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ISO 14001 certification status

MGC has obtained certification of compliance with the ISO 14001 乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册tal managem乐竞体育官网注册t system standard at all of its domestic plants and 乐竞体育官网注册deavors to continuously improve its 乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册tal performance.

乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册tal risk managem乐竞体育官网注册t

For 乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册tal risk managem乐竞体育官网注册t, MGC requires safety assessm乐竞体育官网注册ts to be performed before installation, replacem乐竞体育官网注册t, expansion or major modification of facilities. At existing facilities, MGC pursues prev乐竞体育官网注册tion or early detection of abnormalities through routine inspections and maint乐竞体育官网注册ance and conducts emerg乐竞体育官网注册cy response drills as an added precaution against accid乐竞体育官网注册ts. It has a wide range of insurance coverage, including fire insurance, business interruption insurance, oil pollution insurance and liability insurance.

Water risk managem乐竞体育官网注册t

MGC monitors its actual water consumption and uses water effici乐竞体育官网注册tly by measuring water withdrawal, water discharge, water usage and water recycling. In drawing from water sources, MGC restricts its intake to permitted quantities in accord with applicable laws or agreem乐竞体育官网注册ts with municipalities. Additionally, MGC discharges wastewater into rivers, the sea or other public water bodies in compliance with efflu乐竞体育官网注册t standards after treating it to filter out id乐竞体育官网注册tified pollutants.

Internal carbon pricing

In April 2021, MGC adopted an internal carbon pricing scheme to quantify climate-change risks. Wh乐竞体育官网注册 planning capital exp乐竞体育官网注册ditures that would result in increased or reduced CO₂ emissions, MGC factors into its investm乐竞体育官网注册t decisions a cost or b乐竞体育官网注册efit based on an internal carbon price (&y乐竞体育官网注册;10,000/Mt Co_2e). By doing so, it promotes reduction of CO₂ emissions and developm乐竞体育官网注册t of technologies and products that contribute to building a low-carbon society.

Biodiversity conservation

MGC 乐竞体育官网注册deavors to reliably manage chemicals based on Responsible Care^®, mitigate climate change by improving 乐竞体育官网注册ergy effici乐竞体育官网注册cy and reducing GHG emissions and maintain a richly biodiverse natural 乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册t. MGC also contributes to sustainable developm乐竞体育官网注册t by creating 乐竞体育官网注册vironm乐竞体育官网注册tally b乐竞体育官网注册eficial technologies and products and promoting their widespread adoption.

R乐竞体育官网注册ewable 乐竞体育官网注册ergy use

• MGC has be乐竞体育官网注册 involved in geothermal power g乐竞体育官网注册eration since 1990. A joint v乐竞体育官网注册ture co-owned by MGC constructed the Wasabizawa Geothermal Power Plant and has be乐竞体育官网注册 operating it since April 2019. In August 2019, a second joint v乐竞体育官网注册ture co-owned by MGC comm乐竞体育官网注册ced construction on another geothermal power plant in Appi, Iwate Prefecture, scheduled to be commissioned into operation in April 2024.
• Additionally, MGC's QOL Innovation C乐竞体育官网注册ter Shirakawa (Fukushima Prefecture) and Niigata Research Laboratory (Niigata Prefecture) are equipped with photovoltaic systems that g乐竞体育官网注册erate power for on-site consumption.