Environmental Initiatives

MISUMI Group's Environmental Activities

The following is an introduction to environmental initiatives being taken by MISUMI Group

Initiatives at Production Sites

As a global company handling MISUMI Group’s manufacturing, SURUGA Production Platform is firmly aware of its social responsibilities and has agreed to comply with environment-related laws and regulations, and other requirements.
We promote a sustainable society through environmental activities under the slogan "Coexistence of Technology and Ecology”. Therefore, we established the following "Environmental Policy" and strive in our business activities to achieve these goals.

Environmental policy

  • 1. Compliance with domestic and international environment-related laws and regulations and other requirements
  • 2. Reduction of CO2 emissions in production activities
  • 3. Initiatives to control waste generation and recycling
  • 4. Product development and production activities with low environmental impact
  • 5. Prevention of environmental pollution
    1)Leakage of oils and harmful substances
    2)Leakage of noise from the site boundary

Environmental management

Environmental administrative structure

Environmental PDCA

Environmental Committee

Environmental committees are held regularly to promote practical environmental improvement activities. The committee shares environmental activity policies, environmental management KPIs, environmental improvement activity plans and results, environmental improvement activities, etc., to strengthen environmental management.

Internal audit・External audit

To confirm the operational status and effectiveness of the environmental management system and laterally deploy good environmental activities practices, we conduct, an internal audit every year and undergo an external audit by the ISO14001 certification body. The results of internal and external audits reported by the Environmental Committee lead to continuous improvement of the Environmental Management System.

Environmental education

We provide environmental education to employees based on the environmental education training plan. In addition, to strengthen the Environmental Management System, we carry out regular environmental education activities, such as taking internal audit training every year, centered on on-site managers.

Environmental objectives/ targets and performance (FY20)

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*The figures above have been partially corrected

Environmental objectives / targets (FY22-23)

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Changes in the environmental impact associated with business activities

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OUTPUT

Recycling performance

*The figures and units of measurement above have been partially corrected

Examples of Initiatives

Reduction of waste emissions

To promote recycling, waste is separated correctly and the company-wide recycling rate is maintained at over 80%. We are also working on introducing new equipment and making process improvements to reduce the loss of defects during the manufacturing process.

Promoting paperless by introducing mobile tablets

We are striving towards a paperless work environment through digitizing data for package pick-up and manufacturing instructions and introducing mobile tablets. We've achieved waste reduction and business improvement by making it paperless by reducing the number of documents and halving the number of records; other effects are to be expected in the future.

Compliance with the RoHS Directive / Green Procurement

To comply with the RoHS Directive and green procurement, we examine restrictions and banned substances of materials and parts for each business segment and promote substitutions accordingly. For example, precision positioning stages are being adapted by replacing brass components with low-cadmium materials. We are planning to sell compliant products one after another, along with special order products. In addition, in terms of our corporate activities, we recognize that global environmental preservation is of the utmost importance for the earth and will act sincerely to protect and improve the global environment.

ISO14001 Certification Status

Suruga Production Platform has obtained ISO14001 certification at domestic and overseas manufacturing sites.

Business name Suruga Production Platform Co., Ltd.
Certified production sites Shimizu Factory, Saigon Precision Co. Ltd. (“SPC”) No’s. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Factories (all factories certified), Suruga Korea (FA/ OST), Suruga Shanghai (Die and Mold/ OST), Suruga Thailand (Die and Mold)
Certifying company Bureau Veritas Japan Co., Ltd.
Certification number 4715763
Registration date January 2001

Introduction of CO2-free Electricity

We Introduced CO2-free Electricity* at seven bases, including the Head Office of SURUGA Production Platform, in April 2022. As a result, we will reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our production bases in Japan by approximately 6,000 tons a year. That will be an 8.6% reduction in GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) over our entire group compared to FY2020.
*Electricity with CO2-free value derived from renewable energy power sources that do not emit CO2 during power generation

Details on the Introduction of CO2-free Electricity:CO2-free electricity sold by Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co., Inc. and The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated

Sites where we have Introduced CO2-free Electricity (seven sites):
SURUGA Production Platform Co., Ltd.

    • Head Office:505 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
      536 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
      549 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
      147 Hanzaemonshinden, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
    • Kansai Factory:2-3-2 Akamatsudai, Kita-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo
    • Ami Factory:3-2 Hoshinosato, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki

Mishima Seiki Co., Ltd:580-49 Tokura, Shizmizu-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka

Reduction in GHG emissions: Approximately 6,000 tons a year

We are participating in the Shizuoka Prefecture Renewable Energy Electricity Utilization Promotion Project which promotes introducing of 100% renewable energy in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Initiatives in Logistics

To reduce GHG emissions in logistics, we introduced EV vehicles to one of our delivery routes in the Chubu region in July 2022. Preparations are underway for a nationwide rollout as we advance.

ミスミグループ EV車両

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