Environmental Label and Green Purchasing Law

TOSHIBA TEC Corporation discloses information regarding many of its products, which comply with the criteria for environmental labels and the Green Purchasing Law.

Type I Environmental
Labeling requiring certification by a third party organization

Eco Mark

The Eco Mark is a Japanese environmental label established by the Japan Environment Association in 1989.
It is attached to products, which are judged to generate fewer environmental impacts at the stages from production to disposal and to be useful for environmental protection.
21 models of the TOSHIBA TEC copiers and multifunction peripherals are certified.

Environmental Labeling outside Japan

38 models of the TOSHIBA TEC copiers and multifunction peripherals comply with the China Environmental Label, 36 models comply with the Canadian EcoLogoM Symbol, 4 models comply with the Nordic Swan Label and other environmental labels including Taiwan Eco Mark and Korea Eco-Label.

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Type II Environmental Label
Labeling based on criteria, which a company voluntarily establishes

TOSHIBA Group Earth Protection Mark

TOSHIBA TEC Corporation sets up the "Voluntary Environmental Standards for Each Product," which prescribe the industry's top-level requirements for environmental considerations, and the "TOSHIBA Group Earth Protection Mark" appears in product brochures and on websites for the products in compliance with the Standards.
12 models of the POS terminals, 10 models of the POS peripheral equipment, 5 models of the electronic cash registers, 3 models of the office computers or JIMCOM, 7 models of the barcode printers, 8 models of the electronic white boards, and 23 models of the copiers and multifunction peripherals are certified at present. (It will appear in a new window.)

The mark in Compliance with the Voluntary Environmental Standards for Each Product is replaced with the new "TOSHIBA Group ECP" mark in fiscal 2008.

Type III Environmental Label
Labeling based on consumers´ judgment after disclosing environmental impact information through LCA

ECO-LEAF Label

The ECO LEAF Label started in June 2002. According to this label, environmental impacts from every stage covering resource procurement, manufacturing, transportation, usage, disposal and recycling, are calculated with the Life Cycle Assessment or LCA method. This label indicates the calculated environmental impacts as quantitative data. 7 models of the TOSHIBA TEC copiers (will appear in a new window) have been verified and certified. The environmental impact data for the certified products are available on the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry or JEMAI's website.

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Other Environmental Label

International ENERGY STAR® Program

The ENERGY STAR label can be attached to OA equipment whose standby electricity consumption is less than the prescribed standard. This program has been implemented as an optional registration system certified by both the US and Japanese governments, since October 1995. 18 models of the copiers and multifunction peripherals comply with this program.

Green Purchasing Law
Law Concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities

Green Purchasing Law

The Green Purchasing Law enacted in April 2001 throughout Japan makes it obligatory for national, prefectural and local public bodies, enterprises, citizens and manufacturers to devise procurement policies and procure Eco-friendly Goods and Services. The State and Other Entities take the initiative in implementing Green Purchasing. 19 models of the TOSHIBA TEC copiers and multifunction peripherals comply with the evaluation criteria for the designated procurement items, and the information is disclosed in brochures and on websites. (It will appear in a new window.)

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ECP Activity Results and Achievements

*ECP Activity Results and Achievements(PDF/872KB)

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