Environmental Report 2019
Environmental Audits
The periodic environmental internal audit is performed to check that the JAE Group’s environmental management system complies with the audit criteria, and that it is effectively implemented and maintained for all sites and organizations.
Compliance with ISO14001 and effectiveness are also audited by an external auditing organization.
The internal environmental quality audit is a periodic audit of the proper management of chemical substances contained in products within the JAE Group.
Results of Periodic Environmental Internal Audit
The fiscal 2018 periodic environmental internal audit, which all sites and management bodies are subject to, was conducted on the state of compliance to requirements in ISO 14001:2015, the evaluation criteria for environmental performance, and the verification of processes that lead to improvement as priority items.The result of this audit detected points for improvement at some sites, but confirmed that the Group has effectively conducted and maintained the audit and complied with audit standards.
Issues and points to evaluate that are common to the entire Group are shared horizontally, further raising the management level.
| Sites | Points to evaluate | Citations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-compliant | Borderline | Requests | ||
| JAE Group and all sites | 9 instances | 2 instances | 18 instances | 44 instances |
Results of the ISO14001 Audit
In fiscal 2018, after the environmental management system of multiple domestic sites transitioned to ISO 14001:2015, we received an initial periodic audit, which confirmed that the registered management system is being maintained.
| Subject of audit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good points | Items for improvement | Opportunities for improvement | |
| JAE Group JAE, HAE, YAE sites |
2 instances | None | 15 instances |
Fiscal 2018 ISO14001 periodic audit
Results of internal environmental quality audits
Since fiscal 2015, sites in Japan have introduced the JAMP-published Guidelines for the Management of Chemical Substances in Products check sheet and conducted audits with a mutual assessment system performed by internal environmental advisors.Fiscal 2018 audits were conducted using a mutual assessment system at five sites in Japan and seven sites overseas with an emphasis on the management and operation matters in the revised European RoHS Directive (phthalates), which took effect in July 2019.
The audits revealed certain deficiencies in education on phthalates and a higher number of instances of semi-conformance, but confirmed that good operation has largely been maintained.
| Site | Citations FY2017 ⇒ FY2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-compliant1 | Partially compliant2 | |
| JAE sites (Connectors, Aerospace, UIS) HAE, YAE, FAE, and SAE sites |
0 instances ⇒ 0 instances |
1 instances ⇒ 4 instances |
| Audits conducted at overseas sites | Citations: Fiscal 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-compliant1 | Partially compliant2 | |
| North America 2 bases Asia 5 bases |
0 instances | 1 instances |
1Deemed “non-compliant” in the event that there is no rule in response to an issue, and/or operations are not conducted.
2Deemed “partially compliant” if in practical terms operations are satisfactorily conducted in response to an issue even when rules or a part of an operation do not meet requirements.