Establishing Long-term Environmental Objectives Leading up to 2020
In April 2010, Sysmex established the Sysmex Group Environmental Action Plan (Sysmex Eco-Vision 2020), which sets forth its long-term environmental objectives toward the target year of 2020.
In an effort to realize those objectives, we will promote the development and spread of eco-friendly products and services and energy/resource conservation through increased efficiency in our business activities.
Long-term Environmental Objectives (toward fiscal 2020)
ISO 14001 Certifications Acquisition
ISO 14001 certified sites
| Company name |
Site |
Achieved in |
| Sysmex Corporation |
Kakogawa Factory
|
April 2000 |
| Technopark |
February 2002 |
| Head Office |
February 2002 |
| Solution Center |
November 2005 |
Sysmex International
Reagents Co., Ltd. |
Ono Factory |
March 2001 |
| Seishin Factory |
June 2007 |
| Sysmex Logistics Co., Ltd. |
― |
March 2001 |
| Sysmex Medica Co., Ltd. |
― |
March 2001 |
| Sysmex RA Co., Ltd. |
― |
June 2008 |
| Sysmex Europe GmbH |
Neumünster Factory
(Germany) |
November 1999 |
| SEG&SDG |
May 2011 |
Sysmex do Brasil
industria e Comércio Ltda. |
Brazil Factory (Brazil) |
May 2006 |
| Sysmex America, Inc. |
― |
December 2009 |
| Sysmex Reagents America, Inc. |
― |
December 2009 |
| Sysmex New Zealand |
― |
May 2011 |
Promoting Environmental Activities
Sysmex Corporation and Sysmex International Reagents Co., Ltd. are in charge of establishing policies and plans, managing the progress of planned activities, and evaluating their results as members of the Environmental Management Committee chaired by the executive officer in charge of CSR.
In April 2010, Sysmex formulated the Sysmex Group Environmental Action Plan (Sysmex Eco-Vision 2020), which sets long-term environmental objectives toward the target year of fiscal 2020.
In fiscal 2010, in order to grasp further the entire Group’s environmental activities, Sysmex appointed an environmental manager in each Group company in Japan and overseas, thus establishing a system to collect activity information and performance data.
Environmental Auditing
External environmental auditing
In fiscal 2010, Sysmex Corporation and Sysmex International Reagents Co., Ltd. evaluated overall compliance through a series of self-assessments conducted by individual divisions themselves and internal environmental auditing performed by auditors in other divisions. External environmental auditing was also carried out by a third-party auditing organization.
The internal environmental audits found three nonconformities, while the external environmental audits discovered two nonconformities. Measures for rectifying these nonconformities were promptly completed.
External Evaluation
Kobe City Award for Distinguished Environmental Activities
In October 2010, Sysmex was honored with the Kobe City Award for Distinguished Environmental Activities in recognition of its continuous environmental activities lasting more than ten years.
Sysmex International Reagents’ Ono Factory was designated as a model facility for waste reduction and recycling in the “Kitaharima Operation Forum for 20% Waste Reduction” held by the Kitaharima Bureau of the Hyogo Prefectural Government in November 2010.
Helping Suppliers Build an Environmental
Management System
Sysmex has established green procurement standards and introduced ISO 14001 and environmental management system specifications recommended by local administrations to our main suppliers in order to ensure that they comply with the standards.
Promoting Eco-friendly Service Models
In addition to expanding the functions of the Customer Support Center, we are minimizing downtime for diagnostics instruments in use by constructing the Sysmex Network Communication System (SNCS) to maintain interactive communication with customers. This leads to reduced visits to customer sites by our employees, thus reducing the amounts of gasoline used by company cars and the amounts of CO2 emitted by them.
In fiscal 2010, we implemented security measures in the Asian region matched to the IT conditions of each country in order to increase the number of SNCS users.
