Vision
Our Approach and Vision for the Environment
The Tosei Group takes seriously its corporate responsibility as a real estate business company in light of recent changes in the global environment and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order to strengthen our environmental efforts, we established the "Tosei Group Eco Declaration" and "Eco-Mission" in April 2009, and in March 2022, the "Tosei Group Environmental Policy" was established by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Tosei Group Environmental Policy
The Tosei Group has established the following five items as its environmental policy and endeavor to promote environmental efforts in all of its corporate activities.
1. Promotion of efforts to create a low-carbon society
We will contribute to the formation of a low-carbon society by actively introducing measures that contribute to energy conservation and reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Promotion of efforts to create a circulating society
We will strive to reduce our environmental impact and contribute to the formation of a circulating society by preventing environmental pollution, promoting resource conservation including reduce, reuse, and recycle, and reducing water consumption and waste emissions.
3. Promotion of efforts to coexist in harmony with the environment
We will contribute to the formation of a prosperous and sustainable society by creating urban environments that are in harmony with nature, taking biodiversity into consideration.
4. Compliance with environmental laws and regulations and raising awareness of environmental conservation
In addition to complying with environmental laws and regulations, we will conduct environmental education and awareness-raising activities to enhance the awareness of Group employees regarding environmental conservation.
5. Promotion of Environmental Communication
We will disclose the status of our environmental efforts to society and engage in dialogue with our various stakeholders.
Environmental Promotion System
Sustainability Committee
The Group has established the Sustainability Committee to deliberate and decide on ESG-related policies and action plans. The Committee is chaired by the Director responsible for sustainability (Noboru Hirano, CFO and Senior Executive Officer) appointed by the President and CEO, and consists of members appointed by the Director. The contents of the deliberations are regularly reported to the Board of Directors, and are reflected in business activities under the supervision and direction of the directors and in cooperation with the relevant departments. In the environmental area, the committee deliberates, manages progress, and provides instructions on all measures based on our environmental policy, including compliance with environmental laws and regulations, TCFD compliance, promotion of energy conservation at owned properties, and acquisition of third-party evaluations.
Environmental Management
We are working to reduce the negative impacts of our assets on the environment through our own PDCA cycle, under the direction and supervision of our Sustainability Committee.
PLAN
- Assessing energy consumption, GHG emissions, water consumption, etc., of owned assets and establishing reduction targets.
- Formulate a plan to promote energy conservation through the installation of LEDs throughout the building.
- Formulate a plan for awareness-raising activities for energy conservation measures in cooperation with tenants.
DO
- Installation of high-efficiency equipment such as LEDs throughout the building.
- Introduction of renewable energy.
- Energy conservation awareness activities through sustainability guides, tenant surveys, etc., and requests for cooperation.
CHECK
- Energy monitoring, measurement of LED installation effectiveness.
- Tenant survey tabulation, PM・BM sharing.
ACTION
- Sustainability Committee discusses effectiveness measurement verification, tenant survey results, etc., and examines improvement measures.
- Reflected in next year's renovation work plan, awareness-raising activity plan, etc.
- ※EMS such as ISO14001 is not currently in place