Promotion of Environmental Education and Awareness

We are committed to improving the environmental awareness of the entire ITOCHU Group. To encourage environmental conservation efforts among our employees we offer a wide range of education programs, as well as seminars on environmental law, and seminars to raise awareness of global environmental issues, which also target Group employees.

Seminars

We actively hold seminars in order to ensure that all employees of the ITOCHU Group are aware of and comply with the requirements of environmental laws and regulations, and in order to raise environmental awareness.

Internal seminars (fiscal 2011 results)

(Number of people)
Legal seminars	Times held	Total participants
Seminars on Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law	12	791
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act	2	217

Global Environmental Management Seminar

Prof. Taikan Oki of the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science.

In January 2011, ITOCHU sponsored a seminar on the promotion of global environmental management at the Tokyo Head Office. The seminar was led by invited speaker Prof. Taikan Oki of the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science, who spoke on the theme of “Water, Climate Change and the Global Environment—Finding Solutions to Problems.” Centered on emerging global environmental issues, the lecture offered up-to-date information on water-related issues and other concerns close to our daily lives. His talk also touched heavily on topics connected to ITOCHU businesses, including water-related industries, such as desalination plants and water/wastewater infrastructure, as well as food and energy. The seminar was heard by a large number of employees (approximately 680), with those unable to attend later viewing an edited version of the videotaped lecture. Ultimately, the seminar was a rich source of many insightful suggestions as ITOCHU prepares to strategically promote businesses that support environmental conservation going forward.

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