Basic Approach to Suppliers

For the continued growth of its business, Air Water strives to comply with laws and observe agreements with customers, suppliers, and other parties, and to maintain and improve trust-based relationships with its stakeholders. We promote fair business practices and hope to grow together with our stakeholders.

Knowledge and Expertise Regarding Procurement Activities

Air Water has established its purchasing approach in the Purchasing Management Regulations as follows.

 

  • With a spirit of free and open competition, we shall establish long-term relationships of mutual trust on an equal footing as partners in good faith. We will aim for relationships of harmony and shared prosperity in which all partners can demonstrate their own strengths and thrive together.
  • We will undertake the selection of business partners through a comprehensive evaluation based on rational economics. As part of the selection process, all prospective entrants, regardless of business scale, will always be treated impartially and accorded a fair and equitable opportunity for entry.

Air Water Group Sustainable Procurement Policy

As we aim to fulfill our Sustainability Vision—to achieve a recycling-oriented society through coexistence with society and the earth—in addition to building strong partnerships with our business partners, we believe it is necessary to conduct procurement activities that consider the global environment and basic human rights across the supply chain.

1.Consideration for the global environment
Based on the Air Water Group 2050 Environmental Vision, we will engage in environmentally friendly procurement activities that consider decarbonization and biodiversity.
 

2.Quality・price・delivery time・low carbon
We will engage in fair and transparent procurement activities, and widely procure low-carbon goods and services with excellent quality, price, and delivery time from our suppliers both in Japan and abroad.
 

3.Achievement of a smart society
In our procurement activities, we will take on board the proposals of suppliers to ensure use of the latest technologies so that we can contribute to a more prosperous, safer smart society.
 

4.Legal compliance and respect for international standards of conduct
While complying with the laws of each country, we will fulfill our social responsibility to respect international standards of conduct in procurement activities. We will also take care to eliminate any infringement of intellectual property rights in our procurement activities.
 

5.Consideration for human rights, labor standards, and safety and health
We will respect basic human rights and engage in procurement activities that consider both labor environments (prohibition of forced and child labor) and safety.
 

6.Information security
We will strictly manage any confidential or personal information relating to our procurement activities.
 

7.Business continuity
We will work with our suppliers to ensure business continuity in any emergency, including in large-scale natural disasters.

Initiatives by Group Companies

Promoting Green Procurement

Tateho Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., Our Group company, promotes “green procurement” from the viewpoint of reducing the impact of business activities on the environment. Taking into consideration the environmental performance of the goods and services it procures in addition to their quality, price, and delivery time, the company procures raw materials, chemical additives, fuels, packaging materials, product transport, and products from suppliers that proactively promote environmental preservation activities.

Principles in Selecting Goods

We adopt the following principles in order to select goods that have little environmental impact in all stages of manufacturing, use, and disposal.

(1)Raw materials
Recycled raw materials or materials that are easy to recycle are used, and the amount and the number of types of raw materials used are small.

(2)Controlling use of hazardous substances, etc.
Prohibited substances are not used, and use of controlled substances is minimized.

(3)High reusability and recyclability
Repeated use (reuse) for the same purpose by refilling, etc. is enabled by design. Or use of recyclable materials or recycling is made easy by design or labeling.

(4)Durability
Durable life is long.

(5)Packaging materials
Few packaging materials are used, and they are reusable and recyclable.

(6)Energy-saving
Energy consumption in stages of manufacturing, use, etc. is low.

(7)Low environmental load in disposal
Degradable materials with low environmental impact are used or measures to prevent discharge of hazardous chemical substances are implemented for disposal by incineration or landfilling.