Environment
About
Environmental Management at Konica Minolta
Environmental Management
Environmental Policy
Implementing an integrated environmental management system that ensures that corporate activities are good for both people and the environment
The Konica Minolta Group conducts all of its corporate activities in harmony with people and the environment by integrating environmental, economic and social perspectives into the Group's corporate strategy, as the Environmental Policy of the Konica Minolta Group. The Group's basic approach is to work steadily to solve environmental issues, based on securing reliable data and quantitative measurement of performance and impacts. Based on this policy and approach, the Group works to reduce the environmental impact of its products and services over their entire life cycle. The Group places particular emphasis on preventing global warming, supporting a recycling-oriented society, and reducing the risk of chemical substances.
Organization
All aspects of environmental management overseen by the Executive Officer in charge of CSR
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. has appointed an executive officer in charge of CSR with the authority and responsibility for Group-wide environmental issues. Directors in charge of environment have also been appointed at each business company and common function company, with the authority and responsibility for environmental issues at their individual operations.
As a body for the control and promotion of Group-wide environmental management, Konica Minolta has set up the Environmental Management Committee, which is chaired by the executive officer in charge of CSR and composed of the presidents or the directors in charge of the environment from individual companies. The Committee shares knowledge regarding environmental issues and efforts at each individual company, as well as the Group's environmental policies and medium-term environmental plans. The presidents or the directors in charge of the environment take the decisions back to their respective companies and use them to implement specific initiatives.
The Group Internal Environmental Auditing Committee is chaired by the head of the Corporate Audit Division at Konica Minolta Holdings, and directs the internal environmental auditing for the entire group.
Management System
Operating environmental management system based on ISO 14001
To ensure efficient implementation of environmental management throughout the Group as a whole, Konica Minolta operates its management system based on ISO 14001, and adopts as its basic policy that all Group production sites around the world obtain ISO 14001 certification.
To address a range of environmental issues, it is necessary to implement measures that take into account each stage in the product life cycle. To accomplish this, Konica Minolta believes that it must operate not only its manufacturing sites, but also its product development, sales and administration divisions, under an integrated management system with efficient cooperation between divisions. Based on this concept Group companies in Japan have acquired multi-site ISO 14001 certification so that the entire Group can be managed under a single ISO certification.
In conducting activities, the Group sets numerical targets and periodically evaluates attainment. The evaluation results are reported back to each site to enable continuous improvement. In addition, internal environmental audits are carried out at least once a year to confirm proper functioning of the management system and to assess compliance. In this way, the Group ensures that all its organizations are fully compliant.
