HITACHI : Environment Management System

1. What is Environmental ISO?

ISO is the organization that determines common global rules though an international standardization system. The popular name for the international rules on how to take environmental action is environmental ISO, the details of which are stipulated in ISO14001. Based on the process approach shown below, environmental ISO aims to sustain environmental conservation and prevention while maintaining a balance with social and economic needs.

Environmental Management System Model

2. Acquiring Environmental ISO Certification

(1)	Hitachi Ltd. Display Group in Mobara, the precursor of Hitachi Displays, obtained recognition from JACO, a third party certification body, that its activities had met the requirements of ISO1400.
(2)	We then went ahead with integration and abolition at all sites, including our affiliated companies.
(3)	Hitachi Displays has been promoting continuous improvement under the slogan "A beautiful world for future generations".

Item		Time of Implementation
Date of acquisition		March 1997
Period until acquisition		February 1996 - March 1997
Site integration and abolition	Consolidation of Sakura Works	October 1999
	Consolidation of Hitachi Electronic Devices' Chonan Works and Hitachi Devices	October 2000
	Abolition of Sakura Works Consolidation of Hitachi Electronic Devices' Otaki Works	April 2002
First renewal audit		April 2000
Second renewal audit		Scheduled for April 2003