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Material Issue
Environmental
Management
Implement various measures based on the 4 Green concepts
Aiming to establish ourselves as one of the world’ s foremost eco-companies
Greening of Product Greening by Technology
Greening of Process Green Management
Creation of products with
the highest level of
environmental performance
MRI using superconducting magnet
Human resource development by
Toshiba Environmental School
Achieving the highest level of
environmental performance in all
newly developed products to reduce
lifecycle environmental impacts.
Low-carbon energy
technologies
Contributing to provision of a stable
power supply and mitigation of
climate change through low-carbon
energy technologies
Minimizing environmental
impacts in manufacturing
Minimizing increases in
environmental impact in production
processes with high efficiency
manufacturing
Basic activities of
environmental management
Continually improving basic activities,
such as human resource development,
environmental communication and
conservation of biodiversity
Thermal power generation turbine
Energy saving & 3R activities
in Philippines
Sales of Excellent ECPs
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2015
0.30
0.67
0.50
0.80
1.60 1.50
2.34
1.80
FY2014
Result Plan
(Trillions of yen)
Toshiba Group has developed – “Environmental Vision 2050” – under which we aim to realize a world in which people can enjoy
affluent lifestyles in harmony with the Earth by the year 2050. The vision requires us to increase the degree of improvement in
“overall eco-efficiency”* by ten times (Factor 10) by 2050 against the 2000 level. In FY2013 we introduced a new environmental
management concept called “T-COMPASS.” As the environmental compass for Toshiba Group, T-COMPASS represents four
environmental issues that need addressing with the North, South, East and West symbols of the compass. By specifically
identifying our environmental contributions in the four main areas, we believe that Toshiba Group will be able to better share
the value we are providing with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Calculated by combining the product eco-efficiency and the business process eco-efficiency in the ratio of their respective environmental impacts.
The Concept of Environmental Management
In order to realize our Environmental Vision 2050, we have
formulated a midterm plan, “Environment Action Plan.” In
line with this plan, we promote the four Greens: “Greening
of Products,” creating products with the highest level of
environmental performance; “Greening by Technology,”
low-carbon energy supply technologies; “Greening of
Process,” environmentally conscious manufacturing and the
underpinning “Green Management,” reinforcing the
foundation of environmental management. We
simultaneously pursue sustainable business development
and the reduction of the environmental impacts in our
operations. Furthermore, we will continue to reinforce our
environmental measures in the four directions described in
our T-COMPASS: dealing with responding to climate change
and energy issues; the minimization of resource
consumption; the minimization of water consumption; and
the minimization of the risks posed by chemical substances.
Implementation Overview
We are Now Implementing Our Fifth
Environmental Action Plan and Promoting
Environmental Management with the
Four Greens Concepts.
As more products were certified as Excellent ECPs, such as standard PCs and social
infrastructure systems, Excellent ECP sales in FY2014 amounted to ¥2.34 trillion. This
means that we achieved the Fifth Environmental Action Plan’s FY2015 target of ¥1.8
trillion one year early. By continuing to further increase sales, we will promote the
synthesis of business management and environmental management.
*Products that have been certified by Toshiba as having the highest environmental performance in the industry
at the time of product release.
ECPs = Environmentally Conscious Products
Excellent ECPs* (product with the highest level of environmental performance) ¥2.34 trillion in sales
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