Kobe Steel posts the Ecoway Network
on its Intranet. This site contains the latest information on environmental
laws and ordinances; examples of environmental and energy-saving initiatives;
and an environmental business database. The site posts timely information
for effective use.
Group environmental award system
In day-to-day operations,
various suggestions for energy savings, waste control, and recycling
were made and these suggestions have resulted in reducing the environmental
burden as well as development of eco-friendly products and technologies.
The activities implemented are presented at the annual Kobe Steel
Group Environmental Conference, held every June to actively spread
such activities throughout the entire group. Outstanding activities
are given recognition to raise the environmental awareness in the
group companies.
2005 Kobe Steel Group Environmental Conference
Promotion of employees' environmental certification
Kobe Steel is increasing its
number of qualified pollution control managers and energy managers.
Number of environment-related qualified personnel
(parent company only)
Qualification
Number of qualified
personnel
Pollution
control manager (Air)
96
Pollution
control manager (Water)
107
Pollution
control manager (Noise)
123
Pollution
control manager (Vibration)
81
Pollution
control manager (Dust)
12
Pollution
control manager (Dioxins)
31
Senior
pollution control manager
8
Energy
manager
84
Heat
management manager
70
Electricity
management manager
33
Certified
environmental measurer
9
Total
654
Environmental education
It is the first prerequisite
for sustainable business activities that employees, who are the driving
force for corporate activity, have a caring outlook toward the environment.
Kobe Steel implemented an educational program from fiscal 1998 to
raise the environmental awareness of all employees. Since then it
has adopted new educational materials, and has been upgrading and
expanding the contents. The company is promoting environmental education
in such ways as helping employees prepare for certification tests
for pollution control and improving the contents of environmental
conservation in compliance education.
Environmental education for new employees
Eco-leaders' meeting
Household eco-bookkeeping
Since October 1998,
Kobe Steel distributes 50,000 copies of the environmental account
books, called the Kobelco Ecolife Notebook, to its employees every
six months. Much like a household accounting book, this book is used
to keep a record of the amount of utilities used and refuse thrown
away every month so that families are able to save energy, improve
recycling and increase their awareness of the environment, thus contributing
to the prevention of global warming and increasing resource recycling
on the personal level. The results are fed back and the ideas received
are widely introduced.
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