Aichi Complex | Environmental initiatives

At our company, we aim to create all Refineries/Complexes Refineries/Complexes "beautiful, pollution-free,'' Refineries/Complexes beloved by local people.'' Based on this basic stance, our Complex has been set up as a green "park factory" with a green belt planted with 450,000 trees since the time of operation. In the green belt, you can see many small animals and birds, and it also acts as a buffer zone to prevent noise. We will continue to place great importance on harmony with the natural environment.

As a result of our efforts to achieve the goal of "achieving zero emissions* in fiscal 2008,'' which is part of our Complex-wide medium-term environmental plan, we achieved this goal in 2004, three years ahead of schedule.
To achieve zero emissions, we have been promoting measures such as reducing the amount of waste through dehydration, reusing used catalysts, and Resources waste. Aiming to further reduce waste, we will promote activities from the viewpoints of the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Resources.

Aichi Complex began Complex as the newest Refinery in Japan, having been completed in 1975 after the first oil shock, and has been extremely energy efficient since its construction. In addition, all staff members have worked together to repeatedly improve energy efficiency.
Our goal is to reduce CO₂ emissions from our own operations by 7.3 million tons by 2030, and we have begun considering energy-saving improvements and fuel conversion.

Environmental measures

The Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act went into effect in February 2003, making it mandatory to conduct a soil contamination investigation when a designated facility that uses hazardous substances is closed down or when the governor recognizes that there is a risk of health damage.
Although there was no obligation to investigate at our Complex, we conducted voluntary investigations of the premises from 2003 to 2008 based on the company-wide medium-term environmental plan and confirmed that there were no problems related to soil contamination. Additionally, since 2003, we have been measuring groundwater at the site boundary once a year, and we continue to confirm that there are no problems with groundwater.

Among the chemical substances emitted from Complex, the substances subject to the PRTR Act (Act on the Promotion of Ascertainment of the Amount of Specified Chemical Substances Released into the Environment and Promotion of Management Improvement) include benzene, which is contained in crude oil and petroleum products. In addition to toluene and xylene, there is asbestos, which was used as a pipe insulation material.
For target substances derived from crude oil and petroleum products (benzene, toluene, xylene), we have adopted floating roof tanks that emit less vapor from the tanks into the atmosphere, and installed volatile hydrocarbon recovery equipment at shipping facilities. We are working to suppress emissions.

In 2010, our Complex was certified as a "Social and Environmental Contribution Green Space" under the "Social and Environmental Contribution Green Space Evaluation System" (SEGES) operated by the Urban Greenery Foundation (currently the Urban Greenery Agency).
This is in recognition of our activities to create the "Park Factory" that we have been aiming for since the construction of Tokuyama Refinery and the "Idemitsu 100 Year Forest" for Idemitsu's 100th anniversary of operation, and Aichi Complex was certified as "Excellent Stage 3".
In addition, based on the Green Garden City concept of the [Chita Citizens' Pledge], coastal companies in Chita City are working together and in collaboration to maintain and improve the Green Belt, with the aim of contributing to biodiversity and ecosystem connections under the "Green Belt is an important local environment Resources". This certification is in recognition of the fact that our Complex is positioned at the center of these activities.
In 2016, the company was awarded the SEGES Superlative Stage, the highest level of SEGES certification, in recognition of its past activities.
Our Complex will continue its green space activities that contribute to the local environment.

The Chita Sanshi-kai, of which Aichi Complex is a member, conducts simultaneous cleaning of the famous port service roads twice a year. We recruit volunteers from among our staff and collect trash that has been thrown away along the median strip and side gutters.