Environmental Report 2020

Building a sustainable world Tsutomu Onohara, President

Environmental Management

Environmental Activities

The JAE Group, in addition to its basic commitment of complying with laws and regulations and never polluting, is fully aware of the environmental impact of its corporate activities, including the products it delivers, the procurement of materials for those products, development, from production to distribution to deliver its products to customers, and disposal. Under its environmental policy, it tackles environmental issues faced by society including environmental protection and measures to fight climate change, and it publishes this information as necessary.
　In June 2004, the JAE Group participated in the “Corporate Forest Project,” a forestry promotion and forest preservation project in Tokyo. Since the establishment of the JAE Group Forest, a symbol of environmental management in Okutama-machi, Tokyo, we have contributed to the preservation of forests and replenishment of the watershed, for instance by planting forests, pruning undergrowth and maintaining trails. We have also contributed to the preservation of biodiversity. For this activity, we received a commendation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in fiscal 2018 as a contributor to the Greening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and in fiscal 2019, we announced our support for the Declaration of Biodiversity by Nippon Keidanren and Action Policies. (Please see “JAE Group Forest’” for details.) 
　Our measures to fight climate change are focused on energy of production equipment with a high usage ratio, and we have insulated equipment and taken measures to prevent the leakage of compressed air. At all production bases in Japan and abroad, we constantly work to effectively use energy, such as by reviewing air-conditioning management in production areas and improving manufacturing efficiency. 
　As a response to emergency events, we began construction at some of our business sites to surround the entire plant site with water stop walls to mitigate flood damage caused by heavy rain. We installed dikes and drainage ditches at the plated treatment tanks at the waste liquid disposal facility to prevent pollutants from leaking. Considering the risk of leakage of waste liquid into the ground, we will start to reinstall the underground plating waste liquid storage facility and its piping above ground. We also plan to start construction of a multiplex prevention system for emergencies, such as installing an emergency avoidance tank to temporarily store leaked waste liquid in case of a leak.  
　The JAE Group contributes to the development of a sustainable society by reducing its environmental impact in corporate activities, developing products that contain no harmful substances and applying them in environmentally friendly solutions for customers. The hands-on learning experience in forest preservation that continues every year at the JAE Group Forest is helping to foster environmental awareness, which forms the foundation of our activities, and we will keep caring for it as a symbol of our environmental management.
　The JAE Group will strive to balance both corporate activities and environmental protection by practicing environmentally friendly manufacturing.
　In closing, please let me request your continued understanding and support.

Tsutomu Onohara, President