Promotion System

Our group has a matrix-type structure including the internal company and respective regions, promoting environmental activities while having individual roles clarified. Each internal company is expected to manage its own targets on items relevant to business activities. Meanwhile, we take the initiatives to such activities as compliance of regulations, raising environmental awareness, and communication with local society mainly on the regional basis in accordance with action plans. Various working groups are set up as the cross-functional team across the internal company for promoting activities.
The activities will be confirmed with respect to the progress toward the target, and task in the Central Environmental Committee at which President, directors, company presidents, regional environmental administrators, and heads of the working group are present for continuous improvement.

The Establishment Status of our Environmental Management System

We received ISO 14001 integrated certification for Niterra and 13 group companies (As of the end of FY2022) in Japan. Other domestic and overseas group companies have already been certified for environmental management systems including ISO14001 certification, individually, resulting in 17 overseas group companies which have received the certification in the end of the fiscal 2022. The employee acquisition rate is 96%.

ISO14001 Certified Locations

• Sustainability Data（Non-Financial Information）
• ISO14001 certificate

Initiatives for Environmental Risk

Inherent in business activities are various risks including environmental incidents and pollution. Niterra Group identifies these risks and endeavors to reduce and/or prevent them.

Voluntary Survey of Soil and Groundwater

As part of its environmental management, we have been voluntarily surveying soil and groundwater contamination in our plant on a regular basis since FY2022.

If hazardous substances exceeding the standards of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act are detected, we will promptly report the matter to the administrative authorities and implement appropriate countermeasures in accordance with their guidance.

As a result of our voluntary survey in FY2022, we detected values exceeding the legal limits at Komaki Plant. We promptly reported it to the administrative authorities and are currently working to prevent the spread of contamination under the guidance of the authorities.

PCB Control

PCB waste stored at our Nagoya Plant and Komaki Plant were disposed of in 2018, but we conducted the survey again after receiving government information of cases of high-concentration PCB waste found in 2021. As a result, new PCB waste was discovered and disposed of last fiscal year.
PCB waste is often rediscovered after a simultaneous survey, the Group will continue to conduct surveys in the future.

In FY2022, we disposed of the PCB waste stored at the Ceramic Sensor Nakatsugawa Plant of our group company.

Drills for Emergency Situations

Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations

Implementation of Environmental Measurements

To ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations as well as agreements with local municipalities, we conduct environmental measurements based on strict voluntary standards.
Air, water, noise, and vibration measurements are conducted on a regular basis to prevent legal violations and complaints.

Handling Violations and Complaints in Fiscal 2022

In FY2022, there was one violation of laws and regulations and one complaint. We promptly took action to address the violations and complaints to prevent recurrence.

Environmental Education

Support for Suppliers

We offer our suppliers environmental education and support for establishing environmental management systems to acquire third-party certification.

EMS Third-Party Certification Support Conducted