“Battery manufacturers how to achieve the environment?”
Visit Sanyo Energy (Suzhou) Limited, sets and CEO Tsuneji
● strict RoHS testing, implementing environmental standards more stringent
Journalist: As a manufacturer of batteries, Sanyo Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd in the production process of how to control pollution in it?
Nishishita Tsuneji: Sanyo Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Group, the main production of laptops use lithium batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries and nickel-cadmium batteries for power tools, etc. All products can be made recycled. This time, access to the “China threat to the business environment” in this title, for me, is particularly thrilled about it.
Early in the design of the battery, we have considered several possible factors of the environment to ensure that the product is the green battery. In the production process, the company has issued strict application of the European Commission, “electrical and electronic equipment on limiting the use of the Directive on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) requirements, the company’s products RoHS testing materials, testing of various products of the original six kinds of substances is increased to 13 present the types of substances. At the same time, providers of company personnel RoHS monitoring to ensure that providers are now able to strictly enforce this requirement.
In the production of wastewater, the company has introduced advanced technology from Japan wastewater treatment and equipment. On this basis, to improve the production of the plant wastewater treatment, the company has evaporation and drying, wastewater production in the deep transformation, and recycling. Domestic wastewater through the sedimentation tank, after filtration, evaporation, ion exchange processing, while the recycling achieve zero discharge of wastewater.
Right now, the environmental management of the fund company already invested 30 million yuan. Company to ensure that all standards of pollutant discharges on the local environment will not produce pollution.
Reporter: multinational corporations in China, the issue of double standards of environmental protection has always been a concern, as a multi-national companies, how do you ask?
Sets and hang Division: The company Sanyo Electric Group Think GAIA For Lifeandthe-brand model of the Earth for all employees to ensure the safety and health of the company, while continuing to improve their behavior and environmental performance to meet the social responsibility of business.
At the same time, SANYO Electric Group, a set of self-management skills and experience, if the emission standards of corporate standards and there is a conflict area, we will implement the standards highest environmental standards.
● improvement of its environmental management, improve the environmental performance of the product
Reporter: Environmental Management, Sanyo Energy in improving the level of corporate environmental management has made what efforts?
Sets and division constant activity in the battery industry for 50 years, SANYO Electric Group has always had great importance to environmental protection, promoting good tradition of producing Green. In compliance with environmental laws and regulations, based on the company by creating and transmitting to future generations proud of the culture and environment, and practices for life on Earth and society, “Symbiotic Evolution” as the The objective of the business.
In management, the company actively import advanced management tools to improve the level of business management. Company has seven full-time specialized environmental managers, forming a company environmental management range of organizational networks, and developed a “Sanyo Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Environmental Protection and regulations management “and other internal system of environmental management.
Company creation staff, Environmental Health and Safety Manual “, which relates to the political environment of SANYO Electric Group, social responsibility, environmental protection, advice and related content. 4000 annual corporate environmental rotation of staff knowledge to improve the environmental awareness of staff.
Reporter: Recently, Sanyo launch energy environment conducive to new nickel-hydride batteries, metal (Philharmonic & P) has shopping centers in Suzhou, sales of OTC. Please tell us about the battery compared to traditional batteries, their performance of environmental efficiency in what areas?
Nishishita Tsuneji: Philharmonic & P Batteries is the Sanyo Group, the development of a new battery can be used repeatedly 1000 times. Compared to previous rechargeable batteries, which effectively inhibit the self-discharge the battery at 20 ℃ environment, two years later, can keep 80% of electricity, reducing energy waste. This year, in July, the main shopping centers in Suzhou Philharmonic & Poor’s, sales of OTC, will be extended to Shanghai, Beijing and other cities. Next year, Sanyo Energy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. will be the introduction of rechargeable batteries environmentally-friendly, the production line to achieve self-production and sales.
Meanwhile, the company also will test the development of nickel hydrogen and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, replacing lead acid batteries, the direct supply to domestic market, and we strive ‘offer consumers better quality products more environmentally friendly.