Environmental Activities

On one hand, the TOSHIBA TEC Group minimizes extraction from global resources, and emissions of pollutants into the global environment. On the other hand, the Group maximizes environmentally conscious activities such as the development of environmentally conscious products or ECPs. In addition, the Group strives to reduce environmental impacts while understanding and analyzing the impacts at each stage of a product life cycle.

Environmental Activities at the TOSHIBA TEC Group

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Environmental Impacts throughout the Life Cycle

In terms of the TOSHIBA TEC Group's products, raw materials and components are procured from suppliers, processed and assembled to build products. Finished products are transported to distributors or warehouses by outsourced forwarding agents. Then, end-of-use products are collected from customers where possible for reuse and recycling.

The diagram below shows environmental impacts at each stage of a product life cycle:

The environmental impacts at the production stage contain 9,726 tons of CO2 emitted from plants and 2,488 tons of CO2 emitted from offices due to consumption of all energies, 49 tons of chemical substances (449 types of target substances specified by the TOSHIBA Group) discharged into the air and water, 1.2 tons of waste for landfill disposal, and 2,625 tons of waste recycled.

The amount of CO2 emitted from major products shipped in fiscal 2007 until the end of their product lives is approximately 164,380 tons.

Therefore, it is essential to take energy-saving measures for products.

Environmental Impacts in Fiscal 2007

* Environmental Impacts in Fiscal 2007 (1.2 MB - PDF version)

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