Environment
Paying close attention to the environmental impact of business activities and working to reduce this impact will help build a sustainable society. Companies are now expected to take pro-active steps to address the global issues of global warming, natural resource depletion, and chemical contamination of soil, water and air.
In conducting business activities, developing products and providing services, the JVCKENWOOD Group monitors its impact on the environment across the entire value chain and continually strives to hold this environmental impact to a minimum. We have undertaken a wide range of measures to fulfill our responsibilities as a global company to reduce environmental burdens by sharing Basic Environmental Policies across the Group and establishing/administering an environmental management system based on international standards.
Policy for Environmental Vision
Having laid out its environmental policy and areas of focus, the JVCKENWOOD Group ensures that all companies operating under its umbrella formulate medium-term plans tailored to their respective business operations and make continuous improvements. The aim is to help conserve the global environment through group-wide efforts.
Basic Environmental Policies
We have established Basic Environmental Policies and shared them with all departments and employees to enable the JVCKENWOOD Group as a whole to implement eco-friendly corporate management.
Basic Environmental Policies (established February 17, 2011)
Eco Promotion Plan 2020
The JVCKENWOOD Group has specified three action items—(1) energy conservation, (2) 3R activities, and (3) appropriate management of chemical substances—under its Eco Promotion Plan 2020, which is based on its Policy for Environmental Vision and Basic Environmental Policies. We are working toward achieving the goals set out in the Eco Promotion Plan in FY2020, which marks the plan’s final year, through initiatives implemented at Group companies in Japan and some production sites outside Japan.
Environmental Management System
We have been seeking to acquire ISO14001 certification as part of constructing our environmental management system. We have obtained certification at all of our business centers and eleven affiliate companies in Japan, and at all of our production companies outside Japan.
List of ISO14001 certifications obtained
| Country | Company name and location | Certifying institution | Certification number |
Expiration date of current certification |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JVCKENWOOD Corporation - Network (Japan) | Head Office & Yokohama Business Center | Japan Audit and Certification Organization for Environment and Quality (JACO) | EC98J1095 | 2023/7/23 |
| Hachioji Business Center | |||||
| Hakusan Business Center | |||||
| Kurihama Business Center | |||||
| Yokosuka Business Center | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Yamagata | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Nagano | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Nagaoka | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Creative Media | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Video Tech | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Public & Industrial Systems | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Service (Japan) | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Design | |||||
| JVCKENWOOD Partners | |||||
| Malaysia | JVCKENWOOD Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | SGS United Kingdom Ltd. | MY08/01703 | 2023/4/29 | |
| Thailand | JVCKENWOOD Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Management System Certification Institute (Thailand) | EMS05020/197 | 2023/8/21 | |
| JVCKENWOOD Optical Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | SGS United Kingdom Ltd. | TH06/1539 | 2024/1/24 | ||
| Indonesia | PT. JVC Electronics Indonesia | SGS United Kingdom Ltd. | 11/01856 | 2023/8/24 | |
| People’s Republic of China | Shanghai Kenwood Electronics Co., Ltd. | 上海环科环境认证有限公司 Shanghai Huanke Environmental Certification Co., Ltd. |
098 18 E1 033 R5 M | 2022/11/13 | |
| Singapore | JVCKENWOOD Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd. | SGS United Kingdom Ltd. | SG99/16727 | 2024/2/18 | |
Certified as 3R activity excellence office* by the City of Yokohama for 9 consecutive years
JVCKENWOOD’s Head Office, Yokohama Business Center and Hakusan Business Center have been certified by the City of Yokohama’s 3R activity excellence office for 9 consecutive years. At the Head Office and Yokohama Business Center, we disassemble products into small pieces and sort them to recycle materials as valuable resources; to reduce the amount of transport by compressing soft plastic; and take other initiatives. Meanwhile, our Hakusan Business Center has in place 16 types of collection bins as part of the efforts to ensure separation/disposal of commercial waste.
For details, see the website of the City of Yokohama .
Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations
In FY2019, there were no violations of environmental laws and regulations in JVCKENWOOD Group operations in and out of Japan. We will continue to ensure legal compliance at our business locations and affiliates by operating the ISO 14001 environmental management system, etc.
*The City of Yokohama certifies companies or business sites for excellence in 3R activities by recognizing their contribution to ensuring separation/disposal of waste from business activities and their outstanding accomplishments in 3R activity (outbreak restraint, reuse, recycling) as well as honoring their day-to-day activities and encouraging them to be role models for other business sites.