Measures against Environmental Risks

As a tool for continuously reducing environmental risks, Panasonic has established two environmental risk management systems: the Environmental Risk Management System per business domain company and the Environmental Risk Management Promotion Committee comprising relevant experts. The two together are responsible for (1) cyclic identification of environmental risks and company-wide management implementation, and (2) ensuring a quick response to reported environmental risks.

To identify environmental risks and implement the management system, the Committee determines the environmental risks that need to be managed based on the actual environmental risks reported from business domain companies and the risk assessment results conducted across the entire company. These risks are then classified according to their occurrence frequencies and the degree of impact on business. For risks classified as major and thus requires strict control, the PDCA approach is adopted in which countermeasures are established and implemented, and progress is checked and ensured.

If any environmental risk is reported, the reporting business domain company and the Environmental Risk Management Promotion Committee jointly work to carry out the emergency measures that are appropriate for the seriousness of the risk. They also work on standardizing risk management procedures in order to prevent any secondary risks arising from inconsistent countermeasures.