Environmental Policies

The KURABE Group shall operate an environmental management system with the goals of reducing the environmental burden from procurement of parts and materials to use and disposal of products, achieving a sound material-cycle society, and protecting the global environment, will work continuously to improve its performance in these areas.

In our products and business activities, we will take the following measures to reduce the environmental burden

• We aim to be carbon neutral by saving energy and resources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• We manage waste emissions, reduce and recycle them to make effective use of resources.
• We thoroughly manage hazardous chemical substances in our products and materials.
• We strive to design and develop products in consideration of their life cycles.
• We strive to protect the environment by preventing air, water, soil and noise pollution.
• We comply with environmental laws, regulations, and other requirements to which we have agreed. In order to achieve this environmental policy, all employees will set and work toward environmental goals for the protection of the local environment and strive to continuously improve our environmental management system.

Environmental initiatives

Issues to be addressed

The entire company works to reduce the environmental burden of issues related to each of our production process.

Environmental Management System

Production bases in Japan

Site name	Acquisition date	Certification organization	Registration chapter number
Head office	June 2019	JQA	JQA-EM1594
Shinohara Plant	August 2020	JQA
Hamakita Plant	April 2005	JQA
Shonai Factory	April 2005	JQA
Miyakoda Plant	April 2005	JQA
Miyakoda Kita Plant	April 2023	JQA

ISO14001 Certificate（PDF：980KB）

Overseas production bases

Site name	Acquisition date	Certification organization	Registration chapter number
KURABE INDUSTRIAL (VIETNAM) Co., LTD	June 2006	SGS	VN21/00175
KURABE INDUSTRIAL BACNINH Co., LTD	August 2013	BVC	VN013656
KURABE INDUSTRIAL (SHANGHAI) Co., LTD	April 2005	BVC	CN053014
KURABE INDUSTRIAL(HUBEI) CO.,LTD.	December 2024	ZSBC	08924E32495ROM

Activity contents

Implementation and Education of Internal Audits

All plants are conducting internal audits of ISO14001 operations and RoHS control. Study meetings are also held to deepen understanding of operations.

Environmental survey (Japan)

1.Verification of Industrial Waste Disposal Sites

We confirm that appropriate disposal is carried out by contractors.

2.Supplier site location Audits

We conduct audits of our suppliers regarding their chemical substance management and environmental management systems, including RoHS management.

3.Environment Monitoring

Measurements on air quality, water quality, noise and vibration are taken on a regular basis.

Activity plan (Japan)

Implementation Items	Monitoring Items	Target Values(year on year)	Relevant Laws / Regulations
Reduction of waste emissions	Total emissions	－1％	Waste disposal law
Reduction of plastic emissions	Plastic emissions	－1％	Act on promotion of recycling of plastic resources
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions	Greenhouse gas emissions	－2％	Global warming countermeasures law
Thorough control of chemical substances in products	Reduction of Hazardous Chemical Substances	0	Chemical substances control law: RoHS