Environmental Report 2015

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 and carries out activities as the JAE Group in Japan. 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 the Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation), and it is conducting activities to improve energy usage per unit. Through this effort, the JAE Group was able to significantly surpass goals for cutting energy usage, as well as reducing usage of chemical substances and reducing waste and use of other materials. In addition to lowering its environmental impact, the Group succeeded in raising the bar on its environmental management. The following table shows the primary activities.

Note that the letters in parentheses, such as JAE, HAE, YAE and SAE, are abbreviations denoting sites that carried out the activity in question.(*use cursor to view definitions)
Activity Activity goal Target value Result Evaluation
Progress with measures against climate change Improvement on energy usage per unit 1.99% or more 8.98%
Reduced energy use (crude oil conversion) 1,802 kL or more 2,304 kL
Reduction of CO2 emissions caused by materials production by cutting materials usage 1,223 tons-CO2
or more
1,341 tons-CO2
Promotion of green procurement Checking of environmental quality at suppliers 248 companies or more 259 companies
Reduce environmental impact by promoting eco-friendly designs Providing MEMS accelerometers to determine bridge degradation (JAE) 1 institution, 1 bridge or more 1 institution, 1 bridge
Reduction in the volume of energy usage with energy-conserving design during derived products (two products) development stage (JAE) 15% or more 40%
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 20%
Reduction in cleaning fluids through remodeled storage tanks and pH management standards (HAE) 1,523 L reduction or more 1,860 L
Reduction in chemicals through nickel plating fluid recovery in metal plating equipment (HAE) 72% reduction or more 88%
Reduction of metal cleaning fluids through new processing technology (YAE) 12 L reduction or more 56 L
Disposal of former cleaning agents by switching to an alternate agent (SAE) Complete disposal of former cleaning agent Complete disposal
Reduce waste materials Converting mold in waste materials to valuable materials (HAE) 194 tons or more 274 tons
Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (HAE) 756 kg or more reduction 1,340 kg
Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (YAE) 1,280 kg or more reduction 1,280 kg
Recycling of cleaning fluid and waste fluid (YAE) 23% recycled or more 23%
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