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Environmental Management Structure
In order to carry out the Minebea Group Environmental Policy, the Minebea Group has established an Environmental Management Structure headed by the Board of Directors and the President and Chief Executive Officer. We have also put in place an Environment Management Committee, a promotion organization composed mostly of executive officers, and a Group Environmental Protection Committee, which leads the day-to-day execution of policy. This structure enables rapid response to environmental policy. Each work site also has a Plant General Manager of Environmental Management and a Manager of Environmental Management who promote specific environmental conservation measures at their work sites.
Environmental Audits
Internal audit at the Yonago Plant
The Minebea Group is striving to acquire ISO 14001 certification at each of its major global sites. In FY2011, the Yonago Plant and Dongguan Chengqu Daiichi Precision Mold Co., Ltd. became the latest sites to acquire certification. To maintain certification, each site is required to conduct an annual external audit by a third-party organization and an annual internal audit by an internal auditor.
For the internal audit, employees with external auditing certification or veteran employees act as instructors. Accordingly, we provide annual training to foster personnel who can conduct these internal audits.
Strict Adherence to Laws and Regulations
To enforce compliance with environmental laws, every place of business in the Minebea Group sets and manages its own standard reference values. These values exceed the legal requirements of the relevant country or region. Third-party agencies are periodically asked to assess monitored areas of importance, and where required the results of these assessments are reported to relevant authorities.
In fiscal 2011, the Minebea Group was not in violation of any environmental laws or regulations.
Environmental Laws and Regulations Related to Minebea's Business (representative laws):
- Water Pollution Control Law
- Air Pollution Control Law
- Noise Regulation Law
- Vibration Regulation Law
- Soil Pollution Countermeasures Law
- Act on the Rational Use of Energy (Energy Conservation Law)
- Law Concerning the Examination and Regulation of Manufacture, etc. of Chemical Substances (Chemical Substances Control Law)
- Regulations on harmful chemical substances used in products (EU-RoHS directive, EU-REACH regulations, etc.)
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Environmental Impact Assessment Law
- Fire Services Act
- Industrial Safety and Health Act etc.
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