Environmental safety policy

LS ELECTRIC places its highest priority on quality, environmental and safety concerns in order to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities faithfully. Based on the strict observance of environmental laws and regulations, we have also established company-wide environmental policies, as shown in our [Environmental Policy], and operate specific environmental management programs in order to conduct sustainable management practices. We continue to conduct environmentally-friendly management, and our entire staff practices environmental safety.

Award Winning environmentally-Friendly Company

• 1991

  Designated as an exemplary environmental management company.

• 1996

  Earned ISO 14001, Citation from the Minister of Environment.

• 1996

  Earned ISO 14001, Citation from the minister of environment.

• 1997

  Company-wide environmental declaration.

• 1999

  Environmental Grand Award of Cheongju (group gold prize).

• 2001

  Re-designated as an environmentally-friendly company.

• 2002

  Winner of the National Quality Environmental Management award.

• 2006

  Voluntary conclusion of agreements to reduce chemical emissions.

• 2006

  RoHS compliance declaration, re-designated as an environmentally-friendly company.

• LS ELECTRIC was designated as an exemplary environmental management company by the Ministry of Environment in 1991.
• We earned the ISO 14001 environmental management system certification in 1996.
• We were declared as an environmentally-friendly workplace and designated as an environmentally-friendly company in 1997.
• We won the Environmental Grand Award of Cheongju in 1999 after fulfilling our corporate social responsibilities and continuing to practice environmentally-friendly management.
• We won the Environmental Management Grand Award of the National Quality Management Competition in 2002.
• Our CEO declared the environmentally-friendly “Green Purchase Policy”, and we concluded agreements with our partners to ban the use of six hazardous substances in 2005. We declared our RoHS Compliance in April 2006, and have structured our production systems in line with RoHS.
• The EU RoHS declared Directive 2011/65/EU, Directive 2015/863/EU and its subsequent amendments.
• Four additional restricted substances (DEHP, BBP, DBP, and DIBP) in subsequent amendments may have a negative impact on the recycling of EEE (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) waste, human health, and the environment if used in EEE.
• Therefore, in accordance with RoHS directive 2015/863/EU, the use of those substances in EEE should be restricted.
• Homogeneous materials of parts compliant with this directive contain less than 0.1 % by weight (each) of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE, DEHP, BBP, DBP, DIBP, and less than 0.01 % by weight of cadmium. Herewith, we confirm that none of our products exceeds the maximum values of the RoHS directive. These values do not apply to the exemptions listed in Annex III of the RoHS directive.
• In this way, we continue to practice our environmentally-friendly management activities.

Environmental Safety Process and Operation

As part of our environmental safety process, we have established environmental safety indices to meet the legal, customer and management system requirements, and have designed and now operate the process as shown in the [Outline of Environmental Safety Process by Stage] in consideration of environmental and safety issues. We place top priority on the environment and safety at every stage of our management activities. To reduce the impact of our corporate activities on the environment, we evaluate environmental factors from the development of a product to the related production, sale, and service activities, develop environmentally-friendly products, transform hazardous processes and raw materials, reduce pollutant emissions, actively invest in efforts to reduce our dependence on limited resources, and launch improvement campaigns.

Outline of Environmental Safety Process by Stage

We have embraced our company vision of becoming a “Leader in electricity and automation to create a pleasant and productive industrial society with our total solutions.” To that end, we conduct campaigns to save resources and reduce waste, and are committed to reducing environmental pollutant emissions and to developing and producing environmentally-friendly products and services and structuring a safe, pleasant workplace environment in order to pursue balanced development of the environment, economy, and society. Furthermore, we are striving to develop into a global environmentally-friendly corporation that gives serious thought and consideration to the future of humanity and the global environment.

Our company also produces environmentally-friendly products (76%) by investing in environmentally-friendly management. We use energy-saving products, environmental-mark products, and environmental refill products to contribute to environmental conservation campaigns, and we recycle 80% of our waste emissions, thereby reducing the level of pollutants emitted into the environment.

With the backing of our accumulated capabilities, we are dedicated to further developing environmentally-friendly products to secure a global product competitive edge. We are working to earn the lasting trust of our customers and become a world-class environmentally-friendly, safety-conscious corporation by conducting environmental improvement activities, structuring an industrial accident-free workplace, establishing pollutant unit-based management systems, and creating a total management system embracing environment, safety, and quality.

Management of Hazardous Substances

In order to provide environmentally-friendly products to our customers, we survey the environmental impact of our developed products to reduce waste and boost recycling, with the focus on ease of decomposition and energy efficiency. We are conducting campaigns in response to the EU WEEE and RoHS directives. In particular, to prevent the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of all our products, we analyze the hazardous substances contained in individual materials from the developmental stage, and register the contingent data in Data Mart for management purposes.

We have also established a system for verification of the hazardous substances of developed products [Figure 1-1]. As such, 76% of our products are produced in a way that ensures they are environmentally-friendly. We use energy-saving products, environmental-mark products, and environmentally-friendly refill products as part of our contribution to environmental conservation campaigns.

Our company also produces environmentally-friendly products (76%) by investing in environmentally-friendly management. We use energy-saving products, environmental-mark products, and environmental refill products to contribute to environmental conservation campaigns, and we recycle 80% of our waste emissions, thereby reducing the level of pollutants emitted into the environment.

With the backing of our accumulated capabilities, we are dedicated to further developing environmentally-friendly products to secure a global product competitive edge. We are also working to earn the solid trust of our customers and become a world-class environmentally-friendly and safety-conscious corporation by conducting environmental improvement activities, structuring an industrial accident-free workplace, establishing pollutant unit-based management systems, and creating a total management system that encompasses the environment, safety, and quality.

Management of Environmental Performance Indices

We monitor and analyze trends and manage our performance on a continuous basis according to the environmental and safety management indices for production activities set forth in the [Environmental and Safety Process Performance Indices and Measurement Criteria], as shown below.

Environmental and Safety Process Performance Indices and Measurement Criteria

Cases of Environmentally-friendly Products and Processes

• 1

  Environmentally-friendly Product Design and Production Activities

  • Production of RoHS-compliant products:

    • Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB)
    • Earth Leakage Circuit Breakers (ELCB)
    • Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB)
    • Residual Current Circuit Breakers (RCCB)
    • Residual Current Circuit Breakers with overcurrent protection (RCBO)
    • Magnetic Switches (MC, TOR)
    • Manual Motor Starters (MMS)
    • Surge Protective Devices (SPD)
    • Air Circuit Breakers (ACB)
    • Protection & Measurement Devices (IED)
    • Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
    • DC Relays
    • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
    • Variable Frequency Drives (AC Driver)
    • Inverter (PCU) GEI Series
    • Servo Drive & Motor & Gearbox

  • High energy-efficient products:

    amorphous transformers, inverters, etc.

  • Minimizing air pollution by cutting SF6 gas:

    GIS, automatic load transfer switches, etc.

  • Saving raw materials and reducing waste by ensuring compact features:

    development of economic distribution boards and high voltage power circuit breakers

  • Enhancing recycling rates by changing and developing raw materials:

    development of high-voltage power circuit switches, etc

• 2

  Environmentally-friendly management activities through improvement of production processes, and development and application of "clean" technologies.

  We have rationalized and improved our production processes including the painting process, thereby reducing waste. We have continued to develop "clean" technologies to minimize air pollution, and have structured the corresponding production systems

• 3

  Environmentally-friendly management activities by replacing, or reducing the use of, hazardous raw and supplementary materials.

• 4

  Activities conducted in voluntary compliance with energy agreements.

• 5

  Support for community campaigns to conserve the environment, etc.