| Environmental Management |
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The "K" Line Group recognizes that its business activities impose
a burden on the environment, and has expressed its determination to minimize
its environmental impact in its Environmental Charter. The Group is pursuing
numerous initiatives. Under its Environmental Management System (EMS),
the Group determines specific activities for environmental preservation,
sets numerical targets, and makes improvements based on the extent to which
the targets were achieved.
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| "K" Line Group's Environmental Charter |
| We consider that it is an integral management assignment of
eternal importance to address the issue of preservation of the earthly environment. We recognize in a proper manner
that those exhaust emissions and wastes created by consumption of power sources necessitated directly and indirectly
by business activities in the logistics industry can result in an increasingly heavy burden on the limited amount of
resources of both our earthly and marine environment. We also recognize the importance of prevention of marine pollution
caused by marine accidents. In order to contribute to society in general through our diligent and consistent efforts
for preservation of the earthly environment, we, everyone throughout the entire "K" Line Group, hereby commit
ourselves that we will personally, fairly and severely observe environment-related treaties/conventions and rules/regulations,
and make utmost efforts to eliminate and minimize any adverse environmental impact. |
| Directions |
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In carrying out business activities |
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We will seek for perfection in safety of navigation and cargo operations
in order to preemptively prevent the spillage of fuel, cargo oil and/or
any other hazardous substances from ships during operation or at the time
of any marine accident. |
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We will properly manage exhausts and wastes deriving from both ship and
shore operations. We will thereby try to exert our utmost efforts for the
recycling of any such items. |
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Through an upgrade in ship operation and work performance, we will encourage
maximum conservation of energy and resources. |
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On development and introduction of environmental technology |
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For the purpose of reduction in exhaust emissions which cause air pollution and global warming to be incurred, we are committed to the study and improvement of ship and shore facilities and fuel oil, and to the development and introduction of the most sophisticated equipment and related technology. |
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We will refrain from using ship hull paints containing substances hazardous
to marine life and also from using any ozone-depleting substances. |
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For the purpose of encouragement of environmental preservation |
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We will implement restructuring of organizations with greater emphasis
on studying/educating/training about safe navigation and environmental
affairs. |
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We will elevate awareness and understanding of all prevailing environmental issues among each member of the entire "K" Line Group. |
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We will practice information disclosure appropriately in relationship to
the environment. |
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The "K" Line Group will support and participate in social activities contributing
and dedicated to present and future preservation of our earthly environment. |
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| Environmental Management Systems |
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Establishing an Environmental Management System (EMS) |
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| Environmental policies as guidelines for operating EMS |
The environmental policies set out in the EMS serve as guidelines for determining the basic policies and setting specific targets for the appropriate operation of EMS under the Environmental Charter. Based on these policies, we pursue constant improvement in our environmental activities by establishing a PDCA cycle, that is, setting specific environmental targets and goals, making plans for achieving them, and evaluating our activities for making improvements.
It is also important to understand our environmental impact based on data on ship navigation developed through SPAS as well as results of regular examinations and records prescribed in our EMS. We use the information as basic data for achieving our environmental policies and minimizing our environmental impact. |
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Visualization of Environmental Burdens with the Ship Performance Analyzing System (SPAS)
The SPAS creates a database by collecting comprehensive data on the ships
in our fleet, including the noon position, distance sailed, average speed,
amount of fuel consumed and waste generated, and ballast water replacement
status of each ship every day. This system stores the data in a server
on land via a satellite communication. The data are monitored and used
for performance analyses based on the expertise accumulated through our
many years of operation. The functions of the SPAS have been bolstered
several times since it was first introduced in 2001. The latest version
is capable of collecting and analyzing environmental data during a voyage,
such as CO2 emissions per ton-mile. This makes it easy for anyone to recognize
the environmental impact at any time. The "K" Line Group makes
use of this system for visualizing and reducing its burden on the environment. |
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| Environmental Policy |
| Along with "K" Line Group’s Environmental Charter, we will ensure the following
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In the field of sea transportation service activities, we will positively
challenge safe |
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ship/cargo operations, prevention of marine/air pollution, promotion of saving |
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resources/energy, reduction of wastes and encourage recycling. In this manner, |
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we will contribute to advance expedited environmental preservation. |
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We will always put EMS in order, continuing with improvements and trying
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pollution. |
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We will comply with laws/regulations or any other necessary requirements
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the environment. |
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We will set environmental objectives and targets, which we will supervise
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periodically. |
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We will faithfully implement our environmental policy and let all people
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We will document the directions and disclose them upon any request from
the outside. |
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Position of EMS in our Management Plan |
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| Initiatives for environmental protection as a pillar of management
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In our medium-term management plan, "K" LINE Vision 100 – New
Challenges, protecting the environment is positioned as a critical mission
along with safety in navigation and cargo operation. We have also set in
our EMS specific targets for minimizing the environmental impact of our
business activities.
In executing these policies and initiatives, we recognize that we must evaluate their results and effects thoroughly and review and correct them if any deficiencies are found. We appreciated that this task has a significant impact on our management. |
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Environmental Sub-Committee |
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| A place for confirming the PDCA Cycle |
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Our EMS stipulates that the Environmental Sub-Committee should meet twice
a year. At the meeting, the senior manager who has been appointed EMS superintendent,
the Executive Officer in charge of environmental affairs, environmental
managers, and deputy environmental managers gather to prepare basic plans
and set goals on environmental matters for the "K" Line Group,
monitor progress towards the goals, evaluate the results, and reconfirm
or review the goals.
The Environmental Sub-Committee is also incorporated in our corporate governance structure. Matters determined in the Sub-Committee and its activities are undertaken and utilized for business conduct within this structure. (See page 10 for details of our corporate governance structure.) |
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| Environmental Education and Environmental Awareness |
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Environmental Training |
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| Environmental awareness raised through environmental trainings and seminars |
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| Our EMS is operated by everyone involved in marine transportation services. All of these people are given environmental training and attend seminars as an opportunity to acquire knowledge, raise awareness, and obtain information on EMS and environmental issues. In addition, our internal portal site contains environmental activity reports and the materials used for training and seminars as well as our Environmental Charter, manuals and documented procedures on environmental management, and a list of environmental managers. We enhance the information given at site to make it useful as a portal on environmental affairs. |
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| Environmental training |
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Raising Environmental Awareness with "K" Line News, Our Company Newsletter |
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| "Professor Eco's Class for Easy Understanding of EMS" |
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| Every issue of "K" Line News, our monthly newsletter, includes
a feature article titled "Professor Eco's Class for Easy Understanding
of EMS." Aimed at deepening readers' understanding of EMS, this article
explains the environmental terms and matters required for operating EMS,
in addition to giving basic information such as "what is EMS."
Readers learn together with Professor Eco and other characters. |
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| March 2011 Issue of the "K" Line News |
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