| Year |
Building
an environmental management system |
Environmental
contributions through products (eco-materials) |
Social
trends
 World Japan |
|
1967
|
|
|
Establishment
of Pollution Measures Basic Law |
|
1969
|
Amagasaki,
Kanzaki Plants pollution prevention agreements concluded (Hyogo Prefecture
and Amagasaki City) |
|
|
|
1970
|
Pollution
measures committee set up company-wide |
Alstar
plate and sheet steel (high corrosion resistance, long life, high
heat shielding) |
Establishment
of 14 pollution-related laws |
|
1971
|
Ichikawa
Plant pollution prevention agreement concluded (Ichikawa City)
Establishment of division in charge of environmental management at
all places of business
Enactment of Pollution Prevention Regulations and Environmental Management
Regulations
Inauguration of Environment and Materials Recycling Meetings
Note: Materials recycling: the recycling of slag, byproducts, etc. |
Bainite
steel (energy saving) |
Establishment
of Environment Agency
Establishment of Pollution
Prevention Organization Maintenance Law |
|
1972
|
Kure
Works pollution prevention agreement concluded (Hiroshima Prefecture
and Kure City)
Plant "greenification" project begun company-wide |
|
Adoption
of U.N. Human Environment Declaration |
|
1973
|
Shunan
Works pollution prevention agreement concluded (Shin Nanyo City)
In-company NOx measures committee inaugurated |
|
First
oil crisis
Law established concerning
compensation for pollution health impairment |
|
1976
|
Participation
in planning for committee to use steel-related slag as a resource |
|
|
|
1977
|
|
Special
steel for fine blanking (lessening the processing burden) |
|
|
1982
|
|
Weather-resistant
Alstar steel (long-life construction material) |
|
|
1987
|
|
PPC
(pin-point carbide) steel (energy saving) |
Adoption
of Montreal Agreement |
|
1988
|
|
|
Establishment
of IPCC |
|
1989
|
Start
of Kure community forest project |
|
Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal |
|
1990
|
|
Stainless
steel for high-heat waste incinerators |
 |
|
1991
|
|
High-tensile
sheet steel for automobiles (lightweight, energy saving) |
Enactment
of Keidanren Global Environment Charter
Enactment of Recycling
Law |
|
1992
|
|
|
Global
summit (Rio de Janeiro)
Revision of law concerning
waste treatment and sanitation |
|
1993
|
Settling
upon an action policy on the environment |
|
Establishment
of basic law for the environment |
|
1994
|
Settling
upon an action plan for environmental protection |
Stainless
steel for exhaust manifolds (cleaning of automobile exhaust gas)
Highly corrosion-resistant stainless steel (long-lifetime construction
material) |
Settling
upon a basic plan for the environment |
|
1995
|
|
Zn-Al
alloy-plated steel (longer lifetime)
High-strength stainless steel not requiring heat treatment (energy
saving) |
COP1
(Berlin)
Establishment of the
container recycling law |
|
1996
|
Enactment
of voluntary action plan for environmental protection by steelmakers
(Steel Federation) |
|
ISO
14001 comes into effect
COP2 (Geneva)
The O-157 scare |
|
1997
|
|
W-coat
stainless steel (reduces waste), antibacterial stainless steel |
COP3
(Kyoto) (adoption of Kyoto Accord) |
|
1998
|
Acquisition
of Sakai Works ISO 14001 certification
Start of PRTR investigation
Toyo Works environmental protection agreement concluded (Aichi Prefecture
and Toyo City) |
Stainless
steel for high processing without intermediate annealing
Special steel for high processing (elimination of processes) |
COP4
(Buenos Aires)
Establishment of law
for promoting global warming measures
Establishment of law
for recycling of specified home appliances |
|
1999
|
Acquisition
of ISO 14001 for Kure Works, Shunan Works, Osaka Works, Ichikawa Works |
Chromium-free
treatment plated steel
U-coat stainless steel (reduces waste) |
COP5
(Bonn)
Establishment of PRTR
law
Establishment of special
measures law for dioxins |
|
2000
|
Start
of construction at Toyo Works
Start of issuance of product MSDS
Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification for Amagasaki Works |
Application
of Alstar to lead-free fuel tank
Zn-Al-Mg composite-plated steel (ZAM®)
Device for cleaning diesel exhaust gas |
COP6
(Hague)
Establishment of basic
law for formation of a recycling society |
|
2001
|
Acquisition
of ISO 14001 certification for Toyo Works |
Development
of chromium-free treatment series of electrogalvanized steel
development of ZAM®
chromium-free treatment steel |
COP7
(Marrakech)
Establishment of Environment
Ministry
Enactment of PCB special
measures law
Start of PRTR system
|
|
2002
|
|
Solar
heat reflective coated steel "Ryokun" (saving energy)
Tsukiboshi cycle skid (recycling)
Compost plant made of ZAM®
(for composting)
High-processing chromium-free coated steel
Development of hot-dip steel chromium-free treatment series |
COP8
(New Delhi)
Adoption and establishment
of RoHS directive
Establishment of soil
pollution measures law
Revision of law to
promote measures against global warming
Enactment of automobile
recycling law
Revision of energy
conservation law
Ratification of Kyoto
Accord |
|
2003
|
Nitrogen
and phosphorus measurement device in connection with fifth overall
quantity regulations for water quality |
Pipe
expansion-type lock bolts made of ZAM®
(longer lifetime) |
Revision
of waste disposal law
COP9 (Milan)
Establishment of law
to promote environmental education |
|
2004
|
Second-step
goal achieved in voluntary activities for harmful air pollutants |
Pentite
B chromium-free lubrication-treated steel |
COP10
(Buenos Aires)
Ratification of POPs
convention |
|
2005
|
Preparation
of voluntary action plan for reducing VOC emissions (Steel Federation) |
Alstar
chromium-free lubrication-treated steel
Galvastar chromium-free lubrication-treated steel |
Issuance
of Kyoto Accord
COP11 and MOP1 (Montreal)
Partial amendment
of air pollution prevention law (regulation of VOC emissions) |
|
2006
|
Activities
of environmental management working group (Steel Federation) |
High-corrosion-resistance
stainless steel for ECOCUTE hot water tank |
COP12
and MOP2 (Kenya)
Announcement of sixth
water quality total quantity regulations
Enforcement of discharge
regulations [Zn] concerning protection of aquatic life
Enforcement of RoHS
directive
Enforcement of amended
energy conservation law
Enforcement of asbestos-related
laws |
|
2007
|
Holding
of first environmental exchange meeting (Steel Federation) |
ZAM®
chromium-free phosphate-treated steel
Pentite inorganic chromium-free treated steel
Pentite B organic chromium-free treated steel |
Enforcement
of law concerning promotion of measures against global warming
Report concerning
environmental management for pollution prevention
COP13 & MOP3 (Bal)
G8 Summit (Heiligendamm) |
|
2008
|
Second
Environmental Exchange Conference (The Japan Iron and Steel Federation)
Group company environmental information coordination meeting
|
|
Toyako
Summit
Revision of the Law
Concerning the Rational Use of Energy |
