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.
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 their deputy manager, takes care of the Group’s environmental management.
The JCU Group has also acquired and maintains ISO 14001 certification. In addition to the certification of the R&D Center and the Niigata Plant in Japan, overseas subsidiaries also acquire and maintain certification as part of ongoing environmental improvement activities.
Environmental Action Plan
At the JCU Group, our initiatives are based on setting officespecific targets on major environmental themes.
The Niigata Plant conducts training on environmental and chemical substance regulations. It also promotes the ongoing acquisition of certifications among employees to ensure compliance with regulatory changes.
The R&D Center and Niigata Plant regularly monitor and communicate trends in electricity and water usage, waste discharge, and other metrics to heighten awareness with regard to the achievement of targets.
Disclosure of Climate Change-related lnformation 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 sustainability management as one of the basic policies in our medium-term management plan (FY2024–FY2026).
To this end, since declaring our support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations in June 2022, we have been actively disclosing climate changerelated 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 2024, we also responded to the “Climate Change 2024 Questionnaire” conducted by CDP, an international nonprofit environmental organization (NGO), and received a score* of “B” for the second straight year since 2023.
Going forward, the JCU Group will continue to work toward a decarbonized society through its 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 (in Japanese only)
