Environmental Management System in Japan Railway

Naoto MifuneNaoto Mifune

Railway Technical Research InstituteRailway Technical Research Institute

JapanJapan

Energy Consumption in Japan

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TransportationConsumersIndustry

Energy Consumption on Transportation in Japan

FreightCars28%

PassengerCars55%

Maritime6%

Railways3%

Buses2%

Taxis2%

Aviation4%

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Modal Shift ｓ In order to Decrease Energy and CO2

Aviation

Road Traffic

Railways

Is this supported by consumer?

Questionnaire on Consumer’s Evaluation 　

Consumer’s Evaluation(Nikkei newspaper,560companies, 2004)

◎ 　 Good for Environment

(Best 120 companies)1st Car （ Toyota ）3rd Car (Honda)9th Car (Nissan)37th Railway (JR)79th Physical Distributor80th Railway (JR)

● 　 Bad for Environment (Worst 40 companies)1st Steel 2nd Fast Food3rd Aviation17th Railway (JR)19th Railway (JR)26th Railway (JR) No car company!!

Consumer’s Evaluation Viewpoints

1.Railway is environment-friendly, this is by nature2.Railway’s efforts can not be seen in public3.Consumer’s evaluation is based on total efforts toward not only environmental

performances but also management (philosophy, concept)

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Total Environmental Load based on Consumer’s Evaluation

Totally Environment-Friendly Company

1. Environmental performances, of course!!

2. Legality

3. Volunteer works for environment and ecology

4. Public investment, Mecenat and so on

5. Transparent and visible

6. Refined sense of mission

7. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Safety

Sustainable Development

of Railway

Environment

Visible

“To be Visible” from Consumer’s Viewpoint

EMS

Transparent

Environmental Management System-ISO14001-

1. Total Environmental

Management system

2. Visible

3. Universal

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ISO14001 Certifications in J apanRailway Companies

　　“ Development of Railway” supported by quality (safety) and environment (mission)

ISO14001(EMS)ISO9001(QMS)

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ISO certifications in J apan Railway companies

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Environmentalstrategy

Selection byenvironment

Quality of environmental management

TIME1990

20??

Communication byenvironmental information

Recognition of environmental issues

Initial EMS

Green purchase

Green investment etc.

Reaction in financial markets

Practical use of economical skill for a environmental policy

Environmental report

Shift to higher level of green markets

and increase in green consumer concerns

Environmental efficiency

Trend toward Sustainable Railway

Next Step - Beyond ISO14001

Enforced requirements are

１． Communication

2 ． Cost Saving, Efficiency

3 ． CSR

And ultimately aiming

4. To Increase in Railway’s Share

in Transportation

5. To make sure the Sustainable Railway

Conclusions１． EMS is indispensable in order to acquire high

level of evaluations by consumer.

2. Many railway companies have got ISO14001 certifications in Japan.

3. A New type of EMS is being discussed in some railway companies in Japan.

4. The Ultimate aim to get ISO14001 certifications is to meet with consumer’s green concerns and

to make sure the sustainable railway.

Thank you for your kind attention

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ISO9001 Certifications in J apanRailway Companies

Fields of ISO Certifications （％）

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ISO14001 ISO9001

Rollig Stock MaintenancePlantsHead Office and BranchOfficesStations

Operation Offices

Others

ISO14001 world results

14,10622,897

36,464

49,440

64,996

89,937

111,162

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2000(98)

2001(112)

2002(116)

2003(113)

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2005(138)

Year (Number of countries)

Registered sites

3,289

3,682

4,440

4,955

5,061

6,055

7,080

8,620

12,68323,466

3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 18,000 21,000 24,000

Registered sites

France

Sweden

Germany

Korea

USA

UK

Italy

Spain

China

J apan

Top 10 countries for ISO14001 registrations

ISO14001 Registration in J apan2006.7 J apanese Standards Association（ ）

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Registeredsites

20,902

ISO14001 Industrial classification results in J apanJ apanese Standards Association（ ）

foodstuffs productindustry

rubber plastic product・iron and steel industry

general constructionindustry

service industry

precision machine

chemical industry

general machine

electric machineother

transport industry・railway industry

transport's machine

education educational・institution

local government

metal goods productindustry

wastes disposalindustry

pottery industry rocks・and mud product

Registered sites in railway company

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Registeredsites

ISO9001ISO14001

ISO9001 world results

44,388

167,124

497,919

660,132

776,608

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2002(134)

2003(149)

2004(154)

2005(161)

Year (Number of countries)

Registered sites

鉄道における迷信 環境ｰ• 「鉄道は他の交通機関に比較し、当然環境に優

しい筈」？– 省資源

• 自動車のリサイクル率：９５％（リサイクル法）• 鉄道車両のリサイクル率：？

– 省エネルギー• 燃料電池自動車：走行中のＣＯ２の排出ゼロ　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　新規登録車の 64.5 ％低公害車（ 02.10 ～03.6 ）、 500 万台突破　

• 環境配慮の努力評価　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　当然、鉄道に対する世間の評価は高いはず

Registered sites in auto car company

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ISO14001ISO9001

世論の評価の視点• 企業の社会的責任（ＣＳＲ）遵守• 社会貢献（ボランティア活動・支援）• 犠牲的精神（直接利益に繋がらない）• 継続的な努力（停滞は評価されない）• 企業活動全般の高い透明性• グループ企業群としての評価

–三菱ふそうの不祥事は、三菱自動車、三菱電機、三菱銀行のブランド力低下へ

Conceit in Railway Company

1.High level of environment-friendly performances of railway is well-known in public

2.Consumer can not see data

3.Consumer does not concern about data

4. Consumer are watching extent of effort

ISO9001:2000 Industrial classification results in J apan2006.9 J AB（ ）

rubber・plasticproduct・chemicalsfiber ・engineering

research anddevelopment

・transport・warehousingcommunicationservice

other specialityservice

・metal productsprocessed metalproducts

electricity andoptical device

other transportdevice

constructionindustry

machine and device・article of fooddrink・tabaco

other

16,922

24,441

24,660

39,816

44,270

45,612

47,445

53,771

98,028143,823

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Registered sites

Australia

France

India

Germany

USA

UK

Spain

Japan

Italy

China

Top 10 countries for ISO9001:2000 registrations

ISO9001 Registration in J apan2006.9 J AB（ ）

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Target

• Totally environmental friendly company

• Good performances are just results