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Environmental Management Structure
In order to carry out the Minebea Group Environmental Policy, the Minebea Group has an environmental management structure headed by the Board of Directors and the President and Chief Executive Officer. We also have an Environment Management Committee, a promotion organization composed mostly of executive officers, and a Group Environmental Protection Committee, which is staffed by working-level members. This structure enables rapid implementation of 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 plants and offices.
Environmental Management Structure
Environmental Audits
Audit at the Karuizawa plant
The Minebea Group is promoting the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification globally at each of its major sites. We have acquired certification for all of our plants worldwide. To maintain certification, we also conduct annual external audits by third-party organizations and internal audits by internal auditors. We also acquired certification for the Tokyo Head Office in June 2014 following its relocation in January 2013.
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 FY2013, 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.)
- Basic Act on Biological Diversity
- Environmental Impact Assessment Law
- Fire Services Act
- Industrial Safety and Health Act etc.
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