We implement green procurement in the procurement stage of raw materials. We also aim to procure articles with a lower environmental impact from suppliers that aggressively promote activities for environmental conservation. In addition, we have been working on reducing phthalates since 2015.

We prioritize suppliers who perform proactive activities for environmental conservation.
We are asking our suppliers to reduce GHG emissions of "Scope 1, 2" and "Scope 3", response circular economy (3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle), certain manage chemical substances, and promote biodiversity conservation such as tree planting.

We request our suppliers to comply with environment-related laws, regulations and control standards, such as RoHS and REACH that spread from Europe to the rest of the world. We also request them to provide parts and raw materials with lower environmental impact.

We provide environmental performance data from the green procurement support system to various internal systems via the global component database, allowing the design, production and procurement divisions to utilize the data. We request our suppliers to provide data on environment-related substances for articles to be supplied in the survey format based on our Guidelines for Green Procurement, to collect data on the green procurement support system. We disclose and use the data obtained to develop ECPs.

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In response to the EU RoHS 2 Directive, the use of certain hazardous substances, i.e. lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated bipheny (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) as well as specific phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DIBP) in newly sold electrical and electronic equipment is restricted in EU member states. We, Toshiba Tec Group, have structured a system to ensure no banned substances are used. For purchasing parts and materials, we conduct inspections with the analytical equipment at manufacturing sites worldwide based on the voluntary standards, as well as obtain the pledge from suppliers that they will not use banned substances.

The EU REACH Regulation which was enforced from June 2007 is regulation concerning Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. The regulation requires registering and reporting not only chemical substance but also article(product) which contains chemical substances in response to the quantity. Toshiba Tec group effectively is collecting data of purchased parts and materials by utilizing management system for chemical substances. We are carrying out registration, report and information disclosure about chemical substances contained in our products based on the informations reported by our suppliers.