Behind the Veneer - Tasmanian Greens MPs

TA ANN: BEHIND THE VENEER
Appendix IV: Eidai Co. Ltd.
Eidai Co. Ltd. based in Osaka, Japan, is mainly
engaged in the manufacturing and sale of wooden
building materials and facility equipment for
housing. It has nine subsidiaries and two associated
companies. 142 Ta Ann’s Tasmanian plywood product
is marketed by Eidai as ‘Eco Message’ flooring. See
the promotional material translations that follow.
In October 2010 NHK ( Japan Broadcasting
Corporation) broadcasted a new program titled
‘Biodiversity Changes Businesses’ dealing with
environmentally-friendly companies. In the last
part of the program people from Eidai promote
their flooring products as ‘sustainable’. According to
the program Eidai, a manufacturer with imported
tropical timbers, has sought alternative timbers in
terms of cost and quality performance. And finally
they have found a good supplier in Tasmania. 143
Eidai Co. Ltd. declared that all
products on their catalogues would be all
ecologically based during 2011. 144
Translation of
key parts of Eidai
Environment &
Social Report
2010 145
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We establish
four business
activities in our
environmental
policy.
Since 1990s
Eidai has started a
full-scale process
for environmental
conservation
activities on
division-by-division and business-by-business bases.
In June 2000, Eidai established “Eidai’s Attitude
towards Environment” from our judgment that
we need a company-wide commitment to the
environment with vision for new century in mind.
In June 2007, Eidai set our “Environment Policy”
to bring our attitude towards the environment in
shape. To further reinforce our commitment to the
environment and to fulfill our responsibility to society
Eidai partially amended “Environment Policy”.
Environment Policy Basic Principle
Eidai seeks a further contribution to society by
our environmental conservation activities through
symbiosis with the globe, the society and the humans.
Three Courses of Action
1. Business Activities
l GHG Mitigation: We seek to mitigate GHG
emissions by effective use of energy and water
resource.
l Promoting 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle): We
promote 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) and
make a contribution to developing a recyclable
society.
l Control and Management of Chemical Substances:
We establish control criterion to control use and
emission of environmentally hazardous substance.
l Environment Friendly Procurement of Timber: We
actively use certified timber, especially plantation
timber to increase the ratio of environmentfriendly
material.
2. Social Responsibility
l We comply with the laws, deepen our cooperation
with the community and seek a company with the
admiration of broad public.
3. Disclosure of Information
l We disclose information concerning our business
activities on an as needed basis.
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We aim to make the use ratio of environment
friendly flooring material 100 percents by 2011.
Our Progressive Approach for Environment
Friendly Base Material
We have used environment friendly base
material and completed conversion process
of interior door, finishing materials and
system kitchen to environment friendly.
We have sought to convert lauan plywood to
more sustainable material for conservation of tropical
forests and have become the first manufacturer to
realize productization of Tasmanian Eucalyptus
based flooring base certified by PEFC.
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