KWE Group strives to minimize any negative impact on the environment caused through its business activities, by monitoring any impact and constantly taking actions to improve it.
- KWE Group's Environmental Policy
- ISO Environmental Management System Certificate
- Minimizing Environmental Impact from Business Activities
- Data about Environment (2020)
KWE Group's Environmental Policy
In addition to our corporate philosophy, to contribute to the development of a global community through logistics services, KWE Group sets forth the following policy to conserve the earth's valuable natural resources and strive to preserve the environment:
- We promote global pollution prevention and conduct continuous improvement activities.
- We comply with the environmental protection laws, regulations and requirements in each country in which we operate.
- From the aspect of environmental matters related to business activities, we define the following items as the key objectives of environmental management:
- Control greenhouse gas emissions
• Control electricity consumption
• Control exhaust gas emissions from vehicles and equipment - Reduce waste and promote recycling
- Control greenhouse gas emissions
- We prevent environmental pollution in cooperation and collaboration with clients, affiliated companies and subcontractors.
- We make both KWE employees and the public aware of our environmental protection policy through internal and external communications.
ISO Environmental Management System Certificate
Kintetsu Logistics Systems Inc. was the first company to be ISO14001 certified within the KWE Group in September 2001. Since then, below sites have been certified, adopting Environment Management System (EMS):
ISO14001-Certified sites in Japan
- KWE Misato Green Warehouse
- Kintetsu Logistics Systems' Tokyo Terminal
ISO14001-Certified sites Overseas
- Malaysia 1
- Philippines 2
- Hong Kong 3
- Taiwan 2
- Russia 1
- South Africa 1
- India 17
(As of Mar 2021)
Reducing the environmental impact of our facilities
We have installed a solar power generation system at our Narita Terminal, and at Misato Green Warehouse (Misato City, Saitama), we are using renewable energy through Green Power Certificate System. At other facilities, we continue to introduce energy-saving equipment, strict temperature control, and turn off lights during lunch breaks.
At all our facilities, we reuse wooden pallets, recycle plastic wrap, bands and cardboard, and recycle office paper.
Minimizing Environmental Impact from Business Activities
In Japan, we are undertaking several environmental initiatives such as requesting affiliated businesses to reduce automobile idle time and promoting fuel-efficient driving to reduce automobile emissions, replacing forklifts with battery operated alternatives and replacing company cars with energy-saving models.
Outside Japan, we work on reducing CO2 emissions by replacing trucks owned by local subsidiaries with new ones.
Data about Environment (2020)
| Description | Item | KWE | Year on Year | KWE Group Total* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | Electricity(kwh) | 16,066,835 | 105.1% | 21,164,018 |
| CO2Converted Emission(t)* | 6,928 | 98.7% | 9,277 | |
| City Gas(m3) | 5,405 | 115.3% | 9,160 | |
| CO2Converted Emission(t) | 12 | 115.3% | 20 | |
| Water | Usage(t) | 19,461 | 111.8% | 57,451 |
| Fuel | Gasoline(ℓ) | 49,213 | 72.3% | 219,162 |
| CO2Converted Emission(t) | 114 | 89.8% | 508 | |
| Diesel Fuel(ℓ) | 19,177 | 89.2% | 408,315 | |
| CO2Converted Emission(t) | 49 | 24.6% | 1,053 | |
| Propane Gas(ℓ) | 62,286 | 96.5% | 97,706 | |
| CO2Converted Emission(t) | 187 | 305.4% | 293 | |
| Fuel Oil A(ℓ) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| CO2Converted Emission(t) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Office Paper | Usage (box) (1 box = 2,500 pcs) | 22,233 | 92.1% | 25,912 |
| Waste | Flammable(kg) | 119,866 | 101.1% | 237,616 |
| Non-Flammable(kg) | 23,256 | 29.2% | 37,141 | |
| Plastics(kg) | 121,894 | 204.1% | 164,162 | |
| Resources Emissions | Cardboard(kg) | 730,090 | 86.6% | 849,265 |
| Paper(kg) | 204,401 | 93.2% | 217,624 | |
| Wrap(kg) | 56,498 | 76.0% | 87,036 | |
| Wooden Pallet(kg) | 582,599 | 72.4% | 812,454 | |
| Iron Scraps(kg) | 70 | 3.6% | 190 | |
| CO2Converted Emission Total(t) | 7,291 | 95.8% | 11,153 | |
*The conversion rate provided by Electric Power Company is used for the conversion from Electricity to CO2.
*The data is for the result of 2020.
*Above result is total by KWE Group except Overseas Subsidiary.
*Some data has been modified in Jul 2020.