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Contributing to a sustainable society as a corporate citizen of planet Earth
The CSR management that I am aiming for will place human life, safety and legal compliance as utmost priorities,
and through all of our business activities, together with all of our stakeholders, we will work to realize a
sustainable global society. Looking towards the future, we will accelerate the strengthening of our CSR
management from a global perspective, including implementing CSR activities throughout our many supply
chains, supporting the nurturing next-generation science and technology education for young students and
continuing our support for the reconstruction e orts in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Toshiba Group is leading the way in environmental management by promoting both long-term targets and
short-term targets. Environmental Vision 2050 is our corporate vision that envisages achieving the creation of
a uent lifestyle values and living in harmony with the Earth as an ideal situation and sets the goal of attaining a
10-factor rise in eco-e ciency by FY2050. Our 5th Environmental Action Plan integrates business operations and
environmental management. It calls for achieving a 3-fold increase in overall eco-e ciency in FY2015 compared
to the level of FY2000, and it incorporates a large number of di erent environmental objectives to be obtained as
it implements its “4 Greens” concept: Greening of Process, Greening of Products, Greening by Technology and
Green Management.
To further strengthen our environment management and help  nd comprehensive solutions for serious and
urgent global environmental issues, we will strive to further reduce the amount of use of natural resources (N),
reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (E), minimize the risks involved in the use of chemical
substances (S), and minimize the amount of water resources consumed (W) through implementation of our new
T-COMPASS* concept. We will rearrange, systematize and reconstitute the work we have been doing so far on
these issues into the four NESW domains, as we aim to solidify our position as one of the world’s foremost eco-
companies.
* T-COMPASS: Toshiba COMprehensive environmental database and its Practical Application to Simpli ed and/or Streamlined LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
Going forward, I will work to the best of my abilities to build a corporate group that is trusted as global
company and is seen as an excellent corporate citizen of planet Earth. I will also constantly work to maximize
Toshiba’s corporate value. The ultimate source for
increasing a corporation's value is its people, and
our increasing use of diverse, creative, talented,
global personnel will clearly enhance the value of
our company. Sincerely hoping to meet the
expectations of all of our shareholders, I will do
my best to orchestrate Toshiba Group’s 200,000
employees’ all-out collective efforts to achieve
Growth Through Creativity and Innovation that
will result in higher pro tability and will enhance
corporate value. I would like to ask for your strong
support.
President’s Perspective
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