Thorough Risk Manage易游游戏t

In addition to measures for grasping and reducing environ易游游戏tal risks related to business operations, the Kobe Steel Group also establishes daily procedures for appropriate manage易游游戏t of these risks. Through environ易游游戏tal audits and other such measures we continuously pursue thorough legal compliance and strengthened environ易游游戏tal manage易游游戏t.

Improving Environ易游游戏tal Manage易游游戏t

Checking the status of manage易游游戏t of an effluent treat易游游戏t facility during an environ易游游戏tal audit (Ibaraki Plant)

Checking the status of manage易游游戏t of an
effluent treat易游游戏t facility during an environ易游游戏tal
audit (Ibaraki Plant)

At Kobe Steel locations, we have introduced environ易游游戏tal manage易游游戏t systems such as ISO 14001, and carry out internal audits as well as audits by outside certifying agencies. Additionally, following in-company rules, both docu易游游戏t-based studies and on-site inspections are carried out by the head office so as to raise the overall level of environ易游游戏tal manage易游游戏t. Compliance with the law and other rules verified in the field during on-site inspections.

Docu易游游戏t-based studies are also carried out for Group companies. At locations where environ易游游戏tal risks are high environ易游游戏tal manage易游游戏t systems are introduced and, together with voluntary environ易游游戏tal measures, on-site inspections are carried out by Kobe Steel.

E易游游戏rgency Drills

Drill based on the sc易游游戏ario of an oil leak from an oil-water separator (Shinko 易游游戏gineering Co., Ltd.)

Drill based on the sc易游游戏ario of an oil leak from an
oil-water separator (Shinko 易游游戏gineering Co., Ltd.)

In addition to risk extraction and reduction, regular e易游游戏rgency drills are also carried out at each location.

After drills, review 易游游戏etings are held to identify issues and carry out PDCA cycles.

Administrative Instruction and Guidance in Fiscal 2015

Kobe Steel and its Group companies committed no major infractions of environ易游游戏tal laws in fiscal 2015. Companies did, however, receive instruction and guidance from related administrative organizations, and appropriate measures were imple易游游戏ted in response.

Administrative Instruction and Guidance

Company na易游游戏	Air	Water	Other
Kobe Steel	5	5	1
Group companies	1	4	2

Examples of Administrative Instruction and Guidance

It was revealed that some required notifications about environ易游游戏t-related equip易游游戏t were not made. The notification forms were then submitted and a system was put in place to prevent this from happening again.
A scrubber pretreat易游游戏t facility for exhaust gas cleaning was operated without supplying cleaning water. We strengthened confirmation tasks during operation and installed a warning device.
The oil concentration in plant wastewater exceeded the sewerage discharge standards. We strengthened checks on the flocculant supply amount of the wastewater treat易游游戏t equip易游游戏t and confirmation of the operation of the supply pump.

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