2011 Suzuki CSR Report - global suzuki

Introduction
Special Topics
Corporate
Philosophy and CSR
Environmental
Responsibility
Social
Responsibility
Data
02 Efforts for Production
SUZUKI CSR REPORT 2011
02 Efforts for Production
■Control of SOx and NOx Exhaust Amount (at our six domestic plants)
We reduce SOx (sulfur oxides) and NOx (nitrogen oxides)
exhaust amounts by applying higher voluntary standards
to those oxides exhausted from boilers, etc. in order to
prevent air pollution.
(Unit:t)
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
(Unit:t)
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
51
45 46
36
19
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
88
67
SOx exhaust amount
NOx exhaust amount
73
78
2005 2006 2007 2008
46
23
2010 Fiscal year
41
2009 2010 Fiscal
year
■Reduction of Odor and Noise
Although we strictly follow the relevant regulations or
laws, the odor and noise released from our plants may
make local residents uncomfortable. Compliance with
the laws and regulations is the minimum required CSR
(corporate social responsibility). Aiming to be fully trusted
by the local community, we will continuously promote
necessary measures for prevention of noise and odor and
elimination of the potential sources of them.
■Promoting Green Procurement
We have established “Suzuki Green Procurement
Guideline” as our policy to purchase eco-friendly parts and
materials from suppliers that are aggressively conducting
environmental conservation activities.
We ask suppliers that agree to this Guideline to submit
“Suzuki Green Procurement Promotion Agreement,”
and give priority, in transaction, to those suppliers
that aggressively work for environmental conservation
activities to promote the green procurement.
We partially revised this Guideline in May 2011. The
expression "parts, raw materials, etc." was changed to
"parts, post-attachment components, raw materials, and
submaterials" to clarify applicable items. Furthermore,
"packing materials, machinery, equipment" is added to
expand the scope of application. Based on this revision of
the Guideline, we will implement the green procurement
activities that consider environment and people for not
only Suzuki's products but also packing when purchasing
parts etc. or machinery and equipment for production and
development. In addition, we have added substances
not prohibited by or listed in the GADSL* of prohibited
materials described in "Act on the Evaluation of Chemical
Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc."
and "Labor Safety and Sanitation Law" into the "Suzuki
Controlled Chemical Substance List" so that overseas
suppliers can understand prohibited substances regulated
by laws in Japan.
Moreover, we are also going hand in hand with suppliers
to conform to conventional regulations such as "European
ELV Directive" and "European Regulation concerning the
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction
of Chemicals (REACH)" and other various environmentrelated
laws and regulations to be established in future.
Suzuki will make further efforts for global environmental
protection with suppliers by continuously promoting the
green procurement.
*
GADSL : Global Automobile Declarable Substance List
■Purchasing New Substances
When the purchase of materials such as paints,
oil, detergents, etc. is necessary, our environmental
management section discusses the substance’s toxicity,
how much of it will be used, how it will be used, how it
will be stored, etc., then decides whether the substance
should be purchased or not. Data gained from these
investigations is used and managed as PRTR data, which is
then utilized when working to reduce the volume of these
materials. Also, the most up-to-date data and information
is used to manage MSDS* for raw materials.
*
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet): This sheet lists materials, hazards,
and handling cautions, etc. Water-Soluble Paints
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