Promotion and Enhancement of Environmental Management

Nippon Steel has two committees to respond to environmental issues including climate change: the Environment & Plant Safety Committee and the Green Transformation Development Committee.

The climate change and other environmental issues discussed in these committees are reported to and deliberated at the Corporate Policy Committee. The Board of Directors oversees the risk management by being regularly reported about important management risks which were initially reported and discussed at the Corporate Policy Committee. Environmental issues, including climate issues, are addressed at least four times a year. In this way, environmental management including climate change are integrated into our overall governance.

Environment & Plant Safety Committee
To manage environmental risks related to air, water, waste etc., as well as responses to the creation of a circular economy, the Environment & Plant Safety Committee is chaired by the Representative Director and Executive Vice President responsible for environment and plant safety, with other executive officers serving as members. The committee is held on a semiannual basis.
In addition to the Committee, risk reduction is further promoted through regular meetings by environmental directors and managers from all steelworks, as well as through specialized meetings led by experts in each field.

Green Transformation Promotion Committee
The Green Transformation Promotion Committee, co-chaired by the Representative Director and Executive Vice President responsible for GX (policy issues) and the Representative Director and Executive Vice President responsible for GX (technical issues), addresses efforts such as promoting our Carbon Neutral Vision, responding to external developments related to climate change issues, and advancing sustainability information disclosure. Other Representative Directors and Executive Vice Presidents, Directors, and Executive Officers serve as members, and the committee is convened as necessary.

Management and Governance System

In accordance with the international standard ISO 14001, Nippon Steel has built an environmental management system, with each steelworks general manager serving as the responsible person. Each year, in addition to an internal auditing of each steelworks and a management review by its general manager, each steelworks is audited by the Environmental Technology & Management Division of the Head Office. Environment officers of other steel works and facilities also participate in these audits to cross-check. In addition, periodical reviews are conducted by the ISO certification agency.

For group companies, including overseas operations (62 companies subject to environmental oversight), the Safety, Environment & Plant Safety Div. (Head Office) engages in direct hearings to promote improvements in management practices.

From the Group companies in Japan, Nippon Steel has identified 45 companies (as of April 2025) as having certain environmental impact and holds meetings for those companies twice a year. In the meetings, we share information including the latest trends of environmental laws and regulations, cases of environmental initiatives with the goal of reducing environmental risks. In addition, we have established a venue to share information within the portal site to disseminate information on environmental regulatory trends and the troubles.

In fiscal 2024, Nippon Steel was not ordered to pay any penalty for violation of legalobligation or rules concerning the environmental laws and regulations.