- 1. We shall select our transport and storage providers and determine individual agreements impartially and based on factors such as economic rationality with consideration given to price, quality, supply stability, technological capabilities, reliability, and efforts to reduce environmental impacts.
- 2. We shall be open in selecting our transport and storage providers, rather than relying exclusively on companies with which we have done business in the past or companies affiliated with Toray Group.
- 3. We shall comply with relevant laws and regulations, consider environmental preservation, and fulfill our corporate social responsibilities in outsourcing our transport and storage operations.
- 4. We shall cooperate with our transport and storage providers in gauging and reducing the environmental impact of our transport and storage operations.
We have adopted a set of Basic Distribution Policies to guide continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of our domestic transport and storage operations. In addition to recommending that the transport and warehousing companies that act as our distribution partners acquire environmental management certifications such as ISO14001, Green Management, and Eco Stage, we have put into operation a system of joint initiatives such as a modal shift to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions.
Basic Distribution Policies Briefing
Toray held a Basic Distribution Policies Briefing for managers and executives from distribution partners with the goal of deepening their understanding of our Basic Distribution Policies and current issues. The session served as an opportunity for participants to reaffirm that Toray and its distribution partners are pursuing environmental and social measures from a common perspective by providing useful information for corporate management, including a lecture on building internal controls by a certified public accountant who attended as a guest lecturer.
| Examples of Key Initiatives to Reduce Transport-related CO2 Emissions (FY 2006) |
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Changes to the Rationalization in Energy Use Law enacted in April 2006 require businesses (Specified Consigner) outsourcing the transport of at least 30 million tons of freight per year to submit an energy conservation plan as well as regular reports detailing energy use.
To comply with these changes, Toray completed and began operating a system for gathering the requisite CO2 emissions data in FY 2006.
Toray has long undertaken a variety of initiatives to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions with the cooperation of distribution partners, including the use of larger transport vehicles. Going forward, we are committed to reducing CO2 emissions as a Specified Consigner through distribution innovations such as modal shift.
During FY 2006, we reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 800 tons by means of a modal shift away from truck transport.
Due to the globalization of our business, we have also been working to reduce the environmental impact of international shipping in the face of annual increases in shipments of products and raw materials, and the collection of packaging materials between countries. During FY 2006, these efforts included a transition to reusable steel frames for raw carbon fiber textiles exported from Japan to Europe and the United States, and the adoption of a system for utilizing our domestic collection network to reuse core tube and steel frames for film products imported from Malaysia to Japan.
We plan to build similar systems for reusing packaging materials for products imported to Japan from other Asian countries.
In conjunction with its distribution partners, Toray launched a series of initiatives in FY 2006 to improve transport quality so as to avoid inconveniencing customers with freight losses or damages during product delivery. Toray employees visited worksites operated by distribution partners and worked to spread awareness by identifying potential problem areas in the handling of Toray products by using highly visible diagrams. This initiative succeeded in reducing product losses or damages during storage and transport in FY 2006 by 25% compared to the previous year.
