Reducing Waste and Advancing the 3Rs
Nippon Express is promoting the proper treatment and recycling of waste by rigorously ensuring the separation of waste discharged from its offices and facilities. There are also continuing efforts for green purchasing, electricity and water conservation.
Advancing the 3Rs
The 3Rs is a principle for efforts to build a recycling-based society. It stands for “reducing” the volume of wastes generated, “reusing” materials whenever possible and “recycling” used products as resources. At Nippon Express we do our best not only to reduce resources and energy consumption, but also to collect and sort paper and other waste generated in our offices for easy recycling.
"Green Coops" Green Purchasing System
In order to promote green purchasing of stationery company-wide, Nippon Express with the collaboration of the group company Nittsu Shoji Co., Ltd. commenced the trial operation from January 2007 of Green Coops, the web ordering system for the purchase of environmentally friendly products, with full-scale operation beginning in April.
Through this system, customers procuring stationery and office equipment are able to select and order wherever possible products that fulfill the criteria specified in the Law on Promoting Green Purchasing or that have received Eco Mark certification. Along with promoting the procurement of eco-friendly goods, it allowed us to ascertain the purchasing rate. Furthermore, since Green Coops is linked to Nippon Express’ accounting system, we were able to simplify administration procedures.
