Reduction of Environmental Burdens and Risks from Business Activities
Environment
The DOWA regards environmental conservation as a key issue in our business management and is committed to its promotion. In our environmental activities we are responding to environmental and social issues directly through our main business and at the same time we are reducing the environmental burden produced by our business. We will strive for environmental conservation and to create economic value of the conservation activity at the same time.
CSR Policy
We will provide customers with products and services that contribute to building a resource-recycling society.- We will reduce environmental burdens and risks in our business activities.
- The management and employees together take part in environmental conservation activities.
- We will promote business activities considering biodiversity.
Progress of Activities
Following is the progress of our social activities and issues in 2014.
| Environment/Goals of Environment | FY of 2013 | FY of 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measures | Evaluation* | Main results | Activities | Target | |
| Global warming measures | Reduction of total amount of greenhouse gas emission | D |
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Reduction of total amount of emission of greenhouse gas Increase of electricity generated by renewable energy sources (solar, water) |
Total emission and electricity generated |
| Information sharing on global warming measures in the group | C |
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Sharing by information visualization | System implementation | |
| Promoting resource-recycling | Enhanced development of recycling technologies | A |
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Expansion of material recycling | Amount of recycling |
| Promoting environmentallyfriendly products and renewable energy fields. | Selection of LCA items | D |
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| A |
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Expansion into renewable energy field | Sales | ||
| Conservation of biodiversity | Formulation of Biodiversity Conservation Policy | A+ |
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To conduct a survey on present status of biodiversity Conservation |
Implementation of survey and assessment |
| Continuous afforestation and forest management | A |
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To continue afforestation and forest management | Numbers of trees to be planted | |
*Evaluation: A+: More than expected, A: accomplished, C: Not Satisfactory, D: Not Accomplished
Global Warming Measure
Emission of greenhouse gas increased to 1,718 tons of CO2 as compared to 1,490 last year, although we tackled with global warming measures focusing on energy saving in the production process. Increase of emission of greenhouse gas for companies in Japan is mainly due to increased fuel usage in connection with expansion of production and processing throughput. However, the increase of the commercial electricity emission factor contributed to the increase partially. We are committed to further reducing fuel usage and at the same time increase usage of in-house renewable power generation such as hydraulic and solar generation.
Promoting Resource- Recycling
Kosaka Smelting and Refining recovers copper, gold and silver using furnaces dedicated for recycling. Those furnaces can even recover electronic scraps. Kosaka ranked the top in Japan for silver recovery. Kosaka also stabilized its operation by improving the copper electrolysis process in 2013. In 2014 we endeavor to improve recycling technologies and expansion of resource- recycling within the group.
Promoting Eco-friendly Products and Renewable Energy Fields
We planned to promote LCA (Life cycle assessment), aimed at expansion of eco-friendly products; however, we were unable to successfully select the targeted products in 2013. As for the renewable energy field, production of silver for PVs recorded the highest and the survey on and technology due-diligence of solar power generation expanded in our environmental consulting business. These contributed to introduction and implementation of renewable energy sources. We strive to develop innovative technologies and energy saving technologies as well as diversify our business fields.
Conservation of Biodiversity
We formulated DOWA's basic policy and course of action of biodiversity in 2013. In 2014 we will acquaint all employees of the policy thoroughly and conduct a survey for preparation of biodiversity conservation plan.
