Environmental Initiatives
- Suzuki Global Environment Charter
- Suzuki Environmental Organisational Chart
- Environmental
- Introduction of Environmental Management System
- Environmental education
- Emergency training
- Situation concerning environmental laws, regulations, etc.
- Community information exchange meeting
- Influence and initiatives to environment caused by business operations
- Environmental accounting
- Expansion of environmental communication
In order to hand over the beautiful earth and affluent society to the next generations, Suzuki regards consideration to environmental issues such as global warming as one of the most important challenges for our business activities. We are aggressively promoting reduction of environmental impact that may be generated through our R&D, production, physical distribution, marketing and office activities by establishing a group-wide environmental management system, while maintaining good communications with our individual stakeholders.
- SUZUKI GREEN Policy represents Suzuki’s environmental doctrine and policy, which includes environmental plan and guidelines.
- ∙ Suzuki Environmental Plan 2020: https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/csr_environment/environment/#area4
- ∙ Suzuki Biodiversity Protection Guideline: https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/environmental/green_policy/index.html#guideline
SUZUKI GREEN Technology represents next-generation eco-friendly technologies developed and utilised by Suzuki, which includes new technologies such as low fuel consumption and weight reduction technologies.
Hybrid
Mild Hybrid
BOOSTERJET Engine
ECO-COOL
Heartect
Lean Burn
SUZUKI GREEN Activity represents Suzuki’s effort and activity on realising the environmental policy, which includes various activities worked by each department such as development, production, and logistics for the control of global warming and promotion of environmental preservation.
Suzuki Global Environment Charter
Suzuki Global Environment Charter (Established in 2002 and revised in 2006)
[Environmental Concept]
In order to hand over the beautiful earth and affluent society to the next generations, we must all realise that the actions of each and every one of us have a great effect on our earth's future, so we must make every effort to preserve our environment.
[Basic Environmental Policies]
- Strictly observe environmental laws and also follow our own standards.
- Reduce the pressure placed on the environment resulting from our business activities and products.
- Maintain and improve upon our environmental management system.
- Promote environmental communication.
Suzuki Environmental Organisational Chart
In April 2001, Suzuki established the Suzuki Environmental Committee as the top decision-making body in the environmental management system for the entire Group.
Meetings by Suzuki Environment Committee are held twice a year to determine our environmental policy and long- and mid-term environmental goals, check the progress in the existing issues, and discuss urgent problems.
Environmental
Suzuki Environmental Plan 2020
In order to hand over the beautiful earth and affluent society to the next generations, Suzuki had established and been striving to accomplish “Suzuki Environmental Plan 2015” for environmental conservation activities from 2012 to 2015 based on “Suzuki Global Environment Charter”. We then established “Suzuki Environmental Plan 2020” for continuous environmental conservation activities from FY2016 to FY2020 to clearly present the direction and actions of Suzuki’s business operations in relation to environment.
We believe that our most important task is to seriously recognise effects to environment generated from our business operations, develop products that carefully consider environment and promote business operations that reduce environmental effects. To accomplish this, we will work on “Suzuki Environmental Plan 2020” with “Team Suzuki” involving domestic and overseas affiliates to build the base for 2020, which is the 100th anniversary of foundation, and for the next 100 years, following the 4 themes: Control of global warming; Promotion of environmental conservation; Promotion of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle); and Reinforcement of environmental management.
In order to achieve this Suzuki Environmental Plan 2020, we will manage and continuously improve our operations through PDCA and promote business activity to reduce environmental impact.
- * PDCA is a way of making initiatives in a cycle of Plan, Do, Check, and Action. It not only covers planning and doing, but also checking and making actions, thereby enabling to make initiatives by constantly improving through feeding back effects and reflections.
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Control of global warming | Improvement in fuel efficiency | Realise high fuel efficiency by adopting “SUZUKI GREEN Technology” etc. | Raise efficiency by improving the engine and drive system, and adopt new mechanism | Automobiles |
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Reduce the vehicle body weight by reviewing body structuring parts, changing materials, and reviewing manufacturing methods | Automobiles | <Weight reduction in the whole body>
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Motorcycles | Following efforts were made for the RM-Z250.
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Reduce running resistance of the whole vehicle such as air resistance and rolling resistance | Automobiles | <Reduction of air resistance>
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Reduce CO2 emissions amount in use of products globally | [Automobiles]Reduced by 28%(compared to FY2005) |
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[Motorcycles]Reduced by 20%(compared to FY2005) |
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[Outboard motors]Reduced by 10%(compared to FY2005) |
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Development of next-generation vehicles | Develop electric vehicles suitable for small cars | Develop hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles for mini/compact cars | <For hybrid vehicles>
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Develop lightweight, compact, and low-cost air-cooled fuel cell vehicles | [Motorcycle FCV]Implement the test on public roads in Japan, Europe, etc. |
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[Automobile FCV]Promote advanced development |
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CO2 reduction activities in production | CO2 reduction in production by Suzuki Group in Japan and overseas | Reduce CO2 emission per global production volume* by 10% (compared to FY2010)
* Value calculated by converting the ratio of the CO2 emission amount per unit (automobiles, motorcycles, and outboard motors manufactured in plants in Japan) to global production volume of automobiles |
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CO2 reduction activities in logistics |
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Reduce CO2 emission per sale by 14% (compared to FY2006) |
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CO2 reduction activities in sales activities etc. | CO2 reduction activities by sales and non-manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan | Actively promote energy-saving activities by introducing power-saving and energy-saving equipment, etc. in order to regulate global warming |
* Sales companies: 56 companies including Suzuki Motor Sales Tokyo Inc., Suzuki Motorcycle Sales Inc., and Suzuki Marine Co., Ltd. |
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Promotion of environmental conservation etc. | Air pollution | Introduce low-emission vehicle appropriate for circumstances in each country | Automobiles | <Japan> All models of both mini and compact cars have satisfied the new long-term regulations. <Europe> All models have satisfied the EURO6 regulations. <India> All models have satisfied the BS4 (OBDII) regulations. Successively comply with emission control regulations in other countries. |
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Reduction of VOC in car interior | [Automobiles]Globally promote the use of alternative materials that generate less VOC in order to improve environment in car interior |
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Reduction of VOC in the painting process | [Painting on body]Maintain reduction of VOC emission per painting area by 40% (compared to FY2000) |
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Promotion of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) | Effective use of resources | Development/design considering recycling | Continue the design using recycled materials | Automobiles | <Exterior parts>
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Continue the design to reduce materials | Automobiles | <Exterior parts>
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Increase the use of thermoplastic resin components | Automobiles | <Exterior parts>
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Promotion of recycling ELVs/components | [Japan]Maintain 70% or higher ASR recycling rate |
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[Japan]Promote collection/recycling of used bumpers |
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[Japan]Promote collection/recycling of used lithium-ion batteries |
*FY2018 includes 764 which were collected through JAMA LiB Co-collection System. |
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[Overseas]Conform to local automobile recycle laws |
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Reduction of the weight of packing materials such as corrugated cardboard for shipment of service parts |
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Reduction of disposable packing materials for shipment of service/KD parts |
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Reduction of the use of containers/package for products | Maintain the 15% level of reduction relative to FY2015 for the use of containers/package and corrugated cardboard for each component sale |
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Waste materials | [Suzuki]Continue the zero-level landfill waste.Maintain the level of less than 0.5% (compared to FY1990) |
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[Group]Continue the zero-level landfill waste.Maintain a level of less than 0.5% (compared to FY2002) |
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Water resources | Thoroughly save water at plants and offices | Plant in Japan |
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Reinforcement of environmental management | Reinforcement of environmental management | Globally reinforce environmental management |
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Reinforcement of management of substances of concern |
Globally conform to regulations concerning chemical substances |
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Build the global system to manage substances of concern |
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Implementation of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) | [Automobile]Implement LCA for new model and model change vehicles in Japan |
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Environmental conservation through tie-up/cooperation with suppliers | Promote environmental conservation activities for suppliers based on “Suzuki Green Procurement Guideline” |
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Expansion of environmental communication | Efforts for biodiversity | Globally promote the activity based on “Suzuki Biodiversity Protection Guidelines” to realise protection of biodiversity and its sustainable use |
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Continue and promote local community cleanup activities, volunteering for environmental conservation (Suzuki Manner Improvement Activities, Forest Conservation Activities in “Suzuki's Forest”, tree planting project at storm surge barrier in coastal zone of Hamamatsu, cleanup activities at individual offices, etc.) |
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Enhancement of environmental education |
Promote environmental education for employees including new employees and overseas trainees |
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Continue the in-house eco-driving education |
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Participate in and cooperate on environment-related events held by environmental NPO and local communities |
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Disclosure of environmental information | Prepare “Suzuki CSR & Environmental Report” (in Japanese and English) to transmit the information about environment conservation activity to societies |
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Introduction of Environmental Management System
Suzuki is promoting introduction of “Environmental Management Systems” including ISO14001 as part of environmental conservation activities by the Group’s manufacturing plants and companies.
The ISO14001 is an international standard of environmental management system. By obtaining the ISO14001 certificate, Suzuki intends to follow the relevant regulations and reduce the environmental impact substances. Also, through periodical environmental audits, we verify the effectiveness of our environmental management system.
Suzuki has already completed acquiring ISO14001 certifications in bases that account for 97.1% of CO2 emerged from global production. We will introduce the way of environmental management at all plants, and promote ISO14001 at plants that have not yet acquired its certification.
Efforts at manufacturing sites (Japan)
●Introduction situation in domestic plants and Group companies
All domestic plants already acquired the ISO14001 certificate by March 2003. As for the Group’s manufacturing companies, three manufacturing plants (a plant of Suzuki Toyama Auto Parts Mfg Co., Ltd., Suzuki Akita Auto Parts Mfg Co., Ltd. and Suzuki Auto Parts Mfg Co., Ltd.) and two plants of Snic Co., Ltd. have been certified (as of 1 April 2019). We are also promoting to have two uncertified plants (Hamakita Trim Plant and Sagara Plant) of Snic Co., Ltd. to acquire certification. We plan to promote environmental preservation activities throughout the Suzuki Group as a whole by promoting to have non-manufacturing departments such as engineering department to acquire ISO14001.
●Manufacturing: Environment Organiser Meeting
Suzuki holds Environment Organiser Meeting in order to improve environmental management of domestic plants and Group manufacturing companies.
At this meeting, engineering managers and members of domestic plants and Group manufacturing companies (eight plants of four companies) get together to discuss improvements for environment conservation plan and matters related to domestic plants and Group manufacturing companies while seeing actual systems on actual sites.
Decisions made at the meetings are rolled out to domestic plants and Group manufacturing companies, contributing to environmental management activities.
●Environmental audit
At Suzuki’s domestic plants and the Group manufacturing companies, an external audit is conducted once every year by an external auditing agent. In addition, an internal audit is conducted to double-check our environmental management system.
External audit
Auditing of documents and on-site auditing are carried out by third party organisation in regard to the validity and adequacy of our environmental management system, to determine whether or not measures are being properly implemented. Auditing results are corrected and countermeasures are put into place for continuous improvement, and they are shared among domestic plants and Group manufacturing companies to enhance environmental management level.
Internal audit
For internal audits, two kinds of audits are conducted: one is an overall audit, and the other is a local audit. We select auditors that have no direct association with the section being audited, and they examine whether environmental management is being properly carried out or not. All auditing results are addressed for continuous improvement.
Overall audit
To determine whether or not environmental management is being properly implemented, document and on-site auditing are conducted.
Local audit
●Preventive audit
Thorough on-site observations are carried out while auditing in areas that possess potential for accidents such as drainage disposal facilities, space for using and storing harmful substance, and waste yard facilities.
●Environmental patrol
Areas that possess potential for accidents undergo regular patrol by the plant manager to prevent environmental accidents.
Efforts at manufacturing sites (overseas)
●Situation of certification in overseas plants
As for overseas manufacturing companies, MAGYAR SUZUKI CORPORATION LTD. obtained the certification in April 1998 for the first time in our Group. As of the end of May 2019, 13 overseas manufacturing companies (18 plants) have obtained the ISO14001 certificate. Other Group companies are also making best efforts to acquire the certificate.
Measures for domestic sales distributors
In order to roll out actions concerning environment in business operations to Group companies, we introduced the Suzuki Environmental Management System from April 2017 to affiliate automobile sales distributors in Japan. This environmental management system unique to Suzuki is part of our initiative in reducing environmental load (energy consumption and amount of wastes) and complying with environmental laws/regulations through PDCA recycling. Sales distributor that introduced this system is progressively promoting the activity centreing on the designated environment manager and office.
Environmental education
●Education according to managerial hierarchy
As part of our employee education program, we provide new employees with awareness-raising workshops concerning such basic environmental subjects as Suzuki's environmental philosophy, policy, issues, and eco-drive concept. Also, we provide other employees with environmental training according to their job functions. In addition, training is provided to management level employees. In our domestic plants, special educational programs to prevent environmental accidents are carried out especially for employees working in environmentally-important processes. Also various kinds of environment-related educational programs are provided to new employees, management level employees, and all factory employees.
●Education to obtain special qualifications
We also encourage employees to obtain some environment-related qualifications. The Company holds 160 employees as pollution prevention managers, 38 as energy managers, and 205 as internal environment system auditors.
Emergency training
We look for locations and operations that have potential of causing an environmental accident* and hold emergency drills with employees and other related suppliers at domestic plants and domestic and overseas Group manufacturing companies.
* Environmental accident refers to accidents that may affect environment such as leakage of chemicals.
Situation concerning environmental laws, regulations, etc.
In FY2018, there were 20 cases of significant spills* and 6 cases of complaints concerning environment, which were properly taken care of. There was no administrative guidance or payment of penalty due to these significant spills.
* Significant spills: Spills that are recorded as spills from organisation such as exceeded amount of wastewater, emission gas, odour, chemical substances (including oil), and wastes that are restricted by laws and regulations, as well as soil and groundwater contamination.
Community information exchange meeting
We regularly carry out information exchange meetings with local residents to ask their views and opinions for further environmental improvement. In FY2018, such meetings and events took place 8 times at domestic plants and die plants in Japan. Also, 406 plant tours were conducted at domestic plants.
Plant/community exchange meeting
Influence and initiatives to environment caused by business operations
Environmental accounting
●Cost of environmental conservation
(Unit : ¥100 million)
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FY2015 | FY2016 | FY2017 | Investment | Expenses | Total | ||
Business area costs | Pollution prevention | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 11.3 |
Environmental conservation | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | |
Recycling of resources | 3.1 | 1.9 | -0.2 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 9.6 | |
Total | 10.8 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 26.9 | |
Upstream/downstream costs | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Managerial costs | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |
Research and development costs | 504.9 | 519.8 | 529.7 | 58.8 | 497.6 | 556.4 | |
Social activities costs | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
Environmental damage costs | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
Total | 521.4 | 536.7 | 546.3 | 71.3 | 519.5 | 590.7 |
●Effectiveness of environmental conservation
(Unit: ¥100 million)
Item | FY2014 | FY2015 | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | |
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Economical effect | Energy cost reduction | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Waste management cost reduction | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Resource saving (including recycle and valuable resource disposal) | 29.4 | 24.4 | 26.5 | 23.6 | 28.8 | |
Total | 32.9 | 28.9 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 32.6 |
(Note) These are non-consolidated environmental figures.
Expansion of environmental communication
Efforts for biodiversity
Suzuki introduced the environmental brand SUZUKI GREEN to realise the philosophy of Suzuki Global Environment Charter and announced the Suzuki Biodiversity Protection Guidelines as the environmental policy in the Charter.
Suzuki Biodiversity Protection Guidelines will be the guiding principle for us to recognise the possibility of business activities etc. giving unavoidable influences to biodiversity, which has provided our life with enormous natural blessings (ecosystem service) since the birth of human, as well as for us to try to reduce such influences, and make efforts to ensure sustainable usage.
Suzuki has conducted many actions to reduce influences to biodiversity in our business or social contribution activities, and participated in Japan Business & Biodiversity Partnership*.
Through the release of the Guidelines, we aim to raise awareness about the biodiversity throughout the entire Suzuki Group, and to develop a sustainable society that can coexist with the nature, while keeping good relations with our customers and the local communities.
* Partnership that wide varieties of companies mainly from the economic world make efforts voluntarily for conservation and sustainable usage of biodiversity and share related information in order to accomplish the purpose of the Convention of Biological Diversity.
●Suzuki Biodiversity Protection Guidelines
https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/environmental/green_policy
【Basic concept】
Under the slogan of “Smaller, Fewer, Lighter, Shorter, and Neater”, Suzuki Group thoroughly conducts wasteless, efficient business operations and promotes production of small cars by pursuing environmental technologies in order to reduce influences to biodiversity and contribute to sustainable usage of resources in future.
Based on such activity philosophy, Suzuki Group will try to cooperate with various stakeholders as a member of the society and to develop the society harmonised with beautiful natural environment.
【Emphasised efforts for biodiversity】
・Reduction of environmental loads generated through business operations and products
- ①Promote energy saving, resource saving, and 3Rs at business steps from product development to recycling.
- ②Promote improvement in fuel efficiency and R&D of next-generation automobiles in order to reduce greenhouse effect gas.
- ③Work on reducing the use of substances of concern through the supply chain.
・Expansion of environmental communication
- ①Promote environmental beautification and environment conservation activities under cooperation with local communities.
- ②Work on making appropriate recognition and behaviour for biodiversity to penetrate into all employees.
- ③Work on announcing environmental information and self-conservation activities widely to the society.
Eco Kids Experience School 2018 in Bentenjima -Experience-type environmental study about the environment of Lake Hamana
Concrete actions
Reduction of environmental loads generated through business operations and products | Expansion of environmental communication | ||
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① | Internal publication on results of the reduced CO2 emission from individual plants Effective utilisation of resources through recyclable design Continuation of zero-level of landfill waste and enhancement of water saving consciousness Improvement of transportation efficiency and reduction of packing materials Increase of recycling rate of end-of-life products Promotion of solar power generation |
① | Participation in local community cleanup activities Cleanup activities around plants Suzuki's Forest volunteer planting project Shimokawa Proving Grounds: Continuation of FSC certification program Participation in Corporate Forest Preservation Program Research and publication of Suzuki’s forest environmental contribution |
② | Global improvement of average fuel efficiency Development of next-generation vehicles suitable to small cars Development of a lightweight and low-cost air-cooled fuel cell Compliance with Act on Control of Freon Emission Compliance with various countries’ emission regulations |
② | Improvement of in-house environmental awareness through internal website Education about global warming and Suzuki Green Policy in introductory workshops and on-the-job training for new employees Continuation of in-house seminar on eco-driving Participation in and cooperation for local community environmental education events organised by NPO |
③ | Compliance with various countries’ regulations for usage of substances of concern Development of technology for VOC reduction in car cabin and painting process Promotion of alternatives for substances of very high concern Close cooperation with suppliers based on “Suzuki Green Procurement Guideline” Environmental consideration for plant location, etc. |
③ | Publication of “Suzuki CSR & Environmental Report” Publication of various environmental information about production and products Participation in environment-related fairs and events Introduction of our eco-friendly production process through plant tour Friendship with local residents through an exchange party or meeting Setting up an environmental section in Suzuki Plaza |
●Suzuki Manner Improvement Activities
Suzuki was registered in “Hamamatsu City Road/River Foster-parent System”* in September 2004 for improvement in manners and environment/beautification awareness of employees, and conduct voluntary cleanup activities as “Suzuki Manner Improvement Activity”.
For those activities, in-house volunteers clean roads around the headquarters and the Takatsuka under-path every month. A total of 13,000 participants have conducted the cleanup activities 176 times until May 2019 and collected 71 mini-truckloads of flammable and non-flammable garbage.
In 2017, the activity was acknowledged by the Shizuoka Prefecture and the company received the FY2017 Governor’s Award as humane association of river, coast, and road
* Groups that hope to be foster-parents decide the area and activities, report them to the Mayor, and conduct cleaning on roads, etc.
Suzuki Manner Improvement Activities
●Activities for “CLEAN-UP THE WORLD CAMPAIGN”
The Marine Operations of Suzuki always appreciates that both of our lives and our marine business are made up of water, and our employees and their families voluntarily clean rivers, sea, lakes, etc. where outboard motors are used. Such clean-up activities were first held in December 2010 at Lake Sanaru in Hamamatsu, and since the 2nd time, we expanded the clean-up activities to the world as “CLEAN-UP THE WORLD CAMPAIGN”, called for our overseas dealers with a total of 5,674 participants by 2018. Since 2015, the number of participants started to exceed 1,000 every year, making it the annual event for the Marine Operations. Likewise in 2019, starting from the activity held by the headquarters on 22 June (Nakatajima Sand Dune cleanup activity), the campaign will be held in parts of Japan as well as overseas.
The activity is in line with the concept of the “Plastics Smart Campaign - for sustainable ocean -” which is promoted by the Ministry of the Environment toward solution of global marine plastic issues, and was registered to the campaign since 2018. The activity is also introduced at the Ministry’s website. We will develop these activities further and contribute to local communities in all over the world through cleaning in waterfront areas.
USA
Malaysia
Japan
France
●Forest Conservation Activities
Suzuki's Forest (Hamamatsu)
Suzuki concluded a Volunteer Forest agreement with Tenryu Forest Administration Department of Forestry Agency and started the forestry preservation activities in March 2006 at Suzuki's Forest located in Inasa-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu.
Our employees and their family members conduct the forestry activity every year such as planting trees, clearing away the undergrowth, and fungus planting/harvesting operations.
This activity was conducted 28 times in total until May 2019 (12 times of planting and 16 times of undergrowth clearing), and participated by 1,400 volunteers.
"Suzuki's Forest" planting project
Participation to the tree planting project at storm surge barrier
On 29 November 2015, members of the Suzuki Green Club participated in the storm surge barrier tree planting project in coastal zone of Enshu held by the prefecture of Shizuoka and the city of Hamamatsu and Iwata. Total of 7 activities were held by FY2018 with 248 participants, and 850 nursery trees of pine trees, etc. were planted. The Suzuki Green Club will continue forest conservation and greening activities through activities in Suzuki’s Forest and storm surge barrier.
Forest of Suzuki Shimokawa Proving Grounds (Hokkaido)
Suzuki's proving grounds is located in the town of Shimokawa (Kamikawa County) on the north of Hokkaido, where the forest accounts for about 90% of the total land area. In 2003, Shimokawa acquired the international FSC(R)*1 Forest Management Certificate (FSC(R)C015134) as the first forestry cooperative in Hokkaido, and in 2011, it was designated as an Environmental Future City*2 featuring effective utilisation of abundant natural resources. Now it aims to become a “future city with best harmonisation between people and forests”.
Moreover, a 300-ha forest located in the proving grounds was also recognised to satisfy the strict forest stewardship standards according to the FSC(R) certification program, so the area was additionally registered in the FSC(R) Forest Group Certificate for Shimokawa Town in 2006 (FSC(R) C015134).
At the same time, Suzuki will continuously promote co-existence and co-prosperity with the local society who takes great care of the nature through participation of events and sales of agricultural products.
- *1 FSC(R): Forest Stewardship Council
- *2 The “Environmental Future City” is a governmental project to create the world's most ideal city where everybody wishes to live. Under this program, high potential regions are selected and financially supported for realising such an ideal city.
Suzuki Shimokawa Proving Grounds
(Hokkaido)
Participation in “Corporate Forest Preservation Program” (Hokkaido)
As part of environmental preservation and social action programs, we cooperate in silvicultural environment protection by participating in “Corporate Forest Preservation Program”, which is conducted under the Profit-Sharing Afforestation agreement with the government (Forestry Agency) for the period from 1996 to 2028.
For approximately 4.3-ha national forest (containing approximately 3,000 trees) in Shimokawa, we conduct the profit-sharing afforestation by entrusting the work to the local forestry cooperative through Hokkaido Regional Forest Office. Also, for many years, we have contributed to preservation of national land through watershed conservation, sediment discharge prevention and CO2 absorption and fixation. The shared profits coming from the program will be used for further afforestation activities.
* Forestry Agency’s “Corporate Forest Preservation Program” and “Profit-Sharing Afforestation” (in Japanese language only)
http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/kokuyu_rinya/kokumin_mori/katuyo/kokumin_sanka/hojin_mori/index.html
Suzuki’s environmental contributions in FY2017 through these forests are evaluated as follows.
Suzuki's environmental contribution through forest conservation (FY2017)
Measurement item | Forests of Suzuki Shimokawa Proving Grounds (FSC(R) C015134) |
''Corporate Forest Preservation Program'' Regional Forest Office of Forestry Agency |
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①Contribution to water yield | 155,609m3/year | 1,409m3/year |
②Contribution to prevention of sediment discharge | 5,557m3/year | 51m3/year |
③Contribution to absorption/fixation of carbon dioxide | 1,367.2CO2 t/year | 17.3CO2 t/year |
* Calculated by the project evaluation method employed by the Forestry Agency
The above equal to the below units:
- ①78.51 million bottles of 2-L PET bottles
- ②1,020 truckloads of 10-t dump truck (5.5m3/truck)
- ③4,326 persons of annual CO2 emission from one person (t/year)
Participation in environment-related fairs
●Participation in environment-related fairs
Suzuki participated in the following environment-related fairs in FY2018.
Events / Reports | Period | Location | Major organiser |
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JARI Public Day | 21 April 2018 | Tsukuba | Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) |
Tokyo Forum for Clean City and Clear Sky | 22 to 23 May 2018 | Hilton Tokyo | Tokyo |
Automotive Engineering Exposition 2018 (Yokohama) | 23 to 25 May 2018 | Pacifico Yokohama | Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan |
Automotive Engineering Exposition 2018 (Nagoya) | 11 to 13 July 2018 | Port Messe Nagoya | Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan |
Sewage Works Exhibition '18 Kitakyushu | 24 to 27 July 2018 | Kitakyushu | Japan Sewage Works Association |
12th Asian-Pacific City Summit | 1 to 2 August 2018 | Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk | Asian-Pacific City Summit secretariat |
Hamamatsu, the hometown of the Motorcycle | 25 August 2018 | Hamamatsu City Industry Exhibition Pavilion | Hamamatsu |
Logis-Tech Tokyo | 11 to 14 September 2018 | Tokyo Big Sight | Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers, etc. |
EVS31&EVTeC | 2 to 3 October 2018 | Kobe Convention Center | Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) |
Miyakejima Enduro Race WERIDE | 10 to 11 November 2018 | Miyake Village, Tokyo | Tokyo |
Shizuoka City Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Exhibit | 11 November 2018 | Shizuoka City Aoba Event Hall | Shizuoka |
6th FC-Cubic Technical Information Exchange Meeting | 6 December 2018 | Tokyo International Exchange Center | Fuel Cell Cutting-Edge Research Center Technology Research Association |
Hamamatsu City Winter Vacation Hydrogen Energy Experience Tour |
27 December 2018 | Hamamatsu Branch Office, Chubu Gas | Hamamatsu |
World Future Energy Summit 2019 | 14 to 17 January 2019 | UAE | Invited by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
Shizuoka Prefecture Hydrogen Energy Family Experience Class |
26 January 2019 | Hamamatsu Branch Office, Chubu Gas | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Shizuoka Prefecture Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Business Seminar & Matching Consultation |
14 March 2019 | Twin Messe Shizuoka | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Automotive Engineering Exposition 2018
(Yokohama)
World Future Energy Summit 2019
(Arab)
EVS31 & EVTeC
(Kobe)
●Participation in Light Down Campaign
We participated in “CO2 Reduction / Light Down Campaign” held by the Ministry of the Environment. We participated as a group and turned off the light of light-up facilities all over the country together with households that assented to this campaign on 21 June and 7 July 2018 for enlightenment of prevention of global warming.
Disclosure of environmental information
In order to disclose our views and initiatives on the environment, we are sending out such information through booklets (in Japanese language only) and websites, etc.