Lead by the President as the environmental protection supervisor, the Noritake Group promotes environmental protection activities from a corporate stance. Furthermore, the Group has set up the Environment Committee to promote environmental protection activities in a structured and systematic manner. Chaired by the Vice President, the Environment Committee sets unified guidelines for environmental protection activities. A separate Environmental Protection Promotion Committee has also been formed to operate planning and promotional management of environmental protection activities as well as the evaluation of outcomes. Such activities are implemented under the responsibility of operating groups and each operating group has its environment committee. Also, the Group's companies each formed the Environmental Risk Research Group and Green Procurement Coordinating Committee and they operate environmental protection activities in a manner so that they support the environmental committees in implementing their activities.