreover, the training heightened the awareness of each department head towards compliance with laws and regulations and written standards, which strengthened the company’s Environmental Management System initiative.
Such training is aimed not only at increasing general environmental awareness, but also on developing a workplace culture that recognizes what it means to be an environmentally conscious corporate citizen.
Environmental Objectives and Targets
At the Shindengen Group, we set environmental objectives and targets based on our environmental policies and have implemented initiatives that alleviate environmental problems.
The Shindengen Group Domestic Companies: Environmental Objectives and Targets with Key Results (FY 2022)
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Promote chemical substance management |
・In preparation for the enforcement of the amended Law concerning Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, reorganize the information subject to change in accordance with the amendments and reflect the changes in our database. |
Having positioned this as a year of preparing our response to the large-scale revision of the Law concerning Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR system) in April 2023, the Chemical Substance Management Committee implemented items ① to ③ below according to plan and achieved their targets. |
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Promote proper waste management |
・Target 1 |
The crude oil equivalent energy intensity (weighted average) of the Shindengen Japan Group as at the end of FY 2022 recorded a 19.19% improvement over the end of the same month in 2020. |
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・Target 2 |
We pursued power supply agreements for electricity derived from renewable energy and achieved a reduction of 16.5% in FY 2022 compared to the base year. |
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Promote proper waste management ◇Environmental consideration through plastic reduction and substitution in our main business |
・Build operations to replace plastics and create a system to continually suppress plastic use |
Each Shindengen Group company in Japan identified detailed issues involving their reduction of plastic, and set targets which they largely achieved. |
The Shindengen Group Domestic Companies: Environmental Objectives and Targets (FY 2023)
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Promote chemical substance management
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Promoting decarbonization and energy conservation measures
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1. Increase the Group’s consolidated crude oil equivalent energy intensity improvement rate by 2.97% compared to FY 2020 (improvement of 9.97% by end of FY 2030) 2.Reduce the Group’s consolidated Scope 1+2 CO2 emissions by 27.1% compared to FY 2013 (46.07% reduction by end of FY 2030) 3. Reduce the Group’s consolidated Scope 3 CO2 emissions by 5.56% compared to FY 2021 (25.02% reduction by end of FY 2030) |
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Increase the precision of our information disclosures to stakeholders by firmly establishing our CDP disclosure response tasks and obtaining SBT |
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Promote proper waste management
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