Environmental InitiativesGuidelines and Systems
for Our Environmental Efforts

Metal One operates businesses around the world and we are aware that the Earth is our biggest stakeholder. Companies and society cannot hope for sustainable growth without considering global environmental issues. We at Metal One believe that caring for the environment as we conduct our corporate activities is a vital element in remaining responsible to society as a company. Based on that belief, we drafted our Environmental Charter, which provides guidelines for the efforts in which employees should engage. We seek to preserve the environment during our daily work duties based on our basic environmental management policy.

Metal One Group Environmental Charter

Conscious of being a “global citizen” as proclaimed in our corporate philosophy, we hereby set forth the Metal One Group environmental charter, manifesting our desire to strive for sustainable social development through corporate activities that are solidly in harmony with our natural environment.

Respect the Natural Environment
We will vigilantly endeavor to reduce our environmental impact and protect the environment, as well as to preserve biodiversity.
Contribute to Building a Recycling-Oriented Society
We will strive for the sustainable, effective use of resources and energy, and contribute to building a recycling-oriented society.
Create and Advance Environmental Values
We will reduce our environmental impact and protect the environment, always striving to create and advance environmental values.
Comply with Laws and Rules
We will comply with all environmental laws and regulations, and conduct ourselves in conformity with international codes of conduct.
  • Environmental management system
    Metal One’s president heads up the company’s environmental management systems (EMS) administration organization, which provides guidelines related to the environment and implements EMS reviews. Each department assigns personnel to handle environmental management duties. All employees incorporate environmental management into their business activities. We also use ISO 14001 as a tool to promote environmental management, which helps us to operate our EMS effectively and undertake continuous improvements.
  • ISO 14001 certification and registration
    We have expanded our efforts to more locations since our environmental management began at Tokyo headquarters in 2003 when our company was established. As of April 2022, four locations—Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka,and Hiroshima—are ISO 14001 certified and registered. Fourteen consolidated subsidiaries in which we have stakes of 50 percent or more have also been certified.
    Status of ISO 14001 certification and registration
    Domestic business locations: 4
    Domestic consolidated subsidiaries: 14

Environmental InitiativesEnvironmental Efforts in Corporate Activities

Metal One actively promotes the effective use of resources and recycling during its business activities to help create a recycle-oriented society.

Supplying environmentally friendly steel products
Metal One is intent on ensuring that environmentally friendly steel products gain greater popularity and wider adoption, viewing this as one responsibility of a company whose main businesses involve selling and processing steel products. Steel is a model material that is endlessly recyclable and reusable. The Metal One Group is the largest processor of iron, steel and stainless steel scrap in Japan, helping to create a resource-recycling society. In addition to handling steel materials used in facilities that generate renewable energy—including solar and wind power—we sell lightweight, durable, highly functional materials that steel manufacturers develop, helping to create a society that conserves resources and energy.
Large amounts of steel plate are used in offshore wind power generators
Environment-related training
Metal One has declared that global citizenship is an integral part of our corporate philosophy. To encourage a corporate culture in which all employees wholeheartedly devote efforts to preserving the environment, we also focus efforts on environment-related training and awareness programs. We offer seminars and training based on respective positions and roles in environmental management for officers, division COOs, personnel in charge of implementing environmental efforts, and other employees in each department—including new hires—to raise our environmental awareness.
Environment-related volunteer activities
Metal One has annual environment-related volunteer activities that include planting flowers and trees as well as cleanup efforts in parks and the neighborhoods around company buildings. Tokyo headquarters is growing flowers and handling flowerbed maintenance and management in leased flowerbeds in nearby Hibiya Park. We continue these efforts inspired by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s project to fill the city with flowers and greenery for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Planting flowers while working up a pleasant sweat
Metal One’s flowerbed, decked out in red and white
In FY2021 as well, we planted flowers in the Metal One flowerbed as part of our ongoing environmental activities. Originally positioned as an environment-related annual volunteer event for employees and their family members, it was canceled again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we reduced its scale to only employees in departments handling environment-related efforts and made sure to avoid close contact of participants. Although it was during the cold season in December, participants worked up a pleasant sweat as they planted red and white violas. The latter are reminiscent of snow, matching the park’s scenery and boosting spirits in the wintry atmosphere. Please be sure to stop by our flowerbed if you have a chance to visit Hibiya Park.
Metal One’s flowerbed, decked out in red and white