1. Origin

    How can we live in harmony with mother earth?

  2. Philosophy

    KOA was established and grew up in Ina Valley to provide the environment where farmers can live as farmers.
    Meanwhile, as we engage in electronic component production, we - as one of living creatures of earth - continuously learn about our association with soil, water and sun to build "trust" with the earth.
    Each member of KOA group companies is concerned about life cycle of water that surrounds us, and strives to create a model for circulatory society in our hometown by implementing "Father Sun" (Environmental Management System) through self-imposed responsibility.

  3. Policy

    (1) We shall accurately grasp how KOA's development,production,sales activities,product and services affect the environment to establish "Father Sun" (Environmental Management System) and try to continuously improve "Father Sun" as we strive to prevent the environmental pollution.

    (2) KOA's environmental activities shall be developed into two:one is the "Father Sun"activity for improving responsiveness to the social environment and the other is the quality assurance activity for improving responsiveness to the product environment.

    (3) We shall adhere to environmental legislations and regulations applicable to KOA's environmental aspect,other requirements(including those imposed by our customers)accepted by KOA,as well as self-imposed standards;and all members of KOA shall take actions in consideration of the natural environment by embracing environmental management manual and quality manual.

    (4) To take actions consistent with the philosophy of this policy,we shall review each year our environmental improvement activities in pursuit of realizing business affairs in harmony with the environment ,in pursuit of realizing the effective use of finite natural resources,in pursuit of realizing products and production processes friendly to the environment,and in pursuit of stopping global warming,in the framework of management objectives and targets.

    (5) We shall conduct environmental internal audits and strive to continuously improve "Father Sun"through self-imposed control.

    (6) This environmental policy shall be disseminated to all members involved in environmental activities at KOA and all KOA group entities to improve our corporate environmental awareness.


April 01, 2005
Koichi Mukaiyama
President of KOA Corporation



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