Environmental Conservation

Our group set up the Global Environment Charter as the foundation of environmental activities, and positively promotes environmental conservation activities of our group. The Environmental Conservation Action Principles in the Global Environment Charter shows directions of how environmental conservation should be realized as a global company. Based on the principles, our group develops and deploys environmental activities of our group. Our group also adopts the Hitachi Group's Sustainability Compass to represent the directions and efforts of our group environmental management.

Global Environment Charter

Our group set up the Global Environment Charter as the foundation of environmental activities.

Environmental Management Promotion

Our group established an Environment Policy Div. in 1991 to promote organized environmental conservation activities of our group.

Sustainability Compass

Our group adopts Hitachi Group's New Sustainability Compass to represent the direction and efforts of our group environmental management.

Acquisition of environmental management system certificates

Our group considered establishment of a managing system as a driver of environmental activities. Information concerning the acquisition of ISO14001 and other certificates by our group is available here.

Environmental data by site

We display input quantities and output quantities arising from business activities by site.

1. 2008 fiscal year
2. 2007 fiscal year

Eco-products

Our group develops eco-products by considering their impact on the environment through the product life cycle.

Activity News

1. Environmental Management

Released on June 22 and June 2, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
FY 2008 achievements and FY 2009 targets of environmental conservation activities
August 5, 2009
State of establishing environmental management systems
August 5, 2009
Providing environmental training
August 5, 2009
Conducting environmental audits
August 5, 2009
GREEN 21 Activity

Released on January 30, 2009 in Japanese site

April 13, 2009
Participation in Eco-Products 2008

2. Overview of the environmental impact associated with business operations

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Inputs and Emissions Accompanying Business Operations

3. Activities to reduce waste

Released on June 22, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Zero emission achievements
August 5, 2009
Reduction in final waste disposal
August 5, 2009
Reduction in the final waste disposal by careful sorting (Hitachi Construction Machinery Camino)
August 5, 2009
Recycling of forging scale and shot blast slag (Niigata Material)

4. Activities to prevent global warming

Released on January 29, 2010 in Japanese site

February 25, 2010
Use of domestic timber for pallets (report on use of domestic timber1)
February 25, 2010
About the environmental information magazine The Earth

Released on June 22, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Requesting transportation company contractors to fit digital tachometers to dump trucks (Hitachi Kenki Logistics Technology)

Released on June 12, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Increase in sales of energy saving devices (Hitachi Construction Machinery Trading)

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Energy saving in transportation of products, etc.
August 5, 2009
Continuous trial use of BDF forklifts (Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra)
August 5, 2009
Increase in use of battery forklifts (Hitachi Kenki Logistics Technology)
August 5, 2009
Sales increase of battery forklifts (TCM)

Released on June 2, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Efforts to reduce CO2 emission during manufacture
August 5, 2009
Participation in CO2 emissions trading

Released on March 30, 2009 in Japanese site

April 24, 2009
Carbon offset certificates were applied for more than forty machines

5. sustainable business model

Released on June 12, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Extending cooperation in the startup of a recycling system for rubber crawlers, etc

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Component recycling business
August 5, 2009
Recycling counterweights

6. Management and Reduction in use of Chemicals

Released on June 22, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Management of substances subject to the PRTR Act
August 5, 2009
Reduction in the use of substances having a negative impact on the environment
August 5, 2009
Soil contamination survey

7. Promotion of eco-product development

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Promotion of eco-product development

8. Environmental Technology Research and Development

Released on June 22, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Development of a hybrid large wheel loader, L130 (TCM)

Released on June 12, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Development of battery excavators

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Development of a mining truck with an electrical drive system, the EH3500ACII

9. Environmental accounting

Released on June 5, 2009 in Japanese site

August 5, 2009
Environmental accounting for fiscal 2008