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Environmental Management System
Environmental Management Structure
In order to carry out the MinebeaMitsumi Group Environmental Policy, the MinebeaMitsumi 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.
ISO 14001 Certification
On-site ISO 14001 audit (Tokyo Head Office)
The MinebeaMitsumi Group is promoting the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification at each of its major sites worldwide. For newly constructed and recently acquired plants, we have begun environmental management activities based on the certification acquisition plans. Mitsumi Electric, which was added to the Group in January 2017, also acquired ISO 14001 certification at all of its plants in Japan and overseas.
Furthermore, in response to the September 2015 edition of the ISO 14001 standard, all plants and offices plan to complete the transition to certification under the 2015 standards by September 2018.
Compliance with Laws and Regulations
Each of the MinebeaMitsumi Group's business sites sets voluntary environmental standards that are stricter than the national or local legal requirements in each country for plant wastewater and other items that are difficult to manage. This ensures that we comply with all environmental laws and regulations.
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.
Environmental Laws and Regulations Related to MinebeaMitsumi'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)
- Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons (Fluorocarbon Emissions 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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