The Nissha Group's Environmental Policy is to aim for business development and the realization of a sustainable society through environmentally conscious corporate activities. In addition, the Environment Principles declare that we shall aim to construct a recycling society and that we shall value biodiversity and prevent pollution while co-existing with nature, thereby indicating our stance towards the Nissha Group's business activities.

We are working to reduce water consumption through appropriate use, water recycling (reuse), and more efficient water use. Approximately 95% of both water intake and wastewater discharge within the Nissha Group comes from activities at our domestic production bases. The majority of this intake and discharge occurs at the Nissha Precision and Technologies, Inc. (NPT) Himeji Factory / Kaga Factory, which are the production bases for the Devices business.

The production process for film touch sensors, the core product of the Devices business, requires good quality water to maintain product quality. We have established strict voluntary standards and conduct regular voluntary measurements to thoroughly control wastewater quality.

 

We use Aqueduct, a global tool for water risk assessment developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), to assess water risk at our production bases.


■ Production bases in Japan
In 2024, the Overall Water Risk* at production bases in Japan was Low (0-1) or Low - Medium (1-2). The NPT Himeji Factory / Kaga Factory, both of which have relatively high levels of water consumption in our Group, fall into the Low-Medium (1-2) risk category. In terms of water intake and use, we do not have a significant impact on local water resources, but we will continue to work to reduce our impact on the environment by setting targets to reduce water use and devising an infrastructure.

■ Overseas production bases
Of our overseas production bases, the three in North America, Latin America, and China fall under the High (3-4) Overall Water Risk*. We will consider measures to counter this water risk at each of these bases based on these assessment results.

*The "Physical Risk (Quantity)," "Physical Risk (Quality)," and "Reputation Risk" items are scored, and the risk level is evaluated on a 5-point scale: Low (0-1), Low-Medium (1-2), Medium-High (2-3), High (3-4), and Extremely-High (4-5).