Basic Approach for Future
Our daily lives and corporate activities are dependent on the blessings of nature, including food, energy, raw materials for products, and water. At present, however, the destruction of ecosystems in various parts of our planet is rapidly depleting the habitats of various living creatures, which is having a significant impact on our business activities and everyday lives. Our group is helping to conserve ecosystems by minimizing the impact of its business activities on them, and is promoting greening and forest conservation activities with the aim of living in harmony with nature.
Direction of Initiatives
Relation to business activities
Raw material procurement
We work with suppliers to promote the procurement of raw materials and the use of recycled materials in consideration of biodiversity conservation.
Land use
We engage in greening at our plants, giving due consideration to harmony with the surrounding ecosystems.
Production activities
We strive to prevent pollution from the discharge of chemicals and water.
We promote the effective use of resources and the reduction of emissions of environmentally hazardous substances.
We promote the effective use of resources and the reduction of emissions of environmentally hazardous substances.
Product development
We develop and design environment-conscious products that reduce negative impacts on the natural environment while using resources effectively.
Relations with society
Together with local residents and municipalities, we continuously engage in afforestation and forest conservation in the Pacific Satoyama Forest.
By working with residents, industry, government, and academia to provide a forum for learning about the environment, we nurture the next generation of human resources for the region.
All employees participate in social contribution activities in the areas surrounding our plants.
By working with residents, industry, government, and academia to provide a forum for learning about the environment, we nurture the next generation of human resources for the region.
All employees participate in social contribution activities in the areas surrounding our plants.
Education and awareness activities
Through environmental education and internal awareness-raising activities, we increase the understanding and awareness of the importance of biodiversity conservation among all employees.
Dependencies and Impacts
As momentum for engagement and disclosure in relations between business and natural capital has grown, we have conducted a simplified assessment of the dependence and impact on nature of our own group and our value chain. In our analysis, we used ENCORE, which enables the primary assessment of dependence and impact on nature on a global basis, to evaluate manufacture of rubber products, manufacture of plastics products, and manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles. The results showed a very high risk of leakage of hazardous contaminants into water and soil in manufacture of plastics product.
Dependencies
Impacts
Therefore, we screened all of our group's production sites for those with facilities that have relatively high risk of water pollution, and with important biodiversity-related areas located within approximately 10 km downstream. We found two sites, Nishi-Ogaki Plant and Higashi-Ogaki Plant, that fell into this category. Since both plants have purification facilities (Nishi-Ogaki Plant is currently being upgraded due to aging facilities) and water quality is regularly assessed and reported to the regulatory authorities, we recognize, based on interviews with respective business units, that the risk is not significant at present.
Evaluation methods for natural capital and biodiversity are evolving year by year, and this analysis is only a simplified one. We will therefore continue to promote natural capital initiatives such as the reduction of environmental load, in light of international trends, development of methods, and sophistication of disclosure requirements.
Dependencies
| No. | Ecosystem services | Assessment Results | |||
| Manufacture of rubber products | Manufacture of plastics products | Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles | |||
| 1 | Provisioning services | Biomass provisioning | - | - | - |
| 2 | Genetic material | - | - | - | |
| 3 | Water supply | L | L | L | |
| 4 | Other provisioning services - Animal-based energy | - | - | - | |
| 5 | Regulating and maintenance services | Global climate regulation | VL | VL | VL |
| 6 | Rainfall pattern regulation | VL | VL | - | |
| 7 | Local (micro and meso) climate regulation | L | L | L | |
| 8 | Air Filtration | VL | VL | VL | |
| 9 | Soil quality regulation | - | - | - | |
| 10 | Soil and sediment retention | M | L | L | |
| 11 | Solid waste remediation | L | L | L | |
| 12 | Water purification | M | M | M | |
| 13 | Water flow regulation | M | M | M | |
| 14 | Flood control | M | M | M | |
| 15 | Storm mitigation | M | M | M | |
| 16 | Noise attenuation | VL | VL | VL | |
| 17 | Pollination | - | - | - | |
| 18 | Biological control | - | - | - | |
| 19 | Nursery population and habitat maintenance | - | - | - | |
| 20 | Other regulating and maintenance service - Dilution by atmosphere and ecosystems | L | L | - | |
| 21 | Other regulating and maintenance service - Mediation of sensory impacts (other than noise) | VL | VL | - | |
| 22 | Cultural services | Recreation related services | - | - | - |
| 23 | Visual amenity services | - | - | - | |
| 24 | Education, scientific and research services | - | - | - | |
| 25 | Spiritual, artistic and symbolic services | - | - | - | |
Impacts
| No. | Driver of nature change by TNFD |
Pressure | Assessment Results | ||
| Manufacture of rubber products | Manufacture of plastics products | Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles | |||
| 1 | Resource use/ replenishment |
Volume of water use | L | L | L |
| 2 | Other biotic resource extraction (e.g. fish, timber) | - | - | - | |
| 3 | Other abiotic resource extraction | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Land/freshwater/ ocean-use change |
Area of land use | L | L | L |
| 5 | Area of freshwater use | - | - | - | |
| 6 | Area of seabed use | - | - | - | |
| 7 | Climate change | Emissions of GHG | M | M | VL |
| 8 | Emissions of non-GHG air pollutants | M | M | L | |
| 9 | Generation and release of solid waste | Emissions of toxic soil and water pollutants | M | VH | M |
| 10 | Emissions of nutrient soil and water pollutants | - | - | - | |
| 11 | Generation and release of solid waste | M | M | L | |
| 12 | Disturbances (e.g noise, light) | M | M | M | |
| 13 | Invasive alien species introduction/removal | Introduction of invasive species | - | - | - |
VH: Very High, H: High, M: Medium, L: Low, VL: Very Low
Therefore, we screened all of our group's production sites for those with facilities that have relatively high risk of water pollution, and with important biodiversity-related areas located within approximately 10 km downstream. We found two sites, Nishi-Ogaki Plant and Higashi-Ogaki Plant, that fell into this category. Since both plants have purification facilities (Nishi-Ogaki Plant is currently being upgraded due to aging facilities) and water quality is regularly assessed and reported to the regulatory authorities, we recognize, based on interviews with respective business units, that the risk is not significant at present.
Evaluation methods for natural capital and biodiversity are evolving year by year, and this analysis is only a simplified one. We will therefore continue to promote natural capital initiatives such as the reduction of environmental load, in light of international trends, development of methods, and sophistication of disclosure requirements.
Risks
To be identified considering upcoming TNFD disclosure request
Opportunities
To be identified considering upcoming TNFD disclosure request
Indicators
Conducting conservation activities in the Pacific Satoyama Forest
Conducting social contribution activities in the areas surrounding our plants with participation of all employees
Conducting social contribution activities in the areas surrounding our plants with participation of all employees
Example Initiatives
Biodiversity Activities in the Pacific Satoyama Forest
Since 2009, we have been promoting satoyama creation activities in the Pacific Satoyama Forest in Ogaki City, Gifu prefecture. We have invited an arborist as a lecturer to learn how to decipher various information that trees have based on their shapes and surrounding environment in the satoyama forest, and will continue our forest conservation activities by improving employees' knowledge of biodiversity.
Activities to interact with trees and become familiar with forests and trees
We are involved in the "Gifu Mokuiku" program in cooperation with Gifu Prefecture, aiming to nurture human resources capable of becoming attached to forests and acting responsibly in forest conservation activities. The program starts with the experience of using trees from the mountains around Gifu to feel the smell and touch of wood, and to make wooden accessories that express their feelings and experience the blessings of the forest.
Mangrove planting activities in Thailand
We are continuously planting mangrove at Thailand.
In March 2024, 89 PIT employees and family members planted 800 mangrove trees in a forest near the company. They also built crab houses to promote biodiversity.
