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Hoya actively engages in environmental preservation efforts as
part of its corporate social responsibility in order to pass on to
future generations a global environment in better shape than
today.
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.
However, 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
(OSH) Organization
A
t the end of March 31, 2010, the Company issued a Hoya Group Facility Standard for
Environmental Protection to set forth the basic specifications of environmental facilities the
Group installs to protect the environment against harmful impact both inside and outside its
premises. The standards established a framework for taking internal and external environmental
impacts into consideration from the design stages of the environmental facilities the Hoya Group
installs.
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.