Ensuring of Environmental Risk Compliance [Past Cases]
Our past legal violations occurred in and before FY2020 are as follows.
We implemented measures to identify the cause and to prevent recurrence for all the cases.
Hamakawasaki Operations, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
[November 2021]
- Leakage of insulating oil containing low-concentration PCB during waste carrying by consigned collection and transportation service contractor
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Himeji Operations -Semiconductor
[March 2020]
- Unreported construction of a facility specified in the Act on Special Measures concerning the Conservation of the Environment of the Seto Inland Sea
- Failure to submit a request to check compliance with the proviso of Article 3 of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act
- Failure to notify the government of the construction of a facility specified under Hyogo prefecture's "Ordinance Pertaining to Environmental Preservation and Creation"
Toshiba Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.
[January 2019]
- Violation of the air pollution control law for outside paint spraying work
PG Toshiba (Langfang) Arrester Co., Ltd.
[December 2018]
- Violation of the water pollution control law for directly draining water used to clean electronic parts to outside the premises
- Violation of the water pollution control law for exceeding the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and phosphorus standard value in industrial wastewater
- Violation of the environmental contamination prevention law regarding solid waste for storing waste sludge outside the designated area
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
[January 2019]
- Violation of the commission criteria under the waste management law with regard to industrial waste processing of switchboards
Toshiba Corporation* Keihin Operations
[October 2016]
- The pH level at a final wastewater discharge outlet exceeded the standard pH value (during an administrative inspection).
Implemented measures to identify the cause and to prevent recurrence.
* Currently, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
Toshiba Corporation Energy Systems & Solutions Company*
[August 2016]
- The company failed to submit administrative reports on waste handling.
Implemented measures to identify the cause and to prevent recurrence.
* Currently, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
Toshiba Solutions Corporation*
[April 2016]
- Requested that a business operator dispose of trade-in products without concluding a disposal consignment contract.
Implemented measures to identify the cause and to prevent recurrence.
* Currently, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation