The Pioneer Group educates all its executives and employees in environmental conservation. Pioneer’s educational activities are not restricted to within the company, but extend to families too, and enable the company, unions, employees and their families to act together. The company also presents awards for outstanding contributions to conservation activities.
Internal Education
To strengthen the environmental governance of the Pioneer Group, Pioneer has integrated the ISO14001-certified environmental management systems at its facilities in Japan, with the facilities sharing the same environmental training content. In addition, information concerning the independent environmental efforts of each plant are added to e-learning materials.
Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award
Award winnersThe Pioneer Group presents the Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award to the company’s plants, groups and individuals that have contributed to environmental conservation activities. Patents judged to have made a particular contribution to environmental conservation are recognized by receiving the Environmental Patent Award.
In FY2011, there were 41 applications for the Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award, and ten groups and individuals were given the award.
The highest award were given in "Energy-saving promotion at the home by ecological-drive practice."
Environmental Patent Award was regrettably not awarded this year.
COCO-chan Campaign
The COCO-chan Campaign aims to reduce electric power consumption in the homes of employees in order to cut CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming, by calling for companies to cooperate in the efforts of the Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Union to reduce CO2 emissions. The campaign is held over the four months from June to September every year.
About 700 people participated in FY2011, but unfortunately due to the hot weather, around three-fourths of the families increased their per-person energy usage compared with the previous year. About 5% of the families were able to cut their electricity usage by 15% or more.
Number of Holders of Main Environment-related Qualifications
FY ended March 2011
| Qualification | No. of qualified persons | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| National qualification |
Pollution-related | Environmental Pollution Control Operator (Air, Water, Noise, Vibration) |
20 |
Energy |
Registered Energy Manager | 10 | |
| Qualified Person for Energy Management | 7 | ||
| Boiler Operator | 24 | ||
| Waste | Administrative Officer for Special Management of Industrial Waste | 42 | |
Handling of hazardous materials |
Hazardous Materials Officer | 207 | |
| Specified High Pressure Gas Handling Supervisor | 50 | ||
| High Pressure Gas Handling Supervisor | 3 | ||
| Work Supervisor (Organic Solvents, Lead, Specified Chemical Substances) |
388 | ||
| Toxic Substances Handling Officer | 6 | ||
| Other | Industrial Safety and Health Manager, Waste Disposal Facility Technology Manager etc. |
56 | |
| Environmental management | Internal Environmental Auditor (in Japan) | 96 | |
| Internal Environmental Auditor (Overseas) | 223 | ||
Topics
Highest Award Given for Eco Drive Contest
Group photoTowada Pioneer Corporation (Aomori Prefecture) was given the top award at the 2010 Eco Drive Contest sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency. The Eco Drive Contest aims to spread awareness throughout Japan of environmentally conscious driving habits (Eco Drive), such as not accelerating quickly while driving. An award is given each year to businesses that made excellent progress on Eco Drive initiatives. Towada Pioneer Corporation has promoted Eco Drive initiatives as a part of its environmental protection efforts since FY2008. In FY2010, we aimed to expand the Eco Drive initiative from company vehicles to cars privately owned by employees and vehicles operated at partner companies. The award recognized the company’s creation of annual targets, setting up of bulletin boards, and distribution of pamphlets to everyone in an all-out effort to promote Eco Drive.
Tree planting with Prize Money from Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award
Tree plantingPioneer FA Corporation (PFA) planted commemorative trees with the prize money received with the FY2010 Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award. PFA, which received the Pioneer Environmental Contribution Award in recognition of the excellence of its greenery projects in Saitama Prefecture, used the prize money for the environment by planting trees around its office in accordance with its slogan to "plant new seeds and protect greenery."
Awards
2010
| Awarding Body | Description | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| December | Ministry of the Environment Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency |
Excellent Award in The Ecological-drive contest in 2010 | Towada Pioneer Corporation |
| November | Green Purchasing Network | The CYBER NAVI won the 12th Green Purchasing Award | Pioneer |
| October | Green IT Promotion Council | The CYBER NAVI won the Judging Committee Special Award in the Green IT AWARD 2010 | Pioneer |
2009
| Awarding Body | Description | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| November | Green Purchasing Network | The Demand Bus System using a Pioneer car navigation system wins the 11th Green Purchasing Award | Jointly awarded to Pioneer and Iizuna-machi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano Prefecture |
| October | 3R Promotion Council | The Pure Malt Speakers wins the 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Clean Japan Center | The Pure Malt Speaker series wins the METI Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Director General's Award at the Resource Recycling Technology System Awards | Pioneer | |
| May | Saitama Prefecture | Sainokuni Green Plan Award | Pioneer FA |
2008
| Awarding Body | Description | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| November | Eco-Products Awards Steering Committee | Cyber Navi AVIC-VH9000 won the Chairperson's Award (Excellent prize), Eco-Products Awards Steering Committee | Pioneer |
| June | MOI (Thai Ministry of Industry) | Prime Minister Industry Award 2008 (Thailand) | Pioneer Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. [PTM] |
| March | Aomori Prefectural Government | Grand Prix in the Aomori Environmental Activity Partnership Awards | Towada Pioneer Corporation |
| January | The Energy Conservation Center, Japan | 2007 Excellent Energy Conservation Manager in the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Director-General's Awards | Hideo Maeda, General Affairs Department, Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation |
2007
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| November | Yamanashi Center for Climate Change Actions | Award for Excellence in the Eco-Energy Category of the 2007 Stop Global Warming-Activity Contest | Pioneer Micro Technology Corporation |
| Miyagi Prefectural Government | Grand Prix in the Implementation Category of the 2nd Miyagi Green Purchasing Awards | Pioneer System Technologies Corporation |
2006
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Service Network Corporation World Parts Center |
| March | Corporate Liaison Council | Excellent Corporation Award 2005 awarded by the Corporate Liaison Council on the Environment of Yamanashi Prefecture | Pioneer Display Products Corporation Yamanashi Plant |
| February | Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry | Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry General Director's Award in the 2005 Awards for Excellence in Plant Energy Management | Pioneer Display Products Corporation Headquarters & Shizuoka Plant |
| February | Kanto Area Electricity Use Rationalization Committee | Grand Prix in 2005 Chairman's Awards | Pioneer Headquarters |
| February | Green Purchasing Network | Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Award in the 8th Green Purchasing Awards | Pioneer |
2005
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Micro Technology Corporation and Pioneer Communications Corporation |
| October | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Clean Japan Center | Pure Malt Speaker Project won the Clean Japan Center Chairman's Award in the Resource Recycling Technology System Awards | Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant |
| February | The Energy Conservation Center, Japan | Plasma TV PDP-435SX won the Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Award in the 15th Energy Conservation Grand Prize | Pioneer |
2004
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Precision Machinery Corporation and Towada Pioneer Corporation |
| February | Japan Electric Association | Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Award for Excellence in Plant Energy Management | Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation (former NEC Plasma Displays) |
| February | The Energy Conservation Center, Japan | Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry General Director's Award | Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation (former NEC Plasma Displays) |
2003
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Headquarters, Tokorozawa Plant, Kawagoe Plant, Omori Plant, Pioneer Display Products Corporation Headquarters & Shizuoka Plant and Yamanashi Plant |
| April | Japan Federation of Printing Industries | AVIC-DR2500 "DVD Raku-Navi" won the Special Award in the Japan Packaging Competition | Pioneer Kawagoe Plant |
| March | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Clean Japan Center | The "DVD Mini Rakura" project won the Encouragement Award in the Resource Recycling Technology System Awards | Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant |
2002
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Headquarters, Omori Plant, Tokorozawa Plant, Kawagoe Plant, Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, Pioneer Video Corporation Kokubo Plant and Tatomi Plant, Shizuoka Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation Tendo Headquarters |
| February | Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry | Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry General Director's Award in the 2001 Awards for Excellence in Plant Energy Management | Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant |
2001
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Headquarters, Tokorozawa Plant, Kawagoe Plant, Omori Plant, Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation Tendo Headquarters, Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation (former NEC Plasma Displays), Shizuoka Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Video Corporation Tatomi Plant |
| June | Sainokuni Saitama Environmental Promotion Council | Saitama Environmental Award | Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant |
2000
| Awarded by | Description | Awarded to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October | 3R Promotion Council | 3R Promotion Council Chairman's Award in the 3R Promotion Contributors Awards | Pioneer Tokorozawa Plant, Kawagoe Plant, Pioneer Plasma Display Corporation (former NEC Plasma Displays), Shizuoka Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Video Corporation Tatomi Plant |
