Sumitex International Company Ltd. regards commitment to environmental preservation and compliance with laws and regulations as the social responsibility for all corporate activities.
Compliance Management
We regard compliance with various laws and regulations and rules within our company as the highest priority. To promote compliance within our company, we have established the Compliance Committee to provide compliance education to all of our employees. We also adopted the Speak-Up System, which allows an individual employee to report a potential compliance problem directly to the Compliance Committee without following the chain of command.
Environment Management System
Since 2006, we have been certified with "ISO 14001" as one of Sumitomo Corporation Group Companies with "multiple sites" by Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA). Our environmental management system encourages all of our employees to make an effort to reduce the load on the environment.
- Date of issuance : May 19, 2005
- Certificate number : JQA-EM0451
- Scope : Tokyo Head Office / Osaka Branch
- Certified by : Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)
Environment Policy
The Sumitomo Corporation Group recognizes that environmental issues are global in scale and that they are long-range concerns affecting future generations. The Sumitomo Corporation Group will strive to achieve "sustainable development" aimed at symbiosis between social and economic progress and environmental preservation though sound business activities. In conducting various business activities such as transactions, development and investment, the Sumitomo Corporation Group shall comply with the following guidelines to achieve the aims of its environment policy.
- Basic policy
The Sumitomo Corporation Group recognizes that the environmental issues are global in scale and that they are long-range concerns affecting future generations. The Sumitomo Corporation Group will strive to achieve "sustainable development" aimed at symbiosis between social and economic progress and environmental preservation though sound business activities. - Basic guidelines
In pursuing its diversified business activities both within Japan and overseas, the Sumitomo Corporation Group shall comply with the following guidelines, and, through cooperation between its member companies, work to achieve the aims of its basic environmental policy.
- Basic stance with regard to the environment
To attach great importance to protecting the global environment as a good corporate citizen in keeping with the Corporation's Activity Guidelines. - Compliance with environmental legislation
To strictly observe legislation related to environmental matters not only in Japan but also overseas and abide by any agreements undertaken by the Group's member companies. - Caring for the natural environment
To protect the natural environment and preserve biodiversity - Efficient use of resources and energy
To be aware of the finite availability of resources and energy and strive to use them both efficiently and effectively - Contributing to the building of a recycling-oriented society
To endeavor to help build a recycling-oriented society by reducing waste and reusing and re-cycling resources - Promotion of businesses that contribute to environmental preservation
To use the Group's all-round capabilities to promote business and projects, which contribute to environmental preservation and reduction of the impact of society on the natural environment - Establishment of environmental management
To use an environmental management system to prevent environmental pollution and set environmental objectives and targets which are regularly reviewed and continuously upgraded - Disclosure of the Environmental Policy
To communicate this Environmental Policy to all people who are working for or on behalf of the Sumitomo Corporation Group, as well as disclosing it externally
June 22, 2007
Susumu Kato
CEO & Director
Sumitomo Corporation
