Basic approach to the environment

Basic approach

The NAGASE Group believes that a sustainable global environment is an essential prerequisite for realizing its Ideal State: “NAGASE — Contributing to the well-being of people and the planet by solving challenges faced by customers and society through materials.”

Today, environmental changes are compelling companies and individuals around the world to make significant decisions. The NAGASE Group contributes to the realization of a sustainable society by actively addressing environmental challenges such as the transition to a low-carbon society, the realization of a circular economy, pollution prevention, the conservation of natural capital and biodiversity, and the responsible use of water.

In conducting our business activities, we take into consideration the conservation of natural ecosystems and local environments, and promote resource conservation through energy and water saving, waste reduction, and recycling.

Based on the NAGASE Group’s approach to the environment, we have established our environmental slogan: “We are a Green Company and want to help make the world greener.” Under this slogan, we address environmental challenges from two perspectives: reducing the environmental impact of our own business activities as a Green Company, and contributing to the reduction of society’s overall environmental impact through the development and manufacture of Green Technologies and Products.

Nagase ChemteX's basic environmental philosophy

We recognize that protecting the global environment is the most important problem facing the planet, and as a good corporate citizen, we are working sincerely to protect and improve the global environment in all of the fields in which our company is active, with the aim of contributing to a society that is able to grow in a sustainable manner.

Environmental policies

Based on the NAGASE Group Environmental Policy and our own Basic approach to the environment, we have established our company’s Environmental Policies.
Furthermore, we continuously work toward reducing our impact on the environment by highlighting environmental concerns, conducting evaluations of environmental impact in all of our departments and divisions, and setting goals and targets for each of our offices and divisions.

• We strive to adhere to environment-related laws and regulations as well as protocols and other agreements. We also aim to prevent environmental pollution.
• We evaluate the impact of our business activities on the environment as well as set and strive to achieve environmental goals and targets, which are attainable economically and technologically to help reduce our impact on the environment.
• We have built an appropriate environmental management system and promotion framework inside our company that we continually improve on.
• We are working to promote awareness through sharing our basic philosophy and environment-related policies among our employees through environmental education. Furthermore, we also publish our basic philosophy and policies for the public.
• Our specific actions include the following.
  • Promoting energy saving activities and working to reduce CO₂ emissions
  • Promoting resource saving and recycling, and striving to reduce waste materials
  • Promoting green procurement and performing appropriate management of environmental toxins
  • Contributing to reducing the load on the environment from the research and development stage of products and technologies

In the future, we will strive to take our environmental management systems to the next level and publish additional information to contribute to protecting the global environment. We will work on activities that provide a great sense of security to our customers and citizens of the local community.
We are thankful for many years of sincere cooperation and are look forward to your continued support in the future.