Environmental Report 2016
Setting Targets and Evaluating Activity Results
In an effort to lower its environmental impact and promote the production of environmentally friendly products, the JAE Group works under ISO 14001 multi-site certification, and respecting the autonomy of each site, it sets goals and objectives on an annual basis, and carries out activities as the JAE Group in Japan in accordance with three-year medium-term plans. In fiscal 2015, its main activities were as shown in the table below.The JAE Group took action to reduce usage of chemical substances and reduce waste and usage of other materials, which are activities closely associated with efforts to improve production efficiency and quality. As the Group was able to reach its goals part way through the fiscal year, the goals were revised upwards, which enabled the Group to achieve significant cost reductions, lower environmental impact, and in addition, to raise the bar on environmental management.
In particular, with regard to global warming, a long-term issue of global importance, the JAE Group is participating in the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society, based on the declaration of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), and it is conducting activities to improve energy usage per unit. These are efforts that work to raise energy usage efficiency with regard to a variety of production ratios. Participation enabled us to see another issue, namely, the need to construct a more stable energy usage structure that could also stand up well to major changes in production volumes.
Note that the letters in parentheses, such as JAE, HAE, YAE and SAE, are abbreviations denoting sites that carried out the activity in question.
| Activity | Activity goal | Target value | Result | Evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress with measures against climate change | Improvement on energy usage per unit | 2.97％ or more | 2.99％ | Achieved |
| Reduced energy use (crude oil conversion) | 1566 kL or more | 2094 kL | Achieved | |
| Reduction of CO2 emissions caused by materials production by cutting materials usage | 1333 ton-CO2 or more | 1405 ton-CO2 | Achieved | |
| Promotion of green procurement | Checking of environmental quality at suppliers | 262 companies or more | 302 companies | Achieved |
| Reduce environmental impact by promoting eco-friendly designs | Check adherence to Green Procurement Guidelines component selection | 100% compliance | Developed items, maintenance items for nine products, others 100% implemented |
Achieved |
| Reduce use of chemical substances and raw materials |
Reduction of the amount of metal used through improvements to the gold plating process (JAE) | 10% or more reduction | 17％ | Achieved |
| Reduction in the amount of VOC-emissions (JAE) | 1498Kg or less emissions volume | 1120Kg | Achieved | |
| Reduction in chemicals plating equipment (HAE) | 50% reduction or more | 57% | Achieved | |
| Reduction in cleaning fluid in line with improvements to cleaning process (YAE) | 53L reduction or more | 105L | Achieved | |
| Disposal of former cleaning agents by switching to an alternate agent (SAE) | Complete disposal of former cleaning agent | Complete disposal | Achieved | |
| Reduce waste materials |
Converting mold in waste materials to valuable materials (HAE) | 94％ or more | 97％ | Achieved |
| Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (HAE) | 1180kg reduction or more | 1365kg | Achieved | |
| Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (SAE) | 11.9% reduction or more | 38％ | Achieved | |
| Recycling of cleaning fluid and waste fluid (YAE) | 24％ recycled or more | 33％ | Achieved |