Environment Policy
Basic Policy On Environment & Safety
From the day of establishment, Kyodo Yushi has been committed to the practical application of Tribology, which has served to conserve and protect the natural environment in the form of energy and natural resources saving. Today, society expects a new harmony between corporations and the global environment, and Kyodo Yushi fully recognizes its responsibility to provide "technology and products that are kinder to the environment." Kyodo Yushi will continue to be committed to the following activities:
We will:
- 1.Fully comply with all the relevant laws and ordinances regarding corporate activities and the regulations in the industry to which we belong. Actively engage in measures to prevent environmental pollution, as well as to protect the health and safety of our employees.
- 2.Design products that are effective with less user consumption, based on properly identified environmental demands and using materials which do not adversely affect the environment.
- 3.Manufacture products that have low environmental impact by promoting environmental awareness among our employees to ensure minimization of waste, and hazardous chemical substances and optimization of energy efficiency.
- 4.Manage our plant in a manner that is friendly to the local natural environment and free of accidents and/or disasters or conditions that endanger health and safety of our employees.
- 5.Ensure safe transportation of products and provide customers with information necessary for proper and safe use of products.
- 6.Cooperate with our affiliated companies and customers around the world in the activities related to environmental conservation.
- 7.Make every effort to minimize environmental impacts throughout products' life cycle.
- 8.Ensure every employee is aware of the importance of the environmental issues and encouraged to work in an environmentally responsible manner.
We declare our basic policy for environmental conservation and safety both internally and to the public.
Shinichi Kofune
President & CEO
ISO 14001 (Environment Management System) Certified
Kameyama Office and Plant
Address | 1778-31 Tamuracho, Kameyama-shi, Mie |
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Certificate No. | JCQA-E-0136 |
Registration Date. | April 24, 2000 |
Environmental Management System Standards | JIS Q 14001:2015 ISO 14001:2015
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Scope of the Environmental Management System | The Manufacture of Lubricating Grease and Metal Working Fluids |
Resister | JAPAN CHEMICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE LTD. (JCQA) |

Kameyama office and plant are located near farmland and surrounded by lush greenery. We make sure that strict fire preventive measures and wastewater management are maintained at Kameyama office and plant in order to ensure our activities here, including manufacture and storage of oil products, are done in harmony with the natural surroundings.
In wastewater management, we have an external laboratory inspect the wastewater quality on a regular basis to make sure the water quality-based effluent limits agreed with Kameyama city are maintained.
Sewage is treated in a septic tank before being transferred to the on-site wastewater treatment facility, where wastewater from manufacturing process is also collected. Here, water, oil and solids are separated and treated, and the treated effluent is discharged into the environment.
An outside maintenance and management service provider carries out periodic maintenance of our wastewater treatment facility. We put highest priority to safety in the operation of the facility.



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Kasaoka Plant
Address | 1576-1 Yamaguchi, Kasaoka-shi, Okayama |
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Certificate No. | JCQA-E-0136 |
Registration Date. | April 24, 2000 |
Environmental Management System Standards | JIS Q 14001:2015 ISO 14001:2015
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Scope of the Environmental Management System | The Manufacture of Lubricating Grease and Metal Working Fluids |
Resister | JAPAN CHEMICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE LTD. (JCQA) |

Kasaoka plant is located in a fertile region surrounded by a richly green environment. Environment management is therefore very important and we make sure our activities are done in harmony with the environment.
Special emphasis is placed on strict preventive measures against fire and air/water pollution, which include monthly fire patrols organized by our internal Safety, Health and Fire Prevention Committee and the monitoring of smoke concentration and quality of treated effluent based on the measurements regularly taken by an external laboratory we have contracted for the purpose.
We also have an outside service provider carry out maintenance management of our wastewater treatment facility in order to ensure that the quality of factory effluent is maintained.
We never stop taking actions that will lead to the maintenance and continuous improvement of our environment management activities.

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treatment facility

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