We are striving to strengthen environmental audits, eliminate environmental risks, and provide environmental education with the aim of establishing the integrated group environmental management system.
Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 Certification at All the Major Bases around the World
A common goal of the entire Group is to build and operate ISO 14001-based environmental management systems (EMS) that will boost our environmental activities.
In Japan, all Daikin bases and subsidiaries come under an integrated EMS. We are currently working to establish an EMS that encompasses the systems at all bases, and we plan to have this in effect in 2010.
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Environmental Management System- Ratio of Employees Belonging to Facilities That Obtained ISO 14001 Certification
- System Driving Environmental Management
Environmental Audits
Confirmed Correction of Fiscal Year 2007 Problems
The Daikin Group has regular annual environmental audits: internal audits by Daikin itself and audits by third-party certification institutes. These help us check and constantly improve the functioning of our systems.
Overseas bases carry out mutual audits in which Daikin auditors audit other Daikin companies. This helps bases discover issues from a fresh perspective.
Environmental Risk Management
Audits and Drills Reduce Environmental Risk
A company-wide internal environmental auditing team carries out regular legal audits once a year to ensure environmental risk is kept to a minimum.
If any accidents or calamities should occur, manufacturing bases and production subsidiaries are prepared to deal with the problem thanks to regular disaster drills for all employees.
Our Chemicals Division is aiming to eliminate emissions of all PFOA (perfluorooctanaic acid) by 2012. Although PFOA is not regulated or been conclusively found to harm health, Daikin is nonetheless accelerating the switch to alternatives.
Environmental Education
E-learning Boosts Environmental Awareness
The Daikin Group has a variety of environmental education programs that get employees to take action by deepening their understanding of things like environmental management systems and Daikin's effect on the environment.
Part of this education is done via e-learning over our intranet for employees both in Japan and overseas.
Environmental Accounting
Fiscal 2008 Environmental Conservation Costs were 14.96 Billion Yen (Capital Investment: 3.62 Billion Yen, Expenses: 11.34 Billion Yen), Down 20%
Environmental accounting gives a quantitative representation of the costs and effects of environmental measures and constitutes an important item of environment information. As well, it is a tool for managing the overall environmental impact of our global group and for coming up with the most efficient and effective ways to reduce this impact.
Breakdown of environmental protection costs
