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Mid-Term Environmental Plan

FY 2011 Management Items

The following are items for which an action plan does not need to be made but the ongoing improvement and enhancement of the activity level is required, or items for which the target level has already been achieved

(*: Newly added item or modified target item, Underlined: Added or modified points)

Indicator Items (Total of 26) Result Assessment
Reducing Environmentally Hazardous Materials [1] Maintaining 100% green procurement from FY 2007 100% O
[2] Sustaining 95% non usage of bromine fire retardant in the plastics used for device casings 99% O
[3] Ensuring compliance with the RoHS directive
  • Number of cases of non-compliance: 0 (unchanged)
 Maintained O
[4] * No substances regulated by RoHS to be included in newly designed products (all newly designed products to be RoHS compliant). (Note 1) Compliant O
Resource Recycling [5] * Greater use of Eco-plastics (Note 2) for external device container plastic
  • Numerical control based on eco-plastic usage rate (Note 3)
 84% O
[6] Amount of used products collected (Note 4) 4,972t -
[7] Maintaining 90% of resource recycling rate 91% O
[8] * Waste emissions (general + industrial waste) Manage and promote reduction O
Effective Utilization of Resources [9] Maintain zero emissions 100% (Note 5) 100% O
[10] Endeavor to maintain or reduce purchases of paper (copy paper, EDP forms) to FY 2006 levels. +7.5% Δ
[11] Endeavor to maintain or reduce water consumption (city water, industrial water, and ground water) to FY 2003 levels.
(Applies to: Use of water 1 million m³/year or more)		 -72% O
[12] Endeavor to maintain or reduce consumption of paper and plastic packaging materials to FY 2006 levels.
(Basis: Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging)		 -63% O
[13] * Quantity of chemical substances purchased (substances regulated by law) Manage and promote reduction O
Environmental Management [14] Conduct internal environmental auditing based on internal environmental auditing guidelines. Continued O
[15] Promotion of acquisition of ISO 14001 certification
(Applies to: Affiliated companies in Japan, consolidated service and software subsidiaries in Japan, and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries that have not yet acquired ISO 14001 certification)
*Companies newly targeted should acquire certification within three years.		 Being implemented O
Risk Minimum [16] Achieve 100% of the legal compliance rate (reporting, reports, and emissions) 100% O
[17] Achieve 100% of the chemical material balance management rate (Applies to: Materials controlled by laws and regulations) (Note 6) 100% O
[18] Achieve 100% of the regulation rate for purchases of chemical materials that have no material safety data sheet (MSDS) 100% O
[19] Achieve 100% of the implementation rate for preliminary assessment and assessment of manufacturing methods of equipment, chemical materials, and new waste 100% O
[20] Endeavor to maintain or reduce NOx and SOx emissions to FY 2003 levels
(excluding increases in NOx due to measures implemented to reduce CO₂ emissions)		 NOx -69%
SOx -92%		 O
[21] Endeavor to maintain or reduce BOD and COD to FY 2003 levels BOD -36%
COD -65%		 O
[22] Completely phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbon gases for coolants and the use of halon for fire extinguishers by FY 2011 (Note 7) 96% Δ
[23] Achieve 100% of the environmental assessment implementation rate (when plants and buildings are newly built or demolished) 100% O
Human Resource Development [24] 100% provision of environmental education and training to all employees, new assistant managers, and new managers Being implemented O
Regional Contributions [25] Promotion of regional contributions. Promotion of cooperation with local governments and other bodies Being implemented O
Communications [26] Promotion of environmental public relations Being implemented O

Note 1: Excluding defense, aerospace, and customer specified products.
Note 2: Eco-plastic
  1) Renewable plastics [Plastics containing at least 10% renewable plastic materials]
  2) Bio-plastics [Plastics using at least 75% plant-derived resin in its resin components]
  3) Plastics using non halogen and non phosphorus fire retardants (ex. Eco-polyca™)
Note 3: Total eco-plastic weight/Total housing plastic weight
Note 4: We will not set a numerical target for the amount of used products collected because this is highly dependent on market and product trends. However, we will continue to monitor the status as a management item because we need to report the amount collected in accordance with the Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources and the wide-area accreditation system.
Note 5: Zero emission refers to a final landfill disposal rate (final landfill disposal volume/total volume) of less than 0.5%.
Note 6: The following laws and regulations apply to chemical substances requiring 100% balance management.
Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law, Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Law, Ordinance on the Prevention of Organic Solvent Poisoning, Ordinance on the Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, Air Pollution Control Law
Note 7: Applicable substances in chlorofluorocarbon gases for coolants and halon for fire extinguishers are as follows.
Specified chlorofluorocarbon gases: CFC and its mixed coolants (R-11, R12, R-13, R-114, R-500, R-502, R-502P, and R-503)
Specified halon: Halon 1301 [However, exclude from all items to be eliminated when corresponding to critical use* (electrical rooms, boiler rooms, data centers and other fireproof equipment)], halon 1211, halon 2402
*Critical use means use in applications in which fire safety is essential, as prescribed by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency or the Halon Bank Promotion Committee.

Items excluded from targets after targets are accomplished

  • None

Items to be phased out after the system has been established and fully enforced

  • None