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EnvironmentalManagementContributingtoasustainablesocietyviathepromotionofenvironmentalmanagement“Acorporationisasocialexistenceaimedatsupportingtherealizationofpeople’shappiness.”Thisideal,whichisattherootofallESPECactivities,isclearlyreectedinourstancetowardenvironmentalproblems.Wedevelopedourmid-termplanontheenvironmentandpromoteenvironmentalmanage-mentviavariouseffortsbasedonthisplan.Withregardtomeasuresagainstglobalwarming,intowhichweareput-tingagreatdealofeffort,weareengaginginthedevelopmentofenergysavingproductsandintroductionofrenewableenergy,allofwhichareaimedatreducingCO2emissions.InFY2021,weswitchedallofthepowerusedbyourdomesticsitestorenew-ableenergy.Withregardtoinformationdisclosure,wehaveexpressedoursupportfortherecommendationsoftheTaskForceonClimate-relatedFinancialDisclosures(TCFD)andrespondedtotheCDP*ClimateChangeQuestionnaire.Asforthepreservationofbiodiversity,ourKobeR&DCenteracquiredthe“Asso-ciationforBusinessInnovationinhar-monywithNatureandCommunity(ABINC)Certication”astheofcethatgivesconsiderationtobiodiversity.Inaddition,westarteda“50-yearForestbyESPEC”projectincommemorationofthe75thanniversaryofourfounda-tion.Makinguseofthe“CorporateFor-estry”programbytheForestryAgency,theMinistryofAgriculture,ForestryandFisheries,wewillgrowavastforestforthenext50yearsina3.7hanationalforestareainMikicity,Hyogo.Inaddi-tion,wearealsoconductingvariousactivities.Oneisaforestpreservationinitiativecalledthe“KewaraForestCreationInitiative”whereweworkwitharesidents’associationfromtheOe-choKewaraareainFukuchiyamacity,Kyoto,underourforestutilizationandprotectionarrangement.Anotheristhe“ESPECFoundationforGlobalEnvironmentalResearchandTechnolo-gy,”whichisapublictrustthatsup-portsenvironmentalconservationresearch.*CDP:Aninternationalnon-profitorganization(NGO)thatresearchestheeffortsofcompaniesandcitieswithregardtoclimatechangeandotherenvironmentalissuesanddisclosessuchinformationtoinvestorsESPECCORP.COMPANYPROFILE20TherooftopgrasslandontheTechnologyDevelopmentBuilding(KobeR&DCenter)protectsandnurturesrareindigenousspeciesthatarethreatenedwithextinction.“50-yearForestbyESPEC”tree-plantingfestivalTheawardceremonyandcommemorativeanniver-forGlobalsaryeventofEnvironmentalpublictrust“ESPECFoundationtheResearchandTechnology”
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