Operating the Environmental Management System (ISO14001)

The IRISO Group has set up an environmental management system by following the ISO 14001 to conduct activities for environmental improvement.
The environmental management system is run on the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle mainly by a project management office that was set up at each manufacturing base. The departments of each manufacturing base follow the instructions of the project management office, create and implement annual plans, and report the activity results to the office. The office conducts internal audits to check the final results and validity of the plan, and the results are summarized and reported to the environmental manager. In addition, the validity of the plan is confirmed through an audit performed by an external organization. The following are the years when the manufacturing bases got ISO 14001 certified. Since they were certified, they have had external audits under ongoing basis.

ISO14001 Certified Years for Group Manufacturing Bases

Manufacturing Base	Year
Headquarters Kawasaki Manufacturing Technology Center Ibaraki Plant (Japan)	2000
Shanghai Plant	1999
Philippines Plant	2000
Vietnam Plant	2006
Nantong Plant	2019

Internal Audits

To verify the effectiveness of the environmental management system, we conduct "internal audits" at each site*.
*Head office/Kawasaki and all factories (domestic/overseas sales offices are excluded from the target sites). IRISO Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently our Hanamaki Factory), which joined our group in 2022, will be added to the list of domestic sites from the fiscal year ending March 2025, and Akita Plant which is scheduled to start operation in 2025, will be added to the list of domestic sites from the fiscal year ending March 2027 (currently not included in the target sites).

Internal Audit Results by Manufacturing Base/by Year

Our Environmental Conservation Practices

Our environmental policy was announced under the name of the company CEO both within and outside the company to declare that we are engaged in the following environmental conservation activities.

・Reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions (by promoting energy conservation)
・Effective use of recycled resources
・Running eco-friendly activities (compliance with environmental laws and regulations)

Details of our environmental conservation practices are given below.

Reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions (by promoting energy conservation)

Greenhouse gases mainly include carbon dioxide, methane, dinitrogen monoxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur fluoride. Greenhouse gases come from our production activities because we use electricity and automobiles. Greenhouse gases are a cause of global warming, and we are running the following activities for managing greenhouse gas emissions to stop global warming.

Effective use of recycled resources

We promote the 3Rs (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle) practices at all group bases both in Japan and outside Japan.
The results are presented below.

Running eco-friendly activities（Compliance with environmental laws and regulations）

We run an array of eco-friendly activities in compliance with environmental laws and regulations. We manage wastes in accordance with the Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing Law, conduct quick and periodic inspections of air conditioners, testing equipment　and others in accordance with the CFC Emission Control Law, and perform periodic measurements in compliance with the Noise Regulation Law.

Greenhouse gas emissions

Breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions which result from our production activities