KITO has established an Environment Policy and has been engaging in various activities including the provision of environmentally friendly products in order to mitigate the environmental burden in all of our business activities.
Environment Policy
KITO will engage in business activities and provide products and services that will contribute to the environment in the material handling field, and every organization will make an effort in the ongoing promotion of environmental conservation activities.
- We will observe laws and regulations related to the environment as well as any other requirements agreed to by KITO
- In order to fulfill the Environment Policy, KITO will set environmental goals and objectives based on the environmental management system, and strive to prevent pollution and to make ongoing improvements
- KITO will strive to mitigate the environmental burden in all of its business activities by conserving natural resources, conserving energy, recycling and reducing hazardous substances.
- KITO will contribute to the community through environmental conservation.
1. Environmental efforts
ISO certification
At KITO, the Group's two largest manufacturing bases, the Head Office Factory (Japan) and the Jiangsu Factory (China), have acquired ISO 14001, the international certification for environmental management systems.
2. Handling of restricted substances
KITO has established its own set of restricted substances based on the RoHS Directive*1 and the Joint Industry Guideline*2 and has been promoting the "Non-inclusion of KITO's 15 prohibited substances."
Currently all standard manual chain hoists and electric chain hoists are in compliance with RoHS and REACH. In terms of the other products also, KITO is actively switching over to products that comply with the RoHS Directive as well as the "Non-inclusion of KITO's 15 prohibited substances."
* For the status of compliance of individual products with restrictions on hazardous substances including the RoHS Directive, please inquire with our sales reps.
- *1:RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) is a Directive issued by the European Union (EU) on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
- *2:The Joint Industry Guideline is a Guideline on the disclosure of chemical material composition issued by the EICTA (European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association), JPGSSI (Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative), EIA (U.S. Electronic Industries Alliance) and JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council).
3. Green Procurement Guidelines
KITO has established the Green Procurement Guidelines pursuant to the above Environment Policy and with the cooperation of its customers has been striving to mitigate the environmental burden.
