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About Panasonic

Green Products - Reducing Chemical Substances

Collecting and managing data on chemical substances from suppliers across the world

Panasonic procures parts and materials from some 9,000 suppliers worldwide. In March 1999, we released our first Green Procurement Standards (Version 4 was issued in April 2006) along side Chemical Substance Rank Guidelines, aiming at promoting the manufacture of environmentally-conscious products in partnership with our suppliers. We request all our suppliers to respect our environmental policies and principles, to establish, maintain, and improve their environmental management systems (by acquiring ISO 14001 Certification), and to improve the environmental performance of the materials we purchase from them. Furthermore, we created our own database, the GP-Web system, to centrally control the extensive data that we gather from suppliers on the chemical content of all parts and components purchased. This database has been shared with our suppliers around the world since fiscal 2005. We remain committed to providing the training and support needed by our suppliers worldwide for their improvement and growth, and to the continued auditing of their activities.

Green Procurement Standards

Four accreditation standards for suppliers
(1) Submission of non-use warranty certificates for the specified chemical substances based on the rank guidelines
(2) Provision of Content Survey Sheets for managed substances (quantity) and input into GP-Web
(3) Establishment of a Chemical Substances Management System and implementation of environmental quality assurance system audits
(4) Establishment of an Environmental Management System (EMS)
(Acquisition of ISO14001 certification, environmental principles and policies, environmental management plans, product assessment, environmental impact assessment, education, information disclosure, and rationalization of distribution)
Eight materials selection standards
(1) Compliance with laws and regulations concerning recycled resources and energy efficiency
(2) Nonuse of "prohibited substances"
(3) Survey of chemical substance content
(4) Reduction in environmental impact of chemical substances, polluted air, water, soil, etc.
(5) Use of recycled resources and component parts, together with energy conservation and resources conservation through downsizing
(6) Implementation of recycling-oriented design
(7) Disclosure of environmental information about materials
(8) Above requirements (1) - (7) also apply to packaging materials

GP-Web system

  • * Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle resources

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