The Sumitomo Metals Group contributes to the realization of globally environmental preservation and the building of a　reduce-reuse-recycle society through the activities harmonizing with environmental preservation and socio-economic development.

1. According to the policy, a head office, steel works, research laboratories and the group companies jointly promote the measures from the viewpoint of environmental preservation and energy and resource conservation.
2. We establish, maintain and improve Environmental Management System, e.g. ISO14001 to promote and ensure our voluntary and consecutive activities for environmental preservation.

1. In case of selecting a plant location, installing new facilities and conducting various production activities, the Sumitomo Metal Group assesses environmental influences in a scientific manner, and takes adequate measures accordingly. We observe national and local environmental laws and regulations, and voluntarily take suitable actions for environmental preservation.
2. When we conduct overseas business activities, import raw materials and export finished goods, we consider their influences to the environment.
3. When purchasing materials and goods for manufacturing, we comprehensively consider the influences to the environment for the life span in addition to quality, cost, delivery and service.

1. The Sumitomo Metal Group develops new energy saving technologies for recovering unused energy and increasing efficiency of the facilities to contribute to the prevention of global warming. We actively challenge not only to develop energy saving facilities and technologies, but also to improve the efficiency of existing processes. We also develop energy saving processes and resolve long and medium term technological themes.
2. Not limiting in reducing fuel and electricity consumption, we expand the concept to streamlined physical distribution, utilization of resources and waste materials and so on. We prospectively promote to develop energy conservation technologies for contributing not only to the Group but also to the society.
3. We actively develop and improve production processes to reduce greenhouse gases that are not originated from energy use.

1. The Sumitomo Metal Group keeps on working hard to reduce, reuse and recycle by-products, e.g. steel slag resulting from steel production, and continuing to enhance our expertise to realize 100% recycling.
2. We also reduce, reuse and recycle waste materials resulting from our business activities, including transportation and packaging materials, office paper and so on.
3. We develop and establish recycling technologies to build a reduce-reuse-recycle society.

1. The Sumitomo Metal Group provides the society with environmentally conscious products, e.g. high-tensile strength steel, chrome-free surface-treated steel sheets and so on, that contribute to environmental preservation and energy and resource conservation while they are used.
2. We actively promote technically evolutional developments of production processes to contribute to environmental preservation.
3. We extend our collaboration with overseas companies for environmental preservation and energy and resource conservation. We keep on our activities of technology transfer and joint implementation to contribute to globally environmental preservation.