Environmental Action Plan

Last Update: Aug 6, 2008

Items	Indicators	Targets for fiscal 2011	Targets for fiscal 2008	Results in fiscal 2008
Creating Value for a New Lifestyle	GHG Factor for One Household^*1	5	3.35	5
Green Products (GPs)	Green Product Development Rate^*2	At least 90%	78%	99%
Clean Factories (CFs)	Clean Factory Accreditation Rate^*3	At least 90%	66%	85%

Items	Results in fiscal 2008
Product recycling	・In Japan: Recycled approx. 72,000 tons of the four home appliance products. ・In the U.S.: Established a company to manage the recycling of waste electronic devices and started operations in Minnesota. ・In the EU: Collected approx. 23,000 tons of waste electronic devices
Environment/energy business	・Developed Household Fuel Cell Cogeneration Systems with power generation efficiency and durability on a level suitable for the commercialization (approx. 300 units are now in use)
Green marketing and logistics	・Globally promoted the use of the new ‘eco ideas’ environmental mark ・Used biodiesel fuel refined from waste cooking oil for a commuter bus

Items	Results in fiscal 2008
Environmental communication	・49% of all employees’ households in Japan participated in the Love the Earth (LE) families ・A total of 130,000 employees participated in the Japanese-Chinese Joint ‘CO₂ Reduction Eco Challenge by 100,000-employees!’
Environmental sustainability management and human resources	・Started the global introduction of the Monthly Reporting of Environmental Performance
Measures against environmental risks	・Started full-scale measures for the treatment of soil contaminated by PCBs

Environmental performance targets (global targets based on fiscal 2001 levels)

Items			Targets for fiscal 2011	Targets for fiscal 2008	Results in fiscal 2008
Prevention of global warming	Products		Announcement of estimated CO₂ emissions from products in use	Estimation of CO₂ emissions from products in use
	Factories		10% reduction in per basic unit CO₂ emissions^*4	7% reduction	Reduced by 33%
	Logistics		Per basic unit CO₂ emissions:^*5 (in Japan) 1% reduction every year compared with the previous year till fiscal 2011	1% reduction	Reduced by 4.9%
Reductionin release and transfer of chemical substances	Products		PVC: complete replacement for internal wiring of new products	75 tons replacement for new products released in Japan
Reductionin release and transfer of chemical substances	Factories		Release and transfer of Key Reduction-target Substances:10% reduction (from the fiscal 2006 level)	4% reduction	Reduced by 16%
Recycling of resources	Factories	Waste	Per basic unit emissions:^*6 20% reduction	14% reduction	Reduced by 38%
Recycling of resources	Factories	Water	Per basic unit consumption:^*7 10% reduction	7% reduction	Reduced by 47%

*1 Total of some 90 products and systems used throughout a household
*2 Shipment value of GPs developed in the fiscal year / Shipment value of all products developed in the same fiscal year
*3 Percentage of factories achieving the internal baseline score of environmental impact reduction in the total number of factories
*4 CO₂ emissions / (Consolidated sales/Bank of Japan's corporate goods price index [electric machinery & equipment])
*5 CO₂emissions / weight of products (components) transported
*6 Waste generation / (Consolidated sales/Bank of Japan's corporate goods price index [electric machinery & equipment])
Self-assessment level: = Achieved the target for fiscal 2011; = Achieved the target for fiscal 2008

Items	Indicators	Targets for fiscal 2009	Targets for fiscal 2010	Targets for fiscal 2011
Green Products (GPs)	Number of models accredited as Superior GPs^*1	150	200	250

Creating Value for a New Lifestyle (for One Household)	・Continue to estimate the reduction of environmental impact for One Household (for the prevention of global warming and effective use of resources) and disclose relevant information
Green Marketing	・“Full-scale promotion of environmental labeling on a global basis “Implementation of ‘eco ideas’ campaigns

Items		Indicators	Targets for fiscal 2009	Targets for fiscal 2010	Targets for fiscal 2011
Prevention of global warming	Production	Reduction of CO₂ emissions	Reduction by 110,000 tons (from fiscal 2007 level)	Reduction by 300,000 tons (from fiscal 2007 level)	Reduction to fiscal 2001 level
Prevention of global warming	Logistics	Per basic unit CO₂ emissions (compared with fiscal 2007)	1% reduction every year compared with the previous year till 2011
Reduction in the use of chemical substances		Release and transfer of the key reductiontarget substances (compared with fiscal 2006)	6% reduction	8% reduction	10% reduction
Recycling of resources	Waste (including revenuegenerating waste	Per basic unit waste generation^*3(compared with fiscal 2001)	16% reduction	18% reduction	20% reduction
	Waste (including revenuegenerating waste	Recycling rate^*4 Japan/Outside Japan	99.0%/90%	99.5%/92.5%	99.5%/95%
	Water	Per basic unit CO₂ emissions (compared with fiscal 2007)	8% reduction	9% reduction	10% reduction
Clean Factories		Clean Factory Accreditation Rate^*6	At least 74%	At least 82%	At least 90%
Product Recycling		・Promotion of advanced technologies to select and reuse materials ・Implementation of recycling measures localized for each region in the world

*1 Products with the industry's No. 1 environmental performance (for at least 1 of the following items: prevention of global warming, effective utilization of resources and chemical substances management)
*2 CO₂ emissions / weight of products (components) transported
*3 Waste generation / (Consolidated sales/Bank of Japan's corporate goods price index [electric machinery & equipment])
*4 Recycling rate = Amount recycled / (Amount recycled + final disposal amount) In Japan, the target values are mandatory for each site; in other areas, targets are average values
*5 Water consumption / (Consolidated sales/Bank of Japan's corporate goods price index [electric machinery & equipment])
*6 Percentage of factories achieving the internal baseline score of environmental impact reduction in the total number of factories

Themes	Details
Love the Earth Citizens'Campaign	・(In Japan) Number of employees' households accredited as LE families: At least 80% in fiscal 2011 ・Global promotion of the followings: Use of Household eco-account book, reduction in the use of disposable plastic bags at stores by the use of “eco bags,” and environmental volunteer activities
Environmental Communication	・Promotion of ‘eco ideas’ Factories across Japan, Global implementation of eco projects
Social Contribution (for biodiversity etc.)	・Promotion of the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Support Project and the Forest of Co-existence Program

Themes	Details
Development of promotion systems and human resources	Enhancement of environmental management systems and environmental IT systems, active development of human resources, etc.
Measures against environmental risks	Measures against contamination by PCBs, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals

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