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.
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%.
Certification covering multiple units (Scope of applicability)
Country | Name of factories and companies | |
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Japan | Niterra Co., Ltd. | Headquarters and Nagoya Plant |
Komaki Plant | ||
Satsuma Plant | ||
Ise Plant | ||
Inuyama Logistics Center | ||
SparkTec WKS CO., LTD. | Head Office Plant | |
Nagoya Plant | ||
Satsuma Plant | ||
Satsuma Electrode Plant | ||
Nino Headquarters Plant | ||
Tono Plant | ||
Okusa Plant | ||
NICHIWA KIKI CO., LTD. | ||
KAMIOKA CERAMIC CO., LTD. | ||
NTK CERAMIC CO., LTD. | Komaki Plant | |
Iijima Plant | ||
Kani Plant | ||
CERAMIC SENSOR CO., LTD. | Komaki Plant | |
Ise Branch room | ||
Nakatsugawa Plant | ||
NITTOKU ALPHA SERVICE CO., LTD. | Head Office | |
Komaki Office | ||
NANSEI CERAMIC CO., LTD. | Komaki Plant | |
Ise Plant | ||
NTK CERATEC CO., LTD. | Komaki Plant | |
MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | Komaki Plant | |
Takenami Plant | ||
NTK CUTTING TOOLS CO., LTD. | ||
NTK Medical CO., LTD. | ||
CECYLLS Co., Ltd. |
Certification obtained individually
Country | Name of factories and companies | |
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Japan | NTK CERATEC CO., LTD. | Sendai Plant, Sendai West Plant |
U.S.A. | Niterra North America, Inc. | WV Plant |
Wells Vehicle Electronics,L.P | ||
Mexico | Niterra Mexico, S. A. de C. V. | |
Brazil | Niterra do Brasil Ltda | |
France | Niterra France SAS | |
U.K. | Niterra UK Ltd. | |
Germany | Niterra EMEA GmbH | |
Thailand | Siam Niterra Co., Ltd. | |
Niterra (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | ||
Niterra ASIA Co., Ltd. | ||
South Korea | NTK Technical Ceramics Korea Co., Ltd. | |
Malaysia | Niterra Malaysia Berhad | |
China | Niterra(Shanghai)Co., Ltd. | |
Niterra(Changshu)Co., Ltd. | ||
Indonesia | PT Niterra Mobility Indonesia | |
India | Niterra India Private Limited | |
South Africa | Niterra South Africa (Pty) Ltd. |
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.
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 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.
We hold regular drills for emergency situations to prepare for unforeseen accidents, etc. Each department identifies potential environmental accidents to prevent associated adverse environmental impacts.
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.
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.
Company | Situation | Countermeasures | |
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Violation | Niterra Co., Ltd. | At the Komaki Plant, the chemical solution flowed out of the offsite gutter from the storm drain on the premises. | The cause was sudden braking during delivery by truck and the chemicals were not secured with a band. We reiterated driving and loading rules, including those for outside vendors. |
Complaint | Niterra Co., Ltd. | At the Komaki Plant, we received a noise complaint when running the fan motor. | The cause was a failure of the V-belt, so we replaced the V-belt. |
Environmental education is conducted to deepen employees’ understanding of environmental issues and raise their environmental awareness.
In addition to rank-specific education, we hold four courses on “Environmental basics”, “Environmental management system”, “Calculation methods for substances with an environmental burden”, and “Environmental laws and regulations (for facilities).
We went to the departments related to these four laws and regulations and provide on-site environmental law training focused on the necessary compliance.
From 2021, in consideration of the infection situation of COVID-19, we have been holding online education that can be taken at home.
In order to make Ecovision 2030 known to employees, we have launched an Ecovision site on the intranet, and posted the background of setting Ecovision 2030, the results obtained by achieving the Ecovision goals, and requests to employees. We also regularly send out activity topics to our employees.
We offer our suppliers environmental education and support for establishing environmental management systems to acquire third-party certification.
Topic | No. of Companies Attending (total sum) |
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ISO14001 | 6 |
Eco-Action 21 | 37 |