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Environmental Auditing
Internal Audits
The environmental internal audits for ISO14001 of the Yokogawa Electric Corporation Headquarters & Main Factory consist of systems, legal compliance, and performance audits. Internal audits were conducted at all departments at least once during the year. Although some inconsistencies and items to be watched were identified, these were quickly addressed and corrected.
Internal Audit Inspection Items
| Systems audit | Audit of organizations/systems, target management, education, operations management/corrections, and other data to check whether the system is functioning effectively |
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| Legal compliance audit | Audit of the operation and monitoring of regulated values (qualifications, notice submissions, and measurement data) and other data to check whether legal and other requirements are being followed |
| Performance audit | Audit of targets and actual results, regulated values, and other data to check whether the self-determined operation items are being implemented properly |
Annual Surveillance
At the Yokogawa Electric Corporation Headquarters & Main Factory as well as at Yokogawa Manufacturing, the second annual surveillance were conducted by a certifying organization. Yokogawa's continuing efforts were praised regarding the following aspects: and the certification was maintained by the surveillance team.
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation Headquarters and Main Factory were recognized for the social contribution activities, the improved transportation methods by developing and running dedicated returnable tote boxes and for their strengthening of the internal audit system.
- Yokogawa Manufacturing was recognized for various measures, such as daily monitoring of power consumption, reduction of waste by in-house treatment of alkali waste liquid, and for their promotion and strengthening measures such as qualified persons for energy management at each site.
