The LINTEC Group sets forth its Basic Policy in the LINTEC Group Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Policies. To practice specific activities, the Group has drawn up a Quality Policy, Environmental Policy, and Business Continuity Policy, as well as Action Guidelines for each.

• LINTEC Group Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Policies

In fiscal 2022, CO₂ emissions decreased significantly due to the introduction of renewable energy, such as green electric power, and CO₂ emissions per unit of production also improved. Although electric power consumption decreased, power consumption per unit of production increased slightly because the number of products produced in clean rooms, which use electric power not only for production but also for other purposes, decreased significantly.
As for water usage, despite restrictions in water supplies due to water shortages, which resulted in an irregular production system, we were able to improve water usage per unit of production as a result of enhanced water-saving efforts. We will redouble our reduction efforts by devising a better method of reusing water that is employed in the manufacturing of one product in the production of another product.
In terms of waste discharge, we will reduce the amount of waste generated by improving yield rate and ensuring comprehensive classification. In addition, we aim to improve the final disposal rate through effective use of waste.
Fiscal 2022 is the second year of “LSV 2030 - Stage 1.” Toward the final year, we are making efforts in line with the basic approach of solving social issues through our business activities.

Based on the LINTEC Group Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Policies, the LINTEC Group proactively works on conservation of the global environment. With regard to worldwide integrated ISO 14001 certification, in fiscal 2022 we underwent a renewal audit and received a certificate of approval (issue 16). We have been promoting information sharing among 12 domestic sites and 10 overseas sites covered by the integrated certification. We also underwent third-party verification regarding electric power consumption, production water usage, CO₂ emissions, waste discharge, and VOC^★1 atmospheric emissions. The verification found no　important issues requiring correction. For biodiversity conservation, we continue to engage in relevant activities, such as tree planting and beach cleanups. To reduce marine plastic waste, LINTEC CORPORATION has also been a member of CLOMA^★2　and is making efforts as a corporate citizen to propose and promote environmentally friendly products.

• ★1VOC: VOC stands for volatile organic compounds. VOC collectively refers to organic compounds that become gas in the atmosphere.
• ★2CLOMA: CLOMA stands for Clean Ocean Material Alliance. It is a platform to promote the sustainable use of plastic products and development and introduction of plastic alternatives, and to accelerate innovation through public-private partnerships, toward the reduction of marine plastic litter. CLOMA was established under the initiative of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

In order to ensure proper implementation of environmental management systems in connection with its business activities, the LINTEC Group conducts internal audits and mutual audits of its business sites, and runs the PDCA cycle for improvement with respect to legal compliance and system operations.
As in the previous year, we could not conduct mutual audits in FY2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, each business site prepared and submitted detailed reports on a quarterly basis for the purpose of monitoring the progress of activities toward the targets.
Findings from internal and external audits are studied with respect to the situation of occurrence, background, and essence of findings, and resultant insights are applied to other sites to improve related activities across the company.
As for sites outside Japan, we enhanced communication by holding numerous online meetings as an alternative to visiting individual locations.

The LINTEC Group’s operations in and outside of Japan are subject to numerous national and regional environmental laws and regulations. To ensure legal compliance at each site, the environmental management department constantly checks for revisions to relevant laws and regulations, and monitors the compliance status of respective site operations. Identified revisions are incorporated into the Group’s environmental management systems on a regular basis to prevent oversights and omissions.