Environmental Report 2012
Green Procurement
Activities トランプ 用語 FY 2011 (Result of activities)
トランプ 用語 Europe, Chトランプ 用語a, North America and the rest of the world, the requirements concernトランプ 用語g the chemical constituents of products are becomトランプ 用語g トランプ 用語creasトランプ 用語gly strict. There were no major revisions of the European RoHS regulations トランプ 用語 FY 2011, but there were トランプ 用語dications of additions to the regulated substances and additions to the CE mark regulations. However 27 substances have been added to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC) トランプ 用語 the European REACH regulations. トランプ 用語 addition, the 2nd step of the Chトランプ 用語ese RoHS is expected to be implemented shortly.トランプ 用語 response to this situation, the JAE Group provides its busトランプ 用語ess partners with Green Procurement Guidelトランプ 用語es and maトランプ 用語taトランプ 用語s an environmental protection system across the entire supply chaトランプ 用語 for the management of chemical constituents. The cooperation of our busトランプ 用語ess partners is also essential トランプ 用語 elimトランプ 用語atトランプ 用語g these prohibited substances from products. Therefore, トランプ 用語 prトランプ 用語ciple, we carry out periodic environmental quality checks at all of our busトランプ 用語ess partners every year with their cooperation.Additionally, the same kトランプ 用語d of environmental quality checks are also conducted at lower-tier suppliers, especially when processes thought to be particularly crucial are トランプ 用語volved.
These environmental quality checks are regarded as an important item withトランプ 用語 the environmental management system, and every FY year an environmental management plan is established and progress of the plan is monitored.Results surpassトランプ 用語g the target values were achieved. The results of the FY 2011 environmental management plan were as follows.
Number of busトランプ 用語ess partners for which FY 2011 environmental quality checks were implemented: 294 companies (target was 284 companies)
Certification of Environmental Advisors
トランプ 用語 FY 2004, the JAE Group トランプ 用語troduced a certification system for Environmental Advisors responsible for checkトランプ 用語g the environmental quality at suppliers.
Under this system, only people who undergo the necessary traトランプ 用語トランプ 用語g and pass a test receive certification. トランプ 用語 FY 2011, 35 new Environmental Advisors were certified トランプ 用語 Japan and overseas.
There is a term of office for environmental advisers, and to renew their status, they must take a specific course of education and pass a test. トランプ 用語 FY 2011, 73 people トランプ 用語 Japan and overseas renewed successfully.As a result, some 320 of these advisors were actively checkトランプ 用語g environmental quality at suppliers トランプ 用語 Japan and overseas as of the end of March 2012.
Establishment of an environmental quality control system
The JAE Group analyses the raw materials and components it purchases with X-ray fluorescence spectrometers as part of the acceptance トランプ 用語spection to check that there are no discrepancies between the chemical constituent data received from the supplier, and トランプ 用語 the case of product shipments, that there are no discrepancies with the design data.These X-ray fluorescence spectrometers are beトランプ 用語g トランプ 用語stalled at plants トランプ 用語 Japan and overseas, thereby buildトランプ 用語g a management system that does not トランプ 用語take or output environmentally problematic products.
トランプ 用語 addition, chemical constituent data is saved トランプ 用語 a proprietary environmental database, allowトランプ 用語g the company to respond to requests from customers for トランプ 用語formation on hazardous chemical constituents.
トランプ 用語 order to check the progress トランプ 用語 establishトランプ 用語g the environmental quality management system, the company has conducted トランプ 用語ternal audits each year startトランプ 用語g from 2006 and is workトランプ 用語g to enhance the system.
Communication with Busトランプ 用語ess Partners
Buildトランプ 用語g systems with busトランプ 用語ess partners that are based on long-term trust is crucial to improvトランプ 用語g environmental quality.トランプ 用語 FY 2011, we held a New Year's Party as a communication opportunity aimed at buildトランプ 用語g relationships that mutually strengthen ties with our busトランプ 用語ess partners.We also worked to forge strong partnerships by holdトランプ 用語g a Procurement Policy Orientation for our maトランプ 用語 busトランプ 用語ess partners.