Company environmental performance and targets

Achieving 13 out of 16 targets

The NTN Group has set targets based on the eight policies in the NTN Environment Policy and worked on them during this fiscal year. We achieved 13 out of 16 targets as a result of our efforts.

Environment Policy	Environmental Targets				Results			Self-evaluation
Technologies to help prevent global warming	Developing and releasing new technologies and products that help save and create energy				N3 N-CUBE NTN micro hydro turbine
Compliance with laws and regulations	Ongoing rigorous management of hazardous materials				Thorough inventory control and monthly self-audits
Reducing environmental impact from business activities	Reducing CO2 emissions	Reducing CO2 emissions	Japan	285,000 tons/year max. *	270,000 tons/year
			Overseas	378,000 tons/year max.	335,000 tons/year
		Reducing CO2 emissions intensity	Japan	25.8% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 1998 *	23.1% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 1998
			Overseas	5.5% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2007	14.2% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2007
Sustainable resource use	Reducing water consumption	Reducing water consumption intensity	Japan	17.3% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011	24.0% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
			Overseas	16.7% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2015	20.1% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2015
	Reducing waste, maintaining high recycling rates	Raising recycling rates	Japan	98.1% or more	97.6%
			Overseas	97% or more	96.4%
		Reducing waste intensity	Japan	3.8% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011	4.9% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
	Reducing paper and Styrofoam	Reducing paper purchase intensity	Japan	4.9% increase compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011	4.7% increase compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
		Reducing Styrofoam	Japan	Maintaining 99% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2000	99% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2000
Rigorously management of environmentally hazardous substances	Managing and reducing PRTR substance		Japan	1% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2019	1.8% reduction compared to fiscal year ended March 31, 2019
Protecting biodiversity	Promoting activities to protect biodiversity, such as "Corporate Forests"		Japan	17 or more participating business sites	20 participating business sites
			Overseas	11 or more participating business sites	12 participating business sites
Continually improving environmental management system	Acquiring revised ISO 14001 (ISO 14001:2015) certification				Certification of 6 business sites renewal completed in fiscal year ended March 31, 2020

＊ Calculated using a fixed CO₂ emissions factor of 0.381 kg-CO₂/kWh for electricity.

＊ Calculated using a fixed CO₂ emissions factor of 0.381 kg-CO2/kWh for electricity.