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Progress on Creating an Environmental Management System
Acquisition of ISO 14001 and other certification |
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NOF has acquired ISO 14001 certification for the Aichi Works (Kinuura Plant & Taketoyo Plant), Amagasaki Plant, Chidori Plant and Oita Plant. |
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The Daishi Plant, which moved from the Oji Plant in June 2004, is scheduled to acquire ISO 14001 certification by the end of fiscal 2006. |
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Nippon Koki acquired ISO 14001 certification in December 2003. |
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Nichiyu Giken Kogyo passed the screening for Eco Action 21 in April 2004. |
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Nichiyu Logistics intends to acquire Green Management certification from the EcoMo Foundation by December 2004. |
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Aichi Works
ISO 14001 |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 104567 |
| First certification: |
January 22, 1999 |
| Renewed: |
January 25, 2002 |
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Chidori Plant
ISO 14001 |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 155950 |
| First certification: |
May 4, 2001 |
| Renewed: |
July 5, 2004 |
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Amagasaki Plant
ISO 14001 |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 89503 |
| First certification: |
October 13, 2001 |
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Oita Plant
ISO 14001 |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 126240 |
| First certification: |
February 19, 2003 |
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Progress on Building a Quality Management System
Acquisition of ISO 9000 and other certification |
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| Kinuura Plant |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 49037 |
| First certification: |
May 27, 1995 |
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| Amagasaki Plant |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 13037 |
| First certification: |
August 25, 1995 |
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| Taketoyo Plant |
| Certificate no.: |
JQA-1680 |
| First certification: |
March 31, 1997 |
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| Chidori Plant |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 48247 |
| First certification: |
May 14, 1998 |
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| Oita Plant |
| Certificate no.: |
BVQI 61351 |
| First certification: |
September 4, 1999 |
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| 1994 |
Voluntary environmental plan drawn up
Cogeneration equipment installed at Amagasaki Plant (AUS established) |
| 1995 |
NOF Responsible Care regulations drawn up
Responsible Care declaration announced |
| 1996 |
First Responsible Care Implementation Report issued
(Issued annually thereafter)
Responsible Care and Production Engineering Dept. established |
| 1998 |
Environmental Report published on NOF website.
(Updated annually thereafter)
Oita Plant changes fuel from petroleum to LPG
Companywide environmental targets set |
| 1999 |
Fiscal 2000 Responsible Care Report issued
(Issued annually thereafter)
First Medium-term Targets set
Aichi Works acquires ISO 14001 certification |
| 2001 |
Chidori Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification
Amagasaki Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification
Responsible Care regulations revised and unified |
| 2002 |
Ethics Committee and Rules of Ethical Behavior established
Management Philosophy and Code of Conduct revised |
| 2003 |
Second Medium-term Targets set
Easy-to-read environmental report pamphlet issued
Oita Plant acquires ISO 14001 certification |
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<Scope of Environmental Report>
The 2004 Environmental Report covers NOF and its 15 domestic affiliates. |
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(“NOF Group” or consolidated data comprises the following companies)
NOF CORPORATION, Nippon Koki Co., Ltd., Nichiyu Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd., HOKKAIDO NOF CORPORATION, Showa Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nippo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Yuka Sangyo Co., Ltd., Nichiyu Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nippon Dacro Shamrock Co., Ltd., Nichiyu Trading Co., Ltd., JAPEX Corp., Nichiyu Solution Inc., Nichibu Sangyo Co., Ltd., Nichiyu Estate Co., Ltd., Pyro Safety Device Co., Ltd., Nichiyu Logistics Co., Ltd.
(“NOF” or nonconsolidated data comprises the following company)
NOF CORPORATION |
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<Reference>
The following guidelines and publications were used to compile this report. |
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“Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2003,” Ministry of the Environment
“Environmental Performance Indicators for Businesses 2002,” Ministry of the Environment
“Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2002,” Ministry of the Environment
“Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Businesses (Version 1.5),” Ministry of the Environment
“Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2002,” Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) |
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<NOF Environmental Report Publications>
Since publishing the 1998 Environmental Report on its website in December 1998, NOF has disclosed its environmental reports on its website every year.
The first Environmental Report published in booklet form was the report for 2003, issued in October 2003, followed by the 2004 Environmental Report in September 2004. NOF plans to publish the 2005 Environmental Report in July 2005. |
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<Additional information related to the scope of this environmental report>
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In April 2004, all shares held by NOF CORPORATION in Taseto Corporation were transferred to Shinko Taseto Co., Ltd. As a result, this report does not describe the environmental impact of Taseto Corporation. |
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In June 2004, Pyro Safety Device Co., Ltd. was dissolved and its business absorbed by Showa Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
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Nichibu Sangyo Co., Ltd. and Nichiyu Estate Co., Ltd. share some facilities with NOF CORPORATION. The environmental impact of these shared facilities has been included in the nonconsolidated data for NOF CORPORATION and has not been divided among these companies. |
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This report only applies to operations in Japan: performance data for overseas affiliates has not been shown. |
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<Supplementary explanation>
The following items from previous reports have been corrected in the 2004 report.
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When calculating greenhouse gas emissions, average annual electric power consumption (at generator) was used as the electricity conversion factor. |
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When evaluating initiatives to improve unit energy consumption, the efficiency of electric power used as a secondary energy source has been evaluated in terms of the amount of heat generated (3.6GJ/1,000Kwh). |
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Although guidelines were used to determine the representative value for the City Gas conversion factor in the past, in the 2004 report, the conversion factor was recalculated using the heat quantity conversion values provided by fuel suppliers, which were then compared to the base year. |
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Basis for compilation and calculation of data
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Accounting is based on the 2002 Environmental Accounting Guidelines issued by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. |
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Data covers the period from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004 and includes only the operations of NOF CORPORATION. |
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Investments represent total investments during fiscal 2004 for the purpose of conducting environmental activities. |
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Expenses represent the total cost of depreciation, maintenance and management of environmental equipment and related personnel expenses. |
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In cases where equipment is used for environmental protection and other purposes, the entire cost of that equipment is not included in environmental accounting if it is not possible to clearly divide the portions used for environmental and other purposes. |
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Physical volumes are used to measure the benefits of environmental programs. Economic benefits are shown only in the form of income from sales of waste materials because of the inability to determine monetary values based on a sufficiently accurate assessment of fluctuations in volumes. Consequently, there is also no data for effective benefits based on risk avoidance and other assumptions. |
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