Learn about Toshiba’s other environmental activities
Toshiba has made
a global commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. This
covers all aspects of our operations, from hiring policies
through to environmental activities.
If you would like more information about our global efforts, download our Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007. It is a comprehensive analysis of our activities in this area. It is available from http://www.toshiba.co.jp/csr/en
Building a better future - Toshiba’s focus on the environment.
As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility program, we have made a major commitment to reducing the impact of our activities on the environment. We are promoting good environmental management practices across all of our products and business processes, focusing in particular on:
Effective utilisation of resources.
Prevention of global warming.
Strengthening control of chemical substances.
Development of environmentally conscious products.
Recycling of end-of-use products.
For more information, visit the pages below.
The future: what’s coming next, when and why.
We have set a number of objectives that will further reduce the environmental impact of our operations and products.
Elimination of PVC. We plan to introduce
alternatives for the few remaining uses of PVC in our Notebooks by 2009.
Our objective is to identify alternatives that will have a reduced impact
on the environment and health while not compromising product function,
performance or quality.
Elimination of brominated flame retardants
(BFRs). We plan to use alternatives for all remaining uses of BFRs in
our Notebooks by 2009. Our objective is to identify alternatives that
will have a reduced impact on the environment and health while not compromising
product function, performance or quality.
Target of zero emissions by 2010.
Target of 25% reduction in CO2 emission rate by 2010.
Improve product eco-efficiency by 2.2 times
by 2010.
Unless
otherwise specified, the targets are based on comparison with FY2000
and cover manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites worldwide. For
the purpose of evaluating activities, rates used as indicators are
based on physical amount (net output).
