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| Promotion of Environmental Management Based on Management Rationale |
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The Kyocera Group handles many kinds of chemical substances in its production processes, including raw materials for fine ceramics and chemicals. When performing effluent treatment at our plants, we must purify discharge water to a state cleaner than that of the destination rivers before releasing it. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera (presently Chairman Emeritus), tells us that such water must be rendered as harmless as possible using the latest technology available.
Since our founding, we have practiced complete control according to the “Kyocera Environmental Management Standard” we established based on the above policy, which is stricter than legal and public regulations.
The companywide environmental management promotion system was organized in 1990 when the Kyocera Green Committee was set up. In 1991, the Kyocera Group Green Committee was launched by organizing domestic and overseas group companies. We started implementing environmental protection activities by unifying all the group companies based on the Kyocera Environmental Charter established on October 1, 1991.
Since then, all the group companies have been working on “Sustainable Management” and aiming for sustainable development while achieving a good balance between ecology and economy. |
| Kyocera Group’s Environmental Management |
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| The Kyocera Group is establishing an Environmental Safety Vision based on the concept "Living Together". The Vision follows the Kyocera Environmental Charter, our fundamental philosophy on the environment, and takes a long-term view in consideration of regulations, and social trends, etc. |
| Environmental Management Promotion System |
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| Kyocera Group establishes the organization to promote the environmental conservation activities based on the Kyocera Environmental Charter. |
| Environmental Safety Audit |
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| Kyocera Group conducts the environmental safety audit to confirm whether the Environment & Safety Management System is applied properly, to grasp the situation of environmental safety management at each division, and to improve the management level. |
| Environmental Education |
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| Under the Kyocera Group Integrated Environment & Safety Management System, environmental education is provided, helping our employees to understand the significance of working on environmental conservation activities and the role each person plays at each division to raise overall environmental awareness. |
| Environmental Risk Management |
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| Kyocera Group obeys the legal restriction to prevent water, air, and soil pollution: Kyocera is promoting activities on the major premise of preventive maintenance by conducting countermeasures based on the estimation of various types of environmental risks. Please see Office/Plant Information (the environmental impact data at each division) to check the detail of Kyocera Environmental Management Standard and self- management standard at each division. |
| Environmental Accounting |
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The Kyocera Group established an Environmental Accounting System in FY2003. To ensure timely and accurate data, quarterly data collection was introduced in FY2005.
Kyocera will continue to expand the range of application of the system and use it as a global environmental management indicator. |
| Overall Environmental Impact |
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| This diagram shows the environmental impact of the entire Kyocera Group, clarifying the relationship between our business activities and environmental impact. |
| 6th Environment & Safety Promotion Plan & Results |
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Kyocera launched a new activity plan, the 6th Environment and Safety Promotion Plan, in April 2008.
The plan details specific goals and action plans for the next three years through March 2011. Goals and actions plans are included for research and development, as well as, the spread and expansion of environmentally-friendly products and environmental protection activities at factories. Additionally the plan also includes the destination point ten years into the future (FY 2018), summarizing the plan in 13 plan documents. |
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