Environmental Education and Certificates

In order to raise the level of environmental activities, we provide environmental education programs for all employees. These education programs are composed of (1) position-based education courses, (2) general education courses, (3) specialized education courses, and (4) ISO 14001 education courses, offering curriculums designed to meet the needs of different posts, occupational roles, and specialties. All curricula for these courses are reviewed annually in order to help employees share the latest information. Starting in FY2011, in addition to the existing environmental education system, we plan to introduce environmental education programs for each occupational role (such as sales or engineering), educational programs for biodiversity potential assessment methods, and so forth, thus enriching the content of our specialized environmental education programs.

Environmental education system

Position-based education	General education		Specialized education		ISO 1400 education
			ECP education	In-house environmental auditor education
Education for managers	Environmental awareness training course Environmental education for new employees			Education for the certification of in-house environmental auditors Site auditors Technology auditors
Education for employees in general
Education for new employees

We provide training for auditors for our in-house environmental auditing system, which was put into practice in 1993. In the training program for site auditors, candidates are screened through group education, on-site training and a written examination. After the screening, candidates participate in actual audits as assistants and submit reports in order to be certified as auditors. Technology auditors are certified through group education and a written examination. In FY2010, 20 employees were certified as site auditors, 8 as technology auditors and 9 as overseas local auditors. The current number of certified auditors is 308.

Training for auditors