IJK’s Declaration of Commitment to SDGs

Health and Safety

We will aim to realize a zero-disaster working environment and a healthy, positive work environment by establishing, maintaining and improving a safe and hygienic working environment.

• We opened a safety “dojo,” where training is held for employees on a regular basis with the aim of achieving zero occupational accidents resulting and not resulting in lost workdays.
• We hold meetings of the Health and Safety Committee and the Health and Safety Promotion Committee on a regular basis to identify and discuss issues between labor and management, based on which improvements are made.
• ISO45001 certification scheduled to be obtained (By the end of FY2022)
• We actively promote activities to quit smoking and to reduce the number of employees with clinical findings.

• Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Quality

We will strive to conduct our business based on a basic policy that gives top priority to quality in order to achieve the required quality levels from a ‘customer first’ perspective. We will take on the challenge of creating new value and develop appealing products while complying with the requirements of laws and regulations at the same time.

• We opened a quality “dojo,” where knowledge and measurement education are held on a regular basis with the aim of preventing occurrences and recurrences of quality issues with a goal of reducing the number of quality issues to zero.
• We conform with international quality standards (ISO9001, IATF16949).
• We promote activities to reduce scrapping.
• We have introduced clean rooms.
• We hold quality liaison meetings with suppliers to share issues and make improvements.

• Clean Room

Human Resources and Education

We established the Education Promotion Office to foster a corporate culture that can contribute to society. We provide high-quality education to all employees to offer them opportunities of lifelong learning.

• We established the Education Promotion Office, which provides human resources training and skill inheritance training on a regular basis.
• The Office provides compliance education to all employees on a regular basis.
• The Office provides compliance education required in each division on a regular basis.
• The Office participates in opinion exchanges with group companies to discuss and consider various work styles, including enhancing diversity at the workplace.

Environment

We will aim to become a sustainable company by contributing to society and pursuing employee happiness and customer satisfaction through the manufacturing of niche products with a focus on environmental efforts, in order to roll out our corporate philosophy of “Exploring niche products,” and through business activities that aim to achieve zero environmental load.

• Conformity with Environmental Management Systems (ISO14001).
• Activities to reduce environmental accidents.
  • 「We hold meetings of the Environmental Management Committee, the Product Chemical Substance Committee and the Waste Committee on a regular basis.
  • We provide environmental training on a regular basis to enhance employees’ environmental awareness.
• Clean plants
  • We make efforts to improve our production facilities and work environment, with a target mist density of 0.3 mg/m3 and noise level of 80 dB.
• Energy and resource saving activities
  • Various measures are implemented with the following targets: unit CO2 emission, PRTR substances: 1%/year year-on-year reduction; waste: 2%/year year-on-year reduction.
  • Meetings of the Energy Savings Committee are held on a regular basis.
  • Air conditioning equipment has been switched from GHP (gas) to EHP (electricity).
  • Fluorescent lights are being switched to LED at all plants.
  • Solar panels have been installed at the Mihara and Gojo Plants.
  • Plans to reduce PRTR substances have been formulated and implementation confirmed; introduction of a waste oil treatment device is being considered.

• Environmental Policies