 Environmental
control promotion system |
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Nisshin
Steel is responding quickly to the public demand for responsible corporate
activities including compliance with laws and regulations, promotion
of resource recycling, tighter control of hazardous pollutants, and
CO2 reduction through energy conservation.
In addition, we are working to strengthen all corporate management
activities that concern environmental protection, including the development
and provision of products that take the environment into consideration
(eco-materials).
The overall policy
is set by the management council, activities to reduce the environmental
impact are furthered by the environment and energy council, and the
marketing of environmentally products is furthered by the research
and development council and the marketing council. |
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| Environmental
assessment system |
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We
are building an assessment system to ensure the implementation of
environmental protection activities. |
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Implementation
of measures to reduce the environmental impact in production
processes |
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In
order to comply with laws and regulations and prevent environmental
mishaps, when installing manufacturing equipment it is important
fully confirm conformity with laws and regulations and to ensure
the safety system should an emergency occur. To this end, we
carry out environmental and disaster preparedness assessments.
Also, under the environmental management system we do assessments
concerning purchasing, manufacturing, sales, and recycling. |
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Providing products
that contribute the environmental protection |
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At
Nisshin Steel, we carry out product assessments in order to
develop products that contribute to environmental preservation
and improvement and are used by the public and in processing
by the customer, and in order to develop products that have
little environmental impact in our production process.
We also study LCA* (Life Cycle Assessment, ISO 14040)
activities in order to develop products for a society in harmony
with the environment. |
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Steel LCA is a technique for clarifying
the materials and energy that are used, and the substances that
are discharged, from the mining and transport of the steel raw
materials until the steel product leaves factory, and for assessing
how the environment is thereby affected. This technique is still
in the research stage, but it will make it possible to select
products and production processes that impose less of a burden
on the environment. LCA on steel products is currently being
researched by the International Iron and Steel Institute, the
Japan Iron and Steel Federation, and the Japan Stainless Steel
Association, and Nisshin Steel is also participating in this
research to create products that are gentle the environment
and to people. |
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| Promotion
of ISO 14001 certification |
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ISO
14001 is an international standard for environmental management
systems issued by the International Organization for Standardization
for maintaining and continually improving environmental measures.
Acquiring certification in such "environmental management systems"
leads to continual autonomous improvements in the company's environmental
systems.
We obtained certification
for all seven of our manufacturing works by September 2001, and
under this system internal audits are periodically carried out to
upgrade our environmental efforts. The companies in our group have
also obtained certification and are working to expand it step by
step.
ISO 14001 internal
audit
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 State of acquisition
of ISO 14001 certification by Nisshin Steel |
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| Place
of business |
Date
certification was acquired |
Registration
range |
Registration
number (JICQA) |
| Sakai
Works |
March
2, 1998 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of steel sheet and steel
strip
(hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and surface-treated steel sheet products) |
E-027 |
| Kure
Works |
January
25, 1999 |
Business
activities concerning steelmaking |
E-054 |
| Osaka
Works |
March
5, 1999 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of steel sheet and steel
strip |
E-061 |
| Shunan
Works |
March
5, 1999 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of stainless steel sheet
and strip, and heat-resistant steel sheet and strip |
E-064 |
| Ichikawa
Works |
March
5, 1999 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of hot-dip products, coated
products, and stainless steel foil products |
E-066 |
| Amagasaki
Works |
June
22, 2000 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of welded stainless steel
pipe and tubes |
E-146 |
| Toyo
Works |
September
20, 2001 |
Business
activities concerning the manufacture of steel sheet and steel
strip products (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and hot-dip products) |
E-326 |
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State of acquisition
of ISO 14001 certification by affiliated companie |
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| Business
organization |
Date
of acquisition |
Registration
range |
Registration
number |
| Nisshin
A&C Co., Ltd. |
April
14, 2006 |
An
environmental management system that promotes (1) energy conservation
(reduction in the amount of electricity and gas used), (2) resource
conservation (improved product yield), and (3) the reduction
and recycling of waste products in the processing (rolling,
cutting, press stamping, making composites with resins, etc.)
and surface treatment (coating, hot-dip galvanization) of metal
plates and sheets and in the assembly of processed products |
JSAE381 |
| Tsukiboshi
Art Co., Ltd. |
January
1, 2006 |
Design,
manufacture and processing, and management of design products
using stainless steel sheets and other metal members |
YKA 4003540/J |
| Nihon
Teppan Co., Ltd. |
April
23, 2004, etc. |
Sale
of steel sheet products, metals, construction materials, metal
processing machinery, electric and electronic products, and
the development, sale, and repair of computer systems |
C2007-00701 |
| Tsukiboshi
Shoji (Ltd.) |
March
24, 2006 |
Wholesale
and office activities for steel products and construction structural
members |
MSA-ES-507 |
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