Environmentally-Conscious Products

Panasonic has been utilizing an environmental assessment system for its products, under which we assess an environmental impact of our products right from their planning and design stages. Based on the assessment results, we accredit products and services with higher environmental performance as Green Products (GPs). Furthermore, we accredit products that have achieved top environmental performance in the industry as Superior GPs and trend-setting products toward achieving a sustainable society as Super GPs.

In the Green Product Accreditation System, we assess the environmental performance in terms of the prevention of global warming and the effective utilization of resources by making comparisons not only among our own products but also with the products of other companies. In addition, we are endeavoring to appropriately manage chemical substances that might adversely affect the environment.

• *1 Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
• *2 A method of quantitatively assessing the environmental impact of products at each life cycle stage