Sumitomo electric group has been committed to reduce harmful chemicals that lead to environmental pollution, such as reducing volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions harmful chlorine classes such as trichloroethylene, comprehensive abolished the use of VOC and so on.In accordance with PRTR method [does] harmful chemical substances declaration, grasp on the company development PRTR system specified in the use of chemicals, calculate the quantity of emissions and moving, to declare a year.In addition, the use of alternative freon 2004 has been fully abolished.

Does PRTR method to grasp the specific chemical emissions laws and improve its management

Complete removal using trichloroethylene sumitomo electric group in air pollution prevention law specified by chlorine class VOC aspects of harmful air pollution, through the joint efforts of the whole group, including foreign companies, as a result, only a domestic company to use trichloroethylene as a cleaner, but this one has set goals for the year 2011 in implementation shall be comprehensively.

The company with the Japanese domestic affiliates for PRTR method [does] in the regulation of chemicals, with the company development PRTR system on a monthly basis to master its dosage, and calculate the amount of emissions, and mobile, according to the annual report in accordance with the law.To prevent declare omission or mistake, after declaration, head of inspection, security environment to confirm again.

Sumitomo electric group, toyama sumitomo electric co., aluminum alloy manufacturing facilities and exhaust cleaning treatment facilities is dioxin-like specific facilities, have been confirmed in full compliance with emissions at baseline, there is no problem.

In accordance with the change of the labor safety and health law "regulation, banning the use of asbestos products, the company completed all use other material instead of asbestos, sumitomo electric industries have no use of asbestos products now.
Used in refractory heat wire and cable and some accessories, high frictional resistance of the disc brake with used asbestos gasket.Though every product in normal use will not produce the asbestos flying, but during the decomposition of cutting, crushing operations possible asbestos dust, therefore, follow the scrap related waste treatment and cleaning the related law, after the delivery of the goods to the customer to provide product information, adopt corresponding and appropriate treatment.
And, according to the July 2005 the asbestos damage prevention rules in sumitomo electric group as a whole range of buildings such as the use of asbestos site condition investigation, propose identified some places need to take preventive measures, but the working environment of testing, the result has no problem.About there is problem, all adopted the demolition, closed, encase the measure such as asbestos, finish the homework.

Released in August 2001, the existence of the pollution condition of the three major production (Dan, yokohama, Osaka, Iraq), and after investigation confirmed that there is pollution status of domestic enterprises, both continue to replace the soil and groundwater extraction purification, pulled out the soil gas purification measures.And through regular monitoring of groundwater, confirm the pollution did not spread out to the factory.

Does the specific measures have been published in the year of the correspondingIn the CSR report.