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 In
order to get along with the local public as members of the company,
Nisshin Steel actively works in greenery promotion and nearby cleanup
activities at our seven manufacturing works nationwide, concluding
and complying with environmental protection agreements with local
governments. We are also engaged in local activities, such as enhancing
communication through such means as factory tours. |
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| Conclusion of and compliance with environmental protection agreements |
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At
each manufacturing works, an environmental protection agreement (pollution
prevention agreement) is concluded with local governments. Such an
agreement covers the entire range of environmental factors, including
air, water quality, waste products, noise, vibration, and odors, and
sets stricter-than-legally-required standards that take each region's
characteristics into consideration. By abiding by environmental law
and these agreements, we promote business activities that take the
environment into consideration. |
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| Participation in local environmental activities |
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At
each manufacturing works, we contribute to the beautification of the
local environment through our own cleanup activities around our works
and through activities sponsored by local governments, including Environment
Month activities, one-day cleanup campaigns by citizens, and cleanup
operations of the industrial complex.
And through participation
in local environmental events and exchange events, we let the public
know of our business activities and our efforts to protect the environment,
and deepen our exchange with the local community.
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Local
volunteer cleanups |
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March 2008, some 102 people from the Kure Works, labor unions,
and affiliated and cooperating companies joined in an effort
to pick up trash and clear away overgrowth along the roads around
the factory. This cleanup activity, which has been going on
since 2005, has become a regular event, making the local environment
more attractive year by year and becoming a way to get to know
the local residents. |
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Local volunteer cleanup
(Kure Works)
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Exhibiting
at the Kure EcoFest |
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year too, the Kure Works had an exhibit at the "Kure EcoFest,"
which is held every year by the city of Kure to encourage citizens
to recycle and adopt an ecological lifestyle. At the exhibit,
we discussed iron recycling and presented high-function products
that are gentle on the global environment, and through exchanges
with local residents we deepened public understanding of our
activities as a company living in harmony with the local community. |
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Exhibiting at the Kure EcoFest
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Participation
in "town, forest, and water get-together" |
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2007, thirty-one of us from the Shunan Works participated as
volunteers in a "town, forest, and water get-together"
sponsored by Yamaguchi Prefecture to convey to the public the
importance of forests and forest preservation for water resources;
by pruning branches and other activities, we helped protect
the forest, which is an important source of water in the region. |
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Participation in "town, forest, and water get-together"
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| Promotion of greenery activities |
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Since
1973 Nisshin Steel has steadily expanded the effort for greenery to
all our manufacturing works, establishing "green starting point"
memorials for the purpose of fostering harmony with the natural environment
of the vicinity.
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Community
forest |
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the Kure Works, we have been working since 1989 to create a
forested area within our grounds. Today it has grown into what
we call a "community forest" of 30,000 trees of 60
species, a place where pheasants, brown-eared bulbuls, and other
wild birds congregate. This forest absorbs CO2 and serves to
protect the local environment. |
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Community forest
(Kure Works)
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Biotope |
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the Sakai Works, in an effort to "create high-quality greenery"
to contribute to the local environment sought by the city of
Sakai, we have built within our grounds what is known as a "biotope"
(this term comes from a German word and means a small area with
a uniform environment occupied by a community of organisms).
At the water's edge we have released eight species of fish,
and we watch over them and their green surroundings. |
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Biotope (Sakai Works)
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