Environmental Report 2014
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 is working under ISO 14001 multi-site certification. Goals and targets have been set for domestic Group companies while at the same time respecting the uniqueness of each site. One goal that was substantially exceeded was improvement on energy usage on a per-unit basis. The Group leveraged the Action Plan for Achieving a Low-Carbon Society, an industry-wide initiative to address global warming that the JAE Group joined starting in fiscal 2013. 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, are abbreviations denoting sites that carried out the activity in question.
| Activity | Objective | Target | Results | Evaluation (note) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress with measures against climate change | Improvement on energy usage per unit | -1% | -21% | ○ |
| Reduced energy use (crude oil conversion) | 858kL or more | 1,144kL | ○ | |
| Reduction of CO2 emissions caused by materials production by cutting materials usage | 1,053 ton-CO2 or more |
1,288 ton-CO2 | ○ | |
| Promotion of green procurement | Checking of environmental quality at suppliers | 277 companies or more | 276 companies | Note 1 |
| Reduce environmental impact by promoting eco-friendly designs | Providing MEMS accelerometers to determine bridge degradation (JAE) | 2 institutions, over 2 bridges | 5 institutions, 4 bridges | ○ |
| Adoption of touch sensor backlight LEDs, promoting the reduction of environmentally hazardous substances (JAE) | 6 instances or more | 9 instances | ○ | |
| 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 | 19% | ○ |
| Reduction of VOC emissions with improved air-seals and other measures (JAE) | 1,628kg or less | 1,482kg | ○ | |
| Reduction of treatment chemicals for trivalent chromium effluent through new processing technology (HAE) | 2,400kg reduction or more | 3,285kg | ○ | |
| Reduction of metal cleaning fluids through new processing technology (YAE) | 5.9L reduction or more | 47L | ○ | |
| Total elimination of carbon dioxide gas with water-cooled consolidation of thermal shock tests (SAE) | Total elimination of use | Total elimination | ○ | |
| Reduce waste materials | Reduction of glass sludge through an improved manufacturing process (JAE) | 43kg or less | 9kg | ○ |
| Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (HAE) | 859kg or more reduction | 973kg | ○ | |
| Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (YAE) | 2.4tons or more reduction | 3.1ton | ○ | |
| Reduction of waste through reduction in defects (SAE) | 67% or more reduction | 67% | ○ |