Wakimachi | Environmental Perfomance Data | Environment

Wakimachi Site

FY2023: April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024

Initiatives Related to the Priority Environmental Themes

Goals	Results
Reduce CO₂ emissions below 746 tons as a measure to prevent global warming	Achieved the goal by reducing CO₂ emissions to 620 tons through efforts including lowering electricity consumption with the shutdown of compressors for compressed air on holidays (when they are not in use).
Improve professional skills	Conducted training sessions for personnel in charge of environmental promotion.
Promote plastic resource circulation. Find new companies to collect recyclable materials	Achieved material recycling of roughly 70% of plastics by shifting from industrial waste to recycled material.

Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact

[Improvement] Energy saving by shutting down compressors for compressed air on holiday (when not in use).

Improvement Initiatives	Result of Reduction
The compressor shutdown lasted a total of 102 days	35,700 kWh/Yr

Reduction of CO₂ emissions: 14.6t - CO₂/Yr

Environmental Communications

Cleanup Activity in the Yoshino River Adoption Program

Yoshino River Adoption Program is a volunteer system in which local companies and residents "adopt" stretches of river to clean and maintain like foster parents. The employees and their families at the Wakimachi site have participated since the year 2000 in collecting trash.
*The photo was taken on Jul 2, 2023.

Preparing and How to Respond for Emergencies

Concept and Equipment Preparation

Our current company standards for emergencies does not assume “leakage of liquid waste.” However, we continue to store and manage equipment and materials as they are and are providing education on procedures for handling chemical substances so that we can respond if and when such a situation is re-assumed.

Emergency preparedness and response