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Disclosure of Environmental Information
We actively publish environmental information via channels such as our Sustainability Report, so as to keep all of our stakeholders accurately informed about the Kobe Steel Group's environmental management activities. We also make every effort to improve environmental communication at our plants and works through initiatives such as regular meetings with local residents.
Sustainability Report
Ever since publishing our first environmental report in 1999, we have published a report outlining Kobe Steel's environmental projects and initiatives every year. Since 2006, social issues have been included, and this expanded version was renamed the Sustainability Report.
We will continue to provide a wide range of information on the results of the Kobe Steel Group's environmental management activities in the future. Previous years' reports can be viewed via following page of our website.
Participating in Exhibitions
We showcase the Kobe Steel Group's environmentally friendly products, technologies and services at a range of environmental exhibitions. We took part in a number of exhibitions in fiscal 2011, including The International Industrial Fair 2011 Kobe, Messe Nagoya 2011, and ECO-Manufacture 2011.
At Messe Nagoya 2011, we exhibited a range of Kobe Steel Group products and technologies based around the theme "KOBELCO's energy-saving, sound-proofing and antibacterial technologies."
Products featured at The International Industrial Fair 2011 Kobe included screw compressors, which make a real different in terms of saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions; our high efficiency compact binary generation system, flared seawalls with specially designed curved surfaces to deflect tidal waves; and our mobile power-supply vehicles, which played a supporting role in the recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Eco Business Guide
We have produced a Kobe Steel Eco Business Guide, outlining over 150 Kobe Steel Group technologies and products that contribute to the environment across a range of different fields.
The Eco Business Guide can be viewed at the link below.
(This guide is published only in Japanese.)
Environmental Information Disclosed on Public Monitors
We publish environmental information from our Kakogawa Works and Kobe Works, including air emissions from the works, on a real time basis via monitors installed in different locations.
| Location of public environmental information monitors for the Kakogawa Works | Kakogawa City Office, Harima Town Office, community centers of local neighborhood association in Befu and Onoe |
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| Location of public environmental information monitors for the Kobe Works | Nadahama Science Square, Nadahama Garden Baden |
Communication with the Local Community
In an effort to provide people with a better understanding of our environmental conservation activities, we organized events such as onsite presentations for members of the local community at our Kakogawa Works and Kobe Works. A presentation at the Kakogawa Works on May 29, 2011 was attended by 22 people, who were provided with an overview of progress with onsite measures. Participants were given the chance to see our facilities for themselves.
We have also set up a toll-free telephone service at the Kakogawa Works and Kobe Works to handle environment-related inquiries. We will continue to listen carefully to individual opinions in the future.
