Environmental Load Reduction and Environmental Conservation in All Business Activities
Based on the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, Daido Steel will strive to comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and agreements. Furthermore, in all its business activities including purchasing, production, logistics, and sales, Daido Steel will endeavor to conserve resources, save energy, reduce CO2 emissions, promote recycling, utilize water resources effectively, preserve biodiversity, and reduce waste. Aiming for continuous environmental conservation and improvement, Daido Steel will also make efforts to prevent air pollution and water pollution.
Contributions to Society through Environmentally-friendly Products and Environmental Engineering and Services
Daido Steel intends to play a leading role in promoting the recycling of iron resources in the manufacture of specialty steel products, its core business, and to promote the development and provision of high-performance materials. In the areas of sales and marketing, Daido Steel will promote the development and marketing of environmentally-friendly equipment that leverages the advantages of our diversified management. Furthermore, Daido Steel will utilize its accumulated technologies to proactively pioneer environmental businesses and contribute to the reduction of environmental impact.
Promotion of Eco-Communication
Aware that disclosing the contents and results of activities to both internal and external stakeholders based on basic policies as environmental information is a responsibility as a corporate citizen, Daido Steel continually promotes environmental conservation activities while seeking opinions and understanding from a wide diversity of people for the information widely disclosed to society through various media including its integrated reports and website.
Conduct Guidelines
1. Environmental Load Reduction and Environmental Conservation in All Business Activities
Strengthen the Environmental Preservation System and Organization
Daido Steel aims to be an environmentally-friendly company through its initiatives to improve the environment and develop a circular economy, while strengthening and augmenting its environmental management system and organizations based on ISO environmental management system guidelines, and constantly taking action voluntarily to protect the global environment.
Compliance with Environment-Related Regulations and Prompt Action
Daido Steel will not only comply with environmental laws, regulations, and agreements, but also actively introduce technologies and equipment to reduce environmental impact in an effort to prevent air pollution and water pollution, reduce emissions of environmentally harmful substances, and preserve local living environments.
Promoting the Saving of Resources, Reducing of Waste, and Recycling
Daido Steel promotes resource-saving and recycling activities to achieve the realization of a recycling society by making optimum use of ferrous scrap, using water resources effectively, developing recycling technology for all kinds of by-products generated in the course of its business activities, reducing landfill waste volumes, and utilizing the by-products of other industries.
Initiatives to Address Climate Change
From the perspective of preventing global warming, Daido Steel will pursue further CO2 emission reductions and energy conservation through the Daido Carbon Neutral Challenge, and will promote environmental measures with a medium- to long-term vision, including improving energy efficiency in manufacturing and introducing energy-saving equipment. Moreover, Daido Steel promotes CO2 emissions reduction, energy-saving and other environmental conservation measures in its offices and logistics channels for raw material procurements and product distribution.
Consideration for Biodiversity
Daido Steel endeavors to reduce its impact on biodiversity through biodiversity-friendly business activities. Furthermore, Daido Steel will contribute to maintaining and restoring biodiversity by utilizing company-owned forests and other resources.
2. Contributions to Society through Environmentally-friendly Products and Environmental Engineering and Services
Development and Provision of Environmentally-friendly Products and Equipment
Daido Steel will strive to develop products with thoroughly improved material properties, such as enhanced strength, toughness, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance and will contribute to reducing environmental impact by providing its customer with high-performance materials that enable extended product lifespans, process simplification, material savings, and weight reduction.
Daido Steel also provides an extensive range of environmental equipment and technologies developed by applying technical know-how from its Machinery Division and production departments to society.
Initiatives for Environmental Business and Commercialization
In the belief in the need for a concept of developing a “development-oriented” environmental business that proactively creates added value, with circulation and harmony with nature as its keyword, Daido Steel will advance initiatives in its “development-oriented” environmental business by leveraging all the technologies it has amassed to date, and developing new technologies.
Promotion of International Technical Cooperation
Daido Steel will engage in international environmental conservation activities by collaborating with related industries, countries and regions, including operational guidance, technology transfers, and accepting trainees for environmental conservation, resource conservation, and CO2 emission reduction, leveraging our related environmental technologies. Furthermore, when expanding business activities overseas, Daido Steel will not only comply with the host country’s environmental standards and regulations, but also strive for continual improvement in its environmental management system.
3. Promotion of Eco-Communication
Enhancement of Environmental Education and Promotion of Volunteer Activities
To reduce the impact on the environment of our business activities, the voluntary efforts of all our employees are increasingly important. Thus, by enhancing employee education, Daido Steel will promote the development of environmentally-conscious individuals and encourage active participation in and support for volunteer activities, both within the company and in the local community.
Provision and Disclosure of Environmental Information
Daido Steel will widely disclose information about our environmental activities and their results to both internal and external stakeholders, including not only employees, but also customers, investors, and local residents. By doing so, Daido Steel will seek opinions and understanding from a wide diversity of people while striving to advance environmental conservation activities, thereby fulfilling its responsibilities as a good corporate citizen.
