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Environment, Health and Safety
Environmental Management System
Hoya's environmental protection activities got underway in 1976 with the establishment of
pollution countermeasure committees at each facility. In 1993, the Group drew up its
Environmental Philosophy and a set of Fundamental Environmental Principles. The next step
came in 1996 with the formulation of the Group Environmental Management Regulation, on
which Hoya's environmental protection system is based. The Conference of the Environmental
Office, the most senior body of the system and responsible for all environmental decisions, was
headed up by the Company's chief executive officer.
In October 2008 the Company merged its environmental protection and occupational safety and
health systems, abolishing both the Environmental Management Regulation and the
Conference of the Environmental Office. Environmental protection activities are now carried out
under a new system headed up by the Hoya Group Director for Environmental Protection,
Occupational Safety and Health.
Hoya Group Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health organization
On March 31, 2010, the Hoya Group Director for Environmental Protection, Occupational Safety
and Health issued the Hoya Group Facility Standard for Environmental Protection, for the
purpose of determining the basic specifications for environmental facility and preventing harmful
effects both within and outside of facilities. With the creation of these standards, the Group has
prepared a system that enables it to consider environmental effects both within and outside of
facilities from the design stage and introduce environmental facility.
Examples of Activities Aimed at Reducing Environmental Impact
Based on the Environmental Philosophy and Fundamental Environmental Principles, Hoya is
promoting activities aimed at reducing environmental impact.
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