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Basic Approach

PILOT and the PILOT Group recognize the importance of working to help resolve environmental issues from a global perspective through our business activities.
We will help to bring about a sustainable society while reducing the environmental impact of all aspects of our business operations.

Basic Policy and Environmental Management System

PILOT and the PILOT Group are working on various environmental conservation initiatives, after considering the impact of our corporate activities on the global environment.

The PILOT Group environmental policy

The PILOT Group recognizes the importance of helping to resolve a range of environmental issues from a global perspective through our business activities. We will help to bring about a sustainable society by reducing the environmental impact of all aspects of our business operations, including product planning, design, production, and sales, and by having our Group’s officers and employees act guided by this policy.

  1. We will manufacture environmentally friendly products.
  2. We will comply with environmental laws and regulations, as well as other requirements accepted by our Group.
  3. We will strive to use energy efficiently, lessen the amount used, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  4. We will reduce the amount of waste we generate.
  5. We will promote the effective use of limited resources through reduce, reuse, and recycle.
  6. We will reduce water usage through more efficient use of limited water resources.
  7. We will conduct our business activities with consideration for the natural environment and strive to lessen our impact on biodiversity.
  8. We will promote environmental education and awareness while striving to improve the understanding of our employees.

Environmental management

The PILOT Group recognizes that our corporate social responsibility includes helping resolve global environmental issues, such as climate change, through business activities. To help achieve a sustainable society, we established the PILOT Group environmental policy, with the goal of reducing the environmental impact of all aspects of corporate operations, such as product planning, design, production, and sales. This policy will guide the officers and employees of our Group when they help resolve environmental issues.
By conserving energy, we intend to reduce energy consumption and use energy more efficiently, in this way reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We will also contribute to conserving the global environment and achieving a recycling-oriented society by developing products and services that have a reduced environmental impact.

Our Group’s major Japan domestic production plants (Isesaki Plant, Hiratsuka Plant, Tsu Plant and Togo Plant of THE PILOT INK Co., Ltd., PILOT FINETECH Co., Ltd.) have received ISO 14001 certification, the international standard, and have set up and operate an environmental management system. Pilot Corporation of Europe has not only acquired ISO 14001 certification, but also EMAS certification, which is the EU’s environmental management system. Currently, 50% of our globally managed production sites in the Group are ISO 14001 and/or EMAS certified.
Using the guidelines of the ISO 14001 international standard, we analyze risks to the environment and make every effort to reduce PILOT’s environmental impact. The ISO 14001 Secretariat regularly monitors and assesses the results and progress of these initiatives, and we use their findings in action plans for the next fiscal year. We conduct in-house training for employees on environmental policy and goals. We also conduct internal audits led by ISO 14001 internal environmental auditors as well as external audits to confirm compliance with ISO 14001. In addition to complying with environmental laws and regulations, every plant prepares for risks, such as accidents related to the environment.
In fiscal 2022 and 2023, the Group’s production plants committed no legal violations related to the environment, so no fines or costs were incurred due to violations. In addition, there were no accidents that affected the environment outside the workplace.

Certification No. JSAE476: Isesaki Plant, Isesaki 2nd Plant, Higashimatsuyama Plant, and Hiratsuka Plant Certification No. JSAE358: Tsu Plant and Togo Plant of THE PILOT INK Co., Ltd.
Certification No. JSAE476: Isesaki Plant, Isesaki 2nd Plant, Higashimatsuyama Plant, and Hiratsuka Plant
Certification No. JSAE358: Tsu Plant and Togo Plant of THE PILOT INK Co., Ltd.

Sustainable procurement

All companies need to promote initiatives that fully consider their environmental and social impact on the entire supply chain to help bring about a sustainable society. We have formulated the PILOT Group Sustainable Procurement Policy to build a sustainable supply chain in cooperation with suppliers and to practice fair and equitable transactions during all procurement. Based on this policy, we formulated the PILOT Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines, which summarize the items that we would like all our suppliers to comply with.
We help resolve environmental and social issues in the supply chain through procurement based on this policy and set of guidelines.

The Group has identified “building a sustainable supply chain” as one of the crucial sustainability issues and will strengthen our initiatives for this purpose.
Going forward, we will inform suppliers about the PILOT Group Sustainable Procurement Policy and the Pilot Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines, then ask for their cooperation. At the same time, we will strive to grasp and manage sustainability risks related to procuring raw materials for our Group, as we promote responsible procurement.

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