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Environmental Policy and Our Initiatives to Address Important Issues

Basic Environmental Policy

We contribute toward reducing the burden on the natural environment, which is the foundation for social life and corporate activities.
As a solution leader in the medical industry, we will conduct business activities by efficiently using resources and caring about environment conservation looking into the future.

1.Improvement of awareness of environment conservation

By improving employees' awareness of environment conservation, we will try to reduce the amount of resources and energy consumed in daily operations.

2.Effective utilization of resources

We keep the amount of waste generated low and work on the reduction, reuse and recycling of resources to contribute to the formation of a recycling-oriented society.

3.Proper handling

When medical waste is generated during our business activities, we ensure proper handling of it.

4.Compliance

We comply with environmental laws and regulations, various guidelines, internal rules and environmental contracts concluded with customers, external organizations, etc.

5.Continuous improvement

When there are changes in the status of the Earth's environment and demands from society, etc., we will review the policy as required.

Our Initiatives Towards the Reduction of Power Consumption

We check the power consumption of each sales office in Japan, and are working to reduce it.
Since the major offices are leased, we do not set numerical targets for all sites. However, each office is aiming for a year-on-year decrease.

Power consumption

From April 2020 to
March 2021
From April 2021 to
March 2022
Year-to-year
comparison
Power consumption (kWh)
65,123
55,464
85.2%

Power consumption: Aggregate power consumption amount of the Head Office

Our Initiatives Towards the Reduction of Gasoline Consumption

By aggregating the gasoline consumption of all sales vehicles and conducting efficient sales and delivery activities, we have started an initiative to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Gasoline consumption and CO2 emissions

From April 2021 to
March 2022
Gasoline consumption (L)
295,913.53
CO2 emissions (t-CO2)
686.52
Gasoline consumption: Aggregate gasoline supply to sales vehicles

CO2 emissions: Calculated based on "Calculation Method and Emission Factor for the Calculation, Report and Announcement System" by the Ministry of the Environment

Our Initiatives Towards the Effective Utilization of Resources

1.Promotion of R-SUD (Reprocessed Single-Use Device) business

As an initiative aiming at the effective utilization of resources, we are promoting the R-SUD business to contribute to reducing medical waste and lowering medical costs.

2.Promotion of paperless operations

To reduce copy paper used for business operations, we have digitized internal application and expense settlement processes and introduced electronic signatures.

Copy paper usage

From April 2021 to
March 2022
Copy paper usage (kg)
7,665.51

Aggregate amount of copy paper purchased at all offices