Sustainability | EnvironmentInitiatives to Prevent Air, Water, and Soil Pollution

Governance

We promote initiatives to prevent air, water, and soil pollution through a framework that integrates corporate management and environmental management under an Environmental Management System (EMS) with the President and CEO at the highest level of responsibility.
Regarding plans for initiatives to prevent air, water, and soil pollution and other environmental activities, their state of progress, risks, and so on, reports are delivered to the Board of Directors every quarter and deliberated if necessary.

Strategy

In accordance with the TDK Group Occupational Health/Safety and Environmental Charter, we endeavor to understand the essence and values of international rules, national and regional laws and regulations, voluntary standards of industrial organizations, and so on relating to efforts to prevent air, water, and soil pollution, to engage in such initiatives voluntarily and strategically, and thereby to enhance our corporate value.

Risk Management

After grasping issues regarding initiatives to prevent air, water, and soil pollution in the scientific, regulatory, and social fields that are occurring or may occur around the world and, centering on the Safety, Environment, and Social Group of the Sustainability Promotion HQ, sorting out the risks and opportunities, we aim to make improvements by addressing important matters in a prioritized manner and continuously rotating the PDCA cycle.

Metrics and Targets

TDK established “TDK Transformation” as its new long-term vision for the entire Group. One materiality that TDK will address to achieve this long-term vision is “implementing solutions to social and environmental issues.”
Going forward, the Sustainability Promotion HQ will set medium- to long-term indicators and targets for the prevention of air, water, and soil pollution by means of backcasting from the long-term vision.

Initiatives

Management of soil pollution and VOC risks

TDK has established environmental risk assessment standards and management methods for soil pollution and VOCs,* and each site regularly conducts risk assessment. For high-risk areas, we clarify the order of priority and implement preventive maintenance, restoration, and other measures to effectively manage environmental risks.
* VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds

Compliance with laws and regulations for pollution prevention and accidents

To prevent air, water, and soil pollution, TDK strictly complies with all relevant laws and regulations. For certain items, we have even set voluntary standards that are more stringent than the legal requirements, and we take preventive actions whenever necessary to reduce the environmental load.