Environmental Management

The NTN Group has acquired third-party certification globally for ISO 14001, an environmental management system. Our environmental management organization is structured to promote the compliance with environmental laws and regulations of each country and continually improve environmental performance.
For business sites in Japan, multi-site certification is acquired, and all business sites work together to achieve environmental targets under the top management led by directors in charge. We also organize sectional subgroups to address individual environmental issues. For example, the Energy-saving/Resource-saving Sectional Meeting studies and promotes energy-saving measures reducing CO₂ emissions as well as measures to introduce renewable energy. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company-wide Environmental Management Committee met four times and the Energy-saving/Resource-saving Sectional Meeting met once.
To maintain or improve the management system, a “on-site audit (annual)” by on-site auditors and a mutual “cross audit (every three years)” by business units are conducted.

The NTN Group conducts rank-based and function-based environmental education of various kinds. For example, our rank-based education programs include basic education at new employee induction training; practical education after workplace assignment; and education for newly appointed managers upon promotion in order to work on environmental issues at each workplace from the perspective of risk-benefit management. Our function-based education programs include education for sales divisions and distributors serving as a contact point for customers on the survey regarding environmentally hazardous substances that may be contained in our products. This program allows participants to learn about how to respond to customers as well as about relevant laws and regulations. Another such program is a training session to develop internal auditors for the environmental management system. Moreover, during the Environment Month every year in June, we rigorously train all employees on important environmental measures of the year, and provide education for raising their environmental awareness.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, we held a training session to develop internal auditors twice, inviting a chief lecturer from L. Marvin Johnson & Associates, Inc. Japan, a training institution for ISO auditors. We also organized environmental education for distributors at West Japan Sales Office and East Japan Sales Office (Tokyo Branch and Tohoku Branch) of NTN Sales Japan Corporation, and provided contamination prevention training for phthalate esters as part of the Environment Month activities.

In order to raise environmental awareness, the NTN Group in Japan has updated and distributed an “Environmental Policy Card” for all employees (including those stationed at business sites such as temporary staff, subcontractors, and permanently assigned contractors). Moreover, every year in June, Environment Month, we identify priority initiatives for each business site. For example, through our Environmental News publication, we are particularly thorough about making all concerned well aware of procedures such as the emergency response required during an oil or chemical leak.