What We Have Achieved

Various global environmental conservation activities had been carried out before Yokogawa Kofu office was certified with the ISO14001 certification in 1997 followed by officially implementing the environmental management system across the entire Yokogawa group. The environmental practices of Yokogawa group since 1971 are listed below in chronological order.

History of Environmental Practices of YOKOGAWA (in time series)

1971~
1980~
1990~
2000~

1971		Yokogawa establishes a pollution prevention organization
1974	July	Yokogawa completes construction of wastewater treatment facilities to comply with ordinance of Tokyo compliant with municipal bylaws
1987	May	Yokogawa begins environmental assessment studies
1989	October	Yokogawa establishes a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) reduction committee
1991	April	Yokogawa sets up an organization to promote an Environment management
	August	Yokogawa starts "Save the Earth" campaign
1993	February	Yokogawa appoints a Vice President of Environmental Management and forms a Global Environment Committee
	July	Yokogawa establishes a voluntary environmental activities plan
1994	August	Yokogawa reports the results of voluntary environmental activities in fiscal year 1993
	December	Yokogawa completely eliminates specific CFCs and trichloroethane for cleaning
1995	June	Yokogawa Board of Directors decided to obtain ISO14001 certification and merge a voluntary environmental activity plan into ISO14001 plan.
	October	Yokogawa reorganize a Global Environment Committee
1996	March	Yokogawa establishes corporate rules for environmental management
	May	Yokogawa forms a Global Environment Committee at Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory, Kofu Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory), and Komine Factory (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Komine Factory).
		Solar power generators for disaster use installed at Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory. Yokogawa signs a disaster prevention accord with Musashino City.
1997	April	Issued "Green Times", a company newsletter
	July	The Kofu Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory) obtains ISO14001 certification
1998	February	Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory and the Komine Factory (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Komine Factory) obtain ISO14001 certification
	May	Two co-generation power generators (585 kw) go online at the new main building of Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory
	June	Yokogawa begins publishing Yokogawa Environmental Catalogue
1999	September	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Environmental Report 1999. Also the company introduces environmental accounting and makes data available to public.
	November	Yokogawa introduces environmental labeling (Type II)
2000	July	Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory reached its goal of generating zero landfilled waste
	August	Yokogawa introduces Japan’s first returnable container recycling service for customers
	September	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Report 2000 and introduces third-party verification system
	November	Suzhou Yokogawa Meter Co. joins the China-Japan 3E (Energy, Environment, and Economy) Research Project and is selected as a model company for environmental accounting study
2001	March	Yokogawa establishes The principles of Yokogawa Group Environmental Management Standards.
	July	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Report 2001
	September	Three Yokogawa sites receive comprehensive ISO14001 certification
	November	The Kofu Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory) reached its goal of generating zero landfill waste
2002	February	The Yokogawa Manufacturing Akiruno Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Komine Factory) accomplishes its goal of generating zero landfill waste. The Kofu Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory) installs a light through type solar power generating system
	July	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Report 2002
	August	Four Yokogawa sites receive comprehensive ISO14001 certification
2003	February	The Econo-Pilot energy-saving system for water pumps receive the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Director-General’s Award at the Energy Conservation Award ceremony.
		The Kofu Office (current Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory) receives award from the Director-General of the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry in recognition of its achievements in reducing energy consumption.
	July	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Report 2003
	October	The Plant of newly established Yokogawa Electric China starts operations in Suzhou as an environmentally aware manufacturing site
2004	March	New environmentally optimized facilities at the Yokogawa Manufacturing Komine Factory and Kofu Factory start operations
	June	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Management Report 2004
	August	Yokogawa Electric Headquarters & Main Factory obtain a separate ISO14001 certification
2005	March	Energy Conservation Guided Tours start at the Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory
	April	Yokogawa joins the Team Minus 6% national campaign
	June	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Environmental Management Report 2005
2006	March	Yokogawa Manufacturing Kofu Factory and Komagane Factory attain zero CO2 emissions
	September	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Sustainability Report 2006
	October	Yokogawa introduces the Green Power Certification System (300,000kwh)
		The Kanazawa Office receives the New Office Promotion Award, Environment Award and Good Design Award for architectural design
2007	June	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006
	September	Yokogawa Group establishes the Energy Conservation and Environment Protection Solution Division in order to promote environmental management solutions to customers
2008	June	Yokogawa publishes Yokogawa Group Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007
2009	May	Yokogawa completely abolishes the usage of HCFC