Environmental Response
Green Procurement Standards
Based on our management principles, we will provide products with low environmental impact and work to realize a sustainable society. To do that, we believe it is necessary to deepen mutual understanding and strengthen relationships with our suppliers, hence have prepared the Awa Paper & Technological Company, Inc. Green Procurement Standards.
People-friendly eco office
As part of the measures to address global warming and energy conservation, we worked on further energy conservation due to the optimum layout of lighting fixtures to realize an office with superior functionality in accordance with the move of the main building of our head office.
[Equipment overview]
- We achieved 30% better energy conservation by changing all lighting fixtures to LED compared to conventional lights.
- The lights at the entrance on the first floor and the aisles on each floor are turned on by motion sensors.
- The solar power generation device (10 kWh) installed on the roof displays the power generation status on a liquid crystal panel and generates approximately 1,500 kW per month.
- We have a garden on the roof as a rooftop green space.
Reuse of the sludge generated from effluent treatment facilities
The wastewater containing waste textiles, resins and chemicals generated in the paper making process is delivered to effluent treatment facilities. In general, the sludge generated there used to be wound up in a landfill as industrial waste. Currently, it is reused as a raw material for cement and solid fuel through intermediate processors.
Approach to the development of environmentally-friendly products
In product development, we take environmental impacts into consideration from various aspects such as raw material selection, water discharge, product function and use application, etc.
Recently, we developed a heat radiation fin made of paper used in the radiator of LED lights, which is closely watched as an item realizing energy conservation.
