Environmental Policy

We recognize that addressing environmental issues is a matter impacting all humans and is of critical importance to our corporate existence and business activities, and we proactively and positively address environmental issues.

AISIN Consolidated Environmental Policy

In order to realize the management philosophy based on "Impressed by" movement "and smile in the future", "Move and change by yourself!" Based on the idea of "creating!", Through business activities such as "manufacturing," we will strive to harmonize people and the earth for the future and solve environmental and social issues.

AISIN Consolidated Environmental Policy

Vision for 2050

Zero carbon society	Aim to achieve zero CO₂ emissions at group sites and contribute to building a zero carbon society
Society focused on recycling of resources	Aim to minimize environmental impact by maximizing resource efficiency
Society in which people coexist with nature	Aim to achieve harmony with nature and local communities around the world
Fundamental activities	Aim to create more advanced environmental management systems

Bringing a Sustainable Environment to the Future (Presentation Material for Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2021)

Vision for FY2031

We have set a 2030 target as a milestone toward the goal of achieving carbon neutrality in 2050.

	KPI	Mar.2020 Result	Mar.2021 Target	Mar.2031 Target
	Life cycle CO₂ emissions reduction rate	17,333,000 t-CO₂/year	Improvement of accuracy in understanding of results for the purpose of setting targets	Reduction of 25% or greater Compared to 2013
	Production CO₂ emissions reduction rate (total)	2,819,000 t-CO₂/year	2,738,000 t-CO₂/year	Reduction of 35% or greater Compared to 2013 (2,474,000 t-CO₂/year)

In addition, we formulate an environmental initiative plan that sets activity goals every five years, and we are working to achieve our goals.

Organizational Diagram of Consolidated Environmental Committee

Working groups lead AISIN Group’s environmental activities

ALL AISIN Working Groups play a crucial role in implementing AISIN Group’s environmental activities globally (see figure above). We currently have Energy-saving, Environmental Conservation, EMS and Products Environmental working groups. All of these consist largely of members from our 13 core group companies, with our affiliate companies also participating in these activities.

Common roles of working groups

Creation of medium- to long-term activity plans for each working group based on our consolidated medium- to long-term activity plans
Creation of annual activity plans based on the mediumto long-term activity plans for each working group and semiannual reporting of activities.
Establishment of various relevant consolidated guidelines, standards, etc.

Initiatives of our working groups

Energy-saving

Reduction of CO₂ emissions in our production work

Environmental conservation

Outperforming every other company in each region by achieving zero abnormalities and complaints related to the environment
(1) Legal compliance activities
(2) Risk management such as activities to prevent environmental accidents

EMS

Consolidated EMS training and training of consolidated auditors
Reporting of assessment plans at the All-Aisin Environment Meeting
Creation of EMS-related documents

Products

Investigation and sharing of elements such as indexes for measuring a product’s impact on the environment and methods for managing chemicals
Visualization of the degree to which we are contributing to environmentally friendly products
Investigation and sharing of trends in laws and regulations concerning the impact of products on the environment