Materials/ Energy
Material Issue Materials
- Targets/Vision
- ● Use of raw materials without waste
Management and Promotion Method of Materials
[Responsible Departments]
- Business divisions
- Manufacturing Planning Center
Coordinating office: Environmental Promotion Department of Manufacturing Planning Center
[Policy/Point of view]
The Group sets forth the preservation of the global environment in the “Group Code of Conduct” and the “Environmental Basic Policy” and strives to save resources and energy and reduce wastes and hazardous substances in each stage of technology development, design, procurement, production, sale, and use of products and services.
[Targets/Vision]
- Raw material input intensity of below fiscal 2023 target (0.089)
- Use of raw materials without waste
[Measures]
- Determine priority issues based on the waste analysis (reduction of loss and defective products) and promote initiatives on the recycling issues
Use of raw materials without waste
The Company’s industrial waste largely consists of rubber and plastics. The Company strives to reduce waste primarily by curbing waste generation at manufacturing sites.
In fiscal 2025, as part of our efforts to reduce waste, we continued to promote the development of products and new production processes with waste reduction taken into consideration from the design stage. We have also worked to reduce defective products and losses while reinforcing the segregation of reusable materials from waste and promoting their conversion into valuable resources. Meanwhile, partly due to the temporary disposal of prototype belts, the amount of raw material-related waste increased by 4.8% year-on-year to 2,465 tons. Raw material input intensity was 0.105 (t/t), 103% of fiscal 2024.
In fiscal 2026, we will continue to promote our efforts to reduce waste.
Raw material-related waste and raw material input intensity (Bando Chemical Industries)
Material Issue Energy
- Targets/Vision
- Reduction of energy consumption
Management and Promotion Method of Energy
[Responsible Departments]
- Manufacturing Planning Center
- Business divisions
Coordinating office: Company-Wide Environment Committee (Secretariat: Environmental Promotion Department of Manufacturing Planning Center)
[Policy/Point of view]
The Group sets forth the preservation of the global environment in the “Group Code of Conduct” and the “Environmental Basic Policy” and strives to save resources and energy and reduce wastes and hazardous substances in each stage of technology development, design, procurement, production, sale, and use of products and services.
[Targets/Vision]
Reduce energy consumption (KL)/Raw material input (t) from the previous year’s level, and decrease the 5-year average reduction rate by 1% or more (consistent with the target of the Energy Conservation Act)
[Measures]
- 1. Shift to energy-saving equipment
- 2. Reduce energy loss (investigate details of loss due to steam leak, implement necessary measures, etc.)
Reduction of energy consumption
As part of our efforts to reduce energy consumption, in addition to making improvements to production processes, we conduct energy saving patrols to check energy use and reduce energy waste.
Based on the results, in fiscal 2025, we designated energy loss reduction as a priority issue and carried out re-inspections, repairs and improvement measures for equipment at each plant. On the other hand, due to a year-on-year increase in raw material input and higher energy consumption associated with measures to address extreme heat, energy consumption per volume of raw material input was 103% of fiscal 2024 levels.
Energy consumption per volume of raw material input (Bando Chemical Industries)
Introduction of renewable energy
We are promoting the introduction and utilization of renewable energy, and since fiscal 2010, we started introducing solar power generation systems gradually.
In fiscal 2025, Bando Manufacturing (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. installed a solar power generation system with a capacity of 554.4kW, which began operation in April 2026. The system is expected to supply approximately 26% of the electricity used at the plant and reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 408t-CO2 annually.
We will continue to actively consider introduction of solar power generation systems.
● Energy production in fiscal 2025
| Bases with solar power generation systems | Power generation capacity (kW) | Annual energy production (thousand kWh) |
|---|---|---|
| Wakayama Plant | 350 | 495 |
| Kakogawa Plant | 160 | 169 |
| Nankai Plant | 200 | 269 |
| Ashikaga Plant | 1,750 | 2,316 |
| Bando Manufacturing（Thailand）Ltd. (Production base in Thailand) |
2196 | 2,888 |
| Bando (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Production base in India) |
1,000 | 1,307 |
| Bando Belt (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (Production base in China) |
741 | 791 |
| Bando Iberica, S.A. (Sales base in Spain) | 18 | 28 |
*Electricity generated at Ashikaga Plant (BANDO eco moving Ashikaga solar power facility) is sold to the Tokyo Electric Power Company Group through our group company using the FIT system for renewable energy.
Solar panels at the BANDO eco moving solar power facility
TOPICSSwitch to high-efficiency equipment and LED lighting system
At Ashikaga Plant, we employed the Ministry of the Environment’s
ASSET* to switch to a power generator that uses city gas instead of heavy oil and
air conditioning equipment that uses waste hot water from the generator, and also
introduced LED lighting. The subsidy is granted for CO2 emission control measures
subject to the introduction of certified products using leading and low-carbon
technology. We started to work on the concept in 2015 and it took us three years to
evaluate profitability and finalize the plan to apply for the subsidy and finally
complete the plan.
The new power generator provides most of the electricity used by the plant (half in
the summer and two-thirds in the spring, fall and winter). In fiscal 2018, such
equipment replacements and shift to LED lighting reduced CO2 emissions by
1,606.9t-CO2, or over 19.5% of the annual CO2 emissions at Ashikaga Plant.
* ASSET: Advanced technologies promotion Subsidy Scheme with Emission reduction Targets
Improvement of Energy management technology
We have energy management training for energy managers to learn about equipment and design energy saving equipment for manufacturing.
