Care of the Environment

Environmental Philosophy

In its business activities and the actions of its employees, Nihon Kohden works towards the conservation and qualitative improvement of the earth’s priceless environment so that all people can enjoy a healthy environment.

 

Established: September 1, 2015

Environmental Policy

Based on its Management Philosophy and the Environmental Philosophy, Nihon Kohden will continuously improve its environmental management systems to enhance its environmental performance. The environmental policies are as follows:

  1. Provide environmentally friendly products
    In carrying out development, manufacturing, marketing, after sales service, and support for medical electronic devices, we provide environmentally friendly products and services. We contribute to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and to sustainable use of limited resources by realizing energy and resource savings, and eliminating the use of hazardous substances throughout the product life cycle.
     
  2. Promote energy conservation and reduction of waste in business activities
    In all of our business activities, we continually work together with our supply chain to introduce low-carbon and high-efficiency technologies, and improvement activities, strive to promote energy conservation, reduce waste through the 3R’s of reduce/reuse/recycle, reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the medium- to long-term, and prevent environmental pollution.
     
  3. Comply with environmental laws, regulations, ordinances, and agreements
    In all of our business activities, we comply with all laws, regulations, ordinances, and agreements that concern the environment in Japan and overseas, and carry out our responsibilities to stakeholders such as responding to issues such as climate change, water resource protection and conservation of biodiversity as a global company.
     
  4. Promote environmental education
    In regard to environmental issues, we promote appropriate education and educational activities to deepen the insight of our employees and stakeholders and enable individual productivity improvements to be linked to environmental improvement activities.
     

Established: April 1, 2017

 

Medium- to Long-term Environmental Targets: The entire Nihon Kohden Group

Nihon Kohden has set the realization of a carbon-free society as one of material issues for sustainability in its Three-year Business Plan and strengthened its efforts to achieve this goal. In conjunction with the Japanese Government’s declaration that it will pursue carbon neutrality by 2050, we have set environmental targets for FY2023, FY2030, and FY2050.
We work to realize a carbon-free society by reducing CO_{2} emissions in our business activities and providing environmentally friendly products.

Environmental Target for FY2050

We aim at zero greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire product life cycle (carbon neutrality by 2050) by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from business activities, providing environmentally friendly products, and cooperating with business partners in the supply chain.

Environmental Target for FY2030
  • We will set environmental targets for FY2030 based on SBT~{*1} and take action to achieve them with the aim of realizing carbon neutrality by 2050. (These targets will be revised when the target values based on SBT are finalized.)
    (We are aiming at a 46% reduction compared to FY2013 within the scope of ISO 14001 certification.)
  • As a response to water resource protection, we will set and achieve targets based on an understanding of water usage of the entire Nihon Kohden Group.

Established: April 1, 2023

  1. Science Based Targets are greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set by each company for 5 to 10 years in the future in line with the levels sought under the Paris Agreement.
  2. Scope 1: All direct emissions from the Company’s use of fuel.
    Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the use of energy (mainly electricity) produced by other companies.
    Scope 3: Other indirect emissions in the Company’s supply chain.

Environmental Targets for FY2023

The entire Nihon Kohden Group

1. As a response to climate change, the following targets have been set based on material issues and KPIs for sustainability:
1) Reduce CO_{2} emissions per unit of sales by 15.2% compared to FY2020.
2) Measure and disclose CO_{2} emissions for the entire Group by FY2023.

 

2. As a response to water resource protection, we will work on the effective use of water resources.

The scope of ISO 14001 Certification Only

1. Enhance production efficiency and reduce environmental impact by improving operational efficiency
Reduce environmental impact, including energy use, CO_{2} emissions, and waste emissions generated throughout the product life cycle (Scope 1, 2, and 3~{*2}), by setting specific targets in line with the operations of each site and division and raising productivity.

2. Reduce environmental impact and prevent pollution in our business activities
2-1. Establish calculation standards in order to achieve third-party certification of CO_{2} emissions (Scope 3).
2-2. Promote the development of environmentally friendly products and achieve targets based on product assessment plans and evaluation tables for all newly developed products.
2-3. Reduce defect rates and reduce CO_{2} emissions in production processes. (Target values are based on environmental targets at the Tomioka and Kawamoto sites.)
2-4. Manage water usage linked to production volume to reduce the volume of water consumed in the production process. (Tomioka site)

3. Continuously reduce energy consumption and CO_{2} emissions in our business activities to realize a carbon-free society
3-1. In consideration of the increase in sales and production, limit the year-on-year increase in energy use on a per unit basis and CO_{2} emissions on a per unit basis to 1.6% and 2.0%, respectively.
3-2. Establish an operational structure utilizing an environmental information management system to improve the accuracy of data on energy use and resource inputs by the Nihon Kohden Group and set base data for SBT certification.

4. Contribute to creating a recycling-oriented society
Promote the 3R’s of reduce/reuse/recycle and achieve the following: In consideration of review of waste aggregation methods, limit the year-on-year increase in total waste emissions to 20.1%, limit the year-on-year increase in waste emissions on a per unit basis by 12.0%, and achieve a recycling rate of 95.1% or more.

Established: April 1, 2023
Revised: February 2, 2024

※1　Science Based Targets are greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set by each company for 5 to 10 years in the future in line with the levels sought under the Paris Agreement.
※2　Scope 1: All direct emissions from the Company’s use of fuel.
        Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the use of energy (mainly electricity) produced by other companies.
        Scope 3: Other indirect emissions in the Company’s supply chain.