GOAL 1Poverty

• With the improvement of the efficiency and the profitability of our business, including those of the Resource Circulation Business, we will increase the income of the employees and improve their quality of life.poverty, by promoting resource circulation and decarbonization.

GOAL 3Health

• We prevent water and soil pollution and contamination by properly managing scrap materials at our plants which comply with safety and environmental standards.

GOAL 4GOAL 10Education/Equality

• Under government sponsored programs such as the pre-employment transition support program and the type B continuous employment support program, we provide an environment where persons with disabilities are able to acquire knowledge and skills, and support them to be continuously engaged in rewarding work.

GOAL 5GOAL 8Gender/Working Environment

• We have created an environment where employees can choose a working style that fits them best, by introducing various systems including those for permanent employees with shorter working hours and telecommuters in order to meet the different needs of employees including female employees with small children.
• We thoroughly implement measures to prevent work accidents in order to ensure the safety of employees.

GOAL 7Energy

• We joined “RE100”*1 in July 2018, setting a goal to match 100% of the electricity consumed in our business activities with electricity produced from renewable sources by 2050. We have adopted renewable energy to power our factories, and promote the introduction of renewable-energy power systems such as the installation of solar panels on factory roofs.
• We promote international transactions of PSK (Palm Kernel Shell) by establishing container yards in South East Asia. We will contribute to increasing the supply of sustainable biomass fuel by expanding our involvement in the supply of wood pellets in the future.

*1. RE100 is the popular name for Renewable Electricity 100%. This is a global initiative which brings together companies committed to using 100% renewable energy for the electricity consumed in their businesses.

GOAL 9GOAL 12Technology Innovation / Comsumption and Production

• We contribute to the circulation of limited resources and reducing waste by engaging in the recycling business to collect precious metals from metal scrap and waste, and the remanufacturing business in order to recycle materials. Moreover, we aim to establish a sustainable consumption and production mechanism by further developing the technologies and experience that we have nurtured over the years. To this end, in 2018 we established a new laboratory in ENVIPRO HOLDINGS, Inc.

GOAL 11Community Development

• “Syn Eco Plaza Azumino” contributes to revitalizing the local community and the development of a sustainable community through recycling and creating employment: the collection and recycling of waste and items disposed by households, and the hiring of persons with disabilities at the factory.

GOAL 13Climate Change

• We contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions across supply chains through our engagement in the recycling and remanufacturing businesses, the mainstay of our company. Furthermore, we promote CO2 emission reductions in the recycling and manufacturing processes by promoting the purchase of electricity produced from renewable sources and adopting a renewable-energy power system.
• We help companies reduce CO2 emissions by providing consulting services for them to formulate their decarbonization strategies as well as solution services such as the adoption of renewable energy.
• We endorsed the “TCDF (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) recommendations” in May 2019. We will analyze the risks and opportunities of climate change on our businesses and integrate them into our business strategies.

GOAL 14Marine Resources

• We contribute to preventing marine pollution caused by plastics by developing technologies which sort waste plastics and recycle them into pellets, and expanding the range of recycled material use.

GOAL 17Partnerships

• We contribute to promoting global resource circulation and the control of environmental pollution through the export of reusable products, including used cars from Japan and international transactions of resources.
• By joining the following initiatives, we acknowledge our engagement in environmental businesses and promote activities which will lead to the realization of a sustainable society.
  ▪ Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (JCLP)
  ▪ RE100
  ▪CDP*2 Scoring partner

*2. CDP: Global initiative concerning the disclosure of climate change-related information.