Environmental Compliance

The Kyocera Group has established autonomous environmental management standards for each site that are stricter than statutory and public regulations on emissions, wastewater, soil, groundwater and other areas of concern. We take periodic environmental measurements to ensure thorough compliance.
In FY 2023, the Kyocera Group received 2 complaints regarding environmental laws, regulations, and administrative guidance, and 3 complaints about noise, all of which have been promptly corrected and addressed.

Number of violations of laws and regulations^*

Principal Kyocera Group sites in Japan, and some of our overseas sites, have acquired integrated ISO14001 certification

Control of Chemical Substances

Some chemical substances can cause environmental pollution and/or affect human health and the ecosystem. The Kyocera Group sets a voluntary control standard and takes initiative in carrying out environmental impact mitigation activities.

The Kyocera Group (Japan) carries out thorough control of emissions and the transferred amount of Class I Designated Chemical Substances as prescribed by PRTR Law. We also control the handling volumes and emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC), which are a source of suspended particulate matter and photochemical oxidants.

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

Kyocera's non-consolidated (Japan) atmospheric emission rate (emissions/volume handled) in FY2023 was 15.8% compared to FY2011 levels of 16.9%. This result achieved the direction set by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), which established voluntary guidance to prevent VOC emission rates from worsening from FY2011 levels.

Data in FY2022 have been updated to improve the accuracy of data aggregation for some locations.

Reports on Soil and Groundwater Contamination

The Kyocera Group (Japan) conducts soil surveys and provides survey reports to competent local governments according to the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act.
Consequently, a total of seven locations were designated as areas which require action under the Act: Asahi City, Chiba, in 2013; Ebetsu City, Hokkaido, in 2014; Hachioji City, Tokyo, in 2014; Mikasa City, Hokkaido, in 2015; and Kawasaki City, Kanagawa in 2019; Daito City, Osaka in 2021; Hiki-gun, Saitama in 2022; Kirishima City, Kagoshima in 2023. No confirmation of any spread to or impact in the surrounding areas of those sites has been reported.
We are taking appropriate measures in close cooperation with each associated municipality.

Overall Environmental Impact

The Kyocera Group (Japan) tracks and manages business activities and environmental impact.
Data from the procurement, manufacturing, distribution, use, disposal, and recycling stages are used at each stage to formulate policies and analyze and evaluate the results to effectively reduce environmental impact.

• In accordance with the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, we calculate the distribution-related impact based on report data such as the use of energy in transportation by the specified consigner (Kyocera).
• We calculate the annual power consumption of the main products we sold in FY2023 (printers, multifunctional products, smartphones, etc.).
• We calculate the annual greenhouse gas emissions of the main products we sold in FY2023 (printers, multifunctional products, smartphones, etc.).
• We calculate the weight of toner containers and Multifunction printer reused and total amount of toner containers recycled in FY2023. (Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.)
• The VOC aggregate range shows data for Kyocera Corporation sites in Japan.