Environmental Policies & Approaches

Environmental Charter & Environmental Action Guidelines

The philosophy of the NICHIAS Group is to “Help Make the Future Brighter with Its ‘Insulation and Protection’ Technologies”.To “Help Make the Future Brighter”, NICHIAS’ products must help reduce the negative impact on the environment, and the production efforts of the Group must have a minimal impact on the environment.The NICHIAS Environmental Charter & Environmental Action Guidelines was established to promote this way of thinking among all NICHIAS employees.

The Environmental Charter expresses a strong desire to help protect the environment with the company’s proprietary “Insulation and Protection” technologies.

Environmental Action Guidelines have also been set to achieve the goals of the Environmental Charter in specific ways.
The Environmental Action Guidelines promise that NICHIAS will continue to do the following:

1. Comply fully with laws and regulations
2. Develop products that reduce the negative impact on the environment
3. Improve the Group’s environmental performance
4. Operate in harmony with society

NICHIAS Environmental Charter & Environmental Action Guidelines（PDF:1.9MB）

Established on April 6, 2001

Revised on April 1, 2017
 

Environmental Management System

NICHIAS Corporation has set up a NICHIAS Group Environmental Committee to apply the NICHIAS Environmental Charter & Environmental Action Guidelines to specific activities and implement them.This committee is made up of the three sub-committees of Products, Management, and Plants.

The Products Sub-Committee examines products and manufacturing methods that contribute to decarbonization and the recycling of resources and discusses matters related to the management of chemical substances such as the selection of chemical substances prohibited from use in environmental assessments and the status of alternatives to hazardous chemical substances.The Plants Sub-Committee checks the status of compliance with environmental laws and regulations and discusses activities to save energy, save resources, and reduce any negative impact on the environment.

NICHIAS’ manufacturing business establishments in Japan and Overseas acquire ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification and undertake thorough environmental risk management.In Japan, NICHIAS has also acquired integrated ISO 14001 certification that also includes its plants, manufacturing subsidiaries, and Engineering Division, which oversees environmental initiatives, and also facilitates environmental efforts systematically and efficiently as a group.

The NICHIAS Group’s certification status as of December 2020 is as follows.

Business establishments in Japan

Overseas Business Establishments