Environmental policy and management

Our Environmental Policy states: “We view conservation of the global environment as an important corporate responsibility and we commit to working proactively to protect the environment in all areas of development, manufacture, and sales of high-precision, high-performance plastic precision parts and products.” Six of our business sites (see table) which have an environmental management system carry out these activities based on an environment manual.
The Environmental Committee, which reports directly to the president, discusses environmental issues of the Enplas Group. Subcommittees at respective business sites advance projects connected to these issues. Matters that require decision-making on a Group level are submitted for approval to the Corporate Strategy Meeting.

Environmental Policy

Sites with an environmental management system

Environmental targets

We set annual environmental targets for each subcommittee of the Environmental Committee, conduct progress checks, and aggregate environmental impact data.

Environmental considerations in manufacturing Processes

Because we manufacture parts made of engineering plastics, energy use in injection molding and engineering plastic materials are important environmental aspects of our business. For this reason, we are focused on saving energy in manufacturing processes and in using engineering plastic resources efficiently.

■Input and output flows (Global total)

For data on the Enplas Group’s ESG performance (from fiscal 2019 onward), please see the ESG Data.

Energy

The conversion of production equipment from hydraulic to electric systems has resulted in reductions in energy use in manufacturing processes.
In terms of energy use, we keep track of electricity and gas use. We also keep track of liquefied petroleum and natural gas use to identify our direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1). For indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 2), we keep track of emissions from electricity use. To prevent the leakage of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), we conduct periodic inspections of HVAC equipment.
■Energy use inside organizational boundary (portion that is renewable energy)
(Global total)
FY2023: Electricity in Global 35,713 Mwh（portion that is renewable energy *Including Enplas group companies in Japan: 456 Mwh）
FY2023: Gas in Global 66,275.7 m3
FY2023: Gasoline in Global 66,540.8 L
■Energy use outside organizational boundary (portion that is renewable energy)
FY2023: Not accounted for
■Energy reduced through energy efficiency
FY2023: Not accounted for
■Total direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions (converted to CO2e)
FY 2023: (Scope 1) GHG emissions in Global 533.73t-CO2
■Total indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions (converted to CO2e)
FY2023: (Scope 2) GHG emissions in Global 18,036.72t-CO2
■Total other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions (converted to CO2e)
FY 2023: Not accounted for
■GHG intensity of the organization
FY 2023: Not accounted for
■GHG emissions reduced as direct result of emissions reduction efforts (converted to CO2e)
FY 2023: Not accounted for
■Production, import and export of ozone depleting substances (ODS) (converted to CFC-11 (trichlorofluoromethane))
FY 2023: Not accounted for
■Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx) and other significant atmospheric emissions
FY 2023: Not accounted for
■Other
FY 2023: Not accounted for