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Environmental Management
Toyota Tsusho and its Group companies in Japan and overseas use the same environmental management system and work together to realize the Toyota Tsusho Group's Environmental Policy on a groupwide basis.
Promotion Structure
We are stepping up our environmental management efforts, focusing on our Conference on the Global Environment.
Toyota Tsusho's environmental management centers on our Conference on the Global Environment. Participants include the environmental management general supervisor, environmental management representative and division general managers, as well as environmental management representatives of Group companies. This forms the structural basis for our groupwide environmental management initiatives.
Our conference takes place at least once a year to review our environmental management and share case studies involving major improvements on environmental issues, as well as examples of noncompliance. The information shared at these conferences is distributed throughout the entire Company and our Group companies.
Advanced Environmental Evaluation of New Businesses
To prevent environmental pollution, we conduct advanced evaluations on the state of compliance with laws and regulations and pollution-prevention measures.
The Global Environmental Management Group fulfills Toyota Tsusho's managerial responsibilities with regard to new businesses. The group conducts environmental assessments from the planning stages, to ensure environmental measures are incorporated and compliance with environmental laws, regulations and initiatives to prevent environmental pollution.
Environmental assessments conducted prior to the start of a business address the so-called "seven types of pollution*" and evaluate the environmental effect of the business in 10 categories, including industrial waste, hazardous chemical substances and hazardous inflammable substances. In fiscal 2010, the group evaluated 75 projects in the metal processing, water processing, overseas car dealership and other businesses.
- * Seven types of pollution: Air pollution, water contamination, soil contamination, noise, vibration, ground subsidence and offensive odors
Emergency Response
We have put in place emergency communication procedures and set up a system to ensure reporting within one hour.
Toyota Tsusho has set up emergency communication procedures in preparation for emergencies, such as exceeding environmental standards established by laws, regulations and ordinances or in agreement with the community, or complaints from local residents or governments. This system is designed to ensure that in the event of an accident, the department in which the problem arose takes immediate steps to minimize risk and reports to related departments within one hour.
We are also thorough in our recurrence prevention efforts.
Even in non-emergency situations, such as accidents or close calls having little environmental impact outside our site, but exceeding our voluntary standards, reports must be submitted to the Global Environmental Management Group describing measures to prevent recurrence.
Establishment of an Environmental Management System
We are encouraging ISO 14001 certification at Group companies in Japan and overseas.
Toyota Tsusho is pursuing a course of consolidated environmental management on a global basis as a way to promote its environmental preservation efforts and prevent environmental and other risks from materializing. As a common tool to help achieve this objective, we encourage Group companies in Japan and overseas to acquire certification under ISO 14001 international standards for environmental management systems. Two companies in Japan and two overseas acquired this certification in fiscal 2010. As a result, as of March 31, 2011, we had received ISO 14001 certifications for 65 companies in Japan and 153 overseas. Following certification, companies undergo semi-annual internal audits to verify the effectiveness of this system.
Group companies in Japan and overseas also use the same environmental management manuals. In addition to posting these manuals on our intranet, we ensure their widespread distribution by handing them out at ISO seminars.
Environmental Management Promotion Structure
Internal and Third-Party Audits
Our audits prioritized three items, including plans for reducing CO2 emissions and systems for risk management and compliance with laws and regulations.
We perform internal audits to ensure that our environmental management system is operating effectively. In fiscal 2010, 95 Toyota Tsusho departments and 66 Group companies underwent such audits. Priority items in fiscal 2010 included reporting environmental management general supervisor directives at our Conference on the Global Environment, CO2 reduction plan progress, management and status of target achievement, systems for risk management and compliance with laws and regulations, the progress of initiatives for environmental business and the deployment status of items pointed out in previous audits. Audit results indicated no major problems in any of these categories.
We also implemented third-party ISO audits (update audits) via external audit institutions for 81 Toyota Tsusho departments and 56 Group companies in fiscal 2010. We set as priority audit items unification of the management system, target management, and compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
Consequently, we were able to confirm that all management was being conducted appropriately and that environmental management systems were operating properly.
Internal Audits (Fiscal 2010)
Third-Party Audits (fiscal 2010)
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Developing Environmental Management Personnel
We are training 380 internal auditor candidates.
Each year, we conduct ISO seminars to help develop internal auditors. In fiscal 2010, we held these seminars for the first time at our Osaka Branch, as well as continuing to hold them at the Nagoya Head Office and the Tokyo Head Office. A total of 380 people participated, including 126 from Toyota Tsusho and 254 from Group companies. Training covered 1) ISO activity schedules, 2) revisions to environmental legislation, 3) operations management, 4) evaluation of the state of compliance with laws and regulations and 5) advance deliberation of environmental measures with regard to investment projects.
We also hold semi-annual internal audit seminars for the internal auditors of Group companies in Japan and people in charge of the ISO administrative office. These are designed to raise the level of internal audits.
In fiscal 2010, 156 people participated in these seminars, which covered such themes as ISO 14001 internal audit plans and internal audit checklists, and internal audit insights and evaluating corrective measures.
ISO Seminars (Fiscal 2010)
Internal Audit Seminars (Fiscal 2010)
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Annual Schedule of Environmental Activities
Environmental Training and Environmental Awareness
We pursue a variety of initiatives to raise employee awareness of environmental problems.
Boosting Employee Awareness
We strive to spark employees' environmental awareness through e-learning and monthly environmental campaigns.
Toyota Tsusho is also promoting initiatives to heighten the environmental awareness of general employees. For example, in fiscal 2009 we began conducting an intranet-based e-learning course on eco-verification.
We also conduct joint environmental activities with the Toyota Group. As a member of our All-Toyota Production Environment Conference and our All-Toyota Production Environment Meeting, we promote the All-Toyota Global Environmental Awareness Month every June. In fiscal 2010, we invited Ms. Kaori Fujita of the Nikkei BP Environment Business Forum to teach an environmental seminar. We also participated in the screening of Blue Gold: World Water Wars, a movie addressing the relationship between major corporations and water.
e-Learning Course Participants (Fiscal years)
| 2009 | 2010 | |
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| ISO 14001 basics, putting it into practice | 2,050 | 3,030 |
| Eco-verification (Parts 1−17), biodiversity | 6,490 | 8,880 |
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