Environment

Environmental policies

Environmental philosophy

Recognizing environmental conservation as fundamental to the continual progress of humanity, we undertake various activities in line with our management philosophy: contributing to societal progress based on the enduring theme of realizing environments in which people can work with peace of mind.

Action guidelines

In various activities related to domains ranging from product development and design through shipment, we strive to carry out corporate activities that account for environmental impact, including promoting the conservation of energy and other resources and reductions in and the appropriate processing of waste and emissions.
We deliver products that contribute to environmental conservation in a timely manner.
We constantly strive both to maintain and improve our environmental management system. Our goal is to improve environmental performance by reducing waste, as well as by minimizing pollution in terms of, for example, switching to materials that help reduce pollution.
We promote green procurement by prioritizing the use of materials characterized by low environmental impact.
We strive to protect the environment by ensuring thoroughgoing compliance with environmental laws and regulations, official standards, and other requirements, as needed.
We establish annual environmental targets and plans for various goals and review these periodically and as necessary, taking changing circumstances into consideration.
We strive to ensure thorough understanding of this policy and to raise awareness of environmental conservation issues among all those who work for us or on our behalf.
We publish these policies on our website and disclose them as requested by external parties.

EMS Certification

RIKEN KEIKI addresses environmental conservation from two perspectives. One involves joint activities involving low environmental impact and earning ISO 14001 environmental management system certification. Examples of our corporate activities based on this perspective include the selection of eco-friendly materials at the R&D stage, promoting green procurement, and the development of production systems that generate less waste and pollutants. Another way we contribute to environmental conservation is through product development. In this area, we have developed devices to detect and measure environmental pollutants governed by volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations and countermeasures against formaldehyde—devices that have earned a strong reputation in the market. We believe we can contribute in many ways to safety and environmental conservation in the 21st century.

ISO14001:2015

Review agency: High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan ISO Review Center
Scope of certification: Design, development, manufacture, and maintenance of gas detector and alarm equipment and other measurement instruments
Subject sites: Headquarters, Development Center, Production Center, Hakodate Factory
Registration no.: 97ER・005
Registration year: 1997

Environmental Initiatives

Introduction to The Headquarters, Development Center and Production Center

Adopting renewable energy In April 2021, we switched electricity consumed at our head office building in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward to renewable energy. Since then, the electricity supplied to our head office building has come from 100% renewable energy sources (including feed-in tariff electricity), backed by non-fossil-fuel certificates with tracking. Additionally, we introduced renewable energy at our Development Center and Production Center in July and at the Hakodate Factory in November 2021. We will proceed with the phased transition to renewable energy at other sites, in addition to the head office and the factory.

RIKEN KEIKI will contribute to a carbon-free society not merely by adopting renewable energy, but by continuing to promote energy conservation activities.

Participation in World Cleanup Day

World Cleanup Day is a day on which people around the world take action to make the world a cleaner place. Launched in 2008, when nine young people in Estonia called on people throughout the country to clean up forests affected by illegal dumping, it has since spread to 180 countries worldwide. We began participating in 2022 as part of our social contribution activities.

Recognizing global environmental conservation as fundamental to the sustained progress of humanity, the RIKEN KEIKI Group, as a good corporate citizen, is committed to contributing to the resolution of various social issues and to the development of a sustainable society.

Green Fund

Support for Green Fund

Supporting the Greeney Donation Funds
The National Land Afforestation Campaign was launched in 1950 to restore greenery through the efforts of the people of Japan, and the Green Feather Fundraising campaign was launched in the same year. In 1995, the Greenery Donation Act was enacted, and volunteer-led afforestation activities through the Greenery Donation Funds have been promoted not only in Japan but also on a global scale.

RIKEN KEIKI has supported forest conservation activities through the Greenery Donation Funds since 2022.