ABSTRACT
The MITI is requesting each company to prepare and implement a voluntary plan for environmental conservation. This is a governmental recommendation for industry to deal voluntarily with environmental issues by establishing an internal system for environmental affairs and setting target values for resource and energy savings. The Environment Agency has published an action guideline for an “environment-friendly company.” On the other hand, the Federation of Economic Organizations of Japan announced the Keidanren Global Environment Charter which includes guidelines for corporate action in 1991. Table 1 shows an outline of the guidelines for
investigation (1), 45% of manufacturing industries have already instituted management policies for environmental conservation and 9% are planning to institute them.
