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We will contribute to society as an eco-promoting company active in efforts focused on reducing environmental
impact.
To preserve the global environment and resources and prevent pollution, we will manage our business activities,
our product development, and our services through ongoing improvements with a full awareness of our
environmental impact.
1．Prevent global warming by promoting the reduction of CO2 emissions throughout the product lifecycle, including business
activities, by developing technologies and products that reduce environmental impact.
2．Use limited global resources effectively to create a sustainable society by reducing the resources we use within the
framework of 3R activities and progressive usage of eco-friendly materials.
3．Manage chemicals that affect the worldʼs environment and biosphere, continue reducing consumption, and switch to
eco-safe materials.
4．Recognize the effect on biodiversity of all business activities, product development, and services to comprehensively reduce
our environmental impact in harmony with the natural environment.
5．Comply with legislation applied to environmental aspects and other permissible requirements.
6．Educate employees on the environment to cultivate greater environmental awareness.
Countries and regions across the globe are working to solve the problems of global
warming, pollution from harmful substances, biodiversity loss, and the depletion of
resources, all issues that continue to impact the planet on which we live.
To respond suitably to these global movements, the JVCKENWOOD Group is
working to help preserve and conserve the beautiful environment on a global
scale for the next generation through such activities as the promotion of energy
saving, 3R activities, and appropriate management of chemicals identified in the
Group’s Eco Promotion Plan 2020 based on its Environmental Vision and Policies.
(1) Promotion of energy
savings
●Energy savings in offices and
manufacturing sites
●Development of energy-saving
products (using LCA)
・ Reducing power consumption in both use
and standby modes
・ Making products increasingly compact and
lightweight (reduction of transportation
energy)
●Development of elemental
technologies that
contribute to energy
savings
(2) 3R activities
●Development of products designed
for recycling
・ Adoption of ecological and recyclable
materials
・ Company-wide rollout of 3R design methods
(disassembly, resource conservation, and
more)
●Reduce and recycle waste
・ Maintain zero waste emissions at Japanese
production and business bases
・ Zero waste emissions at
global manufacturing sites
(3) Appropriate management
of chemicals
●Promotion of green procurement
・Improve the green levels of suppliers
●Reduction of harmful substances in
products
・Encourage switching to safe substitutes
●Company-wide promotion of
alternatives to and the appropriate
handling of harmful substances
(4) Maintenance of
biodiversity
Recognize the effect on biodiversity of all business activities, product development, and services to
comprehensively reduce our environmental impact in harmony with the natural environment.
Reducing the impact of global
warming on plant and animal
ecosystems
Reducing the impact of
excavating mineral resources on
ecosystems
Reducing the impact of air
and soil pollution on
ecosystems
Environmental vision
Environmental policies
Eco Promotion Plan 2020
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