Environmental Efforts/CSR

We will continue to work toward symbiosis with nature and the creation of a sustainable society, with being “sincere” as our keyword.

We will do everything we can under our corporate philosophy, “symbiosis with nature.”

Environmental Efforts

Environmental policy

SINCERE has set the following policy to reduce the environmental load.

  1. We will promote proper disposal and recycling of industrial resources and beautification of the environment.
  2. We will comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and agreements with local communities, and strive to prevent environmental pollution.
  3. We will set our activity targets in response to changes in the business environment to improve our environmental performance. We will continuously improve our environmental management system to reduce the environmental load.
  4. We will promote resource and energy saving as well as reduced emissions of greenhouse gases, contributing to building a sustainable society.
  5. Every staff member working at the Shinagawa Office, the Yokohama Office, and the Head Office will strive to improve their environmental awareness.
  6. We will keep this environmental policy open to the public.

CO2 reduction measures

SINCERE has been generating power from waste (thermal recycling) using thermal energy generated from waste incineration and reducing the amount of fuel input, thus contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, following the Paris Agreement in 2015, Japan has set a goal of “reducing greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050”. As a company that plays a role in solving environmental issues through waste treatment, SINCERE is committed to CO2 reduction measures. We will be more proactive in our efforts, including the following initiatives.

  • Increasing power generation by recovering waste heat from incineration
  • Reducing fuel and electricity consumption
  • Adoption of energy-saving equipment
  • Promoting 3Rs (proposals for recycling at our facilities or those of partner companies)
  • Streamlining by introducing eco-friendly vehicles and improving driving control
  • Promoting greening and tree planting
  • Practicing energy-saving behaviors

ISO14001 certification

SINCERE has been promoting environmental management, starting with the “R･C Center” (as it was then called) certified ISO14001 in 1999. The scope gradually expanded in 2001, 2007, and 2011. Now that the Head Office, the Shinagawa Office, and the Yokohama Office are all certified, each office has set its own activity targets, contributing to reducing the environment load.

SINCERE’s environmental data

Exhaust gas generated at the SINCERE Shinagawa R･C Center and the SINCERE Yokohama R･C Center is properly treated. The latest environmental data for both centers are available on our official website.

As a global citizen as well as a corporate citizen living together with the community

Our CSR activities

Under the corporate philosophy of “symbiosis with nature,” SINCERE is operating a resource recycling system to play a role in passing on a sustainable society to the next generation. In addition, we will provide safety and security and play the role expected from the community through our business activities and human resource development.

Environmental preservation

  • Recycling waste through melting (utilization of slag as roadbed materials, etc.)
  • Reducing CO2 emissions through waste power generation (thermal cycling)
  • Maximum recycling of waste through efforts to improve the recycling rate (recycling)
  • ISO14001 certified (Japan’s first for incineration and melting facilities)
  • Efforts to prevent global warming (implementation of ISO14001 activity targets)

and more

Legal compliance and safety

  • Certified as excellent in each prefecture under the excellent industrial waste disposer certification system
  • Compliance with strict self-imposed regulations in addition to waste disposal laws and regulations, and agreements with local communities
  • Agreements with local governments and residents regarding our operations
  • Recruitment activities and improvement of working environment based on the principle of respecting human rights
  • Maintaining and strengthening systems to prevent leakage of confidential information
  • Establishing the Environmental Legal Division, a group of legal specialists in waste disposal and environmental laws and regulations, separately from general legal affairs, to promote legal compliance

Social contribution activities

  • Donating disaster relief money and aid as a member of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
  • Accepting persons with disabilities from schools and facilities for work experience programs
  • Donating picture books and other books to nearby nursery and elementary schools

and more

Dialogue and communication

  • Organizing regular facility tours in cooperation with the local governments
  • Participating in local clean-up activities
  • Participating in standing watch activities for nearby elementary schools and school children
  • Support for environmental classes and exchange activities for nearby elementary school students
  • Offering facility tours to JICA and other organizations
  • Offering facility tours to environment-related organizations from overseas, etc.

and more

Approach to a sustainable society

  • Promoting employment of the elderly as an important competent workforce to utilize their valuable experiences, skills, and abilities even after retirement amid the declining birthrate and aging population
  • Announcing a general employer action plan in accordance with the Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace
  • Announcing a general employer action plan in accordance with the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children