Many activities to combat climate change
The JCU Group makes every effort to preserve the global environment and contribute to the creation of sustainable societies.
JCU environmental policy
JCU’s main business is the manufacture and sale of surface treatment chemicals with a focus on plating, and we make significant contributions to the advancement of society and enhancement of comfort in our daily lives by enabling miniaturization and greater densities for electronic devices, and improving the appearance and corrosion resistance of automobiles and other daily necessities. We also contribute to environmental preservation through efforts such as resource and energy conservation.
On the other hand, we not only consume electricity, water and other environmental resources in our product development, manufacturing and other business activities, but also discharge chemical substances into the environment in the form of waste and cleaning water.
On the other hand, we not only consume electricity, water and other environmental resources in our product development, manufacturing and other business activities, but also discharge chemical substances into the environment in the form of waste and cleaning water.
In addition, the use of products that JCU supplies also has an effect on the environment, such as in the form of chemical discharges and energy consumption.
Taking these matters into consideration, we have established the JCU Environmental Policy below to make further efforts to preserve the environment.
- Thoroughly ensure that chemical substances are managed properly and that preventive measures are implemented to minimize environmental pollution even in the event of anomalous events or emergency.
- In order to reduce the environmental impact of our products as much as possible, make every effort to research and develop products and processes that are designed to minimize environmental impact, and thoroughly manage the environmentally controlled substances used in our products.
- Promote waste reduction, and energy and resource conservation.
- Run environmental management systems effectively and update them continually.
- Comply with environmental laws and regulations, as well as customer requirements agreed to by JCU.
- Ensure that employees of JCU as well as of companies and organizations, and workers contracted by JCU are all well-informed on this Environmental Policy, and make the Policy available to the general public.
Environmental Management System
The JCU Group has set up an environmental management system to realize its Environmental Policy. The head of the Niigata Plant is the Chief Environmental Management Officer, under whom is assigned a manager who, along with his or her deputy manager, takes care of the Group’s environmental management.
The R&D Center and the Niigata Plant collect information on environment-related data and laws and regulations, and drive forward specific environmental conservation activities.
In addition, the JCU Group has acquired and continues to maintain its ISO14001 certification to improve its environmental performance. In Japan, our R&D Center and Niigata Plant—our center for research and development, and our production base, respectively—were ISO14001 certified in May 2000 and continue to carry out management based on this standard. Outside of Japan, we have acquired ISO14001 certification at the business sites listed in the table and carry out ongoing environmental improvement activities at these sites.
Overview of ISO14001 certification at offices in Japan
Status of ISO14001 certification at overseas offices
Environmental management system schematic
Environmental Action Plan
At the JCU Group, our initiatives are based on setting office-specific targets on major environmental themes.
At our Niigata Plant, employees took turns providing training on laws and regulations relating to the environment and chemical substances. By experiencing being both the trainer and the trainee, employees were able to gain a greater sense of ownership and improve their knowledge more effectively.
We also have training plans in place to address the risk of shortages of qualified personnel for health management, hazardous materials handling, etc., and promote the continuous acquisition of qualifications by employees. With regard to environmental performance, we continue to implement proper waste management and waste reduction.
At the R&D Center and Niigata Plant, we regularly check and widely disseminate information on the trends in electricity and water usage, waste emissions, and other data to raise awareness for achieving our targets. Thanks to these activities, we were able to reduce our CO2 emissions compared to the previous fiscal year.
Disclosure of Climate Change-Related Information in Line
with TCFD Recommendations and Obtaining a CDP Score
The JCU Group aims to be "a company that is needed by customers around the world," and at the same time, we believe that in order to continue growing sustainably, it is essential that we respond to rapidly growing markets and an uncertain business environment. As such, we have set the "Sustainability management" as one of the basic policies in our Medium-term Management Plan (fiscal year ending March 2025 to fiscal year ending March 2027).
To this end, since declaring our support for the TCFD recommendations in June 2022, we have been actively disclosing climate change-related information in the four domains included in TCFD recommendations (governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets regarding climate change risks and opportunities) . The information disclosed is used to monitor progress and results, and to promote responses based on scenario analysis.
In 2023, we also responded to and received a B score* on the "Climate Change 2023 Questionnaire" conducted by CDP, an international non-profit environmental organization (NGO).
Going forward, the JCU Group will continue to work toward a decarbonized society through our business activities—including further reduction of CO2 emissions and development of environmentally friendly products—and contribute to the realization of a world where people can live prosperous lives.
*B score (management level):
This indicates that the company has been assessed as "understanding its own environmental risks and impacts, and is taking action."
Disclosure of Our Approach and Initiatives Regarding Sustainability
