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Environmental Data: Environmental Management

Number of Certified Environmental Auditors (CEAR Registration)

Registered CEARs (Note 1) that can perform ISO assessments are trained to facilitate improvements in the quality of environmental management assessment.

As of March 2012

  FY2010 FY2011 FY2012
Lead Auditors (Note 2) 20 21 21
Auditors (Note 2) 40 38 38
Provisional Auditors (Note 2) 49 46 40
Total 109 105 99

(Note 1) CEAR: The Center of the Environmental Auditors Registration
(Note 2) No. of potential participants in NEC Group assessment

Handling of Accidents and Complaints

Since FY 1999, we have announced whether any fines or penalties concerning environmental matters have been levied on NEC.
No such fines or penalties were levied in FY 2012. This is not to say the year was entirely accident free. We had two accidents that would affect the areas beyond our site perimeters, and had 8 accidents that were contained within our site and 2 complaints. We initiated clean-up operations immediately after the accidents and devised measures to prevent future occurrences. These measures were implemented at all sites.

Accidents

Accidents with Impact Outside the Company  
  FY2011 FY2012
Accident Details None  
  1. An organic solvent from recovery equipment flowed into rainwater gutters outside company premises.
  2. Drain water exceeding the tolerable level of soluble iron flowed out due to a problem with a pretreatment facility.
Action Taken
  1. Establishment of dual safety system that prevents leakage even if the error occurs
  2. Review of daily checkup, such as pipes
  3. Enhancement of the education about measures against leakage
  4. Familiarizing employees with the required procedures
Accidents with No Impact Outside the Company  
  FY2011 FY2012
Accident Details
  1. Leak of chemical (3 accidents)
  2. Leak of gas (1 accident)
  3. Scattering of coarse particulate matter (1 accident)
  4. Fires (2 accidents)
  5. Drainage leaks (2 accident)
  1. 1. Leak of chemical (organic solvent) (5 accidents)
  2. 2. The voluntary control value for drain water was exceeded. (3 accidents)
Action Taken
  1. Establishment of dual safety system that prevents leakage even if the error occurs
  2. Review of daily checkup, such as pipes
  3. Enhancement of the education about measures against leakage
  4. Familiarizing employees with the required procedures
  1. Establishment of dual safety system that prevents leakage even if the error occurs
  2. Review of daily checkup, such as pipes
  3. Enhancement of the education about measures against leakage
  4. Familiarizing employees with the required procedures

Complaints

Complaints  
  FY2011 FY2012
Complaints None  Noise (2 incident)
Action Taken
  1. Investigation of the causes, emergency measures
  2. Offering an apology, explanation on situation, information disclosure

Emergency Response Training

  Number of Times Performed Number of Trainees Hours Spent in Training
FY2012 59 482 57
FY2011 63 556 67
FY2010 141 3,721 3,312