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Theme Mid to Long-Term Environmental Targets
1. Energy conservation /
prevention of global
warming
Energy consumption effi ciency
Greater than 30% improvement in overall energy effi ciency for new products released between the years ending
March 2007 and 2009, compared with fi gures for existing products.
2. Reduction in use of
harmful chemical
substances
Eco-glass usage
Use of Eco-glass in 100% of new optical designs for consumer products, and at least 98% for industrial products
by the year ending March 2008, and at least 97% for materials shipped of optical glass products by the year
ending March 2009.
Lead-free solder
Use of new lead-free printed circuit boards for electronic components in 100% of consumer products by the year
ending March 2007 and at least 95% for industrial products by the year ending March 2009.
Hexavalent chrome, lead, cadmium, mercury, PBB, PBDE & PVC
Ongoing compliance with RoHS directive, with management system in place within the year ended March 2006.
Major reduction in the use of hexavalent chrome for surface treatment process.
Ozone layer-damaging substances
Total elimination of HCFC as a refrigerant in IC and LCD steppers shipped by the year ending March 2009.
3. Green procurement Reduction in use of harmful chemical substances
Completion of green procurement for all products, including industrial products.
4. Packaging and
distribution
Greenhouse gas emissions
3% reduction in CO2 emissions for Japanese domestic distribution, compared with the year ending March 2007.
Theme Mid to Long-Term Environmental Targets
1. Energy conservation/
prevention of global
warming
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction in annual CO2 emissions per net sales of 35% by the year ending March 2011, and at least 30% by the
year ending March 2009, both compared to levels for the year ended March 2002, at all Nikon plants and major
Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries.
2. Waste reduction Waste generation
Reduction in amount of waste generated by at least 20% compared with fi gures for the year ended March 2001 at
all Nikon plants and major Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries.
3. Green procurement Eco-procurement products
Compliance with guidelines for at least 90% of all products by the year ending March 2007.
4. ISO14001 Integration of environmental management system
Completion of system at major foreign manufacturing subsidiaries by the year ending March 2008, and at major
Nikon Group offi ces by the year ending March 2009.
Product Environment
Workplace Environment
Nikon inaugurated and initiated activities under the
Nikon CSR Committee in January 2006 aimed at real-
izing sincere and transparent management to gain trust
from stakeholders. In terms of environmental manage-
ment, Nikon’s Basic Environmental Policy was formu-
lated in 1992, and since then, efforts have focused on
environmental protection based on the central ide-
als of “recycling” and “coexistence.” Specifi cally, an
Environmental Committee has been set up to encourage
eco-conscious activities group-wide. It is also in charge
of producing the Nikon Environmental Report each
year, which discloses information on the environmental
impact of each of Nikon’s business sites and products as
well as the measures taken to curb this burden.
In Vision Nikon 21, the corporate policy statement
for group activities set forth in March 2000, we
specifi ed mid-term environmental targets for the years
ended March 2001 through 2003 under our Nikon
Environmental Action Plan for the year ended March
2001. We have created the Nikon Environmental Action
Plan for the year ending March 2007, a new three-year
plan (part of which pertains to long-term plans), to suc-
ceed our previous plan.
Note: The fi scal year ending March 31, 2008 targets unless otherwise stated.
Please refer to the Nikon Environmental Report for further details on Nikon’s environmental protection activities.
Environmental preservation
efforts
Nikon environmental action plan for
the year ending March 31, 2007
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