Environmental and Quality Management / Green Procurement

SMC has acquired ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems. We build our environmental management system based on this certification.

Environmental Policy

Basic Policy

• １． We will work to understand the environmental impact of our production activities, products, and services and to protect the environment and prevent pollution.
• ２．We will minimize the environmental impacts from our design, development and production activities.
• （１）We will work to develop environmentally friendly products and work towards environmentally friendly procurement.
• （２）By using energy efficiently and using renewable energy, we will work to prevent global warming.
• （３）We will promote the reduction and recycling of waste.
• （４）We will strive to conserve environmental resources by using water efficiently.
• ３．We will comply with the various items required by environmental laws and regulations and work to deepen our relationship with our customers, neighbors, and local communities.
• We will also promote the conservation of biodiversity.
• ４．We will continuously improve our environmental management systems to improve our environmentally friendly performance.
• ５．We will communicate our environmental policy to all workers and disclose it publicly.

Environment-related Data

This section summarizes the figures for SMC's production bases in Japan and China, which account for 85% of the Group's total production.

SMC is working to reduce waste discharge (by converting waste to valuable resources and recycling) and chemical substance usage (by preventing evaporation, removal, and recycling).