Environmental management

The Idemitsu Group is working to reduce the environmental impact of its business activities, including increasing the efficiency of energy use, in order to contribute to the creation of a society that is capable of sustainable development in which the economy and environment are in harmony.
Properly allocate and utilize management Resources, actively promote advanced initiatives to solve environmental issues such as climate change, and raise environmental awareness by conducting appropriate education and awareness activities for all employees. We are striving to preserve the global environment.
In all of our business activities, we have established a policy that considers global and local environmental conservation as an important and prioritized criterion for value judgment, and conducts our business activities accordingly.

The Group has positioned "safety, health, and the environment" as the foundation of its management for some time, and has established the Safety & Environment Division to promote efforts to secure and preserve these areas. The Safety & Environment Division consists of the General Manager of the Safety & Environment Division, the Deputy General Manager, the President of the relevant department Manager and major affiliated companies, and other persons appointed by the General Manager of the Safety & Environment Division, and the secretariat.
The officer in charge of safety and the environment (director) is delegated by the President and Representative Director to supervise the division as the chief officer involved in safety, health, and the environment, and the Safety, Environment and Quality Assurance Department serves as the secretariat.
The Safety & Environment Division performs the following roles and activities.
1. Determination of medium-term plans, annual basic policies ^*1, and priority issues related to safety, health, and the environment
2. Understanding and Evaluating Performance through Audits
3. Maintenance, review, and improvement of safety, health, and environmental management systems ^*2​
4. Securing the management Resources necessary for continuous improvement of each department and major affiliated company

●Position of the Safety and Environment Headquarters in the corporate governance system and safety and environment management system

In our group, when deciding on medium-term plans, annual basic policies, and priority issues related to safety, health, and the environment, the secretariat prepares drafts based on reviews of the previous year and consideration of social conditions, and a meeting of executives in charge of safety and environment. It is deliberated at the Safety and Environment Headquarters meeting and finally approved at the Safety and Environment Headquarters meeting. The results will be reported to the Management Committee.
The Board of Directors receives reports from the business execution side and supervises environmental issues, including climate change issues.

As shown in the diagram below, our group's environmental management system is operated by combining a group-wide PDCA cycle centered on the Safety and Environment Headquarters and a PDCA cycle for each business division.
The Safety and Environment Headquarters formulates a company-wide medium-term environmental plan, incorporates it into basic policies and priority issues for the year, and then formulates action plans for each division based on those policies.
Each division carries out its business activities based on its action plan, and by periodically evaluating and reviewing those activities, we identify areas for improvement and use the PDCA cycle to link them to the next year's action plan. The Safety and Environment Headquarters Secretariat also evaluates and reviews the operation of the environmental management system for the entire group every year, and any necessary improvements are shared at the Safety and Environment Headquarters meeting at the same time as business division reviews. , leading to continuous improvement. In addition, a total of 30 business departments and affiliated companies within our group have obtained ISO 14001 certification (17 in Japan and 13 overseas). (As of the end of June 2023)

●Environmental management PDCA cycle

In order to confirm and promote the activities of each department and major affiliate company, the secretariat conducts safety and environmental audits once a year ^* at our Refineries/Complexes. For other locations, we conduct safety and environmental audits at a frequency determined by taking into consideration the safety and environmental risks of Complex and the state of safety and environmental management. If improvements in safety and environment are found through audits, the secretariat follows up on each case from decision-making to completion of a response plan. In addition, the Safety and Environment Headquarters Chief and Deputy Heads visit the workplace every year to provide safety and environment guidance and conduct safety and environment tours.
*In fiscal 2022, audits will be conducted at 14 Complex.

Environmental abnormalities in 2022 ^* The following two incidents occurred at our group Complex. Furthermore, even for minor incidents that are not classified as environmental abnormalities, we investigate the causes and prevent recurrence, striving to further ensure environmental conservation.
・Freon leakage: Fluorocarbons are disposed of without being recovered from equipment that uses them.
・Oil-containing wastewater spills into the sea: Oil-containing wastewater overflows from manholes due to heavy rain, enters rainwater drainage lines, and flows out to sea.
^{* Environmental abnormality}
Cases that do not comply with the regulatory standards stipulated in environmental laws and regulations (including ordinances and agreements) and fall under the following:
A. Events for which "measures in the event of an accident" are deemed necessary under environmental laws and regulations.
B. If you have received an administrative disposition, guidance, or recommendation from an administrative agency, and have submitted a report for correction to the administrative agency.
C. If damage is caused to the body, life, property, etc. of neighboring residents, etc. due to an event caused by the Company, and compensation is provided.

Under the Safety and Environment Headquarters structure, we carry out environmental education for the entire group. In addition, in conjunction with Environment Month promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, we conduct educational activities such as holding lectures on environmental conservation and distributing environmental awareness materials.

●Main environmental education and awareness activities