Basic Policy and Guidelines on Environmental Matters
MHI has established the following basic policy on environmental matters to enable the development of a sustainable society.
As clearly laid out in provision 1 of its creed - "We strongly believe that the customer comes first and that we are obligated to be an innovative partner to society."- MHI believes its primary purpose is to contribute to society through its R&D, manufacturing and other business activities. Accordingly, in the performance of its business activities the company shall embrace the awareness that it is an integral member of society and, in all aspects of its business activities, it will strive to reduce burden on the environment and shall devote its comprehensive technological capabilities to the development of technologies and products that will protect the environment, as its way of contributing to the development of a sustainable society
To achieve its basic policy on the environment, MHI has set the following seven guidelines.
- Accord high priority to environmental protection within company operations, and take steps company-wide to protect and enhance the environment.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities regarding environmental protection by developing an organized structure to deal with environmental protection matters, defining environment- related procedures, etc.
- Strive to alleviate burden on the environment in all aspects of company business activities - from product R&D and design to procurement of raw materials, manufacture, transport, usage, servicing and disposal - through pollution prevention, conservation of resources, energy saving, waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
- Strive to develop and provide advanced, highly reliable, wholly proprietary technologies and products that will contribute to solving environmental and energy problems.
- Strive continuously to improve and enhance environmental protection activities not only by fully complying with environmental laws and regulations but also, when necessary, by establishing, implementing and evaluating independent standards and setting environmental goals and targets.
- In the performance of business activities overseas and exportation of products, pay full heed to impact on the local natural and social environments and strive to protect those environments; also, become actively involved in technological cooperation overseas in matters of environmental protection.
- Take steps to raise environmental awareness among all employees through environmental education, etc., undertake activities to provide environment-related information to the public, and proactively make environment-enhancing contributions to society.
