Waste Reduction

The JVCKENWOOD Group is actively engaged in waste reduction, diligently disassembling and sorting waste generated in the production processes and reusing it within the company or turning it into valuables. As a result, the Group’s business in Japan has achieved a recycling rate of 99.7%, and the waste generation inside and outside Japan also declined. Going forward, we will continue to further reduce waste generation and promote recycling to achieve zero emissions not only in Japan but also around the world.

Recycling rates (FY2012–FY2019)

Emissions per unit of sales (FY2012–FY2019)

The Hakusan Business Center works to reduce and recycle waste in accordance with instructions from the local government. All recyclable waste is recycled by an outsourced waste management provider. Solid waste generated from the business center is collected in recycling bins which are separated into 16 categories and then further sorted into 35 sub-categories in accordance with the waste sorting rules of the business center before it is delivered to the outsourced waste management provider. In FY2019, approximately 94% of the waste collected from the business center was recycled.

JVCKENWOOD Creative Media Corporation uses a waste plastic compressor to reduce the volume of waste and the frequency of waste collection.

This has reduced not only exhaust gas emissions and fuel consumption of waste collection trucks but also waste management costs.

Head Office and Yokohama Business Center have received a Kiraboshi 3Rs in Food Waste Award from the City of Yokohama. Recognizing businesses that have made notable achievements in food waste reduction and recycling, etc., this is a very prestigious award that is given to only three businesses in Yokohama City each year.

Our Head Office and Yokohama Business Center generate more than 1 ton of coffee grounds and more than 10 tons of food residue from the cafeteria every year as waste. We were recognized for our efforts to compost all coffee grounds, use 93.5% of food residue as pig feed,

cut down excess volume to reduce food loss from the cafeteria, reduce residue, and more.

As part of the efforts to promote environmentally friendly corporate management, the JVCKENWOOD Group has installed large monitors and projectors in meeting rooms to improve the quality of meetings and reduce paper usage for meetings to protect resources and reduce waste.

Moreover, our management teams take the initiative to promote paperless meetings by introducing tablets and IT devices at Board of Directors meetings, thereby reducing paper-based meeting materials. Going forward, we will continue working to reform the meeting process to enhance productivity and reduce environmental loads.