Environment Policy

NTN Environment Policy and Company-wide enviromental targets

1. Technologies to help prevent global warming
   The NTN Group will help prevent global warming by developing and releasing new technologies and products that help save and create energy world-wide.
2. Compliance
   The NTN Group will comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, while proactively addressing concerns expressed by customers, local communities and other stakeholders.
3. Reducing environmental impact from business activities
   The NTN Group will minimize environmental impacts such as emissions of CO₂ and regulated substances from all NTN Group business operations, while working to identify and reduce environmental impact from both upstream and downstream supply chain processes (from suppliers to customers).
4. Sustainable resource use
   The NTN Group will adhere closely to the three Rs approach (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) as we work on reducing waste and resource inputs such as water and raw materials and other resources.
5. Rigorously managing environmentally hazardous substances
   The NTN Group will practice green procurement, rigorously manage environmentally hazardous substances used in products and manufacturing processes, and work actively to replace highly hazardous substances with alternatives.
6. Protecting biodiversity
   The NTN Group will work on protecting biodiversity, playing an active role in forest preservation and other environmental protection projects in partnership with local communities.
7. Communication
   The NTN Group will inform all NTN Group employees about the NTN Environment Policy to raise environmental awareness.
   We will disseminate information on environmental initiatives widely to the general public to promote active communication with the general public.
8. Continually improving environmental management system
   The NTN Group will improve our environmental performance by implementing and continually improving our environmental management system.