Promotion of Environmental Risk Management
Basic Policy
Nippon Steel is promoting management of environmental risk with the aim of continually enhancing preservation of the environment in various regions, with due consideration of environmental risks, which differ by each steelworks and factory, and with due consideration to compliance with Japan’s Air Pollution Control Act and other regulations.
We are also working to reduce environmental risks throughout the entire Group.
Target and KPI
- Protection of the air environment
-
- Maintaining low-level emissions of NOx and Sox
- Maintaining of lower discharge levels than voluntary targets in chemical substances
- Emission of VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)
1,106 tons/year (down 30% vs. FY2000) - Emission of benzene 172 tons/year
(voluntary target, along with the government target)
- Water environment preservation
-
- Recycling of water; high-level stable use of recycled water
Initiatives and Achievements
Water risk management
Approximately 90% of freshwater which we use is derived from recycled or reused water to reduce wastewater discharge.
Atmospheric risk management
In order to reduce emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), Nippon Steel is taking measures such as use of low-sulfur fuel, and installing Sox- and NOx-reducing equipment, low NOx-generating burners, and exhaust gas treatment units.
Soil and other risk management
We are taking appropriate measures in compliance with the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act, guidelines issued by the Ministry of the Environment, local government ordinances, and so on.
Management of discharged chemical substances
We thoroughly carry out (1) management by sorting industrial waste depending on the status of its occurrence, (2) appropriate selection and continuous management of collectors, transporters, and disposal contractors, and (3) appropriate management of Manifests (industrial waste management documentation).
Appropriate treatment of industrial waste
Nippon Steel appropriately manages and tries to improve the production, handling, and discharge or disposal of chemical substances.