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The Fujifilm Group Green Policy

 

http://www.fujifilm.com/about/sustainability/green_policy/outline/index.html

Instituted on April 1, 2002 / Revised on April 1, 2006

Based on our Fujifilm Group Green Policy, we are committed to conducting business activities that can contribute to 'sustainable development' of the earth, mankind, and companies.

We at Fujifilm Group believe that “sustainable development” of the earth, mankind, and companies in the 21st century is an issue that must be addressed with the highest priority. Based on this belief, we have prepared the Fujifilm Group Green Policy as a common medium-term policy statement for the Group. Under our Green Policy concept, we aim to attain customer satisfaction as well as maintain and increase the trust of all our stakeholders while also contributing to sustainable development by working to attain a high level of product quality and environmental quality in products, services, and other corporate activities.
To this end, our Green Policy sets nine priority targets.

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Concern for the Environment in Expansion of Growth Businesses

The Fujifilm Group has designed the current period as our Second Foundation. As we promote the development of strategic businesses, which include medical, and life sciences, documents, graphic arts, materials for flat panel displays, electronic materials, ink materials for inkjet printers as well as other high-performance materials, optical disks, and other products, we are m

 oving ahead with the development of new factories and research centers and expanding existing capacity.
Under these circumstances, based on the philosophy we have adhered to since the foundation of the Company, which is “concern for and protection of the natural environment are the foundation of corporate activities,” we are continuing to implement a range of policies, including “showing concern for the natural environment (attaining harmony among human beings and nature)” and “ensuring safety regarding chemical substance content.”

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Strengthening Systems for Responding to Laws and Regulations

To respond appropriately to the RoHS directive and other legal regulations, Fujifilm holds an International Conference for Environmental Officers and has compiled a Master Database for Product Environmental Information. Through the conference and database, Fujifilm Group members around the world can share expert information on environmental matters and respond globally to environmental requirements.
In addition, taking green procurement one step further, we have our suppliers undertake self-surveillance and have introduced electronic surveillance, which involves having suppliers report on the results of their checks on chemical substance content via the Internet. This approach has enabled us to establish systems for the management of content chemicals all along the supply chain.
In management systems, virtually all our factories and offices obtained ISO 14001 certification for their environmental management systems in 2004. Regarding quality management, previously, only our factories and a portion of R&D facilities had obtained ISO 9001 certification, but in December 2005, the divisions of the Fujifilm headquarters and nine Group companies made the transition to the 2004 version of ISO 14001 and simultaneously obtained ISO 9001 certification. As a result, we have been able to integrate our systems for environmental and quality management and are moving toward attaining an even higher level of customer satisfaction.

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Promoting Communication with Stakeholders

Each year, we hold the Environmental Forum for the presentation of practical examples of initiatives related to the latest environmental technologies, environment-friendly products, activities and policies for improving the natural environment, and legal regulations in Japan and overseas. The objective of this forum is to share technology and information related to the environment within the Fujifilm Group and increase “environmental quality.” Year by year, the scope of participants from Group companies has expanded, but we are planning to enlarge the scope even further to improve the forum's effectiveness.
Also, as part of our communication and information disclosure activities, we hold Environmental Dialogue Meetings in cooperation with governmental institutions, principally at our production facilities for promoting communication with regional communities.
Going forward, we intend to proactively conduct communication programs both within the Company and with groups outside the Company.

 

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The Fujifilm Group Green Policy

In April 2002, the Group established its Fujifilm Group Green Policy containing medium-term environmental policies. The objective of the policy is to attain a high level of “environmental quality” in our products, services, and corporate activities throughout the Group.

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Basic Policy

http://www.fujifilm.com/about/sustainability/green_policy/policy/index.html

“Sustainable development” is the most important issue for our planet, the human race, and all business entities in the 21st century. Fujifilm Group companies around the world aim to stay at the forefront of efforts to attain this goal in terms of environmental, economic, and social aspects. We will strive for customer satisfaction as well as our contribution to “sustainable development” by achieving high “environmental quality” in products, services, and corporate activities.

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Action Guidelines

  1. We will promote environmental burden reduction and product safety assurance with the following three items in mind:
    • (1) Our efforts are pursued throughout all corporate activities.
    • (2) Our efforts are pursued throughout the entire product life cycle.
    • (3) We give overall consideration to economic and social implications.
  2. We will improve our chemical substance management to reduce environmental risks.
  3. We will comply with legal regulations as well as Fujifilm Group regulations, standards, and requirements that are individually agreed on.
  4. We will strengthen partnerships with our business partners, collaborate in government and industrial activities, and actively participate in community activities.
  5. We will actively give full disclosure of the information regarding our involvement in and accomplishment of various environmental activities to all associated individuals, including local communities, governments, and Fujifilm Group company employees, to facilitate open communication.
  6. We will heighten the environmental awareness of every Fujifilm Group employee through employee education, so that we can fortify our infrastructure to face the challenges posed by environmental issues in the future.
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System for Implementing the Green Policy

http://www.fujifilm.com/about/sustainability/green_policy/system/index.html

In April 2002, the Fujifilm Responsible Care Committee (FRC Committee) approved the Fujifilm Group Green Policy and is putting the policy into practice. In anticipation of trends in international environmental regulations, the FRC Committee revises the Green Policy on an ongoing basis after providing advice and giving its consent.

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Priority Targets

http://www.fujifilm.com/about/sustainability/green_policy/targets/index.html

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1. Improvement in Eco-Efficiency

[fig.] Eco-efficiency=Revenues÷Value for Environmental Burden

By fiscal 2010, the Fujifilm Group aims to improve its eco-efficiency with regard to all six indices below, by twice as much as in the fiscal 2000 level.

Eco-efficiency index [fig.] Eco-efficiency index
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2. Design for Environment

Fujifilm will design all new and remodeled products according to the “Basic Regulations for Design that Takes the Environment into Consideration”. At the same time, measures will be taken to promote the sharing among all Fujifilm Group companies of environmental quality data on products and other items created in line with those regulations, including environmental quality data associated with manufacturing equipment and packaging materials. The scope of this program will progressively be expanded to encompass the entire Fujifilm Group.

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3. Reduction of Environmental Burden and Contamination Control

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3-1 Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By fiscal 2010, specified manufacturing facilities*1 with large emission volumes will reduce their unit energy consumption*2 by 10% from those of fiscal 1999 and will reduce Co2 emissions*3 by 20% from those of fiscal 1990.

  • *1 Specified manufacturing facilities: Fujifilm's Kanagawa Factory (Ashigara and Odawara), Fujinomiya Factory, and Yoshida-Minami Factory as well as the factories of FUJIFILM Opto Materials and FUJIFILM Kyushu.
  • *2 Unit energy consumption: Energy consumption per converted unit of production volume
  • *3 CO2 emission volumes: CO2 emission volume per converted unit of production volume
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3-2 Conducting Environmental Monitoring

Domestic Fujifilm Group companies' manufacturing facilities that use regulated chemicals will periodically monitor soil, underground water, and wastewater conditions as well as VOC emission volume.

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3-3 Leakage Measures for Pipes, Pits, and Tanks

Domestic Fujifilm Group manufacturing companies will continue implementing and augmenting their chemical leakage countermeasures. These include measures such as those to move pipes and other underground items above the ground and equip items with double walls, as well as measures to enable quick leakage detection of underground items.

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4. Upgrading Waste Management

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4-1 Continuation and Improvement of Zero Emission Activities

Each domestic Fujifilm Group company will maintain the current zero emission standard. They will, furthermore, pursue qualitative improvement in regard to resource recycling. Each overseas Group company will establish separate targets in line with the situation in its respective country.

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4-2 Strengthening Waste Governance

Each domestic Fujifilm Group company will work to augment waste-related education programs and take thorough measures to achieve appropriate waste management.

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5. Strengthening Chemical Substance Management

To comply with chemical substances regulations around the world, Fujifilm will maintain and strengthen its systems for reliably collecting relevant compliance information and for ensuring the legal compliance of product development and marketing operations. At the same time, we will strengthen our systems for responding to movements to increase the strictness of chemical management standards, including the new REACH chemical management regulations under consideration in Europe. Fujifilm will maintain dependable management operations based on the Fujifilm Chemical Substance Management System and will also work to upgrade these operations by introducing new safety testing and compliance testing technologies.

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6. Management of Content Chemicals in Products (Raw Materials, Parts, Packing Materials, and Services)

To manufacture environment-friendly products, Fujifilm will continue to strengthen its supply chain management systems and survey its suppliers and procured supplies and services. Regarding suppliers, we will survey our management system for chemicals contained in products and work to upgrade that system. In addition, Fujifilm will start the surveys of suppliers' CSR management. Regarding procured supplies, Fujifilm will undertake surveys and, at the same time, work to arrange contracts stipulating the absence of prohibited substances, clarify product specifications, and fortify inspection systems.

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7. Construction and Improvement of Management Systems

Each Fujifilm Group company will work to create environmental and quality management systems and to continually improve those systems by integrating them into daily operation.

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8. Information Disclosure, Information Provision, and Communication

Fujifilm will attempt to improve information disclosure/provision and communication through Sustainability Reports issued by each of the domestic and international Fujifilm Group companies. Regarding products, the Group will work to promote the provision of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) as well as other safety-level information that responds to Globally Harmonized Systems* (GHSs). The Group will also seek to expand the scope of its product-related environmental information disclosure.
Furthermore, the Fujifilm Group will strive to improve communication with all associated entities inside and outside of the organization.

  • * GHS: Globally Harmonized Systems: Uniform (harmonized) international systems for classifying and labeling chemical substances
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9. Employee Education

Fujifilm will conduct education and training pertaining to the environment and quality for employees at domestic and international Fujifilm Group companies. Fujifilm will also continue to improve various aspects of their education and training procedures, including the content of education, appropriate training measures, and textbook updating as needed.

Revision of Priority Targets

In view of the changing content of business activities and the trends in society toward the stronger management of chemical substance content, in April 2006, items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Priority Targets of the Green Policy were revised.
The highlights of these revisions are as follows.

2. Design for Environment

States clearly that the Group will promote the sharing of product and other environmental quality data among Group companies beginning with equipment and packaging materials

3. Reduction of Environmental Burden and Contamination Control

Mentions clearly that greenhouse gas emission reduction activities will be targeted to Fujifilm's Kanagawa Factory (Ashigara and Odawara), Fujinomiya Factory, and Yoshida-Minami Factory as well as the factories of FUJIFILM Opto Materials and FUJIFILM Kyushu

4. Upgrading of Waste Management

Adds an item “Strengthening Waste Governance,” stating that each domestic Fujifilm Group company will work to augment waste-related education programs and take thorough measures to achieve appropriate waste management

5. Strengthening Chemical Substance Management

Mentions clearly that the Group will strengthen its systems for the management of chemical substances, including the new REACH chemical management regulations under consideration in Europe

6. Management of Content Chemicals in Products

Mentions clearly that the Group will gradually introduce the surveying of the level of CSR management among its suppliers

8. Information Disclosure, Information Provision, and Communication

Mentions clearly that the Group will promote the provision of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) as safety labeling to respond to the Globally Harmonized Systems (GHSs), the systems for attaining international harmony in the classification and labeling of chemical products

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Environmental Education

http://www.fujifilm.com/about/sustainability/green_policy/education/index.html

The Fujifilm Group promotes environmental education to provide all employees of the Fujifilm Group, in Japan and overseas, with an in-depth awareness of basic knowledge regarding the environment, which is fundamental to environmental activities, and the Fujifilm Group Green Policy.

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General Curriculum for All Employees

General environmental education in Japan, focused on e-learning programs, was completed in fall 2005 for employees of Fujifilm and other Fujifilm Group companies. For employees of Group companies overseas, general environmental education began in mid-2005 for all staff, and about 6,700 employees are scheduled to finish this course by June 2006. In conducting training overseas, one of the issues is the language used in the educational materials. Thus far, we have completed texts in English, Chinese, German, Portuguese and Spanish. We are now preparing versions in Dutch and French.
In 2005, we completed a revised version of our domestic e-learning system with upgraded functions that includes a new system with environmental education texts incorporating the latest information. This system went online in May 2006. Looking forward, we plan to have all Group companies switch to the new textbooks and continue to make improvements and upgrades in the content of the course and educational systems. Through these educational activities, we want each and every staff member throughout the world to have a good environmental awareness and thereby strengthen our foundation for implementing initiatives for addressing environmental issues.

Environmental education courses in progress in the United States

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Schedule for General Environmental Education Curricula

[fig.] Schedule for General Environmental Education Curricula
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E-Learning Screens in Six Languages

[fig.] E-Learning Screens in Japanese
Japanese
[fig.] E-Learning Screens in English
English
[fig.] E-Learning Screens in Chinese
Chinese
[fig.] E-Learning Screens in German
German
[fig.] E-Learning Screens in Portuguese
Portuguese
[fig.] E-Learning Screens in Spanish
Spanish
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Curriculum for Environmental Specialists

Educational programs for specialists who require in-depth knowledge and capabilities in their work offered in fiscal 2005 included courses on life cycle assessment (LCA), management of chemical content, and waste management. These courses were offered a total of 18 times, and a total of 471 staff from Group companies attended. The curriculum for fiscal 2006 focuses on LCA-related issues, and plans call for continuing training for an expanding group of environmental specialists.

 

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