In order to protect the environment, it is crucial that all employees deepen their understanding of environmental issues and engage in environmental conservation activities with that awareness. NGK’s Core Policy on the Environment includes in its Action Guidelines training and publicity activities for raising the environmental awareness of employees, and we are involved in a variety of environmental education and awareness-raising activities on an ongoing basis.
Business sites train employees on environmental management systems to facilitate their understanding and raise their awareness of the goals and details of site-specific environmental policies. Environmental Cards listing environmental targets for each operating division are distributed to employees. Employees also write their own personal environmental declaration on the card, which serves to further raise awareness.
Environmental Education Performance
| Month | Content | Eligible trainees | Number of trainees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-9 | Special environmental training on exhaust and wastewater processing facilities | Exhaust and wastewater processing facilities personnel | 14 |
| 10 | Internal auditor training | Individuals within each department planning to serve as environmental management personnel | 37 |
| 2 | Environmental legal compliance training on regulations related to chemical substances | Environmental management personnel within each department Chemical substance management personnel | 85 |
| 3 | Special environmental training on MFCA analysis | Recycling Promotion Commission personnel within each department | 45 |
Special training regarding environmental laws and regulations
In order to continually improve our environmental conservation activities in line with our Core Policy on the Environment, we worked to train employees to become legally certified in ways that are needed by each business site. Certifications include those for pollution control managers, energy managers, and certified environmental measurers.
Number of Certified Persons
As of March 31, 2009
| Name of Qualification | No. of Certified Persons | |
|---|---|---|
| Senior pollution control managers | 3 | |
| Pollution control managers | Water quality 1st class | 45 |
| Water quality 2nd class | 11 | |
| Water quality 4th class | 12 | |
| Atmosphere 1st class | 39 | |
| Atmosphere 3rd class | 2 | |
| Dust | 3 | |
| Noise | 25 | |
| Vibration | 10 | |
| Dioxins | 5 | |
| Qualified person for energy management | 19 | |
| Qualified person for environmental measurers | 2 | |
| Qualified person for heat managers | 6 | |
| Persons responsible for management of special industrial waste | 6 | |
| Managers of final disposal sites for industrial waste | 3 | |
| Managers of intermediate treatment facilities for industrial waste | 4 | |
