Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in cherry Hill, New Jersey, the company markets and distributes all-wheel drive Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories.
SOA understands its responsibility to the global environment, society at large, our customers, our distribution network and our employees. As we conduct our business operations into the future, we commit to establish and maintain an effective environmental management system that extends further than just meeting the stated environmental laws and regulations, and that encompasses the integration of sound environmental practices in all of our business decisions.
We commit to:
- Comply with all environmental laws and regulations and other requirements related to our business activities.
- Implement effective pollution prevention systems that protect our air, land and water.
- Conserve natural resources, by reducing, reusing and recycling materials.
- Continuous improvement of our Environmental Management System (EMS).
- Create employee awareness and commitment to SOA's Environmental Philosophy and Policy.
- Work with SOA's business partners to improve their operational impact on the environment.
Subaru of America, Inc. reaffirms our commitment to being a world-class leader in environmental performance.
The Subaru Clean Plant
Here's something to think about: next time you take out your trash at home for collection, you're sending more trash to landfills than the entire Subaru manufacturing plant in Lafayette, Indiana (SIA) does in a year. The Subaru plant was the first auto assembly plant to achieve zero landfill status - nothing from its manufacturing efforts goes into a landfill. It's all reused and recycled. Each year, SIA actively recycles 99.3% of excess/leftover steel, plastic, wood, paper, glass, and other materials. The remaining 0.7% is shipped to the city of Indianapolis and incinerated to help generate steam. In 2006, SIA recycled 11,411 tons of scrap steel, 1,537 tons of cardboard and paper, and 963 tons of wood. That's equal to conserving 31,040 mature trees, 31,572 cubic yards of landfill space, 711,631 gallons of oil, and 10,759,000 gallons of water.
