By fiscal 2010, the Fujifilm Group aims to improve its eco-efficiency with regard to all six indices below, by twice as much as in the fiscal 2000 level.
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Fujifilm will design all new and remodeled products according to the “Basic Regulations for Design that Takes the Environment into Consideration”. At the same time, measures will be taken to promote the sharing among all Fujifilm Group companies of environmental quality data on products and other items created in line with those regulations, including environmental quality data associated with manufacturing equipment and packaging materials. The scope of this program will progressively be expanded to encompass the entire Fujifilm Group.
By fiscal 2010, specified manufacturing facilities*1 with large emission volumes will reduce their unit energy consumption*2 by 10% from those of fiscal 1999 and will reduce Co2 emissions*3 by 20% from those of fiscal 1990.
Domestic Fujifilm Group companies' manufacturing facilities that use regulated chemicals will periodically monitor soil, underground water, and wastewater conditions as well as VOC emission volume.
Domestic Fujifilm Group manufacturing companies will continue implementing and augmenting their chemical leakage countermeasures. These include measures such as those to move pipes and other underground items above the ground and equip items with double walls, as well as measures to enable quick leakage detection of underground items.
Each domestic Fujifilm Group company will maintain the current zero emission standard. They will, furthermore, pursue qualitative improvement in regard to resource recycling. Each overseas Group company will establish separate targets in line with the situation in its respective country.
Each domestic Fujifilm Group company will work to augment waste-related education programs and take thorough measures to achieve appropriate waste management.
To comply with chemical substances regulations around the world, Fujifilm will maintain and strengthen its systems for reliably collecting relevant compliance information and for ensuring the legal compliance of product development and marketing operations. At the same time, we will strengthen our systems for responding to movements to increase the strictness of chemical management standards, including the new REACH chemical management regulations under consideration in Europe. Fujifilm will maintain dependable management operations based on the Fujifilm Chemical Substance Management System and will also work to upgrade these operations by introducing new safety testing and compliance testing technologies.
To manufacture environment-friendly products, Fujifilm will continue to strengthen its supply chain management systems and survey its suppliers and procured supplies and services. Regarding suppliers, we will survey our management system for chemicals contained in products and work to upgrade that system. In addition, Fujifilm will start the surveys of suppliers' CSR management. Regarding procured supplies, Fujifilm will undertake surveys and, at the same time, work to arrange contracts stipulating the absence of prohibited substances, clarify product specifications, and fortify inspection systems.
Each Fujifilm Group company will work to create environmental and quality management systems and to continually improve those systems by integrating them into daily operation.
Fujifilm will attempt to improve information disclosure/provision and communication through Sustainability Reports issued by each of the domestic and international Fujifilm Group companies. Regarding products, the Group will work to promote the provision of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) as well as other safety-level information that responds to Globally Harmonized Systems* (GHSs). The Group will also seek to expand the scope of its product-related environmental information disclosure.
Furthermore, the Fujifilm Group will strive to improve communication with all associated entities inside and outside of the organization.
Fujifilm will conduct education and training pertaining to the environment and quality for employees at domestic and international Fujifilm Group companies. Fujifilm will also continue to improve various aspects of their education and training procedures, including the content of education, appropriate training measures, and textbook updating as needed.
In view of the changing content of business activities and the trends in society toward the stronger management of chemical substance content, in April 2006, items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Priority Targets of the Green Policy were revised.
The highlights of these revisions are as follows.
States clearly that the Group will promote the sharing of product and other environmental quality data among Group companies beginning with equipment and packaging materials
Mentions clearly that greenhouse gas emission reduction activities will be targeted to Fujifilm's Kanagawa Factory (Ashigara and Odawara), Fujinomiya Factory, and Yoshida-Minami Factory as well as the factories of FUJIFILM Opto Materials and FUJIFILM Kyushu
Adds an item “Strengthening Waste Governance,” stating that each domestic Fujifilm Group company will work to augment waste-related education programs and take thorough measures to achieve appropriate waste management
Mentions clearly that the Group will strengthen its systems for the management of chemical substances, including the new REACH chemical management regulations under consideration in Europe
Mentions clearly that the Group will gradually introduce the surveying of the level of CSR management among its suppliers
Mentions clearly that the Group will promote the provision of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) as safety labeling to respond to the Globally Harmonized Systems (GHSs), the systems for attaining international harmony in the classification and labeling of chemical products