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1980
81 • Sakai Plant concludes a pollution prevention agreement with the city of Isesaki and the town of Sakai in Gunma Prefecture
85 • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer adopted
87 • Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted
1990  
90 • Special feature on the environment published in the Company magazine Sanden Plaza
  • Recycling of used paper begins
91 • CFC Task Force launched
  • TPM activities introduced
93 • Sanden Environmental Charter established
  • Received an Energy Efficiency Vanguard Award for the Company’s vending machines from the Director General of Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
94 • Culture lecture by C.W. Nicole
95 • Yattajima Plant receives ISO 9001 certification
  • Kotobuki and Sakai plants receive TPM award
  • Elimination of the use of ozone-depleting substances
96 • Yattajima Plant receives QS 9000 certification and TPM award
  • Kotobuki Plant receives ISO 9001 certification
  • Sanden wins the United States Environmental Protection Agency Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award
  • ISO 14001 activities launched
  • Internal auditor training starts
97 • Yattajima Plant, Kotobuki Plant, and Isesaki Headquarters receive ISO 14001 certification
  • Life cycle assessment considered
  • Sakai Plant receives ISO 9001 certification
98 • Sanden awarded the Deming Application Prize
  • Sakai Plant receives ISO 14001 certification
  • CFC recovery and zero emissions activities launched
  • Akagi Plant conducts an environmental assessment
99 • Tokyo Headquarters and domestic front-line offices receive ISO 14001 certification
  • Sanden introduces environmental accounting
  • Sanden receives an ozone protection award from The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
  • Akagi Plant concludes a pollution prevention and environmental preservation treaty
90 • Japan’s Action Program to Arrest Global Warming launched
91 • Nippon Keidanren Global Environment Charter unveiled
  • Japan’s Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources (Recycling Law) established
92 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted
  • United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held
  • Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry calls for corporations to establish a voluntary environmental plan
93 • Japan’s Basic Environment Law established
  • Basel Convention takes effect
  • Energy Star Program introduced
  • Japan’s Basic Environment Plan established
94 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change goes into effect
95 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held the First Conference of the Parties (COP1)
96 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held the Second Conference of the Parties (COP2)
  • Japan’s Air Pollution Control Law revised
  • Japan’s Water Pollution Control Law revised
  • ISO 14001 established
  • JISQ 14001 published
97 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held the Third Conference of the Parties (COP3)
  • Japan’s Law for the Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging goes partially into effect (glass containers and PET bottles)
98 • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held the Fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4)
  • Japan’s Law for Recycling Specified Household Appliances (Consumer Electronics Recycling Law) established
  • Japan’s Law Concerning the Rationalization of Energy Use (Energy Conservation Law) revised
  • Japan’s Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming (Global Warming Law) established
99 • Japan’s Law Concerning Reporting, etc., of Release of Specific Chemical Substances to the Environment and Promotion of the Improvement of Their Management (PRTR Law) established
  • Japan’s Environmental Impact Assessment Law takes effect
  • Japan’s Global Warming Law takes effect
2000  
00 • Zero emissions achieved at the Kotobuki, Yattajima, and Sakai plants
  • Sanden Health and Safety Charter established
01 • Sanden International (Singapore) receives a SQC award
  • Sakai Plant receives the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center’s President’s Prize
02 • Environmental preservation-oriented Akagi Plant begins full-fledged operations
  • Akagi Plant receives the Nihon Keizai Shimbun’s Superior Trendsetting Factories and Offices Award
  • Sanden awarded the Japan Quality Control Medal
  • Akagi area offices receive ISO 14001 certification
03 • Akagi Plant receives the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center’s President’s Prize
  • Sanden’s cup-type vending machines receive Fiscal 2003 Chairman’s Award from The Energy Conservation Center, Japan
04 • Sanden’s energy-efficient system for convenience stores wins the Japan Machinery Federation’s Chairman’s Award for Energy-Conserving Machinery
  • Akagi Plant awarded the Greenery Day Minister of the Environment’s Prize for Meritorious Service Related to the Natural Environment
  • Sanden receives the Kanto Electric Association’s Award for Excellence in the Rationalization of Energy Use
  • Sanden’s soft ice cream machine wins Outstanding Food Equipment and Materials Award (Sponsor: Nihon Shokuryo Shimbun)
00 • Japan’s Basic Law for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society takes effect
  • Japan’s Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging goes partially into effect (paper and plastic)
01 • Japan’s Food Recycling Law takes effect
  • Japan’s Green Procurement Law takes effect
02 • Japan’s Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law takes effect
  • Japan’s Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law takes effect
03 • EU’s End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations take effect
  • Japan’s Basic Plan for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society formulated
  • Diesel car-related regulations and ordinances established in Japan
  • Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Industrial Structure Council issues Declaration for an Environment-Friendly Nation
04 • Kyoto Protocol takes effect
  • ISO 14001 revised
05 • World Exposition is held in Aichi, Japan