Environmental Management
SoftBank views global environmental problems as key management issues. For both our officers and employees to actively work to reduce environmental impacts, we have enacted an Environmental Action Policy based on approval by a higher-level meeting committee structure including the management team. Business activities subject to the Environmental Action Policy include all facilities and equipment, business expansion via M&As, joint ventures, etc. and entry into new businesses.
Environmental action guidelines
SoftBank Corp. is actively engaged in maintaining and conserving the global environment through our businesses to contribute to the continuous development of a sustainable society.Specifically, SoftBank will:
- Comply with environmental laws, ordinances and other regulations and requirements.
- In order to resolve issues such as climate change and resource depletion through an environmental management system, we have set environmental targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, energy conservation, resource conservation, waste reduction, and water usage reduction, etc. and strive to make continuous improvements.
- Promote environmental-friendly green procurement in our purchase of office equipment and supplies.
- SoftBank strives to provide telecommunications services, etc. which help reduce the environmental load and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across society as a whole.
- We take into account the business impact on ecosystems and promote initiatives to conserve biodiversity.
- We strive to provide environmental education to employees while also announcing the details of these guidelines and our environmental information both internally and externally to reduce the environmental load together with stakeholders including group companies, business partners, and suppliers.
Environmental management system
SoftBank has formulated environmental action guidelines and established an environmental management system and administrative framework to promote environmentally-conscious business activities and actively engage in environmental conservation activities. We are aiming to improve the environmental friendliness of our business activities by focusing on the prevention of global warming which is particularly important for its impact on the environment, promotion of mobile phone recycling, conservation of resources, restriction of the usage and inclusion as well as the emission of specified toxic substances defined in the RoHS Directive*.
Moreover, as the public awareness of environmental issues grows, corporations are facing more diverse demands to provide environmentally-friendly products and services and implement smarter business practices through regulations governing environmental conservation, energy conservation, and resource saving.
As public awareness of environmental issues grows, corporations are facing more diverse demands to provide environmentally friendly products and services, to adhere to regulations governing environmental protection, and to achieve energy conservation and resource saving through smart business practices. To respond swiftly to these trends and demands, SoftBank has incorporated a PDCA (plan, execution, confirmation, improvement) cycle to guide our environmental management system and improvements are made on a continuous basis.
In order to promote our environmental management system, we conduct external audits on a regular basis in order to enhance its effectiveness. We have obtained ISO 14001 certification for 57% of our offices (based on employee coverage) with large greenhouse gas emissions, including our head office and network center, and have conducted internal audits based on our own standards at all offices.
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- *EU regulations which prohibit the inclusion of toxic substances in electrical and electronic devices.
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For more information on environmental management system certification organizations and our status of acquisition, see here.
Environmental management structure
To promote group-wide environmental conservation activities, SoftBank has established the Environment Committee covering environmental matters under the supervision of the director in charge of SDG promotion, which complies with ISO14001 international standard.
