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Environmental Management Status |
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Environmental management structure |
The Hitachi Cable Group has established a Companywide
Environmental Committee and its subcommittees to
prepare plans for the Group's environmental actions,
to review and evaluate achievements, to study possible
improvements, to discuss common challenges, etc. Based
on the Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation,
each Works and Group companies promote environmental
improvement activities by each unit of certification of
ISO14001 Environmental Management System. The Hitachi
Cable Group further established the Environment Center in
Corporate Quality & Environment Group for the Group-wide
environmental management, and the Center communicate
action policies and information to the Works and the Group
companies and sum up achievements through environmental
activities.
The Environment Center is also a part of the certification
for ISO14001 environmental management system, under the
Hitachi Cable Group Environmental Protection Department
and plays a role to carry out departmental activities in
accordance with the environmental management policy of
the entire Hitachi Group.
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ISO 14001-certification status |
A total of 28 domestic and overseas affiliated companies of
Hitachi Cable have ISO14001 environmental management
system certification. Among these, the new certifications
added in FY2009 were those of two domestic companies,
Hitachi Cable Film Device, Ltd. and Sosei Co., Ltd
The "Hitachi Group Environmental Operation
Organization," an integrated organization of environmental
protection promotion departments of Hitachi Group
companies is also ISO14001 certified, and at Hitachi Cable,
the Environment Center is subject to the certification.
Hitachi Cable and integrated authentication of affiliated and Group Companies
| Number of
certificates |
Number of
certified Hitachi
Cable sites |
Affiliated/Group
Companies |
| 3 |
6 |
9 |
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Domestic and overseas Group Companies
| Number of certificates |
| Domestic |
Overseas |
| 9 |
18 |
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Hitachi Group Environmental Operation Organization Range of certification
| Certified scope |
Departments
in the Hitachi Group |
| Hitachi Environmental Strategy
Office and Hitachi Group
companies environmental
promotion mechanism |
Environment Center,
Corporate Quality
and Environment
Group |
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Environmental Management Evaluation System, GREEN21 Ver 3 |
Based on an evaluation system for environmental
measurement, "GREEN21," the Hitachi Group evaluates
environmental management levels and improves
unsatisfactory items to enhance the management level. For
"GREEN21 Ver 3" that began in FY2007, 640 Green Points
(GP) achieved in Ver 2 activities are taken as a reference,
and Ver 3 aims to achieve an environmental management
level of 1,280 GP in FY2011.
In FY2009, the result was 1,134 GP, exceeding our target
of 1,024 GP, accounting for a 209 GP improvement from
the environmental management level evaluation of 925 GP
in FY2008. Looking at individual categories, the scores for
thorough compliance of internal rules in selecting suppliers
in the green procurement category and improved utilization
of chemical substance control system in procured products
drastically improved, and in the eco-factory (resource
recycling) category, the targets of VOC emissions and
voluntarily controlled chemical substance emissions were
achieved, which resulted in a drastic overall improvement.
Green Point evaluation results
Categories and evaluation items
| Category |
Major evaluation items |
| Eco-management environmental management |
Action plans, environmental accounting,
compliance with laws and regulations |
| Eco-mind |
Environmental education of employees |
| Environmental-friendly products |
Eco-design management, environmental-conscious products |
| Green procurement |
Supplier selection, use of green procurement system |
| Next generation products, service strategies |
Eco-products strategies, sustainable business models |
| Eco-factory (global warming prevention) |
Energy-saving at factories, energy-saving transportation |
| Eco-factory (resource recycling) |
Waste reduction, chemicals management |
| Environmental collaboration with stakeholders |
Information disclosure, global citizen activities |
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Compliance status of environmental laws and regulations |
There were no legal violations or guidance by an authority
in FY2009.
With regard to compliance with limit values, there was
a case where we exceeded the drainage limit value. At the
regular voluntary measurements of drainage at the Head
Office Plant of Tohoku-Rubber Co., Ltd., 6.7mg/litters of
normal hexane was detected. There was leakage trouble of
hydraulic oil, which was immediately collected and cleaned
away, but a very small amount of the oil flowed into the inplant
channel, unnoticed. We promptly made a report to
the relevant authorities and re-checked and cleaned the
channel.
We had a total of three external complaints. Two
of them were about noise at the Densen and Tsuchiura
Works. Local residents complained about noise at night,
and as a countermeasure, we measured noise levels
in the neighborhoods concerned, analyzed the results
and implemented soundproof treatment of the facilities
assumed as the source of the noise and reduced the
nighttime power. The other was a complaint from a
landowner that at the Ishioka Works of Tonichi Kyosan
Cable, Ltd. rainwater directly dropped into the adjacent
site from the roof of tent warehouses used for storing
products. We installed gutters onto the tent warehouses
to have the rainwater flow into the rainwater drain channel,
and also laid crushed stones on the ground in order that
the rainwater would not flow into the neighboring site.
Number of instructions and complaints
| Category |
FY2007 |
FY2008 |
FY2009 |
| Instructions |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Complaints |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Environmental education |
Scene from manager and supervisor education
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As environmental education for employees, we conduct
general education for all employees, position-based
education and education and professional education.
As the general education for all employees, we offer
environmental e-learning updated every year as well as
introductory and explanatory articles through publications
for employees and their families. 4,896 employees or 85%
of employees to whom educational environment is available
finished the FY2009 version of the environmental e-learning
course. For professional education, we offer professional
courses based on the prevention of environmental
pollution anticipated from individual operations as well as
skill-up education of EMS internal auditors. For employees
of overseas Group companies, we offer opportunities
to directly
communicate
the Environmental
Principles of the
Hitachi Cable
Group to raise
awareness
levels. |
| Category |
Name of education |
| General Education |
Environmental e-learning education
Environmental policy presentations
Environmental lectures
Publication for employees and their families
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| Position-based
education |
Manager and supervisor education
Middle-ranking employees education
Education for newly employed |
| Professional
education |
Environmental-related professional education
Education for specified operations
Emergency training
Internal auditor education |
| Departmental
education |
Chemicals management education
Chemical products regulatory education
Waste sorting and disposal education
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Transition in people enrolled in e-learning
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Environmental auditing |
Environmental audit (in the field) Scene of physical inspection (Tonichi Kyosan Cable, Ltd.)
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In relation to environmental auditing, we conduct onsite
surveys of manufacturing sites and check the
environmental management result report that sums up
compliance status results.
Based on the FY2009 environmental auditing plan, one
domestic manufacturing site was environmentally audited,
and we confirmed there was no significant problem. We
also checked the environmental management result report,
found one case where a regulated value was in excess and
another case where a voluntary control value was in excess
and confirmed that both cases had already been solved.
At the same time, we also study and review the results
of internal auditing based on individual units of ISO14001
certification in terms of mechanism. Non-conformities
were not significant or subject to observation, and
management reviews were conducted properly. Through
these auditing and checking processes, we check and
confirm compliance, risk management and systems
throughout the Group. |
| Category |
Description |
Environmental auditing
(on-site survey) |
Subject |
1 works in FY2009
subject |
| Results of auditing the
environmental
management result
report |
Subject |
13 works |
| Non-compliance with
voluntary
control standards |
1 case |
| Exceeds ordinance
regulation value |
1 case |
| Results of internal
auditing based on
ISO14001 |
Subject |
7 certification units
(manufacturing)
170 units |
| Non-compliance |
15 cases |
| Correction required |
106 case |
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Reduced risk with environmental facility checkups |
Environmental facilities risk checkup (Tsuchiura Works)
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All works conduct risk checks on environmental facilities
every year. In FY2009, we conducted checkups of chemical
solution storage tanks, oil storage tanks, chemical
storage, facilities where chemicals are used, exhaust gas
cleaning towers, high-pressure gas facilities and waste
water processing facilities in order to identify whether
there is any risk of contamination in daily operations and
to confirm whether impact could be kept to minimum if
natural disasters such as earthquakes, winds or floods,
accidents or operational mistakes occurred. Based on the
results of the checkups, all the works improve the facilities
that require attention, reducing the risk of contamination. |
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External evaluations of our environmental initiatives |
In FY2009, environmental initiatives taken by our
Group received the following evaluations. In the "12th
Environmental Management Corporate Ranking" by the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Hitachi Cable was ranked 54th in the
manufacturers category. Our Takasago Works won a "MITI
Kanto Director Award" for its energy-saving initiatives.
Our Group company, Suzhou Hitachi Cable Precision Co.,
Ltd. was recognized by the Environment Protection Agency
of Suzhou Industrial Park for the company's efforts for
drastic reductions in the amount of waste water.
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Energy-saving initiatives by the Takasago
Works, winning a MITI Kanto Director
Award |
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Efforts by Suzhou Hitachi Cable Precision Co., Ltd.
drastically reduced the amount of waste water |
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