Initiatives for Sustainability｜Sustainability｜NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

～1999

1984 Automotive oxygen sensor plant wins Ford's Q1 Prize
1996 Established Core Policy on the Environment and set up the CO₂ task force
1998 Established NGK Foundation for International Students (NGK International House opened in 1999)
1998 Nagoya, Chita, and Komaki earn ISO 14001 certification
1999 Established the Guidelines for Corporate Behavior (revised as the NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior in 2003; established new Guidelines for Corporate Behavior, integrated with CSR initiatives, in 2011)
1999 Issued Environmental Report

2000s

2000 Became a founding member of the Environmental Partnership Organizing Club (EPOC)
2001 Established the first Five-Year Environmental Action Plan
2005 Joined Team Minus 6%
2005 Established the CSR Committee
2007 Adopted OSHMS
2008 Introduced the world's first high-precision NOx sensor products
2009 Commenced operations of NAS batteries for megasolar facility use
2009 NAS battery business wins Environmental Business Award
2009 Honeyceram registered as an Essential Historical Material for Science and Technology (technological heritage for the future) of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
2010 Received the prestigious PACE Award jointly with Continental (of Germany) for development of NOx sensors

2010s

2011 Recognized by the city of Nagoya as a company that supports families in raising children
2012 Recognized by the city of Nagoya as a company that supports the promotion of women in the workplace
2015 Signed on to the UN Global Compact
2015 NAS batteries win Gold Prize in the 2015 Aichi Prefecture Environmental Awards
2017 Won the Minister's Prize in the Family Friendly Company category of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Minister's Prizes for Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization
2017 The Power Business joins the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (Japan-CLP)
2018 The Nagoya Office's administration/welfare building chosen as a Leading Project in Sustainable Construction (for Leadership in CO₂ Reduction)
2019 Health Declaration of the NGK Group
2019 Selected as a "White 500" under the Health and Productivity management Organization Recognition Program
2019 Established the ESG Committee

2020s

2020 Endorsement of TCFD
2021 Formulated the NGK Group Vision
2021 Formulated the NGK Group Human Rights Policy
2021 Formulated the NGK Group Environmental Policy
2021 Established the ESG Management Department
2021 Established Ena Electric Power, a regional electric power company, jointly with NGK, Ena City, and Chubu Electric Power Miraiz
2022 Established the ESG Management Committee
2022 Information Disclosure Based on TCFD Recommendations
2022 Established Abashiri Electric Power, a regional electric power company, jointly with NGK and Abashiri City
2022 Selected as representative index of ESG investing, FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE Blossom Japan Index
2022 NGK Joins the RE100 Global Initiative
2023 Formulated the NGK Group Basic Sustainability Policy
2023 Formulated the NGK Group Human Capital Management Policy
2023 Revised the NGK Group Corporate Business Principles and established the NGK Group Code of Conduct
2023 Identification of Materiality
2023 Abashiri Electric Power win the "Hokkaido Energy Conservation/New Energy Promotion Grand Prize".
2024 Registers as a TNFD Early Adopter
2024 Selected as “Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting Dual-career and Co-parenting”