Environmental Communication
Basic Policy
The JFE Group gives utmost priority to communicating with all stakeholders, including in matters relating to the environment. In addition to disclosing environmental information, the Group carries out extensive two-way communication between the public and the business community by supporting and participating in environment-related activities outside the Group.
Initiatives
Disclosing Environmental Data
The East Japan Works of JFE Steel discloses real time environmental data on local air and water quality. Visitors can review this information in the first-floor lobby of the Visitor Center in the Chiba District and in the Amenity Hall and the first-floor lobby of the Keihin Building in the Keihin District.
Environmental data display in the Keihin District
Commercial Video and Special Website about JFE
We created a commercial video and special website featuring the JFE Group's initiatives for a sustainable future to bring the Group closer to stakeholders. The video and website are titled “Sus-tetsu-nable!” with the word “tetsu” meaning iron inserted into the word “sustainable.” We hope that the video and website will help the public better understand iron as an essential element for social infrastructure and recognize the Group's efforts as an indispensable member of society.
Special website “Sus-tetsu-nable!” (Japanese only)
ecobeing Environmental Website
The JFE Group provides support to ecobeing, a web magazine operated by KLEE INC., which disseminates information on the environment under the slogan, “Let's talk more with the Earth!” The website series, ecopeople, has featured people from a variety of fields and also introduced JFE Group employees and initiatives. In 2022, the magazine covered JFE Steel's BETTER RECYCLE Shonan, featuring the project for addressing plastic pollution by increasing the application of steel sheets for can-making along with those involved in the project in and outside the company, among other environmental initiatives beyond the JFE Group. By supporting this website magazine from an objective standpoint, the JFE Group seeks to help stimulate public discussion and awareness about ESG and the SDGs.
Please see the following for further details.
BETTER RECYCLE Shonan (Japanese only)
Sponsoring Midori no Komichi Environmental Diary
The JFE Group sponsors the Midori no Komichi (Green Trail) environmental diary project hosted by Green Cross Japan with the hope that children will become more aware of environmental issues by keeping diaries of their activities and thoughts about ecology.
Please see the following for further details.
Midori no Komichi Environmental Diary (Japanese only)
Participation in Environmental Exhibitions Such as EcoPro2022 and Tokyo Bay Festival 2022
The JFE Group's business activities for protecting the environment have been presented at various environmental exhibitions.
In December 2021, the JFE Group participated in one of the largest environmental exhibitions in Japan, EcoPro2022, held at Tokyo Big Sight. Under the theme, “For a Prosperous Global Future—the JFE Group Collective Efforts to Address Climate Change,” we displayed our initiatives for reducing CO₂ emissions in the steel business as well as technologies, mainly in engineering, that help reduce emissions across all of society. Many people, predominantly elementary and junior high school students, visited our booth to observe the Group's climate change initiatives by watching videos and using models to gain hands-on experience.
In 2022, JFE Steel received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award of the 5th Eco Pro Awards, sponsored by the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (a general incorporated association) for “Creating a Rich Sea through Public-Private Partnership: Improved Quality of Waters with a Steel Slag Product and an Initiatives for Environmental Education,” a joint project with Yokohama City, and the award ceremony was held at EcoPro2022.
The JFE Group's eight companies jointly participated in the 11th WIND EXPO at Tokyo Big Sight in March 2023. The WIND EXPO is one of the Smart Energy Week expos, a set of simultaneous expositions about seven new energy fields, and Japan's largest wind energy exposition. Our involvement in the WIND EXPO provided an opportunity to display the Group's expertise in various categories in relation to offshore wind power generation from foundation structures, construction, and O&M (operation and maintenance) to supply chains while deepening relationships with a wide range of visitors. We will continue to encourage efforts in the offshore wind power generation business and win more orders.
In October 2022, JFE Steel took part in Tokyo Bay Festival 2022: SDGs and Tokyo Bay, an event held in Yokohama City to appreciate the bounty of Tokyo Bay, and presented the company's involvement in the regeneration of the marine environment and contribution to biodiversity through its steel slag products. The event was held in person for the first time in three years and offered a great opportunity for the company to showcase to the many visitors how its products contribute to the SDGs.
