Environment

Environmental Conservation Activities

At Fujikura Kasei, we manufacture environment friendly products that can coexist with Earth, befitting a company that handles chemical substances and chemical reactions. Additionally, we systematically engage in company-wide environmental improvement activities to reduction of environmental burden accompanying our business activities.

Environmental Basic Policy

Environmental policies

  1. We will work to improve the environment by defining the focus of our environmental conservation activities in our action goals, and setting environmental objectives and targets in all processes from product development to purchasing, production, distribution, and waste treatment, to the extent that is technically and economically feasible.
  2. We will constantly strive to maintain and improve our management of the environment, and all business sites will endeavor to continuously improve their environmental conservation activities and implement environmental pollution prevention activities with the participation of all employees across the organization and job system.
  3. We will comply with environment-related laws and regulations and requirements that we have promised, including with local residents, and promote environmental conservation activities.
  4. We will provide education and implement awareness-raising activities to deepen understanding of our environmental policy and raise awareness of the environment among all our employees. We will also ask our partner companies for their understanding and implementation of such initiatives.
  5. We will disclose our environmental policy to the public.

Eco Vision

Eco-Vision defines the long-terms goals of our environmental conservation activities. It sets forth feasible reduction targets for CO₂ emissions, energy usage and discharge of waste in anticipation of changes in social situations and revisions of laws and regulations. By visualizing specific measures for achieving each target and raising employee awareness, we promote environmental conservation activities across the company.

CO₂ emissions

Target
Reduce CO₂ emissions by 41% by FY2030 compared to FY2013

Furthermore, to continuously achieve this goal, we will engage in multifaceted activities.

Energy usage

Target
Continue to reduce the five-year average basic unit of energy consumption by more than 1% per year

Our company is designated as a "specific business operator" under the Energy Conservation Act, as our annual energy consumption (converted to crude oil equivalent) exceeds 1,500 kiloliters. We create reduction plans each fiscal year, including medium to long-term (3-5 years) plans to achieve energy use rationalization targets. To accomplish our goal of "reducing the average energy consumption per unit by more than 1% over five years," we conduct company-wide energy-saving activities led by the Energy Conservation Act Measures Committee.

Discharge of waste

Target
Continue to achieve a year-on-year reduction of more than 1% in the basic unit of waste discharge (sales) by 2030

Starting from the fiscal year 2022, we have set a new metric for waste emission volume, using sales revenue as the denominator for the basic unit. Our goal is to continuously reduce the waste emission volume per unit of sales revenue by more than 1% year-on-year until the fiscal year 2030. We will not only focus on reducing the amount of waste generated by our company but also promote recycling to further decrease waste emissions. Moving forward, we will continue to address waste reduction from various perspectives.

Committee for Legal Compliance with the Energy Saving Act

Committee of Legal compliance with the Energy Saving Act, composed of members from each business location, is engaged in activities aimed at reducing energy consumption per unit by 1% and decreasing CO₂ emissions. Additionally, to strengthen the promotion of energy-saving activities, we have established an 'Energy Saving Policy' and 'Policy for Energy Saving Initiatives', clarifying the objectives and aims of these activities and conducting them in accordance with the policies at each site.

Energy saving policy

  1. We will promote business activities that aim to utilize energy efficiently.
  2. We will endeavor to contribute to society by providing products that give consideration to energy performance and environmental conservation.
  3. We will promote energy saving activities with the participation of all employees and aim to enhance our energy performance.

Policy for Energy Saving Initiatives

Our company is committed to reducing environmental impact by striving for efficient utilization of all energy, including non-fossil energy.

  1. Target
    ・Basic unit of energy consumption : reduction by1% per year.
    ・Consider increasing the use of non-fossil energy.
    ・Explore the utilization of Demand Response (DR).
    ・Reduce CO₂ emissions by 41% by the fiscal year 2030 compared to the fiscal year 2013.
  2. New Installation/upgrading of facilities
    We will give consideration to energy efficiency when newly installing or upgrading facilities, and will promote the introduction of energy saving devices.
  3. Operation of Facilities
    ・We will operate major facilities by setting control standards.
    ・In consideration of the peak shift of electricity, we will strive to control peak power consumption by monitoring demand in districts that exclude the Head office.
  4. Activities
    ・We will manage the status of legal compliance in each district by establishing a “Committee of Legal Compliance with the Energy Saving Act” chaired by an energy management supervisor.
    ・We will promote energy saving activities by designating members of the “Committee for Legal Compliance with the Energy Saving Act” as energy saving officers in each district.
    ・Employees will take an active part in company-wide and district-wide energy saving activities.
  5. Education and Training
    Education and training will be implemented in accordance with "Education and Training Regulations" (fM2-7200).

Activity Report

Fiscal 2022 was a year in which energy-saving activities gained greater significance than ever before, particularly given the drastic change in the CO ₂ emission reduction target and soaring energy prices. To face these changes, we engaged in energy-saving activities from various perspectives. For example, we developed a demand-response system, visualized electric power, assessed wasteful power using a thermal camera, remedied compressor air leaks, reviewed steam trap operations, and made an investment in energy savings. G oing fo rward, a cha nge i n awaren ess in each employee will be increasingly essential. Toward this end, we will conduct patrols by the Energy Saving Act Committee to verify the status of compliance with management standards and promote the sharing and lateral dissemination of initiatives taken by each plant.

Coating care

Coating care is the global paint and printing ink industry's unique self-management activity concerning "Environment," "Safety," and "Health." In Japan, the "Basic policy concerning coating care" was announced and the Japanese edition of "Coating care" was issued in October 1998. This initiative implements specific management items by defining them as four management guidelines for health, safety, and environmental management practice, for example, energy consumption, PRTR reports, industrial accidents, industrial waste, and others as well as providing information on such concerns to the community.
Our company agrees with this initiative, and first declared its implementation in July 2001. Since then, we have continued with activities under the following policies posted.

コーティング・ケア実施宣言
  1. "Provision of excellent products" concerning the environment, safety, and health.
  2. "Business activity with ingenuity" concerning the environment, safety, and health.
  3. "Partnership building" concerning the environment, safety, and health.

Four management guidelines and long-term plan

  • Manufacturing management guideline
    Well-established culture that is completely accident free, creating a lively workplace and security of safety in the process
  • Shipping and transportation guidelines
    Strong partnership building with subcontractors
  • Product lifetime management guideline
    Design and development based on life cycle assessment, and establishment of a global chemical substance management system
  • Community responsibility guideline
    Planning and development of measures for contribution to the community upon disaster, and continual participation in networking events and activities in the community