Environmental Policy
Our group has been proceeding environmental initiatives with a statement of "We properly assess possible impacts of our products and production processes on humans and the environment to ensure their safety and promote environmental stewardship." in the Basic Policies on Sustainability. As society's interest in the environment increases and companies' environmental responsibilities become increasingly important, our group established the Environmental Policy in fiscal 2024 in order to clarify a more in-depth approach to the environment and to be committed to sharing this approach with our stakeholders. The newly established environmental policy not only requires compliance with environment-related laws and regulations, but also stipulates the reduction of environmental impact in all processes of the value chain, the recycling of resources, and the preservation of ecosystems. Our group will contribute to the creation of a sustainable society by implementing the Environmental Policy.
Sumitomo Seika Group has set the Environmental Policy as outlined below, based on its belief that the Group, being engaged in chemical manufacturing, should consider the impacts of its business activities on humans and the global environment and bear social responsibilities for protecting the environment at every stage of a product life from development, manufacturing and distribution through consumption and disposal.
- We will ensure not only complying with laws and regulations related to environmental protection, but furthering relevant initiatives proactively by setting voluntary higher standards.
- We will provide products and services that are safe and environmentally friendly.
- We will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to help mitigate global warming.
- We will strive to promote the sustainable use of resources, including water, and energy.
- We will endeavor to promote the “3Rs”, i.e. reducing waste that will be discarded, reusing items that can still be used, and recycling items that are recyclable as resources so as to build a sound material-recycle society or a circular economy.
- We will make every effort to mitigate adverse impacts on biodiversity that might derive from our business activities and at the same time seek to pursue initiatives that will contribute to enhancing a beneficial outcome in terms of preserving biodiversity.
- We will do our utmost to prevent environmental incidents by continually providing employees with education and training to raise their environmental awareness.
- We will encourage persons or organizations we work with in every process of our business activities to work on reducing environmental burdens.
- We will disclose information on impacts of our business activities on the environment to stakeholders timely and appropriately and strive to maintain and enhance mutual trust with stakeholders through dialogue.
- We will periodically self-evaluate the progress of our environmental initiatives and implement the PDCA cycle for improvement.
Date of enactment August 30, 2024
