Tokyo Steel is making efforts for continued improvement of environmental management by building its ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and improving its company-wide management structure.
Environmental Policy
As a company playing a part in resource recycling by the recycling of steel resources, Tokyo Steel recognizes that conservation of the global environment is a global theme as well as its own key management issue, and accordingly promotes:
- 1. Efforts for environmental impact reduction, energy saving and resource saving in all phases of its business activities, including production, sales and purchasing
- 2. Compliance with environmental regulations and proactive environmental conservation activities to make continued improvement and prevent pollution
- 3. Efforts for waste reduction, reuse and recycling for efficient and effective use of resources
- 4. Improvement of the organization tasked with efficiently promoting environmental conservation activities, as well as the system of its operation
- 5. Employees’ environmental awareness and company-wide efforts for environmental conservation
Environmental Management Structure
To comprehensively promote its environmental management, which aims at reducing environmental impacts and securing a favorable environment, in its overall business activities, Tokyo Steel has established the following environmental management structure and is promoting it based on its basic environmental policy.
The Central Environmental Committee is chaired by the president while each plant-level environmental committee is chaired by the plant manager.
- Central Environmental Committee
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Chairperson
Vice-chairperson
Permanent member
Temporary member
Secretariat
- Central Environmental Sub-Committee
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Chairperson
Vice-chairperson
Member
Secretariat
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- Tahara Plant Environmental Committee
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Chairperson
Member
Secretariat
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- Okayama Plant Environmental Committee
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Chairperson
Member
Secretariat
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- Kyushu Plant Environmental Committee
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Chairperson
Member
Secretariat
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- Utsunomiya Plant Environmental Committee
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Chairperson
Member
Secretariat
Environmental Management System
Tokyo Steel has built its ISO 14001 Environmental Management System as a mechanism for achieving continued improvement in environmental management, obtained certifications as follows, and renewed them as needed.
Plant |
Obtained |
Last renewed |
Tahara Plant |
2012-03-22 |
2015-03-22 |
Okayama Plant |
2001-04-12 |
2016-03-29 |
Kyushu Plant |
2001-10-11 |
2016-08-23 |
Utsunomiya Plant |
2001-10-11 |
2016-10-11 |
Tahara Plant |
Obtained |
2012-03-22 |
Last renewed |
2012-03-22 |
Okayama Plant |
Obtained |
2001-04-12 |
Last renewed |
2016-03-29 |
Kyushu Plant |
Obtained |
2001-10-11 |
Last renewed |
2016-08-23 |
Utsunomiya Plant |
Obtained |
2001-10-11 |
Last renewed |
2016-10-11 |