With companies increasingly being asked to implement active environmental policies, Patlite Corporation has been involved in the development of energy-saving products to meet the needs of customers and the market from a relatively early stage.
Part of these efforts has been the switch from fluorescent light bulbs to LED-type light bulbs.
However, the environmental measures required of companies are not limited to energy-savings measures, but cover a wide variety of areas, such as reductions in industrial waste, the disposal of harmful substances from products, and strict observance of environmental laws; in order to respond to these challenges, we have set out a clear environmental policy, as wells as targets and objectives, but in order to bring these goals to realization the creation of concrete measures and an operational management system has become essential.
For this reason, we obtained ISO14001 certification in 2001, and we have worked on systematic environmental protection measures.

With globalization of business, in order to respond to laws and regulations in and outside Japan, we obtained the CE marking specified in the European safety standards and the UL certification of the U.S. safety standard faster than others.
We have recently been working on the EU RoHS directive which restricts the use of hazardous substances and developed products compliant with the directive ahead of other competitors in the industry. We will continue to ensure compliance with environmental standards and legislations not only in new products, but also in existing products.

*Headquarters, Techno Center and Sanda Plant meet the standards provided by International Organization for Standardization.