Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Toyo Seikan Group Environmental and Social Reports 2008

Toyo Seikan Group

Environmental andSocial Reports

2008

We create ideal packages
every day.

Company ProﬁleEstablished ： June, 1917
P r e s i d e n t ： Hirofumi Miki
Head Oﬃce ： Saiwai Bldg., 1-3-1 Uchisaiwai-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8522 JapanC a p i t a l ：￥11,094,600,000
S a l e s ：￥351,300,000,000 (FY2007)
Employees ： 4,958 (as of March 2008)
Area of business ： Manufacturing and sale of packages and containers

We are committed to contributing to society through our packaging technology.

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A Message from the President
Foundation of Toyo Seikan and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group
Philosophy of Toyo Seikan
The Role of Packaging in Benefiting the Environment and Society
Topics 2007
Highlights 2007
Corporate GovernanceCompliance
Initiatives on Risk Management

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Toyo Seikan was founded in 1917.

Contents

The eight principal companies of the Toyo Seikan GroupIn 1919, we started manufacturing cans using Japanʼs first automatic can making system.

①Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

Our basic policy, unchanged since the companyʼs foundation, is to “contribute to society through our packaging technology.”②Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Toyo Seikan keeps on growing as a leading manufacturer within the industry, specializing in metal cans for foods and drinks③Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

(our mainstay products) and plastic containers such as PET bottles.

④Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.

(Metal cans, PET bottles, and plastic containers)(Tin, thin metal sheets, surface-treated steel
sheets, and various functional materials)(Glass bottles and glass-related products)(Paper cups and plastic containers)⑤Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
(Metal and plastic caps)⑥Toyo Food Equipment Co., Ltd.
(Container production and canning and bottlingmachines)⑦Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd.
(Filling of aerosol products)⑧Tokan Material Technology Co., Ltd.
(Enamel and various glazes, coating materials for
FRP, and plastic pigments)

Environmental Policies
Environment Management System
Targets and Activity Results of Eco Action Plan 2010
FY2007 Environmental Activities Report
Environmental Targets for FY2008 and Beyond
Input-Output in Container Manufacturing
Chemical Management Initiatives
Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming
Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling
Green Purchasing Initiatives
Environmental Risk Initiatives
Eco-Friendly Containers
LCA initiatives
3R Initiatives
Individual Plant Initiatives
Environment Management Accounting

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Customer Relationships
Relationship with Society
Relationship with Employees
Commendations

Data Collection
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History of Environmental Activities
Toyo Seikan s Participation in External Organizations
INPUT-OUTPUT
Construction status of environment management systems for Toyo Seikan Group companies
Power, water, and fuel consumption
Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law／Environmental accounting data
Lawsuits, penalties and fines regarding the environment／Editor s Note
Third Party Opinion

Requirements of this Report
1.Scope:This report details the activities of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
and summarizes the activities of both the Toyo Seikan Group as awhole and its individual Group companies.
2.Period:April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008 (including some information
for the period up to June 2008)
3.Areas:Environment and society
4.Date of issue:July 2008
5.Next issue planned:July 2009
6.Relevant department and contact address:
Environment Department, Material Purchase & Environment Division,
Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd. Saiwai Bldg., 1-3-1 Uchisaiwai-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8522 Japan
Tel: 03-3508-2158, Fax: 03-3503-5418
Toyo Seikan Web site
URL: http://www.toyo-seikan.co.jp
This report has been created based on the Guideline forEnvironmental Reporting 2007 of the Ministry of Environment and theSustainability Reporting Guidelines 2002 of GRI.

To Readers of the Environmental and Social Reports of the Toyo Seikan Group.
Toyo Seikan has been issuing an environmental report every year since 1999. This FY2008 issue isthe tenth Toyo Seikan Group Environmental and Social Report .
To enhance reliability, this report has included the opinions of a third party every year since FY2004
and these opinions are used as a point of reference for the next year s issue. The problems
highlighted in the FY2007 issue regarding ease of understanding and readability have beensolved by signiﬁcantly reducing the number of pages. Furthermore, the social content of the reporthas been enhanced in order to maintain a good balance between the environment- andsociety-related topics.Your comments and opinions on this report are most welcome. Please ﬁll out
and send back the questionnaire provided at the end of this report. These comments and opinions
will be reﬂected in future issues, whenever possible.

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A Message from the President

A Message from the President

A Message from the President
In recent years, the prevention of global warming
has become a common keyword around the world.
Now that the Commitment Period of the Kyoto
Protocol has started, the reduction of carbon
dioxide emissions has become one of the mostimportant issues in our corporate activities and thepromotion of energy conservation activities is anurgent priority.
Toyo Seikan obtained ISO14001 certiﬁcation forwhat we can do as a member of society.

our company-wide integrated quality management

Recently, a number of scandals and accidents

system in 2007, and each of the Group companies

relating to the violation of corporate compliancehas also obtained certiﬁcation for its own system.

were reported in news, causing our society to take

The reduction of environmental impact is pursued

a more critical view of the way industry groups

through the operation of these systems.

conduct their business and to question the attitudes

Toyo Seikan Group, led by Toyo Seikan andof corporations that are devoted solely to theconsisting mainly of container and material

pursuit of proﬁt.

manufacturers such as Toyo Kohan, Toyo Glass,Toyo Seikan Group considers that our compliance

Tokan Kogyo and Japan Crown Cork, has, everpromotion activities are important management

since its foundation, actively promoted thetasks on which its survival depends. We are taking

reduction of industrial wastes, energy conservation

measures to strengthen corporate governance inand resource conservation in an eﬀort to reduceorder to eﬀect changes in the framework of

the environmental impact that accompanies ourmanagement and promote activities to improve

corporate activities. Since the 1980 s, when global

corporate ethics by revising the Corporate Codeenvironmental problems ﬁrst gained prominence,of Conduct for Ethical and Legal Compliance .

we have employed the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Furthermore, the entire group is also working ontechnique for the comprehensive evaluation ofcompliance promotion activities related to overseas

environmental impact for industrial products andoperations.

systems, in order to develop eco-friendly products.

In order to disclose information on these

Recently, a CDM project in Thailand has beenenvironmental, social, and economic initiatives toundertaken. Furthermore, we are carrying out athe public, we have prepared this Environmental

comprehensive program of ongoing activities

and Social Report 2008 of Toyo Seikan Group,

involving the enhancement of environmental

describing the conditions of environmental

management, for which we established the Toyomanagement throughout the entire group, along

Seikan Group Eco Action Plan 2010 consisting ofwith improvement activities being undertaken in thethree stages, namely Environmental Vision,area of corporate ethics, and the involvement ofEnvironmental Targets and Action Plans, and we

our employees in these eﬀorts. We hope thathave deﬁned quantitative targets for products,

everyone reading this report will gain a deeper

production activities, purchases, logistics, sales

understanding of our involvement in corporate

activities, resource recycling, communications, andactivities and provide us with their support in theenvironmental management.

future.

In this rapidly changing society of ours, the role tobe played by the Toyo Seikan Group is continuallychanging, but our responsibilities to society and our
missions as a corporation are always growing inimportance. In order to protect the global
environment and realize a society that can maintainsustainable growth, we at the Toyo Seikan Groupare striving to maintain our position as an innovator

President
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Management Philosophy of Toyo Seikan
Our Fundamental Principles
1. Our objective is to bring happiness to
mankind.
2. Purpose of our business is not just to gain
profit. Profit is a result of our hard workand not our main aim
3. Each of us must incorporate a sense ofservice in our work. Exercise this sense
collaboratively and strive to ensure theprosperity of our business partners in thesame way as we would for ourselves.
Work Rules for Our Employees
1. Toyo Seikan is a mutual packaging factory
for all customers who require packaging.
Our employees must be loyal to ourcustomers we serve.
2. Our products must be better in quality,
lower in price and must be supplied more
quickly than those of other companies. We
should not think that we are just selling our
products, but we must rather think that weare sending off our beloved children weraised with utmost care.
3. To be satisfied with only a small success is
to take a step backwards. Our first duty
must be to work without loosing ouryouthful vitality and courage.

Five Action Guidelines(1) Our corporate management philosophy,
ever since the companyʼs foundation in
1917, has remained a strong focal point of
Toyo Seikan.
(2) Concentrate on the core of our business:packaging.
(3) Always place customers first.
(4) Keep our internal organization simple.
(5) Individual efforts must continue to further
improve quality and productivity.

and pioneer of new age, always asking ourselves

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History and evolution of packaging

Caps

Japan Crown Cork

TULC wentinternational!

Paper packaging

Easily separable
composite containers

Debut of eco-friendly

TULC cans

DWI cans made using
fewer materials

First paper cups madeof non-wood pulp
Debut of separable
caps

Debut of plastic
caps

Debut of
Toyo Seam
Cans

Invention of the principles ofcanning for preserving
food and drink

Ready-to-use

DIPOpouches

Pouchesand cups

Pull-top lid:
no need forcan openers

Highly safe
PP capDebut of canned
fruit juice

1917:
Foundation of
Toyo Seikan

PETbottles

Foldable
PET bottles
PET bottles
made usingfewermaterials

Improved functionalityof paper cups

Start of crown
cap production

Developmentof ULB,
Next-generation
PET bottles

Debut of SOT with capsthat do not litter

Wider use of paper
containers

Start of paper cup
production

Cans

Caps made using
fewer materials

Tokan Kogyo

Foundation of Toyo Seikan and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group

Foundation of Toyo Seikan and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group

Foundation of Toyo Seikan and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group

Handy and user-friendly
rice packaging developedby Toyo Seikan

Debut ofPET
bottles

Japan s ﬁrst aluminum
retort pouches developedby Toyo Seikan

Bottles forlong-lasting taste

Plastic
bottles

Debut of bottles
made of recycledmaterials

Shampoo bottles
with pumps

Debut ofmayonnaise bottles

Debut ofecologybottles

Debut ofultra-light bottles

Debut ofplastic
coatedbottlesStart of automatic
production of glass
bottles

Debut ofreﬁll pouches

Developmentof hyper-lightbottlesGlass bottles
Toyo GlassIn France, Nicolas Appert invented the principle of canning,which initiated the evolution of the current generation of airtight containers.

Period devoted to the establishment of conservation stability

Period devoted to the pursuit of usability

Period devoted to the evolution of new techniques for global environment conservation

FY2007 fiscal highlights
Sales

Nonconsolidated
Consolidated(100 million yen)

8,000
7,000

7,144

7,455

7,289

5,000
3,585

3,448

3,513

2,000
1,000

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2006

2007

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188

15,000
136

98

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Number of employees
20,000

250

150

3,000

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Nonconsolidated
Consolidated(100 million yen)

200

6,000
4,000

Ordinary profit

14,558

16,221

Nonconsolidated
Consolidated

17,583

Segments by business type (consolidated)8％
10,000

82
5,000

5,193

5,071

2005

2006

4,958

Major products of the different business units

Other businessBusiness related
to steel sheets

Businesses related to packaging ：Can products, plastic products, glass products, paper products, etc.
Business related to steel sheets：Steel sheets, treated steel-sheet products, etc.
O t h e r b u s i n e s s ：Glazes, pigments, substrates for magnetic disks,mechanical devices, petroleum products, etc.

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Sales745.5
billion yen

86％

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2007

Fiscal year

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2007

Fiscal year

Business related
to packaging

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06Philosophy of Toyo Seikan

Philosophy of Toyo Seikan

The Toyo Seikan Group is pursuing expansion and the qualitative
improvement of eco-friendly products.
We are striving for continuous quantitative expansion and the qualitative
improvement of eco-friendly products.
In the development of eco-friendly products, attention is paid to the following
three points:
First, measures are taken to ensure the thorough reduction of environmental impact
throughout the lifecycle of each product, with regard to both energy and resource
conservation.
Second, eco-friendly designs are pursued in order to minimize the environmental risks ofproducts that may impact on safety and the global environment.
Third, the concepts of functional improvement and universal design are pursued in order todevelop products with high added values that will improve the level of customer
satisfaction.

T h e a im o f h a rmo n iza tio n o f th e g lo b a l e n viro n mentb y me a n s o f o u r p a c ka g in g te c h n o lo g y.

i s pur sued

The Toyo Seikan Group, which began business with the production and sale oftin cans for canning in 1917, has continued to supply a wide range of packaging
and containers for more than 90 years. Throughout this period, the Group has
developed new forms of packaging and new technologies, while always bearing
in mind how the packaging can conserve its contents safely and eﬃciently.
We refer to the know-how developed through these eﬀorts as our packaging
technology and intend to bring this technology that the Toyo Seikan Group has
developed to the world market, starting this process by meeting the demanding
Japanese environmental standards.

Packaging Technology to Help

Conserve Our Beautiful Earth

The Toyo Seikan Group carries out business activities directed mainly at the production and sale of various
forms of packaging, including metal cans, plastic containers, glass bottles, paper products and caps as wellas the production and sale of thin metal sheets, various materials, machinery, and aerosol ﬁlling.

List of Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Main Group Companies of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Toyo Seikan

Tokan Kogyo●Nippon National Seikan ●Honshu Seikan ●Shikoku Seikan●Nippon Tokan Package ●Tokan Kosan ●Toyo Unicon●Toyo Pack International ●Toyo Denkai ●Toyo Unso

●Sunnap ●Taiyo Plastic Corp. of the Philippines●Ryukyu Seikan ●Daito Seikan ●Fukuoka Packing●Tokan Unso-Soko ●Tokan Unyu ●Saiwai Trading ●Tokan Kyoei●Bangkok Can Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

●Ueda Paper Cup & Lid ●Shosando ●Tokan Logitech●東罐(常熱)高科技容器有限公司

Japan Crown Cork

●Well Pack Innovation Co., Ltd. ●Malaysia Packaging Industry Berhad●Toyo Pack International Co., Ltd.

●Asia Packaging Industries (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.

●Crown Seal Public Co., Ltd. ●Kanagata (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Toyo Kohan●Kohan Kogyo ●KY Technology ●Kohan Shoji ●Toyo Partner●TOYO PAX ●Kyodo Kaiun ●Kudamatsu Unyu

●Toyo-Memory Technology Sdn. Bhd. ●East Cheer Investment Limited●Shenzhen KTM Glass Substrate Co., Ltd.

●KTM Glass Substrate Hong Kong Co., Ltd.

Toyo Glass●Toyo-Sasaki Glass ●Toyo Glass Machinery ●Shimada Glass●Tohoku Keisha ●Shimada Special Glass ●Tosho●Toyo Glass Butsuryu ●Toyo Glass Machinery Singapore (Pte) Ltd.

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Toyo Food Equipment●Honma Tekkojo

Toyo Aerosol Industry●Toyo Filling International Co., Ltd.

Tokan Material Technology●Mikawa Ceramics ●多瑪得(上海)精細化工有限公司●多瑪得(廈門)精細化工有限公司 ●日龍発展有限公司●太星発展有限公司 ●TOMATEC America, Inc.
●First Clarion Enterprise Inc.

* Names enclosed in boxes represent the eight principal companies.
Underlined names represent consolidated companies.

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The Role of Packaging in Benefiting the Environment and Society

The Role of Packaging in Benefiting the Environment and Society

The Role of Packaging in Benefiting the Environment and Society
Role of packaging

Packages and containers as a System for Reducing Environmental Impact

The role of packaging is to act as a link between the production and consumption of all kinds of goods
in society. These goods include all sorts of commodities, products and merchandise, very few of which

In the end, packages and containers are thrown away as garbage.

are ever placed in circulation without packaging of some kind. Packaging conserves all goods

Aren t they wasteful and bad for the global environment?

securely, properly, and beautifully and ensures that they are delivered to consumers in their originalform.

Do you think of packages and containers in this way?
Maybe they are too commonplace in our daily lives to be seen in their true colors but, in reality,

Secure conservation

packages and containers and packaging systems are actually functioning very eﬀectively as anFirst of all, packages and containers must protect their contents.

environmentally friendly environmental impact reduction system .

They must preserve, for a certain period of time, all their contents intact and without letting any of the

Packages and containers prevent the loss of many resources. With regard to farm and marine

desired properties deteriorate. Ensuring that the type of packaging used is suitable for its contents is

products, in particular, only the most useful parts of these products are packaged and transported toan important consideration in this regard. Secure conservation refers to ensuring the security andthe consuming regions in order to minimize garbage, and packaging prevents any damage and bruisingsafety of the product from the production stage through to consumption by protecting and conservingof the products en route, thereby enhancing eﬃciency.

the contents.

Without a packaging system, various foodstuﬀs sent from producing regions would deteriorate andmany of them would be unﬁt for consumption before they reached the consumer.
Foodstuﬀs are packaged in producing regions and unnecessary foodstuﬀ residues and components are

Proper packaging

kept out of consuming regions. Such an arrangement enhances the eﬃciency of transportation,

Second, packages and containers must be convenient for transport, conveyance and distribution.

signiﬁcantly reducing the amount of fuel consumed by trucks, railroads and airplanes and minimizing

Packages and containers must endure rather rough handling and, preferably, still be easy to open andthe amount of energy involved in physical distribution. The amount of space needed for storage is also

dispose of afterwards.

reduced.

The availability of proper packaging is essential to ensure both the economic distribution of goods
over a wide area and their convenient consumption, anytime and anywhere.

Best way ahead for packaging manufacturers
Is there a truly eco-friendly system that can be realized while still ensuring security and safety? How
can the amount of materials used in containers be reduced? What can be done to promote a recycling

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Beautiful packaging

system for used packaging? How can packaging and containers be made more convenient and easier

Third, all packages and containers must show what their contents are and convey all necessary

to use?

information to consumers. Packages and containers are both media for information and powerful tools

Those of us who are engaged in the production of packaging are committed to continuing our eﬀorts tofor sales promotion. Beautiful packaging is a messenger that expresses the merits of its contents.

further reduce environmental impact in the pursuit of a sustainable society.

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10Bringing TULC, an environmentally friendly can, to the world

Topics 2007

Topics 2007

Topics 2007
PCM production line starts operation
A PET bottle is made by molding a preform and then blow-molding it. Instead of theconventional preforming method of injection molding, Toyo Seikan developed Preform
Compression Molding (PCM) technology and started using it for commercial production.
PCM, which enables continuous molding to be carried out at lower temperatures thaninjection molding, can be positioned as the ﬁrst step in the construction ofenergy-saving PET bottle production lines in the future.

Conventional preform molding

Manufacturing PET bottles via drawing and blow molding①Setting a preformin the mold

Melted PETresin
Gate②Drawing andblowing③Taking out

Preform moldPreform

Blow moldsTULC/aTULC production lines have started operation in Thailand

New preform molding using PCM

In 1991, Toyo Seikan developed TULC (the Toyo Ultimate Can), a can with polyester
ﬁlm laminated on both sides of a metal sheet. The TULC container was developed withan eye towards harmonization with the environment.

Die nozzle

It does not require water for its

manufacture, generates signiﬁcantly less carbon dioxide and industrial waste thanCore
Cutterprevious products, and features improved recyclability.
Development of sTULC

CavityTransfer

TULC is manufactured using Toyo Seikan s proprietary technology - a dry forming

Resin drop

method in which no lubricant or coolant is used. In 2001, Toyo Seikan developed

PreformaTULC, comprising an aluminum substrate and formed by a new dry forming method
involving a body maker (a globally used DI can manufacturing method). In 2007, theimprovement of forming technologies allowed the body-maker-based forming of a steel
substrate (which used to be more diﬃcult to use due to its work-hardening property)
Production facilities for bothaTULC and sTULC at BCM

leading to the debut of sTULC. Like aTULC, sTULC manufacture resulted in asigniﬁcantly reduced environmental impact in the manufacturing process. In October

E-RP TRAVIS

2007, production lines for both sTULC and aTULC started operation at BCM (Bangkok

Toyo Seikan has developed E-RP (a microwavable pouch incorporating a vapor

Can Manufacturing Co., Ltd.), a Toyo Seikan subsidiary in Thailand.

self-release function) into a totally new ﬂat-position design called TRAVIS which is safe,
low-cost and easy to use.

Approval as a small-scale CDM* project

E-RP comes in ﬂat, standing, and branch types. TRAVIS was developed to make the

The use of these lines with low environmental impact enhances the energy eﬃciency

best possible use of the advantages of these existing types.

of the production process for metal drink cans and reduces the overall environmental

E-RP TRAVIS, which can be heated in a microwave oven while placed ﬂat, is

impact by the equivalent of 1,800 tons of carbon dioxide for each line per year. In

transformed by heating and remains transformed after heating, oﬀering improved ease

January 2008, this project was approved and announced as a small-scale CDMof handling and safety. The use of materials has been reduced by about 15%,

project by the Japanese government. At present, activities are being carried out incompared to the conventional branch type. This is a universal-design container and isorder to obtain the approval of the government of Thailand.

very environmentally friendly, as the use of a microwave oven instead of hot water forheating contributes to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by about 90%. Toyo

* CDM
Stands for Clean Development Mechanism. The CDM is a scheme in which industrialized countries provide
technical and ﬁnancial assistance to developing countries and collaborate with them in order to carry out
projects that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in return for which the industrialized countries can earn
emissions credits equivalent to the reduced amount (all or in part).

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Seikan won a Good Packaging - Technical Packaging Award for E-RP TRAVIS at the

Before heating

After heating

Japan Packaging Contest in FY2007, as well as a 2007 World Star Award from theWorld Packaging Organization (WPO).

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In pursuit of practical applications for the so-called carbon footprint system, whereby
products carry an indication of their lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions, the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry established the Study Group for Developing andHighlights 2007

Highlights 2007

Highlights 2007
Initiatives to enhance environmental communications
See P. 49 to 51 of this report.

Toyo Seikan places the utmost importance on the positive disclosure ofenvironment-related information, in order to gain the confidence of the public.
The company is making positive efforts to ensure public disclosure of its

Promoting the Carbon Footprint System in June 2008.
The carbon footprint is an index printed on products, indicating the amount of carbon
dioxide emitted during their entire lifecycle, from resource mining through to disposal,
so that consumers can easily recognize the environmental impact of each product.
This Study Group will discuss basic concepts such as the methods available forcalculating carbon dioxide emissions and displaying them on products. Furthermore,environment-related information through environmental reports, site reports(environmental reports from plants), the Toyo Seikan Web site, exhibitions, andmagazine advertisements.
Since 2006, the company has been directly consulting with consumers by holding
Stakeholders Meetings at regular intervals.

the Study Group will manufacture trial product samples that actually show carbon
dioxide emissions and exhibit them at Eco Products 2008, to be held in December
2008.

Scene of the Stakeholders Meeting in FY2008

Toyo Seikan will participate as a member in this Study Group and will participate in thetrial projects for product display, in collaboration with various contents manufacturers.

ISO14001 integrated certification for the entire company
See P. 23 of this report.

Since 1999, the Toyo Seikan plants have each individually obtained external
certification to ISO14001 standard for their environmental management systems. By
2005, the external certification process was completed for all plants, including thehead office and development division. However, Toyo Seikan kept on constructing acommon, integrated system for the entire company and this company-wide integrated
system was certified to ISO14001 standard in July 2007.
The adoption of this integrated system has had various effects, e.g., streamlining thedissemination of activities from one plant to the others, improving communications

Achievement of 100% recycling of waste and zero landfill emissions
See P. 32 of this report.

between plants, and enhancing the overall level of environmental activities.

In FY2007, all industrial wastes discharged from Toyo Seikan plants were recycled
and zero landfill emissions were achieved. Whereas the annual landfill amount used to

6% reduction in CO2 emissions

be around 10 tons in recent years, the pursuit of separate waste discharge

See P. 29 to 30 of this report.

The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the Toyo Seikan Group, overall, was reduced

procedures has now resulted in the achievement of true zero emissions.

by 6%, compared to the FY2006 level, and Toyo Seikan, alone, also produced a
reduction of 6%, marking a significant achievement.
The total reduction targets for the Group and the company in fiscal 2010 have been
set at 13% and 6%, respectively, compared to the FY1990 level, which current
estimates do not suggest will be easily achieved. However, the Group companies will
make concerted efforts to further promote their energy conservation activities
directed towards these targets.

Transition of landﬁll weight at Toyo Seikan（tons）

14,00012,00011,851CO2 emissions by Toyo Seikan, in comparison with its production activities
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The Toyo Seikan Group considers that the enhancement of corporate governance is

Execution status of corporate governancethe most important issue in its business management and is continuously working

In FY2007, the Board of Directors met twelve times to discuss and make decisions on

towards this goal in order to contribute to society through corporate activities while

important agenda regarding statutory items and business administration, and tostill maximizing corporate value and continuing new development and evolution based

oversee the conditions of the business operations. The company also held otheron the fundamental philosophy that it has adhered to since its foundation.

meetings, including 36 Management Meetings and those of other important committees,

Corporate GovernanceCorporate GovernanceCorporate Governancesuch as Integrated Risk Countermeasures, Compliance Promotion, Personal Information
Management system

Protection, Central Environment, and Central Safety and Health, in an eﬀort to ensure

Toyo Seikan has adopted a management system involving a Board of Corporate

the sound execution of corporate governance.

Auditors, and each auditor supervises the business duties executed by the directors
and oversees the company s management. At present, the Board of Directors is

Group mid-term business planningcomposed of thirteen board members, including three external directors.
The term of oﬃce for directors is ﬁxed at one year to allow directors to take on

Maximizing the Group s corporate value

deﬁnite management roles and to produce a ﬂexible structure that can respond quickly
composed of ﬁve auditors, including three external auditors.

Management System
General Meeting of Shareholders
Election and Dismissal

Election and Dismissal

Board of Directors
Integrated Risk Countermeasures Committee
Internal Audit Office

Representative Directors

Compliance Promotion Committee
Personal Information Protection Committee

Business
Operation Audit

Management Meetings

Central Environmental Committee

Executive Officers

Accounting Audit

Central Safety and Health Committee

Accounting Auditor

Board of Corporate Auditors

Election and Dismissal

Respective Divisions

Pursuing group synergies

to changes in the business environment. The Board of Corporate Auditors is

New business development (establishing foundations for growth fields and businesses)
Overseas business development (structuring businesses from a global viewpoint)

Furthering growth and improvement in the profitability of existing businesses
Executing CSR-based management

Group Company Business Administration Regulations
The Group Company Business Administration Regulations were established in July
2007 to pursue the overall optimization of the Toyo Seikan Group and provide
business administration and support to the Group companies, while still respecting theirown individual administrative initiatives, in order to ensure eﬃciency, soundness andCollaborationtransparency in the business administration of the entire Toyo Seikan Group.

Strategy planning and business execution through management meetings

Executing CSR-based management

The company has adopted an Executive Oﬃcer system with the aim of clearly

The Toyo Seikan Group considers the promotion of CSR-based management

distinguishing the management s decision-making and supervisory functions from thosethroughout the entire Group to be at the heart of its business plans. In other words,of its business operations.

the establishment and execution of all the business strategies is based on the concept

Management meetings involve the president, executive

vice president, senior executive oﬃcers, executive oﬃcers, heads of the respectiveof CSR-based management.

divisions, and the director of Toyo Seikan Group Corporate R&D, and are held topromote swift strategic decisions at the executive level.

CSR-based management, from a global point of view
The Toyo Seikan Group, including 75 companies with wide-ranging business andAdoption of a seven-division systemmanagement styles, has consistently focused on the packaging business throughout its

The company has adopted a seven-division system that comprises a Corporate

history, directed towards the welfare of mankind. Recently, the Group has expanded

Planning Division, International Operations Division, Corporate Administration Division,

its business into Thailand, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore andSales & Marketing Division, Materials Purchasing & Environment Division, Production &has established 27 overseas subsidiaries with a growing number of new stakeholders,Operations Division, and a Technology & Packaging Development Division.

including local employees.

In addition, at three of the divisions (Sales & Marketing, Production & Operations, andTechnology & Packaging Development), a Division Oﬃce has been established to

The Toyo Seikan Group, in an eﬀort to carry out fair business activities and contributeformulate operational strategies at the division level and to encourage communication

to the development of other countries and regions, is determined to observe all

between divisions.

relevant laws and regulations, respect the cultures and customs, and foster relations
based on mutual trust in these countries.

Internal audit system through the Internal Audit Oﬃce

In the future, the Group will work towards the establishment of corporate codes of

The Internal Audit Oﬃce, under the direct control of the president, has been

conduct that can serve as the basis of judgment criteria applicable throughout theestablished to strengthen the internal auditing system in order to ensure maximum

world.

management eﬃciency and thorough oversight of all business activities, as well ascompliance with all rules and regulations.
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In April 2008, the Sexual Harassment Hotline was changed to the Sexual Harassment

Compliance

Compliance

Compliance promotion activities of the Toyo Seikan Groupand Human Relations Hotline so that consultation advice could be provided for all

With each passing day, there is increasing demand from society for compliance inhuman relations problems in the workplace. At the same time, a revised Self Checkcorporate activities. The Toyo Seikan Group is consistently working to improve its

Card was distributed to all employees of the Group companies.

compliance promotion activities so that all executives and employees will always takethe right course of action.

Group compliance training activities
Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion Committee

Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion Committee
Chairperson

President of Toyo Seikan

Members

Presidents of the group companies
Toyo Kohan, Toyo Glass, Toyo-Sasaki Glass, Toyo Glass Machinery, Tokan Kogyo, Nippon Tokan
Package, Japan Crown Cork, Toyo Aerosol Industry, Toyo Food Equipment, Tokan Material Technology,
Honshu Seikan, Nippon National Seikan, Shikoku Seikan, Ryukyu Seikan, Tokan Unso-Soko, Toyo Unso,
Tokan Unyu, Saiwai Trading, Tokan Kyoei, Fukuoka Packing, Toyo Seihan, Daito Seikan, Toyo Denkai

ObserverStanding statutory auditor of Toyo Seikan

Chief of secretariat

Chairman of the Toyo Seikan Compliance Promotion Committee

Workshop on the regulation of insider trading (August 22, 2007)
A workshop on the regulation of insider trading was held for group companies,
addressed by a guest speaker from the trade investigation department of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange.
Hands-on training workshop on in-house consultation hotlines for persons in charge(November 22, 2007)
A workshop for consultants, providing hands-on training and education through roleplaying, was held for persons in charge of the consultation hotlines of groupcompanies.

Compliance promotion month
The Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion Committee meets each February to

In 2007, in order to raise awareness of compliance as an immediate problem, thedetermine policies, discuss problems and exchange information regarding complianceGroup designated every October as compliance promotion month, during which allactivities for the entire group. For FY2008, plans for the following activities have been

staﬀ at each workplace are encouraged to reassess their words and actions oragreed upon:

operating procedures in light of the Corporate Code of Conduct for all the Group・Executing CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)-based managementcompanies.

・Constructing an internal control system based on the Corporation Law

In FY2007, Toyo Seikan conducted the following activities during this month:・Ensuring the reliability of ﬁnancial statements based on the Financial Instruments

・Patrol of the plant by the chairperson of the Compliance Promotion Committee

and Exchange Law
・Working on risks in compliance・Reinforcing hotlines for consultation on compliance・Submission to the president of a written oath for ethical and legal compliance fromall the department managers, plant managers and section chiefs
・Activities in each department
Department manager s brieﬁng about promotion month, read-through of the Corporate

Establishment and revision of the Corporate Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct and its guidelines, an explanation on how to use the consultation

The Corporate Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines for determining what the

hotlines, plus video-based compliance training, etc.

company should do, what each department should do, and what each executive andemployee should do in order to carry out fair corporate activities at all times.

In the future, close collaboration among the plants and group companies will be

Each of the Toyo Seikan Group companies has, based on Toyo Seikan s Corporate

pursued in an eﬀort to further improve compliance activities.

Code of Conduct, created a corporate Code of Conduct appropriate for its own
business and management style, management concepts, and corporate culture.
The Corporate Code of Conduct is reviewed and revised, as appropriate, whenrequired. Toyo Seikan distributed a revised version to all employees in April 2008.
Each of the Group companies is planning to revise their Code of Conduct inaccordance with that of Toyo Seikan.
Shared use of external consultation hotlines by group companies
Two external consultation hotlines, the Sexual Harassment Hotline and the Toyo
Seikan Group Corporate Ethics Hotline, have been set up to cope quickly andprecisely with problems encountered in the company and are used jointly by all theGroup companies.

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Initiatives on Risk Management

Initiatives on Risk Management
Risk management policies

Risk management activities

As a company specializing in packaging which must

At Toyo Seikan, seven critical risks (compliance,

meet the needs of society, Toyo Seikan is determined toquality, environment, information security, natural

prevent any risks posing a threat to the safety anddisasters and accidents, debt collection, and hosthealth of the public or to the continuation of its

country issues) have been identiﬁed in a corporate

business, and is committed to minimizing the impact ofresolution related to internal control and, as speciﬁed inany emergency that poses a similar threat to society or

the Corporation Law, are addressed through the risk

the management of the company.

management activities conducted by each primarycontrol department and committee, working in

Organizations responsible for risk management andcollaboration across organizational boundaries.

emergency response

Furthermore, the Integrated Risk Countermeasures

Toyo Seikan has two risk management organizations,

Committee, in accordance with the Basic Rules for Riskfor both day-to-day operations and for emergencies, asManagement, evaluates risks and promotes

shown in the ﬁgure below.

management activities throughout the entire company,

To deal with risks, the company established the Basicsupervising the risk management activities of theRules for Risk Management and formed the Integrated

primary control departments and committees

Risk Countermeasures Committee to set up a risk

responsible for each target risk, and establishing amanagement organization. In order to quickly andmanagement organization to deal with any new risks

eﬀectively respond to any emergency that could pose athat may arise.

Environmental Report

threat to the continuation of its business activities, thecompany established the Basic Rules for Emergency

Organization for emergency response

Response which then formed the basis of its emergency

An organization that can respond appropriately andresponse organization.

quickly to emergencies that pose a threat to thecontinuation of business has been formed, in
accordance with the Basic Rules for Emergency
Response, to establish an emergency headquarters,
identify the nature of the emergency, establish
countermeasures, discover causes, and establish
measures for preventing any further recurrence.

Day-to-day organization

Emergency organization

President
Audit result report

Board of directors

Appointing a committee
chairman and a vice-chairman

Report contents①Information on theemergency②Source from which theinformation was
obtained③Date and place at which
the information was
obtained④Other necessary items

Occurrence of emergency
Employee in a department or plant

Reporting themanagement status, etc.

ReportIntegrated Risk Countermeasures Committee

Immediate manager in a department or plant

C h a i r m a n : Vice-president
Vice-chairman : Director of the Corporate Administration DivisionM e m b e r s : ・Representatives of division directors

Instructions
and orders

Integrated Risk Countermeasures Committee(directors or persons appointed by them)・Primary control department managers
AuditInternal
Audit Office
Audit

Audit result
reportReportReport on risk
management

Compliance risk
(Primary control: General Affairs Department/Compliance Promotion Committee)

C h i e f : President or Chairman of theIntegrated Risk Countermeasures
Committee
Members : Relevant directors in charge, etc.

Quality risk
(Primary control: Quality Assurance Department/Product Safety Promotion Liaison Meeting)Information security risk
(Primary control: General Affairs and Information System Departments/Personal Information Protection Committee)

Operations of the emergency headquarters①Collecting and analyzing information on crisis management

Debt collection risk
(Primary control: Drink Container Sales Division Office/General Container Sales Division Office)③Discussing, determining, and taking recurrence prevention measures

Report and consultation

Environmental and Social Reports②Discussing, determining, and taking countermeasures④Communicating with government offices and relevant authorities⑤Dealing with the press, etc.

Third party(such as alawyer)Communication
Notification
Government
offices &relevant
authorities

Secretariat chief : Manager of the General
Affairs Department
Secretariat : Established in the General
Affairs Department

Natural disaster and accident risk
(Primary control: Labor Department/Central Safety and Health Committee)

Relevant departments and plants

Consultation

Setup of emergency headquarters and holding of meetings
Organization of emergency headquarters

Country risk
(Primary control: International Operations Department)

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Board of directors

Committees

Ensuring compliancewith guidance, regulation, etc.

Approval

President

Environment risk
(Primary control: Environment Department/Central Environmental Committee)
Auditor

Proposal of emergency
headquarters

ReportSecretariat : General Affairs Department
Advice andsupport on risk
management

ReportPress
Dealings

Environmental Policies

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Targets and Activity Results of Eco Action Plan 201024

FY2007 Environmental Activities Report

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Environmental Targets for FY2008 and Beyond

26

Input-Output in Container Manufacturing

27

Chemical Management Initiatives

28

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

29

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

31

Green Purchasing Initiatives

33

Environmental Risk Initiatives

34

Eco-Friendly Containers

35

LCA initiatives

39

3R Initiatives

41

Individual Plant Initiatives

43

Environment Management Accounting

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Environmental Policies

Environmental Policies

Co n trib u tin g to th e e n v ir o n m e n t t h r o u g h o u r p a c k a g in g t e c h n o logy

C o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t t h r o u g h o u r p a c kaging t echnology

Each of the Toyo Seikan Group companies establishes environmental policies andconducts its corporate activities in accordance with the following basic philosophy.

Promotion of group environmental management
In July 2002, the Toyo Seikan Group Environmental

Toyo Seikan Group Environment Management Organization

The Toyo Seikan Group clearly recognizes that protection of the global environment andfurther qualitative improvement of the global environment are the most important
shared tasks facing the human race and is committed to contributing to the betterment of
human life and culture while continuing to give careful consideration to the environment
in all aspects of its corporate activities

Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Committee
C h a i r m a n President of Toyo Seikan
Permanent members Directors in charge of the environment, including
one from each of the eight group companies(Toyo Seikan, Toyo Kohan, Toyo Glass, Tokan Kogyo, Japan Crown Cork,
Toyo Food Equipment, Toyo Aerosol Industry, and Tokan Material Technology)

Continuous creation of
eco-friendly products
Promotion of green purchase,
physical distribution and sale

・Promotion of green purchase・Construction of eco-friendly,
eﬃcient physical distribution andsale systems

・Increase in the ratio of eco-friendly
products
・Qualitative improvement of
eco-friendly products
・Sale of eco-friendly products

Promotion of environmental
management and construction ofan environmental management
information system

Promotion of resource recycling
・Increase in the resource recyclingof wastes
・Eﬀective utilization of wastes
・Promotion of recycling business・Construction of an integrated
environment management system
・Construction of an environmental
management information system

Promotion of environmental
communications

Promotion of the reduction ofenvironmental impact resulting
from production activities
・Minimization of the environmental
impact basic unit
・Thorough reduction ofenvironmental impact
・Construction of eco-friendly
production methods and systems

・Publicity regarding environmental
activities
・Promotion of social action
The Toyo Seikan Group is promoting
activities
environmental management in pursuitof harmonization of packaging withthe global environment.

Environmental Policies of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
(Established in January 2007)
1.Basic Philosophy
Toyo Seikan clearly recognizes that protection of the global environment andfurther qualitative improvement of the global environment are the mostimportant shared tasks facing the human race and, as a total packaging
manufacturer, is committed to contributing to the betterment of human life andculture while continuing to give careful consideration to the environment in all
aspects of its corporate activities.
2.Basic Policies
Toyo Seikan, as a total packaging manufacturer, is committed to environmental
vigilance at all times with regard to its corporate activities, products, andservices in an effort to prevent environmental pollution and reduce
environmental impact. We are also committed to establishing the organization
required to construct an environment management system, lay down andachieve environmental objectives and targets, periodically review these targets
and, if required, revise them in order to achieve continuous improvement of theenvironment management system.
(1) With regard to the environmental aspects of the company, the company willobserve all environment-related laws and regulations applicable to either theentire company or each individual plant, along with any other requirementsthat the entire company or each plant have agreed to meet, and we willcontinue our efforts to improve environmental management.
(2) With regard to the environmental aspects related to the companyʼs activities,
products and services, the company will consider the following items aspriority targets in the environmental management strategy for the entire
company.
① In consideration of the need to reduce environmental impact throughout the
lifecycles of all packaging produced, the company will promote thedevelopment, sale and technical development of eco-friendly products.
② Throughout its corporate activities, the company will work towards energy
and resource conservation and promote the reduction of waste creation andthe reuse of any waste that it generates.
③ With regard to environmental pollutants, the company will promote theswitchover to substitute substances and adopt substitute technologies
wherever possible.
④ The company will actively participate in social activities such as the recyclingof used containers.
⑤ The company will promote green purchasing in order to reduce environmental
impact.

management.
Since its foundation, the committee has been meeting twicea year to discuss issues related to environmental
management and manage the progress of the activities ofthe entire group.

Pursuit of the Group Environmental Vision
Secretariat

Subcommittees

Environmental Vision of the Toyo Seikan Group

Committee was organized to promote group environmental

Working groups
・Working group for the preparationof environmental reports
・Environmental accounting
working group
・LCA working group
・Energy conservation working group
・Working group for the creationof a recycling-based society

Environmental Policies

Environmental Policies

Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Policies (Established in August 2002)

The Group is pursuing a management goal directed
towards harmonization of packaging and the global
environment by working on the promotion ofenvironmental management through the participation of all
members.
To carry out environment management activities, theGroup formulated an Environmental Vision in May 2004,

Environmental organizations of group companies

consisting of the following six items:
I. Ongoing creation of eco-friendly products
II. Promotion of the reduction of environmental impact
resulting from production activities
III. Greener purchase, distribution and sale
IV.Promotion of resource recycling
V. Promotion of environmental communications
VI.Promotion of environmental management andconstruction of an information system for environmental
management
In February 2006, the Toyo Seikan Group Eco Action Plan
2010 (summarizing environmental targets and actionplans up to 2010) was established to help realize thisEnvironmental Vision. All the Group companies will pursue
the realization of this Environmental Vision by FY2010 bysupporting activities based on this action plan in order toachieve its targets.

(3) These environment management activities will be promoted by theemployees of both the company and the affiliated companies included in thismanagement system.
(4) Education, training and PR activities will be conducted for all staff who
participate in these management activities in order to raise their environmental
awareness.
(5) These environmental policies will be notified to all staff who participate in
the environment management activities. Furthermore, these environmental
policies will also be disclosed to the public.
April 1, 2008
Hirofumi Miki, President
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Executive Officer,
Director of the Material Purchase & Environment Division

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Targets and Activity Results of Eco Action Plan 2010

The Toyo Seikan Group has established the Toyo Seikan Group Eco Action Plan 2010,
summarizing the environmental targets and action plans required in order to realize the Group
Environmental Vision. The Group companies are working towards the achievement of these targets.

Environment Management System

Members of the Central Environmental Committee

Toyo Seikan maintains an environment management organization that quickly andsmoothly implements the environmental policies formulated by the top

Chairperson：Director of the Material Purchase & Environment Division

management in response to various environment-related problems, reﬂects these

Members：Central environment management representativeenvironmental policies in the environment management activities adopted at head

(Manager of the Environment Department)Plant
environmental committee chairpersons
Secretariat：Environment Department

Members of the Plant Environmental Committee
Chairperson：Plant environmental committee chairperson(Plant manager)
Members：Plant environment management representative
Managers of executing departments
Secretariat：Environment conservation promotion member
Resource utilization promotion member, etc.

oﬃce, and plans to use them eﬀectively by responding to emergencies quickly

List of targets for FY2010 and results in FY2007
Environmental Vision

1）Ongoing creation of
eco-friendly products

Members（Plant environmental
committee chairpersons）-2%,
compared to thereference year level

-2%,
-6%,
compared to thecompared to thereference year level reference year level

d.Promotion of reduction of wastes and zero emissions①Reducing the quantity of wastes produced-13%, comparedto the reference
year level-20%, comparedto the reference
year level-19%, comparedto the reference
year level②Increasing the number of zero-emission sites(with a recycling rate of 99% or higher)

45 sites

51 sites

60 sites-29%,
compared to
the reference
year level-39%,
compared to
the reference
year level-38%,
compared to
the reference
year level-24%,
compared to
the reference
year level-42%,
compared to
the reference
year level-38%,
compared to
the reference
year levela.Promotion of green purchasing for stationery, etc.

90%

94%

93%

b.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit ofcarbon dioxide emissions in the productlogistics process-13%,
compared to
the reference
year level-2%,
compared to
the reference
year level-14%,
compared to
the reference
year levela.Improvement of the material recycling percentage

95.7%

95.8%

96.0%

Central environmental committee①Establishes company-wide environmental policies and objectives and targets for
Toyo Seikan.
②Discusses and determines policies for environment-related problems that2）Promotion of the reduction ofenvironmental impact resulting
from production activities

e.Chemical compounds management①Reducing the primary unit of emissions andtransportation for those chemicals designatedin the PRTR Law

environment management manuals and regulations.
Plant environmental committee②Reducing the quantity of emissions andtransportation of toluene, xylene and otherorganic solvents

be handled mainly by the plant itself.

committee.

Construction and operation of the environment management system
Toyo Seikan, after acquiring external ISO14001 certiﬁcation for its environment
carry out activities based on a common integrated system for the entire company
and started full-scale operation of this system in January 2007. The company

4）Promotion of resource recycling5）Promotion of environmental
communications6）Promotion of environmental
management and constructionof an information system forenvironmental management

b.Promotion of recycling business

―

―

―

a.Promotion of environmental communications

―

―

―

a.Expansion of environmental management andpromotion of the environmental management
system―――b.Promotion of the construction and operation ofeffective environmental management
information systems

―

―

―

* The reference values are the average values from FY2002 to 2004.

same year and its company-wide integrated system was certiﬁed in July.
This system integration has had several eﬀects:

Plant environmental
committee chairperson(Plant manager)

Members(Managers ofexecuting departments)3）Greener purchase, distribution
and saleplant standards and procedures.

was examined by an external certiﬁcation organization in May and June of the

Plant environment
management
representative―

c.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit ofmaterial input

Roles of environmental committees⑤Submits proposals on environmental problems to the central environmental

Plant environmental committee

―

-9%,
-13%,
compared to the compared to theFY1990 level
FY1990 level④Discusses and determines the establishment, revision, and abolishment of all

Environmental
subcommittee(Chemical substancemanagement working group)―-3%,
compared to theFY1990 level

plant, both by establishing action plans and discussing environmental policies.

management system, kept on constructing an ISO14001-compliant system toInternal environment
auditor(Internal environment
audit team)―b.Promotion of reduction of carbon dioxide
emissionswill handle any problems that should be addressed on the initiative of a single③Checks the activity and compliance status of the plant, every month.

Secretariat(Environment
Department)

―

-2%,
-5%,
-11%,
compared to thecompared to thecompared to thereference year level reference year level reference year level②Discusses and determines policies for environment-related problems that should

Central environment
management representative(Manager of theEnvironment Department)―

a.Quantitative enlargement and qualitative
improvement of eco-friendly productsa.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit ofenergy consumption①Establishes objectives and targets for the plant.

Chairperson of the central
environmental committee(Director of the Material
Purchase & Environment Division)

FY2010 target

any problems related to the entire company and a plant environmental committee④Discusses and determines the establishment, revision and abolishment ofCentral environmental committee

FY2007 result

b.Promotion of sales of eco-friendly products③Checks the activity and compliance status of the entire company, every month.

President

Numerical targets
FY2007 plan

and appropriately. Speciﬁcally, the central environmental committee will handle

concern the entire company.

Environmental management organization chart

Speciﬁc items and environmental targets

Targets and Activity Results of Eco Action Plan 2010

Environment management organization①The head oﬃce and plants can now communicate and exchange information
with each other more easily.
②At each monthly meeting of the central environmental committee, the topics
Secretariat(Environment conservation
promotion member,
Resource utilization
promotion member)

Although the target values for FY2010 have already been achieved for some of these items, they will be reconsidered sothat further reductions of environment impact can be pursued.

reported on within one plant can now be shared by other plants.
③Now that the internal environmental audit is conducted among all plants, it canbe conducted from an external viewpoint, which may lead to the discovery of
items not previously noticed. The auditors can also bring back some usefulideas to their own plants.

Special working groups①Energy conservation②Chemical substance management③Resource utilization

Immediate subsidiaries
Toyo Seikan is providing support to its immediate subsidiaries so that they canconstruct an environment management system by themselves. Recently, two ofthese companies acquired certiﬁcation.
Daito Seikan (October 2007) [Eco Action 21], Toyo Denkai (June 2008) [Eco Action 21].
(The wording inside the square brackets represents the management system.)

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FY2007 Environmental Activities ReportToyo Seikan, in accordance with its basic philosophy and action policy for the environment, has established speciﬁc targets

In FY2007, the ISO14001-compliant company-wide integrated system was established and operated for one year in order toand action plans regarding the most important environment-related items and has carried out environmental activities,

achieve the planned environmental policies, objectives and targets. The targets and plans for FY2008 and beyond wereaccordingly.

established in order to maintain progress throughout FY2007 and continue to make improvements and address the speciﬁc

The central environmental committee, including participants from all plants, met each month to report the status oftarget of reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, as required in the Kyoto Protocol.

environment management activities and check on progress. Regarding those activities for which numerical targets can be

The reduction of the primary unit of material usage, for which data has been collected and the current amounts wereset, their achievement status was checked using numerical values, measures for improvement were taken (if required), theiridentiﬁed in the activities undertaken during FY2007, was incorporated into the environment management system of alleﬀects were conﬁrmed, and this plan-do-check-action (PDCA) process was then repeated. Consequently, all the FY2007

plants in FY2008.

targets were achieved.

Results of FY2007 activities
Field

Evaluation indicator
ica
ator：

Product
development

Environment
management

Environment
communications

25

Fair
F
airr

S
Slig
Slightly
ghtly bebehindehind

FY2007 target

FY2007 result

１．Reduction of energy consumption(primary unit per production)

4.6% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

6.9% reduc
6.9%
reduction,
ctiion, com
comparedm aredmpr d
to the FY2005
FY200
05 levelevell

Production
activities

4.5% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

10.6% reduction, comparedareddto the FY2005 level

Logistics
department

5% increase, comparedto the FY2005 level

1% reduction, comparededto the FY2005 level

3．Reduction of total waste discharge

11.5% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

14.2% reduction, comparedareddto the FY2005 level

4. Reduction of thermal recyclingof waste

46% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

50% reduction, comparedreddto the FY2005 level

5. Reduction of emissions and transportation 3.2% reduction, comparedof chemicals designated in the PRTR Law to the FY2005 level

18.4% reduction, comparedareddto the FY2005 level

5. Reduction of emissions and transportation 18.4% reduction, compared 18.9% reduction, compared 19.4% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 levelof chemicals designated in the PRTR Law to the FY2005 level

6. Reduction of VOC emissions

4.7% increase, comparedto the FY2005 level

13.7% reduction, comparedareeddto the FY2005 level

6. Reduction of VOC emissions

7. Reduction of the primary unitof material usage

Establish a method for identifying the
primary unit of material usage for theentire company. This is a period that canbe used for collecting data and identifying
the current amounts of material usage.

ultss
Identiﬁcation of FY2007 resultsdSetting of 2008 objectives anandtarget values

8. Sales promotion and developmentof eco-friendly products

Sales promotion for TULC
Execution of LCA
evaluation in productdevelopment

Increase of TULC percentage
ge
Evaluation of various
products

9. Introduction of an environment
management system

Introduction at six more
plants by the end of FY2008

Progressing as planned

10. Promotion of environment
risk management

Setup and operation of environment risk management

10. Promotion of environment risk
management

Setup and operation ofenvironment risk management

Start of operation inJune 2007, after setup

11. Promotion of chemical
substance management

Setup and operation of chemical substance management

11. Promotion of chemical
substance management

Setup and operation of chemical
substance management

Start of operation of the systemtup
upin various departments, after set
setup

12. Improvement of the green
purchase ratio

95％
95％
95%
Maintaining the previous year s level Maintaining the previous year s level Maintaining the previous year s level

12. Improvement of the green
purchase ratio

95％

96％

13. Reduction of copy paper
purchase

21% reduction, compared 22% reduction, compared 23% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 level

13. Reduction of copy paper
purchase

7.8% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

19.6% reduction, compared
ared
to the FY2005 level

14. Promotion of container
recycling activities

Positive activities in industry groups

14. Promotion of container
recycling activities

Positive activities inindustry groups

Promotion of activities

15. Utilization of LCA

Establishment of an LCA-based evaluation method and its application to operations

15. Utilization of LCA

Establishment of an LCA-based
evaluation method and its
application to operations

Preparation for introduction
n
me
ent
nt
to the development department

16. Enhancement of environmental
communications

Positive participation in exhibitions
and academic conferences

Entry in exhibitions

17. Issue of environmental reports

Issue of environmental andsocial reports and site reports

Issue at all plants

Environmental and Social Reports

Evaluation

Environmental targets for FY2008 and beyond

Item

2．Reduction of carbon
dioxide emissions

Production
activities

Good

Field

Item

FY2008 target

１．Reduction of energy consumption 9.2% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level(primary unit per production)
2．Reduction ofcarbon dioxide
emissions

Production
activities

Environment
communications

10.0% reduction, compared 17.0% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 level

Logistics
7% reduction, compareddepartment to the FY2005 level

11% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

16% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

3．Reduction of total waste
discharge

25% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

27% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

29% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

4. Reduction of thermal
recycling of waste

52% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

53% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

54% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

15.0% reduction, compared 28.1% reduction, compared 28.6% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 level

8. Sales promotion anddevelopment of
eco-friendly products

1.5% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

2.0% reduction, comparedto the FY2005 level

Sales promotion for TULC
Execution of LCA evaluation in product development

9. Introduction of an environment 2 plants
management system

Environment
management

FY2010 target

Production 11.5% reduction, compared 12.4% reduction, compared 17.0% reduction, compared
activities
to the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 levelto the FY2005 level

7. Reduction of the primary unit 1.0% reduction, comparedof material usage
to the FY2005 level

Product
development

FY2009 target

Environmental Targets for FY2008 and Beyond

Environmental Targets for FY2008 and Beyond

FY2007 Environmental Activities Report―

1 plants

16. Enhancement of environmental Positive participation in exhibitions and academic conferences
communications
17. Issue of environmental reports Issue of environmental and social reports and site reports

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Chemical Management Initiatives

2007 substance ﬂow of the Toyo Seikan Group

Comprehensive management of chemicals

The Toyo Seikan Group carries out a range of business activities related to packaging and containers, such as the

Since its foundation, Toyo Seikan has been developing products in

manufacture of metal cans, plastic products (e.g., PET and general bottles, ﬁlm products, cups and tubes and resin cups),

consideration of the environment and human health. To reduce thepaper products (e.g., paper cups, paper packing products and cardboard boxes), glass bottles, caps, thin metal sheet

environmental impact from chemicals used in the course of manufacturing, it

products mainly used as materials for containers (e.g., surface-treated steel sheets and laminate metal sheets), machines, andis necessary to do everything possible to ensure the proper management ofvarious materials (e.g., frit products, inorganic pigments, thermosetting resins and functional materials) and aerosol ﬁlling.

these chemicals and to reduce the amounts used.

Toyo Seikan mainly manufactures various metal cans (such as TULC, DI cans, welded cans) and plastic products (such as

When a company-wide integrated ISO14001 system was introduced,

PET bottles, general bottles and pouches). The material ﬂow of the business activities conducted in FY2007 is shown in thecomprehensive chemical management regulations were established tofollowing ﬁgure:regulate not only the production materials but also the reagents used forevaluation and experimentation. These regulations are based on enhanced
management methods adopted for designated substances, selected on thebasis of legal regulations, environmental and safety concerns. The
regulations also specify a company-wide system for implementing these

FY2007 material ﬂow of the Toyo Seikan Group and Toyo Seikan
Input

Manufacturing

procedures, from application for the use of new chemicals through to

Products

examination, approval and registration, including methods for storage andEnergyMfg. of metal cans

Metal cans

379 thousand tons

handling and for recording usage amounts. In parallel, procedures for

Total energy used
29.9 million ＧＪ
Electric power (purchased) 2,015 million kWh
Fuel (crude oil equivalent)
264 thousand kl

Mfg. of plastic products

Plastic products

362 thousand tons

banned chemicals and chemicals whose use is to be reduced and carefully

Mfg. of paper products

Paper products

449 thousand tons

managed were established in accordance with the company s own criteria in

Mfg. of glass bottles

Glass bottles

417 thousand tons

an eﬀort to promote the purchase of materials with lower environmental

Mfg. of cap products

Cap products

61 thousand tons

Mfg. of thin metal sheetsThin metal sheets

580 thousand tons

impact.

Mfg. of various materials

Various materials

73 thousand tons

Mfg. of various machines

Various machines

0.4 thousand tons

Aerosol ﬁlling, etc.

Aerosol ﬁlling, etc.

289 million pieces

Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan
Electric power (purchased)
Fuel (crude oil equivalent)

Water
Toyo Seikan

1,178 million kWh
69 thousand kl
22,142 thousand ㎥
3,247 thousand ㎥

Raw materials
Total material input
Metal materials
Plastic materials
Paper
Frit
Other

2,609 thousand tons
1,154 thousand tons
392 thousand tons
515 thousand tons
447 thousand tons
101 thousand tons

Mfg. of metal cans
Mfg. of plastic products
Mfg. of pouches

Metal cans
Plastic products
Pouches

11.8 billion cans
6.8 billion pieces
1.3 billion sheets

Toluenereduce the amount of waste generated in the course of manufacturing.

450 tons

1,531
thousand tons

Transportation
150 million km
distance
Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan
113 thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
184 tons

79 million km

Carbon dioxide106
thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
56 thousand tons

Recycled resource amountchemicals used.
250

262

250

196

200

138

150
100

Toyo Seikan
611 thousand tons

In the future, Toyo Seikan will pursue further reductions in the amount of
315

300

Logistics
322
thousand tons

123

50
0

01

120

111

02

03

Reduction in VOC emissions
220

233

134

125

86
04

107
05

198

184

109

107

89

77

06

07

Fiscal year
Recycling
Energy recovery

311 thousand tons

Amount of thermal recycling 1.12 thousand tons
Amount of material recycling 6.47 thousand tons（85.2％）

Used products

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End-users

Emission control of VOCs took eﬀect with the revision of the Air Pollution
Control Law, (enacted in FY2006). Since many of the chemicals designatedin the PRTR Law are also VOCs, the activities for reducing the use of thesechemicals also led to a reduction in VOC emissions.
Although VOC emissions in FY2007 were expected to increase by 4.7%,
compared to the FY2005 level, due to an increase in the production volume,
the actual emission level turned out to be 2,191 tons, representing a 14%
reduction when compared to the FY2005 level.

Toyo Seikan
Amount of valuable resources sold 105 thousand tons
Recycled amount
7.59 thousand tons（100％）

promotion of alternative materials such as water-based paints, solvents, andfacilities in the manufacturing process; and third, promotion activities to

385

350

This is the result of strongly promoting three parallel strategies: ﬁrst, theand solvents is minimized; second, the introduction of pollution prevention

450
400

exceeding the reduction target of 3.2%, compared to the FY2005 level.

sealants and the development of new metal cans for which the use of paints

Other substances

Total emissions andtransportation amount (tons)

Final disposal amount

Recycling of used products

Amount of emissions and transportationof notiﬁed chemicals, as designated in
the PRTR Law
Total

Total emissions Chemical substance
Carbon dioxide
emissions and transportation

Toyo Seikan
0 ton (0%)

In FY2007, the amount of notiﬁed chemicals, as designated in the PRTR Law,

(Class I designated chemicals)

399 thousand tons
300 thousand tons

11 thousand tons

Reduction of emissions and transportation of notiﬁed chemicals,
as designated in the PRTR Law
totaled 184 tons, representing a signiﬁcant reduction of 21% and easily

Toyo Seikan
Metal materials
Plastic materials

Chemical Management Initiatives

Input-Output in Container Manufacturing

Input-Output in Container Manufacturing

In the future, Toyo Seikan will implement stricter controls in pursuit of further
To customers

reductions in VOC emissions.

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Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

Transition of carbon dioxide emissions
Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan GroupCO2 emissions(thousand tons)

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

2000
1500

500
0

Initiatives involving the production process

Initiatives underway in the logistics department

Carbon dioxide emissions during the production process

Carbon dioxide emissions by the logistics department

The Toyo Seikan Group deﬁnes its carbon dioxide emissions as the total

The FY2007 level of carbon dioxide emissions by the logistics department

amount of carbon dioxide resulting from the use of electric power, carbon
dioxide accompanying the burning of fuels, carbon dioxide generated frommaterials.

1637

1531

Total carbon dioxide emissions for the Toyo Seikan Group in FY2007 were1,531 thousand tons, or 94% of the FY2006 level. While this reduction
resulted from the energy conservation eﬀorts undertaken by most of the517

624 654 667 651 673

732 683

649 611

Group companies, emissions increased from some companies due to anincrease in the production volume.
In FY2007, Toyo Seikan decreased its carbon dioxide emission level by 38

90

Carbon dioxide emissions in logistics
Total travel distanceCO2 emissions

the burning of solvents included in materials, and the manufacture of raw
1705 1761 1754 1726

1000

D e c r e a s i n g t h e c a r b o n d i o x i d e load on t he E art h

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Fiscal year

Travel distance(million km)

CO2 emissions(thousand tons)

70
60
50
40

62

83

56 57 55

64
53

51

75 77 75 70

87

50

56

75 72 79

were 56 thousand tons, 112% of the FY2006 level (target: 95%) and 91%
of the FY1999 level (target: 77%), marking a signiﬁcant increase fromthe set targets.
The major cause of the increase in emissions was the need for centralized
production for certain products which were delivered from a limited number

140

of plants to customers all over Japan, resulting in a signiﬁcant increase of120

about 25% in long-distance transportation, compared to 2006.

100
80

In response to the increase in long-distance transportation, a modal shift tomarine transportation was pursued in order to decrease emissions, resulting
in an improvement of the usage rate by about 4%, compared to the previous

thousand tons, compared to the FY2006 level. This resulted from the

30

60

activities that the plants carried out in accordance with the

20

40

tons.

ISO14001-certiﬁed company-wide integrated system that began operation in

10

20

Furthermore, Toyo Seikan was appointed a Designated Sender due to theJanuary 2007, in which the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions was

00

Revised Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy and submitted regulardeﬁned as an activity item.

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Fiscal year

year, and a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions of about four thousand

reports on the amount of energy used and its plans for energy reduction.

Reduction initiatives undertaken by Toyo Seikan

Main measures implemented by the logistics department to reduce

Toyo Seikan is working towards a carbon dioxide emission reduction target

carbon dioxide emissionsof 6%, compared to the FY1990 level, by FY2010.

The reduction of carbon dioxide emissions will be pursued using the

Toyo Seikan Group: -13%,

In order to achieve this target, measures for emission reduction have been

following measures:compared to the FY1990 level

planned and are being implemented at head oﬃce, in addition to existing

1.The production system will be reviewed and enhanced further so that

Toyo Seikan: -6%,

activities carried out in accordance with the ISO14001 system.

FY2010 reduction target for carbon dioxide emissions

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

De c r e a sin g t h e c a r b o n d io x id e lo a d o n t h e Ea r t h

production can be carried out at a plant closer to the place of demand.
Speciﬁcally, this will involve the optimization of production opportunities

compared to the FY1990 level[Measures being implemented by the head oﬃce departments (examples)]①Promotion of eco projects②Consolidation and restructuring of production lines③New technology development

through the use of a demand-supply system and the improvement of
production capacity.
2.When long-distance transportation is needed, a truck dispatch support
system will be used to promote round-trip travel and reduce the number oftrucks used.
3.Other means of transport (with lower carbon dioxide emission levels thantrucks) will also be promoted.

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Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

The Toyo Seikan Group has a long history of involvement in initiatives designed toreduce the amount of waste discharged from its plants and other facilities,
and to promote recycling.

Discharges of wastes, etc. and recycling
Recycled resource amountFinal disposal amount
Recycling percentage
Recycling
percentage(%)

Discharges ofwastes, etc.
(thousand tons)

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

400
350
300

94.5
18
309

94.6
17
306

95.1
16
310

96.5

96.7

96.3

12

13

333

327

100
90

11
311

250

80
70
60

200

50

150

40

Toyo Seikan achieved a recycling percentage of 100% and zero emissions in FY2007.

Seikan Group in FY2007 amounted to 322,000 tons, marking a decrease ofThis is the result of eﬀorts made to improve the accuracy of waste separation in order to increase the recycling percentage.

5.3%, compared to the previous year s level.

These initiatives have also resulted in the selling of more wastes as valuables, achieving a further reduction in the amount of

The recycled resource amount accounted for 311,000 tons, while theﬁnal waste.

remaining 11,000 tons were finally disposed of in landfills and by simple

The next step is to pursue further reductions of the thermal recycling amount by reviewing the method used for recycling

incineration, marking a significant reduction of 15%, compared to theprocessing in order to reduce environmental impact.

previous year s level.

At each plant, the plant manager serves as the general supervisor who appoints resource saving activity promotion

The recycling percentage, (the recycling amount divided by the total

members to coordinate suitable activities. Each resource application promotion member sees to it that employees separate

discharge amount x 100), was 96.7%, marking an improvement by 0.4

wastes to be discharged in accordance with the rules and manages discharged wastes correctly. Separated and discharged

percentage points, compared to the previous year s level.

wastes are then sold to recycling companies or consigned for disposal to industrial waste disposal companies in accordancewith a legally prescribed procedure.

30

100

20

50
0

The total amount of wastes and other materials discharged by the Toyo

Achievement of 100% recycling of wastes

10
2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

In FY2007, all the wastes discharged from plants

Transition of valuables and wastes

0

Fiscal year

were recycled, achieving a recycling percentage of
100% and zero emissions.

Valuables (t)Material recycling amount (t)Thermal recycling amount (t)Landfill disposal amount (t)Recycling percentage (%)

Material recycling percentage (%)

354-ton reduction in the waste discharge
amountMaterial recycling percentage
Recycling amount and material
recycling percentage

The Toyo Seikan Group classifies waste materials into two types: valuables
which are sold for a set price, and wastes which are of no value and which

Material recycling amount
Thermal recycling amountFinal disposal amountMaterial recycling percentage

400
350
300
250

94.5

12

13

8

8

6

302

325

321

91.5

18

17

16

11

10

298

295

95.1

100
90

11
6
306

80
70
60

200

50

150

40

20,00071.8

divided by the total discharge amount x 100) was 95.1%, marking an

85.2

80

improvement by 0.6 percentage points, compared to the previous year s

50

10
2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

0

60

50

40

waste discharge amount, which continued to show

amountIn FY2007, the thermal recycling amount was 1,123
tons, marking a signiﬁcant reduction of 730 tons
from the FY2006 level of 1,853 tons. The target

30

6,519

6,466

6,089

2,822

2004

15

2,423

2005

14

to be far exceeding expectations. As a result, thetarget was revised upwards to a 46% reduction(1,291 tons), but only a 186-ton reduction was

20

4,072

18

compared to the FY2005 level (1,560 tons), wasreviewed in November when reductions were found

8,136

Fiscal year

2003

valuables and led to a signiﬁcant reduction in thevalue, initially established as a 35% reduction,

10,365
10,0000

FY2006 resulted in almost all the plastic wastes

730-ton reduction in the thermal recycling

15,0005,000

FY2006 level).

70

72.9

16,12120

the FY2006 level of 7,943 tons (95.5% of thea reduction in FY2007.

76.7

74.2

tons, marking a reduction of 354 tons, compared todischarged in the production process being sold as

30

100

0

21,30290

20,750The FY2007 material recycling percentage (the material recycling amountIn FY2007, the waste discharge amount was 7,589

The improvement of separation accuracy in
22,103although steps are currently being taken to convert these wastes into a form

level.

100

23,208On the other hand, part of the recycled wastes are sent to thermal recycling,
suitable for material recycling.

100

99.97

99.8

recycled valuables are sent to material recycling.

94.2

92.6

91.3

25,00099.9

99.9

the company may actually have to pay to dispose of. Nearly 100% of theMaterial recycling
percentage（％）

Discharges ofwastes, etc.
(thousand tons)（％）（tons）

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

Recycling of wastes

actually achieved due to the thermal recycling
amount reduction plan implemented by the

1,853

2006

2

1,123
2007

0

10

0

Toyohashi Plant, which produced the largest
thermal recycling amount since December 2006.
In FY2008, new reduction target values will beestablished to promote further reduction activities.

Fiscal year

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Green Purchasing Initiatives

Environmental Risk Initiatives

By selecting products with less impact on the environment in preference to those that impose a greater
environmental impact, each one of us can help reduce the environmental impact on the planet and establish a sustainable
society. This is the philosophy under which Toyo Seikan is carrying out low-key green purchase activities.
Promotion of green procurement
In 2003, in order to promote the green procurement of production materials,

which must not be used (banned chemicals), those for which substitutions

regular measurement of the amounts involved, maintenance of facilities, andpracticing essential emergency drills) in order to prevent environmental

and reductions in use must be promoted (chemicals to be reduced), andpollution, such as air and water pollution, posing environmental risks.

those for which usage must be kept track of (chemicals to be managed).

Extraction, analysis, andexamination of environmental risks Risks that

In view of recent social trends, however, the company reviewed theCollection, analysis, and examinationof countermeasures and examples ofactual accidents (including
concerns raised at each plant)

conventional classiﬁcations of banned, reduced and managed materials fromcould
not befound orconfirmed

etc. and established the Toyo Seikan Green Procurement Guidelines that

Green Purchasing Initiatives

reducing the amounts of environmental pollutants discharged (along with theDefinition of the objectivesof the environmental risk
management system

the viewpoint of the environment, health, safety and security, waste disposal,
deﬁne the necessary procedures for the use of these chemicals.

Implementation of reduction
measures for environmental risks

These Guidelines were notiﬁed to all suppliers so that Toyo Seikan can, in(Implementation of measures for
specific examples extracted
and analyzed at each plant)

collaboration with material manufacturers, continue to supply customers withsafer products with less impact on the environment.

Toyo Seikan has investigated the use of recycled materials from PET bottles.
Recycled PET resin is used as a production material for kitchen detergent
bottles and the handles of large PET bottles. In the future, the developmentof multilayer technologies (using recycled materials in the middle layers) will
be promoted in order to expand the range of possible recycling uses.
Recycled PET resin bands are now also being used in place of conventional
product packing bands.

Feedback

Use of recycled PET resin<Considerations required when
implementing such measures>
Underestimated・Level of environmental impact risksof risks when encountered・Legal regulations, etc.
・Economic and technicalconsiderations
・Effectiveness andmanagement principles
・Social requirements, etc.

Verification of reductionof environmental risks
and evaluation of effectivenessRisks
addressedin the wrong(Implementation of countermeasures, way or not
addressed
in terms of both equipment andpersonnel management, separately) at all

Promotion of green purchase at oﬃces
As a responsible corporate citizen, company purchases for oﬃce use should
only be made after taking environmental concerns into consideration. To

The use of the Eco Label for
products that qualify for green purchase

Until recently, environmental risk management was mainly focused on

promote the green purchase of oﬃce supplies (stationery and furniture)
which are part of non-manufacturing supplies, Toyo Seikan has been using
an Internet-based online purchasing system since FY2002. A catalog
available for viewing on the company LAN shows Eco Labels for products

Therefore, Toyo Seikan decided to take a step forward in its approach toenvironmental risk management and started to construct a management
system focused on preventive management, i.e., reducing environmental
risks even before problems become apparent.

Review of environmental risks

The distinction between green procurement
and green purchase is as follows: the former
refers to any purchase directly related to
production and the latter refers to any
purchase of supplies and equipment related to
offices.

production materials. These criteria deﬁne three types of chemicals: those

Possibilities of new environmental problems (accidents and emergencies)

Green procurement and green purchaseToyo Seikan established its own criteria on chemicals to be used as

A new direction in environmental risk management

Conceptual diagram of environmental
risk management

ISO14001-based environmental risk management
All previous activities that focused on reducing the amounts ofenvironmental pollutants discharged (along with the regular measurement ofthese amounts, maintenance of facilities, and the practice of emergency
drills) have been incorporated into the ISO14001 environmental management
system in order to continue promoting environmental risk reduction.
Construction of a new environmental risk management technique
In addition to its existing risk management system, Toyo Seikan has also
started to examine a new management technique in order to promote

Environmental Risk Initiatives

Establishment of green procurement guidelines

preventive management activities based on the original concept ofenvironmental risk management.
Speciﬁcally, the company is promoting the construction of a system thatallows users to extract and analyze information not only on past instances ofenvironmental risks but also on new risks which may have arisen, and to
examine the best countermeasures and the like with which to treat them.

Maintenance of the environmental
risk management system

Are the extraction, analysis,countermeasures, and verification
procedures for environmental risks
conducted effectively?
Are there any omissions or mistakes
in the measures implemented?
Regular evaluation, correction
and improvement are required.

The construction of this system is expected to further reduce environmental
risks.
Extension of environmental risk management to group companies
Environmental risk management is one of the most important aspects of risk
management in the ﬁeld of corporate management. Toyo Seikan bases itsthat qualify for green purchase. This system allows purchasers toongoing management on this concept.

preferentially select and purchase green products.

In 2007, Toyo Seikan, which had previously focused its promotion ofmanagement activities on in-house issues, extended the scope of these
activities to include group companies.

Maintaining a high green purchase ratio in FY2007

Speciﬁcally, information on environmental risks and environment-related

Every month, the green purchase ratio, the ratio of the amount spent on

legal regulations, etc. is now being shared, and study meetings and othergreen purchasing to the total monthly amount spent, is calculated in order toevents related to these legal regulations are now being held. In the future,promote green purchasing. In FY2007, a green purchase ratio higher thanthe entire group will promote various activities directed towards the

95% marked in FY2006 was attained, resulting in the achievement of thisconstruction of a more eﬃcient environmental risk management system.

year s target. Now that ISO14001 certiﬁcation has been acquired for acompany-wide integrated system, Toyo Seikan will further enhance thelinkage between plants and review the system used to promote green
purchasing from now on.
Each of the Toyo Seikan Group companies has adopted the Eco Label

Scene of an emergency drill, in expectationof spillage into a river(Kuki Plant)

indication, based on the same system, and is working to further improvegreen purchasing.

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Eco-Friendly Containers

Eco-Friendly Containers

The Toyo Seikan Group specializes in the manufacture of packaging.
Based on its

packing technology,

environmental management is pursued

in order to minimize environmental impact and maximize added values.
Metal containers of Toyo Seikan
Carbon dioxide emissions
Comparison with an ADI can (*1) [per 350-ml can]

17% reduction

TULC
ADI can

20

40

60

80

120 （g）

100

Comparison with a welded can (*2) [per 200-ml can]

19% reduction

TULC
Welded can

0[TULC, the ultimate steel can and the starting point for other

TULC (the Toyo Ultimate Can) made its debut in 1991 as a metal can with

eco-friendly products]

signiﬁcantly improved environmental performance due to fundamental

TULC, made of a steel sheet with polyester laminated on both sides, ischanges that had been made in the materials used and the production

manufactured using a dry forming method, thereby eliminating the use of aprocess. At present, about seven billion TULC cans are used per year,

lubricant.

accounting for about 20% of all domestic metal can production.

TULC is characterized by its white can bottom.

The introduction of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique in the initialstage of development of TULC resulted in a signiﬁcant reduction in bothcarbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption throughout the entire life
cycle of the product, from material mining through to recycling.

20

40

60

80

100

aTULC (the Aluminum Toyo Ultimate Can) is a polyester-laminated aluminum

120（g）

can based on the TULC concept and characterized by high functionality andlow environmental impact. aTULC is manufactured by the direct coating ofEnergy consumption
Eco-Friendly Containers

Comparison with an ADI can [per 350-ml can]

22% reduction

TULC
ADI can

0

0.50

1.00

2.00 (MJ)

1.50

Reduction of environmental impact in the manufacturing process[Significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions]
The use of a polyester laminate metal in the can manufacturing process

24% reduction

TULC
Welded can

0.50

1.00

2.00 (MJ)

1.50

an aluminum sheet with molten resin. This system, eliminating the need forthe usual ﬁlm making process, has been co-developed with Toyo Kohan, anaﬃliated company of Toyo Seikan.

eliminates the necessity for any internal coating or baking after coating
application. Thus, carbon dioxide emissions have been signiﬁcantly reduced.

Comparison with a welded can [per 200-ml can]0

[aTULC, an aluminum can based on the TULC concept][TEC200, an advanced version of TULC which is easy to open and[No use of water]
The use of a polyester laminate material and a new forming method eliminates
the necessity for any lubricant or water when cleaning.

drink from, and which gives off a sweet smell]
TEC200 (Toyo Seikan Environmental, Evolutional Can & Eﬀectual Filling

Eco-Friendly Containers

0

TULC

System) is a 200-ml steel can with a large opening and a resealing (cap)function. This is the most appropriate can for drinks such as coﬀee and cocoa(Compared with our company s products)that need high-temperature sterilization, and liquid foods such as soup that(*1) ADI can:a two-piece can consisting of analuminum body that also serves as a bottom
and a lid(*2) Welded can:a three-piece can consisting of abody, a bottom and a lid, all joined together
by welding

contain solid ingredients.

Development of the TULC series will be continued.

TULC line: cleaner and more compact by far
ADI can manufacturing process
Lubricating andcooling agent

Rinse water

Waste Wastewater Paint

Wastewater
treatment

Wet forming

Rinsing and drying

CO2

Ink and paintExhaust heat
treatment

External coating

Baking

CO2

Paint

Exhaust heat
treatment

Printing

Baking

CO2
Exhaust heat
treatment

Can internal andbottom coating

BakingNeck processing
Shipping to afilling plant

Aluminum

TULC can manufacturing process
CO2

Dry forming

Heat set

Trimming

Chrome-treatedsteel sheet (TFS)

Ink and paint

CO2

Printing

BakingNeck processing

Shipping to afilling plant

Polyester film

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Eco-Friendly Containers

Eco-Friendly Containers

Plastic packaging produced by Toyo Seikan

Lineup of eco-friendly products made by the Toyo Seikan Group

E-RP TRAVISThe Toyo Seikan Group is pursuing the development of products that are friendly to the environment at all stages fromAs described in Topics (see P. 12), Toyo Seikan has developed E-RP (aproduction through to disposal.

microwavable pouch with a vapor self-release function) into a totally new
ﬂat-position type called TRAVIS, an eco-friendly pouch.
transformed by heating and remains transformed after heating, oﬀering
improved ease of handling and safety, compared to a conventional type ofpouch.

Business related to packaging

The ultralight bottle
series (with Eco Markcertification) was thefirst eco-friendly productcertified to bear the Eco
Mark label in the bottle
industry. In 2006, thisproduct received the
Chairperson s Award
from the Eco-ProductsAwards Steering
Committee.

of hot water for heating contributes to a reduction in carbon dioxide

Eco-Friendly Containers* Comparison of carbon dioxide emissions

emissions by about 90%*.

If one liter of water is put in a pot 20 cm indiameter, then brought to the boil using
city gas (on medium ﬂame for about ﬁve
minutes), and after a conventional pouchproduct is put into the water, then heated
for another ﬁve minutes, 96.8 g of carbon
dioxide is emitted.
If E-RP is heated for two minutes using a
500 W microwave oven (i.e., total power
consumption of 1000 W), only 12.0 g ofcarbon dioxide is emitted.

Heating

Composite containers that can beeasily separated for disposal
A composite container ismade from a thin resin
container, with barrier
properties, contained withina paper container, forprotection. This paper
container is provided with aperforation to facilitate
separation after use. These
containers received theJapan Star Award at theJapan Packaging Contest.

Heat-resistant two-liter triple-support foldable PET bottleThis bottle, with a grip section in the center of the body and depressions in
the upper and lower parts, oﬀers signiﬁcantly improved usability toconsumers.
The depression in the upper part serves as a ﬁngerhold when this type ofbottle is picked up from a shelf at a convenience store or supermarket or
when it is taken out of a refrigerator (see the front view). The depression in
the lower part helps people of all ages, from children through to the elderly,

Weight reduction for caps

to hold the bottle ﬁrmly with both hands.

Single-material
caps, not using
sealing materials,
are alreadymainstream
products.
Furthermore, Toyo
Seikan has now
developed ultralightcaps with a weight
reduction of 10%.

When the time comes for its disposal, the bottle can be neatly folded along aline running vertically down both sides of the bottle, thereby reducing thebottle volume by about 50% (see the side view).

Front view

Silver mirror finish plated steel sheet that can
provide natural lighting (Mirror Coat K)

Weight reduction for glass bottles

This is an ecological product because the use of a microwave oven insteadSide view

Business related to steel sheets

Light guide (Mirror Coat K)

Light outlet

Light inlet

Light outlet

Eco-Friendly Containers

E-RP TRAVIS, which can be heated in a microwave oven while placed ﬂat, isThis is a system that uses
a duct with a mirror
finish-coated interior toreflect and direct naturallight into places where anormal window cannot be
installed. This system is
expected to reduce CO2
emissions by assistingenergy conservation.

Other businessA seamer (a machine that seals a lid onto a can)with an eco-friendly design
The lubricant has
been changed fromgrease to oil inorder to reduce theamount of lubricant
used and lower thenoise level.

Upper partDevelopment of aerosol products that
do not make use of liquefied petroleum gas
Grip section(center)

Folding the bottle along the ribs
reduces the bottle volume by 50%.

Eco-friendly pigments
Aerosol products
using eco-friendly
nitrogen gas
instead of liquefied
petroleum gas canspray a soft, finemist, which was notpreviously possible.

Pigments free ofchrome andantimony havebeen developed.

Lower part

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LCA initiatives

LCA initiatives

T he envi ron me n ta l imp a c t a re id e n t iﬁe d t h r o u g h o u t t h e lif e c y c le o f t h e c o n t a in e r s

Conceptual diagram of Life
Cycle Assessment
Input
EnergyRenewable resources

Recycled resources

mining of(raw) material
Product
manufacturing
Distribution
and useQuantitative analysis of environmental impacts

Productionof material

LCA initiatives

Environmental labels

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique used to identify theEnvironmental labels serve as guidelines for consumers to help them selectenvironmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle and assign it anproducts and services that have the lowest environmental impact. Threeobjective value. In other words, LCA allows us to analyze the environmental

types of environmental label are currently available. Type I is Eco Mark in

impact of a product throughout its entire life cycle on a quantitative basis,

Japan, which can be printed on products certiﬁed as environmentally

including the mining of raw materials, production of materials, productfriendly under criteria established by a third-party organization. Type II is

manufacturing, distribution and use, and recycling or disposal processes.

used by corporations to claim the environmental superiority of theirproducts, in accordance with their own standards and procedures. Type III

Life cycle
ライフサイクル

Recycling/disposal

What is LCA?

Utilization of LCA from the development phase onwards

is used to disclose environmental information acquired through LCA andToyo Seikan developed TULC, an eco-friendly can, by utilizing LCA from theorganization.

Eco Leaf is one of these Type III labels.

development phase onwards.
An assessment carried out on the environmental impact of conventional DI

TULC is the ﬁrst metal can certiﬁed with an Eco Leaf (Type III

can manufacture highlighted the importance of reducing the energy

environmental label) in Japan.

consumption in coat baking, along with water consumption in processing andIn the case of products bearing the Eco Leaf, the environmental impact

wastewater treatment. By focusing on these priorities during development,

throughout the life cycle (including the mining of raw materials, production

the company successfully developed a new forming method that has
replaced coating with ﬁlm laminate and has replaced wet forming(which consumes lots of water) with dry forming (which does not consume
any water), thereby signiﬁcantly reducing environmental impact.

Dischargeother procedures in accordance with criteria established by a third-party

URL of Web site for information disclosure
http://www.jemai.or.jp/ecoleaf/
prodbycmp̲companyobj68.cfm

of materials, product manufacturing, distribution and use, and recycling or
disposal ) are all quantitatively calculated using the LCA technique and theresults of the calculation are disclosed to the public via a Web site.
For TULC, a product with signiﬁcantly reduced environmental impact

Air

Water

The use of LCA in the development phase will be further enhanced so thatcompared to conventional metal cans, Toyo Seikan has taken the initiative in

Soil

Solid waste

more eco-friendly products can be supplied to our customers, in addition todisclosing the results of this LCA-based calculation publicly. Eco Leaf

TULC.

certiﬁcation means that TULC has been approved by a third-party

LCA initiatives

Exhaustible resources

T h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t a r e i d e n t i ﬁ e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e l i f e c y c le of t he cont ainers

organization (the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry;

LCA of metal cans (capacity: 350 ml)
Carbon dioxide emissions(grams per can)

JEMAI).

Recently, an increasing number of inquiries on the LCA of products havebeen certiﬁed and the relevant environmental information has been

been received from customers. This suggests that more customers are

published on the Web site of JEMAI. Try visiting the Web site if you get holdbecoming interested in using eco-friendly packaging. Toyo Seikan is happyof a can with the Eco Leaf on it.

At present, 20 models in the TULC series (TULC, aTULC, and TEC200) haveto disclose information in response to such inquiries so that more

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eco-friendly products can be delivered to customers and, ultimately, toconsumers.

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Initiatives on LCA carried out by the Toyo Seikan GroupThe Toyo Seikan Group organized an LCA working group when the Toyo

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Seikan Group Environmental Committee was formed in FY2002. The persons
in charge from the eight principal companies of the group are currently

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acting as its members. The objective of the LCA working group is to ensure

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that each of the group companies can carry out LCA analysis on its own
products. To attain this objective, the working group is studying previous

20
0

LCA of products

examples of LCA reporting and giving presentations on the assessment of
Aluminum DI can aTULC(Conventional can)

TULC

their own products.
In the future, the group will continue collaboration in pursuit of moreadvanced LCA analysis techniques.

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3R Initiatives

3R Initiatives

T o y o S e i kan i s a c t i vel y car r yi ng out 3R promotion activities as a member of

The collaboration of all the parties concerned is the key to successfully completing thef o u r s e p a ra t e r ecycl i ng or gani zations .

circle of recycling.Toyo Seikan provides support to ensure that all containers
delivered to consumers, and emptied, are then recycled into new products.

Corporate voluntary plans
In accordance with the revision of the Containers and Packaging Recycling

ＲｅｄｕｃｅRecycling flow for various types of packaging

Law, Toyo Seikan has established a corporate voluntary plan. It reports on(Reduction of wastes)

Buy

Use

SeparateCollectthe 3Rs (i.e., Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) through the 3R Promotion
Organization Liaison Conference, which was established by eight recyclingorganizations involved in packaging.
Retail store

Consumer

Separation and disposal

Municipality

Packaging weight reduction initiatives

Ｒｅｕｓｅ

Ｒｅｃｙｃ
ｌ
ｅ

(Reuse of packaging)(Recycling of packaging)Of all the 3Rs, Reduce is the component that should be given the highest
Beverage plantpriority. Toyo Seikan has, for many years, been working to reduce

Producepackaging weight in order to promote resource conservation. The eﬀect thisRecyclehas had on the change in weight of representative containers is shown in theaccompanying graphs.
Packaging plant

Weight percentage (%)[compared to the FY2004 level]

3R Initiatives

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Steel cansThis graph shows the weight transition for Toyo Seikan

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the ﬂagship container ( TULC ) will be pursued further.

99
01

02

03

04

05

06

Weight percentage (%)[compared to the FY2004 level]

Steel cans

125This graph shows the weight transition of 350-ml cans. Although a reduction

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of about 25% has been achieved, compared to the 1980 level, the rate of115

reduction has leveled oﬀ in recent years. Further eﬀorts will be made to110achieve a reduction of 1% or more, compared to the FY2004 level.

105
100
86

91

96

01

07

Toilet and tissue paper

Aluminum cans

PET bottles (previous collection percentage)

90
80

82.9
78.6
78.5

84.2
80.6
77.8

85.2
82.8
82.0

86.1
83.3
83.1

90.3
87.5
81.8

90.7
87.1
86.1

PET bottles
This graph shows the weight transition for Toyo Seikan s PET bottles (basedon the sales results in FY2004), taking into account the proportional

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contribution made to the sales quantity by container type. As with other105

containers, further weight reductions will be diﬃcult to achieve, but will be
pursued through ongoing review of container designs, etc.

100

30

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

Fiscal year of sales

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94.5
90.9
88.1

62.3

65.6
61.7 ※

66.3 ※

percentages were calculated based on the
consumption and collection amounts.
②As for glass, the cullet utilization percentage
was calculated based on the glass production
amount and the cullet usage amount.
③As for PET bottles, the collection percentage
was calculated based on the production amountand the collection amounts from companies andmunicipalities.

In FY2007, the definition of acollection percentage was revised
and both the previous and newcollection percentages for 2005
and 2006 were published.

34.5
22.8

20
10
0

00

44.0

91.7
91.3
88.7

72.2

53.4

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Glass bottles①As for steel and aluminum cans, the recycling

61.0

50

115

PET bottles (new collection percentage)

Recycling percentage (%)

100

60

Fiscal year of sales

Weight percentage (%)[compared to the FY2004 level]

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Recycled bottles, roadbed materials, etc.

70

Weight transition for PET bottles

95

Glass bottles
Paper containers

Current recycling status for different types of packaging in Japan (source: Industry groups data)

Aluminum cans

130

81

Textiles, egg cartons, etc.

07

Fiscal year of sales

Weight transition for 350-ml aluminum cans

95

Various aluminum products
Various materials

PET bottles

contribution made to the sales quantity by capacity. Weight reductions for00

Recycling facilities
Various building materials

Aluminum canss steel drink cans(based on the sales results in FY2004), taking into account the proportional

100

98

Material plant

Steel cans

3R Initiatives

Weight transition for vacuum
steel drink cans

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006
Fiscal year

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Individual Plant Initiatives

Th e e n v i r onm e n t m a n a g e ment sys tem is expanding from all plants to the groupc o m p a n i e s. T hi s sect i o n d e scr i bes initiatives carried out by three plants of
To y o Se i kan and one of t he T o yo Seikan Group companies .
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Hiroshima Plant

Shimizu Plant

To minimize environmental risks, the Hiroshima Plant carries out an

Risk management survey of drainage paths

emergency drill every year, testing its emergency response facilities. The

Since its foundation in 1937, the Shimizu Plant had expanded ﬁvefold by

experience gained ensures that the organization is ready to respond to all

1961.

eventualities.

Consequently, the plans of buildings and premises were outdated andPrevention of environmental pollution through improvement of theJunshi Nakagawa, Environment
Management Representative

locate some of the pipes and drainage paths on the premises. In addition,
land reclamation undertaken on the periphery of the plant as part of theand direction of ﬂow of some of the sewage and rainwater drainage paths.

Countermeasures for environmental
risks at the Resource Utilization Center
Underground pit
Pumped up to theＰ
wastewater treatment pit

This survey inspected drainage paths using a self-propelled robotic camera
to map the layout of the sewage and rainwater drainage pipes leaving theorder to compile a detailed piping diagram of the premises and the periphery
Individual Plant Initiativesof the plant, including all drainage paths.

Waste yard

Inside the plant buildings, the arrangement of pipes was also scrutinized in

Wastewater
treatment facilities

other problems regarding the connection status of the pipes.

Resource
Utilization Center

廃水処理設備plant, and the position of all manholes, checking for any deterioration orWorkspace for contractors

Shimizu Port Hinode Area Redevelopment Project had changed the layout

The data obtained will be utilized to ensure a quick response to emergencies
such as oil spillages, and to review emergency drills.

Burying the
rainwater pipe
from the basin toprevent thedischarge of
wastewater into
public drains

drainage paths
At our plant s Resource Utilization Center, waste oil and paint are poured
into separate containers before being transported elsewhere for disposal.
This was designated as an at-risk facility because, if a container drops or
falls down, the spilled waste oil or paint may spill into the rainwater basin andthen enter a public waterway.
The rainwater ﬂow path has now been changed so that no wastewater can
run directly into the rainwater ditch, turning the Center into a facility that iswell-prepared for any risks that may arise.
We also color-coded the lids of individual catch basins, marked the positionsof all drain outlets, and created a drainage path map that shows all thedrainage paths on the premises. Furthermore, the workers at the plant wereeducated about these drainage paths to ensure that all staﬀ are now wellinformed about their layout and operation.

To the drain outlet

Further activities of this sort, addressing environmental risks, will be carriedout in the future.

Rainwater catch basin

Ibaraki Plant

Daito Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Ibaraki Plant implemented three new countermeasures for drainage

Daito Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., founded in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, in 1956,

processing and noise prevention.

specializes in the manufacture of general cans. In consideration of the local

Individual Plant Initiatives

because expansion work had lasted so long it was no longer possible toHiroshi Ikeya, Environment
Management Representative

community, the company is carrying out various activities to minimize
Installation of a chemical spillage prevention sheet

environmental impact.

The wastewater treatment system, installed in 1989, is maintained by

In October 2007, the company acquired certiﬁcation for Eco Action 21.

conducting regular repairs and inspections. Furthermore, a chemical spillage
Takahiko Wakabayashi, Environment
Management Representative

Toshio Kitagata, Environment
Management Representative

prevention sheet was installed as a preventive measure in the event of adrainage blowout caused by piping malfunctions.
Improvement of the liquid control dyke
The height of the liquid control dyke, installed as a preventive measure incase of a spillage of chemicals on the premises, was raised.
Installation of a chemical
spillage prevention sheet

Previous height of theliquid control dyke
Improved, raised height of
the liquid control dyke

Improvement of energy saving in the plant

Transition of power consumptionkWh600,000

498,908

400,000

447,508 456,870

200,000

2005

2004

2006

2007

Fiscal year

Plant
Oﬃce

5,302

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2,000
0

separated and recycled in 2006, thereby achieving a signiﬁcant reduction in
the amount of waste produced.
Furthermore, clerical departments are also reducing the amount of waste
paper by using both sides of copy paper and making the circulation ofreference materials more eﬃcient.
As part of environmental education and training, emergency drills are

4,000

noise from the scrap treatment plant will not leak to the outside.

of lighting ﬁxtures by about 10%.

Paper scrap, which used to be disposed of as general waste, began to be
0

6,000

control barrier was installed, in consideration of the local residents, so that

also changed to suit the layout of the production lines, reducing the number

Signiﬁcant reduction of wastes via the recycling of paperkg

There is a scrap treatment plant on the east side of the plant. A noise

were introduced in order to achieve an 8% reduction in power consumption,compared to the FY2004 level. The arrangement of lighting ﬁxtures was

472,333

Transition of wastes

Noise control measure, adopted in consideration of local residents

The lighting in the plant was reviewed and energy-saving lighting ﬁxtures

conducted in preparation for possible oil spillages from delivery trucks and

1,842
945

882

2005

2006

1,436

waste oil drums, in order to improve the workers readiness for emergencies.
430

2007

Fiscal year

In future, further environmental improvements will be promoted through thediligent and concerted eﬀorts of the entire company.

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Environment Management Accounting

Toyo Seikan analyzes the costs and eﬀects of its environmental conservation
activities and reﬂects the analysis results in its corporate activities.

Toyo Seikan is promoting the construction of an [Integrated Environment
Management Accounting System], thereby taking a step forward in improving
the framework of environmental accounting. At present, the operation of theSocial Report[Environment-Conscious Investment Decision Making Technique] and theintroduction of [Material Flow Cost Accounting] are also underway.

The Environment-Conscious Investment Decision-Making TechniqueThis technique for capital investment decision-making in environment
conservation investment is used as a target costing system, comprising a
conventional economic evaluation plus an environmental eﬀect evaluation.

Balance sheet model used for the environment-conscious capital investment decision-making technique

Environment Management Accounting

InitialEnvironinvestment
mentalfacilities
Plant investm
ent
proposal

Environmental effectEconomic
evaluation

Cash flow
Total cash
flow

Funding Facility
cost service
life(years)Environmental load reduction per year

Net present
value (NPV)

PriorityPower
consumption
reduction(kWh)Priority

CO2 emission reduction (kg)Gas
consumption
reduction(㎥)

Environment
Environmental
al impact
investment efficiency
reduction(Environmental load
per year
reduction divided by
NPV)Priority
Priority

PriorityA

Facility a▲10,000

15,0002

5％

511,647

2

1000

2

100

1

661

0.057

1

B

Facility b▲30,000

20,0001

5％

5

13,295

1

1500

1

0

3

638

0.048

2

C

Facility c▲8,00012,000

3

5％

5

9,318

3

500

3

50

2

330

0.035

3

▲48,000

47,000Total

34,260

3,000

150

1,629

Material ﬂow cost accounting
This technique divides the material inputs to production, the costs ofmanufacturing, and other factors into two ﬂows, i.e., ﬂow to products(positive) and ﬂow to wastes (negative), and thus identiﬁes them both interms of material quantities and monetary values. This technique has theadvantage of highlighting any ineﬃciencies in the manufacturing process andproviding information on any ineﬃciencies that need to be addressed in orderto achieve environmental impact reduction and cost cutting.

Material ﬂow cost accounting model
Materials

EnergyElectricity 50kWh

800 yenMaterial a

40kg

Gas

500 yenMaterial b

5kg

200 yenTotal ofmaterials

45kg

2,600 yen

10㎥

2,400 yen

CO2 emissions
50kg

Manufacturing process

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Number of conforming items(positive products): 50

Number of items for disposal(negative products): 1

Material a 35kg
Material b 4kg
Total of
39kg
materials

Material aMaterial b
Total ofmaterials

2,100 yen
160 yen2,260 yen
（87％）

5kg
1kg
6kg

300 yen
40 yen
340 yen（13％）

Cost ofdisposal
1,200 yen

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Relationship with Society

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Relationship with Employees

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Commendations

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Customer Relationships

Customer Relationships

Toyo Seikan, upholding the customer-ﬁrst principle and extending the utmost
consideration to consumers, is pursuing the manufacture of high-quality products.

Basic policies of Toyo Seikan
The can manufacturing industry originated as a spin-oﬀ from the canningindustry. Toyo Seikan was founded in 1917 with a mission to serve as acommon packaging plant for its customers, supplying packaging safely,

Quality functions and principal quality characteristics required by customers
Quality functions

Quality characteristics
Double screwing
Capping suitability
Sealability

inexpensively, and quickly.
Sealability

With this background in mind, the company upholds the following three
Suitability for distribution

fundamental principles:・We will contribute to the happiness of mankind.

Packaging functions

Sanitation

・The objective of business is not just to make money.
Conservation stability

A profit is a result, not an objective.
・We will contribute to the prosperity of related industries.

Decorative functions
Customized functions

External design

Technical development policies

Suitability for transportation
Suitability for vendors
Corrosion resistance andsterilization suitability
Quality preservation for contents
Elution resistance
Suitability fortransformable packaging
Suitability for decorative printing
Packaging information

Technologies that promote the welfare of mankind
The company is conducting ongoing research and development by

A system for realizing quality functions

constantly studying the processes of production, ﬁlling, consumption,

As laid down in the quality policies, food safety is a strict requirement thesecollection and recycling related to packaging, and promoting packaging

days and packaging standards must keep up with customer demand and theinnovations directed towards the welfare of mankind.

needs of society. Therefore, Toyo Seikan established the Comprehensive
Product Safety Promotion Guidelines to check the safety of products inaccordance with the Product Liability Law in an eﬀort to maintain andimprove product safety. In response to growing concern about chemicals, aPursuit of product quality in accordance with the needs of the times

food packaging sanitation committee was also organized in order to deal with

The need for various products varies in accordance with current trends inissues involving chemical sanitation, thus enhancing supervision andsociety, as customer requirements are constantly changing. The company

ensuring food safety.

seeks to stay in touch with current needs by maintaining up-to-date

To incorporate the required quality functions (as designated above) in thecommunications with customers and responding promptly in order to realize

manufacturing process, the company has developed a quality assurance

the product quality required. In particular, the company is working on issues

system chart and a QC process chart and is actively promoting productsuch as the guarantee of safety and sanitation and the challenge todefect prevention, recurrence prevention, and discharge prevention, using

achieve zero defects which will bring about increased safety and reliability.

various diﬀerent systems to prevent quality failures.
Furthermore, Toyo Seikan is endeavoring to manufacture cost-competitive

Quality assurance system

Customer Relationships

Customer Relationships

Quality policies

and high-quality products, while paying due attention to environmental issues
throughout the manufacturing process. The company is constantly seeking

Construction of a quality system in harmony with customers

to improve the product quality level because there is, at present, an urgent

Customers and Toyo Seikan share a common objective - the supply of betterneed to carry out mass-production eﬃciently, with the minimum number of

products to consumers. In order to achieve this objective, an uninterrupted,

rejects.

consistent system for ensuring quality is needed that includes the acquisitionof materials required for packaging through to the delivery of ﬁnal products

Further enhancement of the quality assurance system

ﬁlled with contents to consumers. Since many of our customers haveSince the level of quality demanded by consumers continues to rise, day byadopted an ISO9001-compliant quality management system, Toyo Seikan hasday, Toyo Seikan will construct and enhance a quality assurance system

also taken positive action to introduce such a system in an eﬀort to maintainthat proactively incorporates the future needs of customers in advance,

and improve product quality.

instead of just addressing quality issues in a reactive manner, in order tosupply products that will be appreciated by customers and consumers alike.

Quality functions required from packaging

To achieve this objective, the company will:

A wide range of quality characteristics are required in order that packaging

・Construct a system that ensures safety,

manufacturing standards even at the earliest stages of productrange of technologies. The ﬁgure on the right shows the principal quality

development and design, and securely links them together in order tocharacteristics required. Toyo Seikan is constructing a system for proposing
new functions that address current needs and will be appreciated by

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sanitation, and guaranteed

can fulﬁll its required functions, which in turn requires the use of a wide

increase the value of the ﬁnal products.
・Construct a system that actively incorporates the customers points ofcustomers and consumers alike, and is incorporating these new functions

view and customers systems and reﬂects this feedback in theinto its products.

production values of our products.
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Relationship with Society

Relationship with Society

Since Toyo Seikan is a business-to-business company, we do not have many opportunities
to listen to the opinions of end-users.Therefore, a stakeholders meeting is used as acommunication tool, with which we can exchange opinions directly with consumers.
Aiming to play a responsible corporate role in society

Bidirectional communication with stakeholders:
Opinion exchange meetings with the Nippon Association of Consumer Specialists

The Toyo Seikan Group places great importance on the disclosure ofenvironment-related information. To ensure that we always provide fullToyo Seikan, in collaboration with the Nippon Association of Consumer

accountability to stakeholders, each of the group companies is actively

Specialists (NACS), has been holding opinion exchange meetings ever year

disclosing environmental information through environmental reports, site

since 2006.

reports, and the Toyo Seikan Web pages.

At the 2008 meeting, Toyo Seikan asked the participants what they thoughtor felt about the role packaging played in their daily life, and the latest

Tools for communication with stakeholders

information concerning Toyo Seikan and NACS topics and initiatives was

Since 1999, Toyo Seikan has been issuing an environmental report (the Ecopresented to the participants in order to promote mutual understanding. (The

Report ) which describes the various environmental activities of Toyo Seikan

http://www.toyo-seikan.co.jp

and the Toyo Seikan Group, focusing on those with the highest priority.

M.C.:Ms. Kikuko Tatsumi,
Executive Director, NACS

opinions and comments contributed at the meeting were summarized asquestions and answers, as listed below).

Since 2005, these reports have been renamed Environmental and Social
Reports, in which more social matters have been included and theplant now issues its own site report, disclosing information to residents in thelocal community.
Valuable opinions and comments contributed by stakeholders are muchappreciated and will be taken into consideration with regard to future
improvements.
Entry in Eco Products 2007
Toyo Seikan submitted an entry to Eco Products 2007 (the largest
environmental event in Japan), held in December 2007.
The company s poster display showed the evolution of packaging in pursuitof conservation stability,
environment.

ease of use, and friendliness to the global

Also included were a can sealing demonstration and a quiz,

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which had also featured the previous year. These events received morethan 4,000 visitors.

D

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e：June 18, 2008

P l a c e：Toyo Seikan head officeMembers
General consumer：5
representatives

Suzuki, Miyazaki, Oishi,

When I drop by at a convenience store on the way home, I buy drinks inpaper cartons because they are less expensive and easy to dispose of.
When I go out with my children, I buy drinks in PET bottles because they canbe capped again.

Takai, Fukatsu

Q2.What do you think of one-way and reusable packages?

(In no particular order)

I hope that one-way packages will be recycled more. As for reusable

Participants from：9
Toyo Seikan

Q1.What criteria do you use when selecting the drinks that you buy?

General Affairs
Department: Asada
Sales Division: Shinoda,
Kuriki, Yoshihara, Hagi
Environmental
Department: Masaki,
Komatsu, Aoyagi, Takani

packages, I think they are worthwhile, especially when combined with ahome-delivery service such as a consumer cooperative, and bearing in mind
the problems associated with an aging society.
Q3.What are your complaints about packaging in general?
My main complaint is that the ease of disposal varies, depending on the PET
bottle type. Can t the industry adopt a single type of bottle?
Q4.What do you think the ideal next-generation packaging should be like?
Packaging should be flexible in design and reusable. In addition, it would be
wonderful if IC tags could be put on packaging so that different types can beseparated automatically.
Q5.What do you expect from packaging manufacturers?
I think it is necessary for the various manufacturers to broaden theirperspectives, get together, and overcome the existing differences between
companies. I hope that they can encourage stakeholders to get more

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communication content has been increased. Furthermore, each individual

involved and come up with measures that CAN actually be implemented,
instead of just thinking up reasons why they CANNOT.

After the Stakeholders MeetingFrank opinions were expressed by the participants.
The results of activities currently underway will be disclosed to all
stakeholders, in response to stakeholder requests and in order toincrease understanding. Furthermore, additional activities will be carriedout in collaboration with suppliers and customers via the supply chain.
While many problems were highlighted, Toyo Seikan will deal with them all
constructively in its capacity as a responsible manufacturer that seeks toplay a leading role in the industry and wishes to continue to meet theneeds of society as a whole.

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Holding the Environmental Report Discussion Meeting

Environmental education

In March 2008, an environmental report discussion meeting was held toEnvironment-related education at plants

consider improvements to the environmental report. This meeting turned out

As part of the ISO14001 environment management activities, each plant

to be a valuable opportunity to listen to frank opinions expressed by theregularly provides all employees with general education and special

eleven participants from various head oﬃce departments. Since reports fromeducation opportunities, aimed at sharing expert knowledge and skills.

other companies were also presented and compared with that of Toyo

Furthermore, each plant actively participates in environmental seminars held

Seikan, the problems and tasks facing our company became much clearer.

by communities and local public bodies.

All these opinions will be reﬂected in the contents of the reports due to beissued in and after FY2008.

Environmental seminars at head oﬃce

In future, environmental report discussion meetings will be held more

Starting in 2000, an annual environmental seminar has been held at headfrequently and at other plants (not just head oﬃce) in an eﬀort to betteroﬃce, as part of the environmental education program, featuring an invited

reﬂect the opinions of the staﬀ of the company at large.

guest speaker from outside the company. In the seminar held in June 2008,
there were about 70 participants from the Toyo Seikan Group. Although the

The principal opinions advanced at the environmental reportspeaker spoke about Corporate Activities and Risk Communications, a

discussion meetingtheme not directly related to the environment, it was a highly informative

・The overall tone of the report is too serious. Fonts and pagination need tospeech featuring several speciﬁc examples which the participants foundbe improved.

very interesting. These seminars will continue to be held in the next ﬁscal

・There should be more emphasis in the report on communication withsociety.
・The questionnaire results from the previous year should be included. The
use of a Web site may be a possibility.

year, and beyond.
Prof. Akemi Ori, College of Law,
Kanto Gakuin University

Activities in recycling organizations

・Long-term projects should also be covered.

Toyo Seikan, in its role as a total packaging manufacturer, was actively

・I think that the report itself could be presented in a simpler form.

participating in recycling activities long before packaging recycling wasEver since its foundation, Toyo Seikan has been participating in recycling

Each of the plants of the Toyo Seikan Group is actively participating insubmit proposals to administrative bodies and general consumers throughcommunity clean-up activities in order to contribute to the development of anvarious associations. The company has participated in exhibitions as aaesthetically pleasing and comfortable town.

member of these associations and has conducted a wide range of recycling

Regular clean-up activities are conducted around the periphery of eacheducation activities.

organizations dealing with various types of packaging and continues toplant, as well as collaborative activities involving neighborhood residents andother companies, thereby assisting in the development of a better
community. Furthermore, all plants actively participate in the clean-up
campaigns conducted in their respective communities.

Participation in recycling organizations
Organization name
Japan Steel Can Recycling Association

・Participation in joint clean-up activities in the industrial area
・Clean-up of Miho Masaki Coast
・Participation in Mikawa Bay Akemi Area zero-garbage campaign
・Participation in Sendai Harbor cleanup volunteer activities
・Participation in the campaign for eliminating empty cans and other

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required by Containers and Packaging Recycling Law (enacted in 1997) .

Community clean-up activities

Posts
Vice-chairman, director, executive member

Japan Aluminum Can Recycling Association Vice-chairman, planning member
PET Bottle Council

Vice-president, director, member of committees

Council for PET Bottle Recycling

Director, member of committees

Plastic Packaging Recycling Council

Planning and steering member

The Japan Containers and Packaging
Recycling Association

Director, PET bottle business member,plastic package business member

scattered garbage
・Participation in the Tsurumi clean-up campaign
・Clean-up of the Tama River dry riverbed, etc.

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Relationship with Employees

The Toyo Seikan Group, extending its basic policy of contributing to society with packaging

The employees who work for the company play a key role in its corporate activities.

technology, is conducting social contribution activities outside its main line of business.

Toyo Seikan pursues the development of a safe, hygienic and dynamic workplace by
respecting human rights and employee individuality.

Social contribution activities
Japan Crown CorkAt Toyo Seikan, we strive to act as a responsible member of society and to

The Okayama Plant of Japan Crown Cork, in its role as a member of theuphold a high standard of ethics. In the workplace, we aim to respect human

Shoei Area Forestation Group, actively participates in forest care activities

rights and the individuality of others in order to fully utilize our employees

such as tree felling and undergrowth clearing, every year.

abilities and individuality.

The Ishioka Plant participated in the Ibaraki Forestation for the ﬁrst time thisFurthermore, we have a personnel system that properly evaluates eachyear. The importance of forestation in the protection of the global

employee s individual level of work performance in order to provide anenvironment was clearly recognized.

incentive for employees to tackle challenging assignments. The entire
organization is energized if employees work with vigor and enthusiasm as
professionals. As a result of this process, Toyo Seikan successfully develops,
manufactures and sells safe and reliable products that possess excellent
functions, and receives a high degree of respect from society, in return.

Support for the improvement of individual workers abilities
through respect for their individuality
Personnel system
Toyo Aerosol Industry

To evaluate the work performance of employees in an appropriate manner,

The Tsukuba Plant of the Toyo Aerosol Industry received a commendation

Toyo Seikan rates them in accordance with the performance requirementsfrom the governor of Ibaraki prefecture for its contribution to blood donation

set down by the company for each certiﬁcation grade and assesses theactivities (on February 19, 2008).

contributions of employees fairly, reﬂecting this in the wage system. The

Furthermore, the Kawagoe Plant of this company won third prize in the 22ndcompany is committed to planning and operating a personnel system that

Self-Defense Fire Company Fire Hydrant Drill Contest in the Kawagoe Area

provides all employees with equal opportunities to tackle challenging tasks as(on October 24, 2007).

this assists them to make of the most of their abilities.

New recruit layer

Mid-level employee
training

Senior highschool and University
technical graduatescollege Workplace
graduates visiting
Workplace training
OJT
Senior high school
and technicalcollege graduates
Correspondence course

The rate of disabled person employment is 2.04% (as of March 1, 2008),
thereby complying with the legal employment rate. In the future, disabled
person employment will be promoted on a planned basis, every year. The
Foreign language training

Logicalthinking

Employment of disabled persons

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as long as the employee satisﬁes the requirements speciﬁed by the company.

TOEIC test

Problemsolving
training

Correspondence courses
for prospective employees,
currently at university

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retirement age is reemployed by the company until the start of their pension,

Workplace leader
training course
Manufacturing Research anddepartment development andsales departments

Classroom Plant
education visiting
training

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An employee who wants to continue working after reaching the mandatory

New subsection
chief training

University graduate
correspondence
courses and taking oftests TOEIC, Business
Law 3rd grade,and Bookkeeping 3rd

local community.

Reemployment system

Section chieftraining

Dispatch of employees to external training and seminars

management organization and its participation in activities carried out in the

between the employer and his/her superior, using a communication sheet.

Toyo Seikan BusinessCollege (TSBC)

New recruit training
University graduate collective
training at head oﬃce

management activities, in recognition of its development of an environment

personal interview is also an opportunity for opinions to be exchanged

Legal training for
new board members

Oﬃcial certiﬁcation incentive system

a commendation from this association for its voluntary environment

to the employee by his/her superior by means of personal interviews. A

CommonCompliance training

Kanagawa Environmental Conservation Association for many years, received

The results of the performance assessment for each employee are fed backEducationfor eachfunction

Correspondence courses

The Yokohama Plant of Toyo Seikan, which has been a member of theTraining foreach layer

Special training at each department

Toyo Seikan

Mid-level employee
layer

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Supervisor Administrator Management
Layer
layer
layer
layer

Personal interview system for feedback

development division building of the Shizuoka Plant is being constructed to acompletely barrier-free design. At other plants, the design of facilities will be
reviewed. Toyo Seikan is taking steps to realize a workplace where disabled
and able-bodied persons can work together.
Education and training system
Human resources are assets for any company. Toyo Seikan provides many
opportunities for education in order to foster the development of workers
who are innovative, ﬂexible and highly creative. The education system,
based on the premise that employees are primarily responsible for their own
development, consists of three principal types: education for each layer of
employment, education for each function, and support for self-development.
As a manufacturer, Toyo Seikan naturally gives a high priority to
manufacturing education. The Technical Education Center is equipped withtraining equipment that allows production engineers to gain experience andacquire the wide range of skills and knowledge required for their work. In
FY2007, a total of 188 persons received training at this center.
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Safety and health
A program has also been established to provide support for employees whowish to develop further skills and abilities, on their own initiative. Those whohave completed correspondence courses are reimbursed the total amount of
the course fees. This program was used by 2760 participants in FY2007. A
further program oﬀers a ﬁnancial incentive to those who have acquiredoﬃcial certiﬁcation in speciﬁc areas, designated by the company.
To foster the development of the next generation of business leaders, thecompany has opened the Toyo Seikan Business College (TSBC) where

Safety management organization

President
Central Safety and
Health Committee(chairperson: director in chargeof the engineering department)

General safety
and health oﬃcer(plant manager)

Safety and HealthCommittee

As part of its safety and health activities, Toyo Seikan has established safety
and health management regulations to deﬁne the scope of responsibilities
and powers regarding safety and health and has set up a Central Safety and
Health Committee, chaired by the director in charge of the engineering
department in order to promote safety and health management activities
from a company-wide point of view.
The Central Safety and Health Committee identiﬁes and analyzes theselected staﬀ members from throughout the company are engaged in active

Safety oﬃcer

discussions and submit proposals on the future of the company. In addition,

Health oﬃcer

activities throughout the entire company. This committee also determines

training on corporate compliance is actively pursued by the entire company.

Industrial physician

the policies adopted each ﬁscal year, and ensures that they are executed in

Enhancement of the work environment and programs to remove
anxiety from the workplace
Retirement pension plan
At Toyo Seikan, it is recognized that in order for employees to be able tocarry on their work without anxiety and make full use of their abilities, theymust be assured of a suitable standard of living in their old age. Based on
this concept, a point-based retirement beneﬁt plan and a contract-type

Workplace safety
and health oﬃcer(section chief)

Workplace safety and healthpromotion representative(subsection chief)

circumstances of industrial accidents, diseases, and accident prevention

the form of actual safety and health activities at each plant.
At each plant, safety and health activities are promoted on the initiative of
the Safety and Health Committee, with the plant manager serving as thegeneral safety and health oﬃcer. The FY2007 annual accident frequency
rate was 0.08.

Operation chiefWorkerAccident frequency ratedeﬁned beneﬁt pension plan have been introduced. This system provides a

Number of casualties resulting
from industrial accidents
Total number of actual working hours

1,000,000

payment or a pension supply period and pension start time, thereby oﬀering

Introduction of AEDsa choice in accordance with their preferred lifestyle after retirement.

Toyo Seikan has introduced automated external deﬁbrillators (AEDs) at all its

Establishment of health counseling rooms

plants and has trained employees how to use them and how to carry out

Each plant has a health counseling room where employees with a nursing

cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergencies.

license are permanently stationed. They are engaged in health management
operations such as the implementation of periodic physical examinations andSafety and health activities in FY2008

providing feedback on examination results. In collaboration with industrial

Safetyphysicians, they also provide employees with counseling regarding various

1)Enhancement of risk forecasting, hazard prevention activities

problems such as mental health, and they support comprehensive disease2)Ensuring the use of ﬁnger pointing/calling safety checks

prevention and health promotion activities by providing nutritional guidance,3)Establishment of an approval system for special work

exercise guidance, and advice on lifestyle-related diseases, etc.

4)Establishment of risk assessment and question-posing safety patrols

Unused paid holiday carry-over system

5)Review and check procedures for work permitted during machine

Under the unused paid holiday carry-over system adopted by Toyo Seikan,

operations (rotation)

an employee can carry over up to 30 annual paid holidays before their

6)Review and creation of safe work procedures

expiration date. Employees can use this system for medical treatment, care

7)Ensuring safety education for temporary and dispatched employees

for family members, volunteer activities, etc.

8)Prevention of traﬃc accidents and disasters

Parental leave system

Health

Employees who are rearing children under the age of one can take parental

1)Provision of mental health education

leave. Additional exemptions from working overtime and working on days

2)Start of speciﬁc health examination and speciﬁc health guidance programsoﬀ,3)Decrease in the number of employees working long hours, and thethe advancement or postponement of starting or ﬁnishing time, andreductions of working hours are also available for these employees, until
their children start elementary school. In FY2007, 12 employees took

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ﬂexible pension plan that allows employees to select either a lump sum

enhancement of health management
4)Enhancement of health management for employees stationed abroad

parental leave (a leave-taking rate of 80%).
Family-care leave system
Employees who are taking care of family members can take 365 days offamily-care leave, in total. Furthermore, exemptions from working overtime
and working on days oﬀ,

advancement or postponement of starting or

ﬁnishing time, and reductions of working hours are also available for these
employees.

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Initiatives at overseas oﬃces
Toyo Seikan has been conducting overseas operations in accordance with its
basic policy of popularizing human- and eco-friendly packaging around the world
in order to contribute to the betterment of human life and culture. The company
observes all local laws and customs in countries where it has established oﬃces
in order to contribute to the development of local communities.
The company also provides local employees with training in Japan. These
training opportunities are mainly aimed at the improvement of skills involving
production activities, and also serve as a great opportunity for trainees todeepen their understanding of Japanese culture and customs throughout theirstay in Japan, and through exchanges with Japanese employees.
In FY2007, training was given to local employees from Malaysia. A total of 24
trainees from Malaysia Packaging Industry BHD visited the Toyohashi Plant andstayed for up to four weeks. The training they received improved their skills andpromoted mutual understanding with Japanese employees, overcoming barriers
imposed by language, culture, customs and diﬀerent ways of thinking.

Data Collection

Commendations

Two awards were received from the Japan Packaging Instituteas part of the 32nd Kinoshita Prize
Method for manufacturing high-gas volume can products based on apressurized sterilization technique
Toyo Seikan and Asahi Breweries, Ltd. received the Kinoshita Prize(Research and Development Award) for the joint application of a new
method for manufacturing high-gas volume can products based on apressurized sterilization technique.

Normally, there is a limit to the amountof carbon dioxide that can be sealed into a carbonated drink can containing
fruit juice. This new technology provides drinks with a more refreshing taste
Commendations

by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the can.
DIPO pouch with a dispensing function

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used as a substitute for a pump-dispenser bottle and thus contributes to theConstruction status of environment management systems for Toyo Seikan Group companies

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reduction of waste by reducing both weight and volume.

Power, water, and fuel consumption

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Toyo Seikan received the Kinoshita Prize (Packaging Technology Award) for
DIPO, a pouch that comes ready for use as a hanging dispenser, eliminating
the need for any troublesome reﬁlling into other containers. DIPO can be

Heating

Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law／Environmental accounting data

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E-RP TRAVIS wins the World Star Award

Lawsuits, penalties and fines regarding the environment／Editor s Note

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In the 2007 World Packaging Contest held by the World Packaging

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Organization (WPO), Toyo Seikan s E-RP TRAVIS product won the WorldStar Award, in competition with products from all around the world. The
details of this form of packaging are described in Topics (see P. 12).

Metashine Can receives an award in Can of the Year 2007
Toyo Seikan s Metashine Can won the bronze award in the prototype
section of the Can of the Year 2007 contest sponsored by The
Canmaker, an authoritative industry magazine in the U.K. The Metashine
Can is base-coated with Metashine (glass ﬂake coating), a luster pigment
consisting of ﬁne glass ﬂakes coated with metal powder. It has a highreﬂectance, adding a brilliant, lame-like luster to the can.

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History of Environmental Activities

Year

Technologies related to packaging production

1917
1919
1920
1933
1935
1937
1944
1949
1958
1960
1961
1965
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

・Foundation of Toyo Seikan and the establishment of head office and the first plant in Osaka

Toyo Seikan s Participation in External Organizations

Recycling activities, etc

Toyo Seikan actively involves itself in the activities of external organizations by dispatching personnel to environmental and・Start of can production using the first automatic can machine in Japan

recycling organizations, study groups and committees, and by acting as a member of various environment-related institutions.

・Establishment of the Tokyo Plant
・Establishment of the Tobata Plant
・Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange

Recycling organizations

・Establishment of the Shimizu Plant

・JAPAN STEEL CAN RECYCLING ASSOCIATION

・Relocation of the head office to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
・Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

・Aluminum Can Recycle Association

・Establishment of the Sendai Plant ・Start of production of beer cans

・JAPAN PET Bottle Association

・Establishment of the Ibaraki Plant

・The Council for PET Bottle Recycling

・Establishment of the Yokohama Plant ・Start of production of plastic containers
・Start of production of cola cans

・Plastic Packaging Recycling Council

・Establishment of the Kawasaki Plant

・The Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association

・Start of production of coffee cans

・Liaison Committee of the Associations Promoting 3Rs

・Start of production of retort pouches
・Development and commercialization of TFS ・Start of production of Toyo Seam Cans (cemented cans) ・Start addressing the can litter problem
・Establishment of the Saitama Plant and Takatsuki Plant ・Start of production of Lamicon ・Start field survey on litter and litter prevention experiments (Kirigamine Project)・Establishment of the Chitose Plant ・Installation of a Ｄｉ
ｒｅｃｔＦ
ｌ
ａｍｅＦｕｍｅＩｎｃｉｎｅｒａｔｏｒ (DFI)

Study groups and committees

・Start of production of Lamicon bottles

1973 ・Establishment of the Hiroshima Plant

・Establishment of the Used CAN Treatment Association ・Establishment of the All Aluminum Can Collection Association
・Establishment of the Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association
・Publication of Introduction to Can-cology (used can collection simulation)

1974

・Relocation of the Osaka Plant to Izumisano-shi ・Establishment of the Kiyama Plant

・Implementation of the Can Litter Prevention Campaign

・Practical application of UV printing ・Start of production of DI cans1975 ・Start of production of high retort pouches
1976 ・Start of production of push-in tabs
1977 ・Establishment of the Ishioka Plant

・Member of the Extended Deliberation Committee for Containers and Packaging Recycling Systems, Waste and Recycling
Working Group, Central Environment Council (Ministry of the Environment)
・The Eco Materials Forum・Nikkei BP ECO Management Forum・Environmental Committee, Japan Polyethylene Products Industrial Federation
・The Japan Plastics Industry Federation
・Environmental Committee & Weight Reduction Promotion Committee, Japan Canners Association

・Start of production of PET bottles for soy sauce ・Start of production of drawn and redrawn cans (DRD cans)1978 ・Start of production of Toyo seam retort cans ・Start of production of Lamicon cups

・The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan・Switch to water-based sealing compound

1979

Activities in external organizations

・LCA Japan Forum・Establishment of the Kuki Plant
・Start of production of welded aerosol cans ・Start of production of standing pouches

1980 ・Completion of the Saiwai Building for the new head office ・Start of production of Toyo seam multi-bead cans1981 ・Start of production of welded beverage cans1982 ・Start of production of PET bottles for carbonated beverages ・Switch to water-based coatings for cans ・Establishment of the JAPAN PET Bottle Association (start of study on recycling systems)
・Start of production of triple necked-in cans (cans with decreased can lid diameters)

1983 ・Relocation of the Sendai Plant to Minato, Miyagino-ku, Sendai

・Reorganization of the Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association to form The Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association
・Establishment of a unified mark, Put Used Can in Its Place

1984 ・Start of production of BOB bottles for infusion
1985 ・Start of production of hiRETOFLEX (drawn cups made of composite materials)
・Start of production of heat-resistant PET bottles for juices

・Start of production of refill pouches for detergents, etc.

1991 ・Start of production of TULC, eco-friendly metal container
・Switch to water-based finishing varnish ・Switch to one-piece PET bottles for beverages

1992
1993 ・Establishment of the Toyohashi Plant

History of Environmental Activities

・Start of bulk transportation of PET resin for bottles

1994 ・Start of production of Oxyguard (oxygen-absorbing containers)
1995 ・Start using recycled resin in PET bottles for kitchen detergents
1996
1997
1998
1999

・Reorganization of the All Aluminum Can Collection Association to form the Japan
Aluminum Can Recycle Association
・Enactment and enforcement of the Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources
・Establishment of identification marks
・Establishment of the Environment Office・Start of operation of large-scale PET bottle recycling companies
・Establishment of the Council for The Council for PET Bottle Recycling

Toyo Seikan s Participation in External Organizations

ｉｃＣｏｍｂｕｓｔｉｏｎＳｙｓｔｅｍ (CSS)
1986 ・Installation of a Ｃａｔａｌｙｔ
1987 ・Switch to plastic caps for PET bottles for beverages
1989 ・Start of production of stay-on tabs (SOT)・Enactment of the Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging

・Start of production of TULC diamond-cut cans(Containers and Packaging Recycling Law)

・Start of operation of a cogeneration system at the Osaka Plant

・Establishment of the Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association

・Start of production of Moisture Guard films

・Partial enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law

・Start of production of floss (refill) pouches

・Establishment of the Plastic Packaging Recycling Council

・Start using recycled PET resin in the handles of large PET bottles

・Publication of the Environmental Report (Eco Report)
・Establishment of the Environmental Committee for the entire company, and establishment of Toyo Seikan Environmental Policies

2000 ・Establishment of the Shizuoka Plant ・Integration of the Tokyo Plant with the Yokohama Plant ・Full enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
・Start of operation of a cogeneration system at the Kawasaki Plant

・Setup of guidelines for green purchasing and procurement

・End the use of small incinerators at all plants

2001 ・Start of production of Oxyblock (high-function PET bottles)
・Start of production of aTULC ・Start of production of aluminum diamond-cut cans

2002 ・Completion of removal of small incinerators from all plants
・Start of production of a microwavable pouch with a vapor self-release function (E-RP)

2003 ・Integration of the Tobata Plant with the Kiyama Plant
・Start of production of TEC200 (resealable steel cans)・Full-scale application of environmental accounting
・Reorganization of the Used CAN Treatment Association to form the JAPAN STEEL CAN RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
・Establishment of the Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Committee
・Issue of a site report at the Saitama Plant
・Reorganization of the Environment Office to form the Environment Department
・Issue of a site report at all plants

・Start of production of SiBARD (SiOx-evaporated bottles)
・Start using recycled PET bands

2004 ・Start of bottle-to-bottle production of PET bottles
2005 ・Start of operation of NAS batteries at the Kuki Plant
・Use of recycled PET resin for the handles of beverage bottles

・Completion of ISO14001 certification for 14 plants
・Certification of TULC products with a Type III environmental label (Eco Leaf)
・Completion of ISO14001 certification for head office and the development division

2006 ・Start of production of Z-End

・Revision and enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law

2007 ・Start of production of sTULC at BCM

・ISO14001 certification of a company-wide integrated system

・Formulation of the 3R Promotion Organization Liaison Conference consisting of eight recycling organizations related to packaging, and publication of the voluntary action plan

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INPUT-OUTPUTINPUT-OUTPUT

Input-output: Data for principal companies of the Toyo Seikan Group

Input

Product (output)

Material consumption Energy consumption
Plant

Metal

Plastic

Power

Production

Water
Fuel
[crude oil consumption
equivalent]

Metal
cans

Waste

Sendai Plant
2-4-1 Minato, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi , Miyagi, 983-8502
TEL (022)259-2311
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

54.3

3.0

116.4

6.9

1.8

-

32.0

(tons)(tons)

248.7

248.7

0.0

100.0％

4.7

53.2

5.1

136.2

10.2

2.1

-

34.4

396.8

396.8

0.0

100.0％

Kuki Plant
3 Kawaraicho, Kuki-shi, Saitama, 346-0028
TEL (0480)23-2811
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

-

74.7

189.7

1.4

366.0

-

14.3

-

67.1

122.6

122.6

0.0

100.0％

Saitama Plant
950-2 Shimohosoya, Yoshimi-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama, 355-0193
TEL (0493)54-2111
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

55.8

14.7

88.9

5.5

115.4

17.0

4.9

-

41.2

63.8

63.8

0.0

100.0％

Kawasaki Plant
11-1 Ukishimacho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 210-0862
TEL (044)266-1581
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

-

21.3

63.5

0.9

227.3

-

5.3

-

23.4

134.4

134.4

0.0

100.0％

9.3

99.3

6.1

367.3

11.6

2.3

-

46.0

1280.31280.30.0

100.0％

Energy consumption

628Power consumption (million kWh)276

2

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

35

Toyo Glass Co., Ltd. Glass

417

Plastic
Paper
Metal

Japan Crown Cork
Co., Ltd.

Plastic

Power consumption (million kWh)58

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

100

22

Power consumption (million kWh)

109

57

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

3

14Power consumption (million kWh)

132

50

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

6

Toyo Food Equipment Metal
Co., Ltd.

0.6

Toyo Aerosol Industry Other materials
Co., Ltd.

55

Tokan Material
Other materials
Technology Co., Ltd.

19

Power consumption (million kWh)5

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

0.1

Power consumption (million kWh)

17

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

2

Power consumption (million kWh)

16

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

5

58.1

25.8

86.0

9.0

250.4

15.1

3.5

-

47.7

372.0

372.0

0.0

100.0％

Shimizu Plant
8-28 Hinodecho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, 424-8765
TEL (0543)53-3251
Manufacturing of cans for canning

5.2

-

4.9

0.2

54.4

3.0

-

-

2.8

26.7

26.7

0.0

100.0％

-

-

25.2

24.9

74.0

63.2

0.6

5.2

98.5

111.1

-

-

7.9

3.2

-

13.2

37.0

46.8

31.7

2716.831.7

2716.80.0

0.0

Takatsuki Plant
22-5 Minamishodokorocho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-0063
TEL (072)675-5701
Manufacturing of cans for canning and art cans

14.7

Ibaraki Plant
1-81 Higashiunobecho, Ibaragki-shi, Osaka, 567-0879
TEL (072)623-1121
Manufacturing of cans for canning

84.1

-

74.1

9.1

382.7

23.0

-

-

43.6

938.6

938.6

0.0

100.0％

Osaka Plant
29-3 Sumiyoshicho, Izumisano-shi, Osaka, 598-0061
TEL (0724)64-3451
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

-

55.4

138.6

7.7

402.1

-

13.3

-

62.0

98.4

98.4

0.0

100.0％

Hiroshima Plant
234 Shimokitakata, Hongocho, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima, 729-0414
TEL (0848)86-3421
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

46.9

21.0

88.3

7.1

252.8

15.7

5.0

-

73.5

377.2

377.2

0.0

100.0％

Kiyama Plant
380-2 Nagano, Kiyama-cho, Miyaki-gun, Saga, 841-0202
TEL (0942)92-6011
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

37.0

-

12.7

2.3

84.7

3.3

-

-

9.1

184.0

184.0

0.0

13,160

Metal products

553

270

9,419

1,495

7,924

16％

704

Glass products

395

283

1,779

1,173

606

66％

Plastic products

17

Paper products

47

50

15,994

15,96232

99.8％

Metal products

14

Plastic products

45

72

549

538

10

98％

2

221

219

2

99％

290
424
17

Other products

222

Aerosol filling,etc. (million cans)

289

11

1,343

1,297

46

98％

100

Other products

7

17

1,250

594

656

59％

Toyo Seikan

Nippon National Seikan

Head Office and plants (Aug. '02)

Toyo Unso

Company-wide certification (Oct. '04)

Honshu Seikan

Yuki (Mar. '05)

Toyo Seihan

Toyohashi (Feb. '06)

Daito Seikan

Daito Seikan (Oct. '07) * Eco Action 21

Toyo Denkai

Toyo Denkai (Jun. '08) * Eco Action 21

Toyo Kohan

Kudamatsu (Dec. '99), Integrated certification of eight group companies (Dec. '04)

Toyo Glass

100.0％

Kawasaki (Dec. '98), Shiga (Oct. '99), Chiba (Feb. '00), Integrated certification of the entire company (Aug. '01)
Toyo-Sasaki Glass

Plant (Oct. '05)

Toyo Glass Butsuryu

Integrated certification of Toyo Glass group (Aug. '01)
Shizuoka (Mar. '02), Atsugi (Sep. '03), Development Center (Jan. '04), Komaki (Jan. '04),
Ibaraki (Sep. '04), Osaka (Sep. '04), Fukuoka Pastic Containers (Feb. '05), Integrated
certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Nippon Tokan Package (NTP)

87.7

5.7

282.1

12.4

4.0

-

44.4

430.1

430.1

0.0

100.0％

Certified sites (certification month)
Saitama (Jul. '99), Ishioka (Aug. '02), Yokohama (Oct. '02), Hiroshima (Jun. '03),
Kuki (Jul. '03), Shizuoka (Dec. '03), Kawasaki (Jan. '04), Takatsuki (Mar. '04),
Sendai (Jun. '04), Kiyama (Aug. '04), Chitose (Sep. '04), Ibaraki (Sep. '04),
Toyohashi (Nov. '04), Osaka (Nov. '04), Development Division (Nov. '05), Head Office (Nov. '05),
Company-side integration (Jul. '07); Integrated certification of the entire company, including the Shimizu Plant

Tokan Kogyo

15.8

Waste
Waste Recycled Landfill
Recyclingamount amount amountpercentage(tons)(tons)(tons)

Construction status of environment management systems
for Toyo Seikan Group companies

100.0％

100.0％

Carbon dioxide
emissions(thousand tons)

Production(thousand tons)

Company

Yokohama Plant
1-1-70 Yako, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0001
TEL (045)571-2411
Manufacturing of cans for canning, art cans, and plastic bottles

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Water
consumption(thousand ㎥）

Plastic

Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.

37.0

OutputMetal

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

41.7

Toyohashi Plant
3-60 Akemicho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi, 441-8074
TEL (0532)23-5661
Manufacturing of plastic bottles and plastic film

INPUT-OUTPUT

7.1(tons)

Ishioka Plant
8-2 Kashiwabara, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki, 315-8585
TEL (0299)24-2711
Manufacturing of cans for canning, art cans, and plastic bottles

Shizuoka Plant
622-8 Shirai, Makinohara-shi, Shizuoka, 421-0598
TEL (0548)55-3511
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

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18.0

Material consumption(thousand tons)

Plastic Pouches Carbon Waste Recycled Landfill Recycling
bottles
dioxide amount amount amount percentage
emissions(100(100 (thousand(thousand (thousand (million (thousand （thousand (100
tons)
tons)
tons)
million) million) million)
kWh)
kl)
㎥）
Chitose Plant
857 Kitashinano, Chitose-shi , Hokkaido, 066-0075
TEL (0123)24-3171
Manufactureof cans for canning and plastic bottles

Input

Emission (output)

Shizuoka (Mar. '02), Fukuoka (Sep. '03), Atsugi (Sep. '03), Sendai (Jan. '04),
Ibaraki (Sep. '04), Tochigi Branch Plant (Sep. '04), Osaka (Sep. '04),
Yokohama (Feb. '05), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05),
Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)
Fukushima ('05), Chiba ('05), Furukawa ('03), Saitama ('01), Fuji ('01),
Aichi ('03), Gifu ('04), Shiga ('02), Kyoto ('02),
Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Toyo Unicon

Atsugi (Sep. '03), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Tokan Kosan

Iwaki (Jan. '04), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

UEDA PRINTING

Takumigaoka Plant, Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Shida Shiko

Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Japan Crown Cork

Okayama (Oct. '00), Ishioka (Aug. '02), Hiratsuka (Sep. '02),
Komaki (Aug. '02), Head Office (Nov. '04)

Toyo Food Equipment

Integrated certification of the entire company (Oct. '05)

Toyo Aerosol Industry

Kawagoe (Dec. '03), Tsukuba (Jan. '06), Mie (Jan. '06),
Head Office (Mar. '06), Osaka Office (Mar. '07)

Tokan Material Technology

Kyushu (Apr. '04), Integrated certification of the entire company (Apr. '05)

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Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law

Transition of power consumption (million kWh)

FY2007 amount of emissions and transportation for notiﬁed chemicals in the PRTR Law (tons)

Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

2,500
1,949

2,000

1,932

2,015

2,009

2,034

2,015

1,500
1,170

1,182

1,164

1,140

1,202

1,165

1,198

1,178

1,000

EmissionsChemical name

Transportation

Air

Public water

Sewerage

Ethyl benzene

12.7

0.0

0.0

4.5

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

3.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

Xylene

22.0

0.0

0.0

5.9

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate

5.3

0.0

0.0

1.3

1,3,5-trimethylbenzene

2.5

0.0

0.0

2.6

Toluene

92.2

0.0

0.0

15.1

Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether

0.0

0.4

1.8

13.8

Waste

500
0

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Fiscal year

Environmental accounting data

Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

30,00024,65625,00024,421

24,312

23,627

Toyo Seikan only
Scope of accounting: (all plants, head office, development division, and Corporate R&D of Toyo Seikan)
Period: April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
Unit: Million yen

24,447

Classification [principal initiatives and their effects]

20,000(1)Environmental conservation costs required to control the environmental impact generated
in the business area by production and service activities (business area costs)
Breakdown

15,00010,000
5,000
0

3,858
2000

4,245

2001

4,037

2002

3,879
2003

3,715

3,408

2004

2005

3,216

3,247

2006

2007
Fiscal year

Transition of fuel consumption (thousand kl: crude oil equivalent)

Power, water, and fuel consumption

350

329

330

Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

323

316

300

289

250

264

Environmental conservation eﬀects

Environmental conservation costs

22,142

Investment Costamount amount

40

689

②Global environmental conservation costs [energy conservation activities]

192

119

③Resource recycling costs [waste recycling and maintenance/inspectionof waste treatment facilities]

7620(2)Costs required to control environmental impact generated in the upstream
and downstream processes by production and service activities (upstream
and downstream costs)00(3)Environmental conservation costs in management activities (management
costs) [activities for acquiring and maintaining ISO14001 certification]0502(4)Environmental conservation costs in research and development activities (researchand development costs) [product development with low environmental impact]

0 1,846(5)Environmental conservation costs in social activities (social activity costs)[environmental cleanup activities]

0(6)Costs of environmental remediation (environmental remediation costs)

0

Reduced amount

14,291 TJ

349 TJ(Due to utility power)

11,500 TJ

281 TJ(Other than utility power)

2,791 TJ

(1)Environmental
conservation effects
achieved in thebusiness area(business area effects)

68 TJ

Water consumption

3,247 thousand m3 ▲31 thousand m3

CO2emissions (total)

611 thousand tons 38 thousand tons

(Due to utility power)

465 thousand tons 26 thousand tons

(Other than utility power) 146 thousand tons

11 thousand tons

Total waste discharge

7,589 tons

355 tons

Waste amount (landfill)

0 ton

2 tons42(2)Environmental conservation
effects achieved in upstream
and downstream processes(upstream and downstream effects)

Recycled material
amount (recycled PET)

2,079 tons

(155-tonincrease)

0(3)Other environmental
conservation effects

CO2 emissions in
the logistics process

239 3,818

Total

Total amount

Energy consumption (total)

239 1,428①Pollution prevention costs [air and water pollution prevention activities,
maintenance and inspection of equipment, and measurement]

Environmental impact index

Description of effects

Item

Description

AmountTotal investment amount over the report period

Machinery and equipment installation, etc.

11,076

Total R&D amount over the report period

Research center personnel costs,
experimentation and research costs, etc.

9,596

56 thousand tons ▲6 thousand m3

Economic eﬀect due to environmental conservation
Description of effectRevenue from recycling

Amount

417

200
150
100

103

109

105

100

100

95

74

69

50
0

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007
Fiscal year

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Transition of water consumption (thousand ㎥）

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Lawsuits, penalties and fines regarding the environment

Third Party Opinion

Lawsuits, penalties and ﬁnes regarding the environment
Toyo Seikan was not subject to any lawsuits, penalties or ﬁnes regarding the environment in FY2007.

Masanobu Ishikawa
Professor, Graduate School of Economics
Kobe University

My overall impression of this report is that it has been prepared with the clear intention of presenting more
information than last year s issue, in an easy-to-understand way, making full use of tables, graphs, andﬂowcharts. The sections on the foundation and history of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as
Toyo Seikan) and the Packaging Technology used for conserving our beautiful Earth help the reader gain abetter understanding of the foundation of Toyo Seikan as a corporation and the contributions it has made tosociety. In this ﬁscal year, this report has had its name changed from the Eco Report to Environmental andSocial Report in order to clearly express the degree of importance the company places on both theenvironmental and social aspects of its work.
The FY2007 Highlights section reports on Toyo Seikan s participation in trial projects dealing with the subjectof carbon footprints. It can be clearly seen that this is a natural outcome of the company s past eﬀorts on thedevelopment and promotion of LCA.
Before we get to the details of the environmental and social reports, several pages are devoted to corporate
governance in order to explain the company-wide eﬀorts currently underway. Therefore, the status of these
activities throughout the entire company is much easier to understand than in last year s issue. I think it would
have been better if a more detailed explanation was included regarding the revised edition of the Corporate
Code of Conduct distributed to all employees in April 2008.
Although readers learn that the environmental policies have been clearly deﬁned and that activities conducted inaccordance with these policies have achieved satisfactory results, it would have been better if more information
had been provided about waste reduction. Toyo Seikan, as a leading company in the packaging industry, hasbeen putting a lot of eﬀort into package weight reduction and establishing a good track record. The recently
revised Containers and Packaging Recycling Law clearly shows that the major challenge we face today is the
reduction of wastes, rather than recycling.
The reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is being pursued not only by Toyo Seikan but also by the entire Toyo
Seikan Group, which achieved a 6% reduction in FY2007, compared to the FY2006 level. This wonderfulachievement, in which many of the readers of this report must be interested, should have been explained in more65

the logistics department, unfortunately, failed to achieve its set target. This would have been easier tounderstand if this report had included the ratio of the production-related emissions to the logistics-related

Editor s Noteemissions, and shown how this compared to the life cycle emissions.
Regarding wastes, this report states that the thermal recycling percentage has dropped signiﬁcantly while thematerial recycling percentage has increased. When the Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Associationcompared recycling techniques for plastic packaging, however, there was no evidence that material recycling

This is the tenth year since the publication of our ﬁrst environmental report. This FY2008 report on the Toyo Seikan

was superior to any other technique. Since Toyo Seikan is enthusiastic about the development/promotion andGroup has had its name changed from the Eco Report to Environmental and Social Report in an eﬀort to clearly stateuse of LCA, I hope that, in future, the company will pay more attention to how high a recycling rate the recycling

the company s intention not to limit the content solely to environmental issues.

process will be able to achieve.

During the editing process, we took care to avoid producing a serious-looking science document and tried to make theWith regard to the many eco-friendly products that have been developed, special mention should be made of thereport easier to read and understand (in order to reﬂect the opinions and comments on the FY2007 Environmental

E-RP TRAVIS microwavable pouch with which the carbon emissions during heating can be reduced to one-tenth

Report received from both inside and outside the company) and to address the problems pointed out in the Third-Partyof that of ordinary retort pouches heated with hot water. I hope that this product will be the subject of much

Opinion section, as shown below. We also attempted to enhance the social content of the report by adding new items

positive advertising to consumers, and that it will be used more widely, as a result.

to inform readers of the relationship between the Toyo Seikan Group and society at large.

The section on social reporting places great importance on communications with stakeholders and summarizes

Since there are many things that could still be improved, regarding the selection of items to be reported and thethe relationship between Toyo Seikan and society in an easy-to-understand way. I think it would be better for

integration of the social report with the PDCA cycle, for example, and since this will require more time to complete, we

the company to establish speciﬁc targets for its relationship with society and employ the plan-do-check-action

intend to continue publishing these reports as a means of disclosing information on our company. We hope this will

(PDCA) process in this ﬁeld, too.

Third Party Opinion

Lawsuits, penalties and fines regarding the environment/Editor s Notedetail. Although the production activities described easily achieved the overall carbon dioxide reduction target,

enable readers to gain a better understanding of what we do, and thereby help foster a closer relationship with society.
In addition, we will continue to make improvements in order to meet the wide-ranging needs of all our stakeholders.
Editor in charge of Environmental and Social Reports, Environment Department, Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

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My hope for the future is that the relationship with society will be further enhanced and that this report will
evolve into one that covers the environment, society and economics based on the theme of sustainability.

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Published in July 2008