The Basic Concept of Management Policy

For a Sustainable Society, We Will Deliver Innovative Technologies and Products through the Active Use of Energy Conservation Technologies

Katsuhisa Kato
Senior Executive Officer & CTO

CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere have increased by approximately 30% from the level at the time of the Industrial Revolution. According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), CO₂ concentrations are said to have risen due to deforestation and fuels as energy sources. This means that human beings are changing the natural environment through their energy-consuming lifestyle. Some also argue that CO₂ increase has exerted a large impact on global warming and recent abnormal weather phenomena.
We, humankind, are thus making changes to the environment, and it is important for each of us to take appropriate care in our daily lives, by remaining highly aware of the importance of energy saving. This alone, however, is not enough. In addition to each individual's efforts, international policies and innovative scientific and technological measures should be implemented toward a sustainable society.

The AGC Group is a unique enterprise in the world with a wide range of technologies, including glass, chemical, and ceramic technologies. We are saving energy in actual terms by increasing the yield (per unit) in our daily production processes. We are also promoting the development of technologies to manufacture energy-saving glass innovatively and to recycle materials for greenhouse gas emission reduction, and are reviewing our manufacturing methods to conserve more energy. Combining technologies helps to accelerate the achievement of results.
Moreover, we are developing and supplying environmentally valuable products such as Ecoglass, materials for solar cells, and other various materials to help our customers save energy.

These initiatives and technological developments will in turn help the AGC Group reduce its costs and expand its business arena through the provision of a wider range of products. I, however, regard the accomplishment of these activities as a duty that the socially trustworthy enterprise must fulfill toward a sustainable society.
Our commitment to becoming an enterprise that has higher expectations from society is incorporated in our management policy Grow Beyond, and this idea forms the background of our basic environmental policy.
With this spirit, all members of the AGC Group, myself included, will strive toward the future.