Every time we install new equipment at our refineries and complexes, we conduct an environmental assessment to shelter any endangered plants species that have been identified through ecosystem surveys. Currently, at the Aichi Complex we are working to conserve Salvia plebeia, a plant species designated quasi-endangered by the Ministry of the Environment. As this species was discovered on the grounds when new facility construction was undertaken, we have set aside conservation areas within the refinery’s premises.
Example of Idemitsu’s environmental assessment of the Tokuyama Complex Biomass Power Plant Construction Plan (commercial operations slated to start in fiscal 2022)
Meeting record: FY2021 2nd Shunan City Environmental Council