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Environmental Safety Policy
places the highest priority on quality, environmental and safety concerns to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities.
Based on the strict observance of environmental laws and regulations, we have also established company-wide environmental policies as shown in [Table 1-1],
and operate specific environmental management programs in order to conduct sustainable management practices. We continue to conduct environmentally-friendly management and our entire staff practices environmental safety.
Environmental Policy
[ Table 1-1 ]
| 1 | We are committed to ensuring systematic environmental improvement. |
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| 2 | We reduce the environmental impact at every stage, from product design through to the withdrawal of a product, so as to fundamentally prevent environmental pollution. |
| 3 | Through resour3e saving campaigns, we improve environmental management systems and continue to pursue environmental improvement. |
| 4 | Through regular internal environmental inspection, we improve environmental management systems and pursue environmental improvement. |
| 5 | We provide opportunities that enable our staff members to heighten their awareness of environmental conservation and actively participate in environmental conservation campaigns. |
| 6 | We implement environmental policies and provide access to environment-related information to our customers and other interested parties. |
| 7 | We observe international agreements, domestic laws, in-house criteria, and other requirements designed to protect the environment. |
Award Winning environmentally-Friendly Company
was designated as an exemplary environmental management company by the Ministry of Environment in 1991. We earned the ISO 14001 environmental management system in 1996. We were declared as an environmentally-friendly workplace and were designated as an environmentally-friendly company in 1997. We won the Environmental Grand Award of Cheongju in 1999 after fulfilling our corporate social responsibilities and continuing to practice environmentally-friendly management. We won the Environmental Management Grand Award of the National Quality Management Competition in 2002. In 2005, our CEO declared the environmentally-friendly "Green Purchase Policy," and we concluded agreements with partners to ban the use of six hazardous substances. We declared our RoHS Compliance in April2006, and have structured our production systems in line with RoHS. We continue to practice environmentally-friendly management activities.
Environmental Safety Process and its Operation
our environmental safety process, we have established environmental safety indices to meet the legal, customer and management system requirements, and have designed and now operate the process as shown in [Table 1-2] in consideration of environmental and safety issues. We place top priority on the environment and safety at every stage of our management activities. To reduce the impact of corporate activities on the environment, we evaluate environmental factors from the development of product to production, sale, and service activities, develop environmentally-friendly products, change hazardous processes and raw materials, reduce the emission of pollutants, actively invest in cutting down our dependence on limited resources, and launch improvement campaigns.
Outline of Environmental Safety Process by Stage
[ Table 1-2 ]
| Stage | Enviromental analysis | Plan | Execution | Inspection | Follow-up management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work |
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Environment
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Cut and save energy; Dispose of wastes; Improve air-polluting substances; Structure an ecological industrial complex, and conduct campaigns to conserve environments |
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Work environment improvement and standardization and managementreview |
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Safety
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Risk evaluation; Work safety permission system; MSDS drafting / education; Pinpointing potential risk factors | |||||
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Common
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Education and training to respond to emergency situations | |||||
| Related standards | Environmental laws and management rules, Environmental impact evaluation rules | Safety and health regulations, Emergency management rules | Internal evaluations management rules | Management review and management rules | ||
We have embraced the company vision of a "Leader in electricity and automation to create a pleasant, productive industrial society through the provision of total solutions. "To that end, we conduct campaigns to save resources and reduce waste, and are committed to reducing the emission of environmental pollutants and to developing and producing and environmentally-friendly products and services and structuring a safe, pleasant workplace environment in order to pursue the balanced development of the environment, economy and society. Furthermore, we are striving to develop into a global environmentally-friendly corporation that gives serious thought and consideration to the future of humanity and the global environment.
Our company also produced environmentally-friendly products (76%) by investing in environmentally-friendly management. We use energy-saving products, environment-mark products, and environmental refill products to contribute to environmental conservation campaigns, and we recycle 80% of our waste emissions, thereby reducing the level of pollutants emitted into the environment.
With the backing of our accumulated capabilities, we are dedicated to further developing environmentally-friendly products to secure a global product competitive edge. We are working to earn the solid trust of our customers and become a world-class environmentally-friendly and safety-conscious corporation by conducting environmental improvement activities, structuring an industrial accident-free workplace, establishing pollutant unit-based management systems, and creating a total management system embracing environment, safety, and quality.
Management of Hazardous Substances in Products
![[Figure 1-1] Hazardous Substances Management](/images/s_about/evmanagement_img2.gif)
In order to provide environmentally-friendly products to our customers, we survey the environmental impact of developed products to reduce waste and boost recycling, with the focus on ease of decomposition and energy efficiency. We are conducting our campaigns in response to EU WEEE and RoHS directives. In particular, to prevent the use of hazardous substances in product manufacture, we analyze the hazardous substance contained in individual materials form the developmental stage, and register the contingent data in Data Mart for management.
We have structured a system for verification of the hazardous substance of developed products [Figure 1-1]. As such 76% of our products are produced in a way that ensures they are environmentally-friendly. We use energy-saving products, environment-mark products, and environmentally-friendly refill product as part of our contribution to environmental conservation campaigns.
Our company also produces environmentally-friendly products (76%) by investing in environmentally-friendly management. We use energy-saving products, environment- mark products, and environmental refill products to contribute to environmental conservation campaigns, and we recycle 80% of our waste emissions, thereby reducing the level of pollutants emitted into the environment.
With the backing of our accumulated capabilities, we are dedicated to further developing environmentally-friendly products to secure a global product competitive edge. We are working to earn the solid trust of our customers and become a world-class environmentally-friendly and safety-conscious corporation by conducting environmental improvement activities, structuring an industrial accident-free workplace, establishing pollutant unit-based management systems, and creating a total management system embracing environment, safety, and quality.
Management of Environmental Performance Indices
With the environmental and safety management indices for production activities set as shown in [Table 1-3], we continueto monitor and analyze trends and manage performance.
Environmental and Safety Process Performance Indices and Measurement Criteria
[ Table 1-3 ]
| Description | Performance indices | Calaulation criteria | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | Emission density of pollutants (%) | Emission density vis-á-vis the legal standards | Twice monthly |
| Emission density of water pollutants (%) | Emission density vis-á-vis the legal standards | Twice monthly | |
| Waste volume in Korean won {Kg/one million won} |
Waste emission volume / production price | Monthly | |
| Energy in Korean won {TOE/100 million won} |
Energy volume used {electricity and fuel} / production price |
Monthly | |
| Water usage in Korean won {m³/one million won} |
Water volume used / production price | Monthly | |
| Toxic substances volume used in Korean won {Kg/one million won} |
Toxic substances volume used / production price |
Monthly | |
| Ratio of environmental investment (%) | Environmental investment / new investment | Yearly | |
| Natural conservation campaign performance |
Annual frequency | Yearly | |
| Safety | Accident safety rate | No. of industrial accident / average yearly workers | Monthly |
| Emission density by work environmental item (%) |
Emission density vis-á-vis the legal standards | Twice yearly |
Cases of environmentally-friendly Products and Processes
Environmentally-friendly Product Design and Production Activities.
- Production of RoHS-compliant products : wiring circuit breakers, low-voltage equipment, inverters, and PLCs
- High energy-efficient products : amorphous transformers, inverters, etc.
- Minimizing air pollution by cutting SF6 gas : GIS, automatic load transfer switches, etc.
- Saving raw materials and reducing waste by ensuring compact features : development of economic distribution
boards and high voltage power circuit breakers - Enhancing recycling rates by changing and developing raw materials : development of high-voltage power circuit
switches, etc.
Environmentally-friendly management activities through improvement of production processes, and development and application of "clean" technologies.
We have rationalized and improved our production processes including the painting process, thereby reducing
waste. We have continued to develop "clean" technologies to minimize air pollution, and have structured the
corresponding production systems.
Environmentally-friendly management activities by replacing, or reducing the use of,
hazardous raw and supplementary materials.
Activities conducted in voluntary compliance with energy agreements.
Support for community campaigns to conserve the environment, etc.
