CONTENTSEnvironmental ManagementEnvironmental Audits

Environmental conservation activities at domestic sites are carried out in accordance with the environmental management program based on annual targets and the Mid-Term Environmental Plan, determined by the General Environmental Administrators’ Committee. To confirm that the environmental management system is appropriately implemented through these activities and continuously improved, in-house environmental audits and surveillance inspections by outside certification organizations are carried out in our factories and offices.
In fiscal 2004, in-house environmental audits and renewal/surveillance inspections by outside certification organizations were conducted at our sites. The in-house environmental audits led to 4 citations of nonconformance and 442 recommendations and suggestions. The outside inspections led to 2 minor recommendations and 55 findings. We promptly responded to these recommendations and comments. Further, the Mutual Visit Environmental Audit* is carried out in factories to confirm the compliance and the level of progress made in achieving their targets of environmental conservation activities based on the Company’s policy. The Mutual Visit Environmental Audit is conducted by engineers and auditors from other factories in accordance with instructions given by the General Environmental Administrators’ Committee. In fiscal 2004, the Mutual Environmental Audit was conducted from June to August.