Environmental Organization of the Mabuchi Group
In the Mabuchi Group, Executive Managing Director is appointed as the Environmental Management Representative and manages the environmental management system of the entire Group. An Environmental Management Committee is established at our Head Office.
This Environmental Management Committee, with the Environmental Management Representative as the chairperson, consists of the Head Office Environmental Manager and all the department managers. The committee discusses and determines the Mabuchi Group's environmental policy, targets, and environmental measures, etc. In addition, the Environmental Management Committee has a Chemicals Task Force and Energy Saving Task Force to plan and propose specialized measures in each of these areas.
(*1) Environmental Management Committee
The Committee consists of environmental management committee members and discusses environmental issues concerning the entire Mabuchi Group, including Head Office and related companies.
(*2) Environmental Managers Conference
The 9th Overseas Environmental Managers Conference (Dalian, China)
The members consist of environmental managers of Head Office and related companies. The Conference promotes the sharing of information on environmental issues and serves to increase the synergistic effects of environmental management across the Group.
The Environmental Managers have met for this conference in the following places:
- 1st Conference (September 2000) Vietnam Mabuchi
- 2nd Conference (September 2001) Jiangsu Mabuchi
- 3rd Conference (September 2002) Dalian Mabuchi
- 4th Conference (October 2003) Hong Kong Mabuchi
- 5th Conference (October 2004) Hong Kong Mabuchi
- 6th Conference (October 2005) Vietnam Mabuchi
- 7th Conference (October 2006) Headquarters
- 8th Conference (September 2007) Hong Kong Mabuchi
- 9th Conference (September 2008) Dalian Mabuchi
(*3) Chemicals Task Force/Energy Saving Task Force
Environmental Expert Task Forces are established as advisory bodies to the Environmental Management Committee.
The Task Forces conduct information gathering activities, research and study concerning specific environmental issues having an impact on Head Office and the entire Mabuchi Group and develop related draft policies and draft implementation plans, which are then brought before the Environmental Management Committee for consideration.
Ensuring the Reliability of Environmental Responses
Quality Managers and Environmental Managers Conference of the Mabuchi Group held in 2007 (Guangdong, China)
These years, compliance with environmental regulations such as ELV and RoHS Directives is drawing more attention than ever. As a manufacturer, we are required to not only reduce waste and CO2 emissions as before but also tackle a new challenge, namely, preventing the discharge of environmental burden causing substances from products.
Reflecting this, we came to consider that environmental flaws are also quality problems, and changed our environmental management organization as follows.
- As the Office of the Environmental Management Committee, the Product Environmental Quality Assurance Group was established in the Quality Assurance Department to manage the operation of the entire Group's environmental management system. The environmental management organization of each overseas related company was also transferred to its Quality Assurance Department.
- The Environmental Managers Conference, attended by environmental managers of the Head Office and overseas related companies, was held concurrently with the Quality Assurance Managers Conference beginning in 2007. It promoted the sharing of information and served to increase cooperation for environmental management.
At the conference, the managers reconfirmed that society is increasingly demanding the evaluation of products by adding the Environment (E) to conventional evaluation factors, Quality (Q), Cost (C), and Delivery (D). They also deepened the understanding that environmental responses are a prime theme every company should address for corporate survival.
Based on this recognition, a working-level discussion was held on the environmental responses of the entire Mabuchi Group to achieve the goal of having zero environmental accidents regarding our products.
We will ensure the reliability of our environmental responses through these activities.
