Way of Thinking on Environmental Conservation

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Our Way of Thinking on Environmental Conservation and Environmental Charter

Our Way of Thinking on Environmental Conservation

Environmental conservation is one of the top management priorities of a glass manufacturer that uses a large amount of resources and energy. We hold consideration for the environment as an important value and have always been conscious of environmental conservation through our operations. We firmly believe that having the world’s most efficient processes possible is the key to achieving the world’s most environment-friendly manufacturing. In this regard, we are constantly striving to reduce our environmental footprint while taking on various challenges, including sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. We are also putting in place measures to achieve carbon neutrality, a key concern in light of ongoing global climate change.

The Environmental Charter is our fundamental policy on the environment and sets forth the direction we need to follow in enacting our initiatives for environmental conservation. In accordance with our Environmental Charter, through our glass business, and together with our group companies, we will continue to be instrumental in preserving the global environment and realizing a recycling-oriented society.

Environmental Charter

Environmental Principles

Preservation of the global environment is extremely important and indispensable for the prosperity of civilization and humanity in the 21st century.
Nippon Electric Glass, upholding its corporate philosophy of “To build a brighter future for the world by uncovering the unlimited possibilities of glass for more advanced creative manufacturing” and adhering to “Consideration for the environment” as one of its essential corporate values, strives to be and remain the world’s leading manufacturer of special glass by ensuring state-of-the-art technological development, the highest-quality standards, efficient production, and steady product supply. Nippon Electric Glass and its group companies are committed to contributing to the preservation of the global environment and the realization of a recycling-based society by adopting highly efficient and environmentally responsible processes.

Action Plan
  1. We will honor and observe all environment-related laws and regulations and the environment-related agreements and conventions that we have signed, and establish and enforce our own and voluntary environmental restrictions.
  2. We will endeavor to reduce our environmental impact in all aspects of our corporate activities and in all stages of the product life cycle, including procurement, manufacturing, transportation, sales, use, reuse, treatment, and disposal.
  3. We will attain the world’s highest-level manufacturing to more effectively utilize natural resources and energy sources, thereby contributing to the preservation of biodiversity and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  4. We will strive to adapt our activities to the requirements of 21st-century society to prevent pollution, thereby optimizing our presence in society.
  5. We will set environmental objectives and targets and attain them through optimization of our essential operations and environmental protection activities in which all employees participate. We will also continuously improve our environmental management system to enhance our environmental protection performance.

This charter is informed to all employees and affiliated companies, and is made available to parties outside the company at their request.