Siward Crystal Technology devotes to the concepts of “do its responsibility, mitigate the impact to the environment and improve employee’s health”, execute the work of ESH (environment, safety and hygiene), to carry out the ESH policy leads to an outstanding result, not only corresponds to internal environmental protection and labor laws, but also meets the external standard of environmental protection and safety & hygiene.

We are certified by ISO14001 in 2003, based on the principle of pollution prevention, improvement continuously, and reduction of industrial wastes and yearly increasing of the ratio of recycle and reuse wastes.  Every testing data correspond to the requirement of government’s regulations.  Prohibition or limitation of hazardous materials and correspond to the requirement of green production and green products in the international corporations, we are certified by Sony’s Green Partner in 2004.

Recently, the issue of the employee’s occupational safety and health is a main point that concerned by every industry worldwide, Siward always works hard in how to reduce the happening of the disasters, ensure the working area safe and manage and improve employees’ health.  Siward was certified by OHSAS18001 in Dec. 2008, by providing safe and health environment to the employees.

Below are Siward’s action to the ESH:

Prevention of waste water pollution.
In order to raise up the efficiency of waste water treatment, waste water is treated by its properties and is monitored periodically.  By periodically exam the quality of effluent to ensure the pollutant in the effluent is below law’s limits.

Management of industrial wastes
To classify and permanently storage the industrial wastes and then commit to an authorized legal waste clearance and disposal organization for disposing and declare related data on the website.  To recycle and reuse the industrial wastes is a priority, furthermore, by incinerating and land-filling.  The ratio of recycling and reusing the industrial waste is 33% in 2005 raised up to 46% in 2007, which is effectively mitigate the load of environment.

Management of hazardous substance
For those required hazardous and toxic material to be evaluated and replaced by less hazardous and toxic material; chemical substance to be stored by their characteristics and complied with related regulations; the sign for hazardous substance meets GHS requirement as well as the laws; MSDS is prepared for reference on the working area.  Besides, to reinforce the exhaust and install the emergency facilities in the working area, training for knowledge of the hazardous substances and wearing the protection while working.

Management of subcontractor
All subcontractors need to fill a form that is well informed the safety and hygiene before start working to make sure everything is safe, otherwise, there will be a penalty to the subcontractors.

Management and improvement of employee’s health
We set up an employee’s clinic which cooperates with a local hospital in order to provide professional medical consultation and health information; also hold some health lecture courses and related activities to improve employee’s mental and spiritual health.  Besides, we have the nursing room and periodically hold the physical examination.  We devote to create a non-smoking, safe and comfortable environment.

Training of reacting the emergency
To ensure employee react correctly when emergency occurs, we simulate some incidents, like fire-fighting, escaping from accidents, to practically react while the emergency occurred.  Well protect the safety of oneself and also reduce the loss of Ccompany.  After these trainings, we will thoroughly review and find the way to improve it.

Siward follows the requirement of ISO14001/OHSAS18001 to have a guide book that defines the scope of the Company’s environment, safety and hygiene (ESH) management system, including any detail and adjustment of exemptions.  In addition, the link between the ESH management system, all documents and regulations is indicated, including the description of process, sequence and interaction within the ESH management system.  Siward’s ESH management system is applicable to all activities, products and services of the Company.

We devote to execute the ESH management system to integrate the internal resources and settle the foundation of management.  By means of executing the environment concerns, risk evaluation, environment, safety and hygiene management plan and the internal auditing, to reasonably and effectively carry out the ESH management.

By educational training to inculcate employees’ sense of ESH concepts; improving production process to achieve the goal of pollution prevention and industrial wastes reduction, having a safety and hygiene environment , complying regulations to decrease the pressure to the environment, safety and hygiene with company’s sustainable development, and endeavor to satisfy customer’s needs and win their trust.

We committee ourselves to the following:
 
Environmently policy :
1. Increase efficiency on use of resources, and avoid waste of resources.
2. Ensure all manufacturing processes, products, and services to be complied with laws, and other regulations.
3. Devote to decreasing industrial wastes and pollution.
4. Strengthen communication between benefit relationship holder internal and external.
 
Safety and hygiene :
1. Comply with official rules, regulations related to safety and hygiene, and execute it practically.
2. Enforce the disaster prevention, continuously removal the elements of danger to ensure the safety and hygiene in the working place.
3. Carry out the related trainings and activities to the safety and hygiene management, adequately acquaintance of personal responsibility to safety & hygiene policy.
4. Set up the technics, equipments & facilities of safety and hygiene, and well-controlled the risks to decrease effectively the accidents happened in the working place.
5. Establish the safety and hygiene procedure, audit system and continuously improvement to ensure safety and hygiene management system is valid and appropriate.